Blueberry Muffins Recipe For National Blueberry Muffin Day

[1] Homemade blueberry muffins (photo © Klikk | Fotolia). [2] Summer is peak blueberry season. Enjoy as many as you can (photo © Vino Li | Unsplash).   July 11th is National Blueberry Muffin Day. If you’ve never made blueberry muffins from scratch, today’s the day. (If not, July is National Blueberry Month and July…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Tartlet With Matching Sorbet

Thanks to the enthusiastic response to yesterday’s easy, light summer dessert, the Pavlova, here‘s another idea. It was inspired by a dessert we saw at Chocolate Lab restaurant in San Francisco: Serve a fresh fruit tartlet with a matching sorbet. Here are the easy steps: Choose a pairing theme (mango, raspberry, strawberry or other fruit…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Mojito Day & A Coconut Mojito Recipe

A coconut Mojito. Photo courtesy FirewaterBars.com.   July 11th is National Mojito Day, a time to relax with a tall glass of rum, ice, sugar and mint. While we’re great fans of the original Mojito recipe, here‘s a variation from Cruzan rum, a distiller that makes both conventional and flavored rums on the Caribbean island…
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FOOD 101: Everyday Nutritious Foods

Here’s great advice about what you should be eating: what nutritionists eat. The original article, from Redbook magazine, was published on Yahoo. Dark berries, especially blueberries (high in antioxidants, low in calories) Almond milk (high in the antioxidant vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids, which can help lower “bad” LDL cholesterol) Cinnamon (a “superspice,” 1/s…
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