EASTER: Chocolate Lavender Marshmallow Bars

We received this recipe around Valentine’s Day from TheGiftOfGoodness.com, a blog from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board that focuses on recipes for sweet treats. We didn’t get to make it then, but we’ve repurposed it for Easter…with a jelly bean garnish. Of course, you can take it further: Our friend Rose is using the bars…
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PRODUCT: Lucky Spoon Gluten Free Cookies

A stack of gluten-free chocolate chip cookies. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Gluten-free artisan bakeries typically pop up when a family member has gluten intolerance. In this case, its husband and co-founder of Lucky Spoon Bakery in Salt Lake City, Jim Schulte. Both Jim and wife Pam have MBAs and years of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Purple Sweet Potatoes For Easter

For a festive Easter dish, look for purple potatoes. You can serve them baked, boiled with parsley, as fries, mashed or in other favorite dishes. You can make purple gnocchi and potato chips. Hash browns can become hash purples. We turn them into a red, white and blue July 4th potato salad, mixed with white…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY RECIPE: Ombre Three-Tiered Green Layer Cake

[1] Three shades of green for St. Patrick’s Day (photos #1 and#2 © McCormick). [2] Green food color does the trick. [3] Themed sprinkles make any cake or cupcake more festive. Find these on Amazon (photo © Man Vs. Cakes).   We love this festive cake from McCormick. It’s an ombre cake: Ombre is the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bake A Savory Pie For National “Pi” Day

Make this delicious beef pot pie. Photo and recipe courtesy BettyCrocker.com.   Remember your high school math: Pi (3.14159) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Math geeks have declared 3.14 (March 14th) Pi Day. But we’re adopting it as “Pie Day”; and why not, since a pie is a circle, and…
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