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We love this idea from Sugar Bowl Bakery: strawberry skewers with marshmallows and brownie bites. They’re quick and easy to put together. Let the kids do it as their contribution to Valentine’s Day. WHAT YOU NEED Brownies Fresh strawberries (ideally a similar size/width to the marshmallows) Marshmallows Skewers Optional: Smucker’s Magic Shell chocolate sauce (or…
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Diet baked apples: Make them in the oven or microwave, eat them warm or chilled. Photo © J. Volodina | IST. When you’re trying to cut back, dessert is the trickiest course to navigate. Personally, we avoid all “reduced calorie” versions of fattening desserts. It’s better to have a small piece of the good…
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Use pandoro instead of ladyfingers or sponge cake to make tiramisu. Photos courtesy Bauli. If you received a pandoro for Christmas, or see them marked down after Christmas, don’t let them sit: Turn them into dessert. Pandoro is a lighter version of sponge cake, sometimes accented with lemon zest. You slice it and eat…
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Make Cranberry Mimosa cocktails or mocktails. Photo courtesy Ocean Spray. There’s still time to create a signature drink for Christmas: a Cranberry Mimosa cocktail or mocktail. It combines cranberry juice with sparkling wine (or ginger ale), instead of the orange juice of a traditional Mimosa. Or use cranberry liqueur for a Cranberry Kir Royale,…
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“Oh, bring us figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer,” goes the carol, “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” Don’t know the carol? Sing with the bouncing ball. If you start now, you can have a homemade figgy pudding at Christmas. WHAT’S A FIGGY PUDDING? A distant cousin of the fruit cake,…
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