Category: Food Holidays

What’s The Best Candy For The Diet-Minded Plus All The Candy Holidays

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October 31st is Halloween, and November 4th is National Candy Day. What’s a calorie-counting candy lover to do? Here are some of your best candy choices. Note that this is not permission to gorge on anything on the list. You should limit yourself to 150-calorie portions daily—and limit gorging to lettuce and celery. > The…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Halloween Cakes With Nordicware

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Add even more fun to Halloween festivities for family and friends…for party hosts…for your workplace: Make a Halloween cake with a NordicWare cake mold. It requires no more time and talent than pouring a cake mix batter into the mold. The molds are artfully embossed, creating “cake sculptures” that need no added decoration. Of course,…
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RECIPE: For Taco Tuesdays, A Taco Ring

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[1] Make a taco ring for Taco Tuesdays (photo courtesy Pampered Chef). [2] Buy Tex-Mex or taco seasoning, or make your own (recipe below—photo courtesy Pampered Chef.   October 4th is National Taco Day, but here’s some added fun for any Taco Tuesday: a taco ring, developed by Pampered Chef. You can save time with…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: America’s Favorite Cookies

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October is National Cookie Month, National Cookie Day is December 4th, and today, October 1st, is National Homemade Cookie Day. According to OnePoll.com, the average American eats 18,928 cookies in their lifetime. According to Huffington Post, America’s top 10 favorite cookies are: 1. Chocolate chip cookie 2. Brownie (a brownie is classified as a bar…
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RECIPE: Coffee Cake Mug Cake & The History Of Mug Cakes

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[1] Get a book on mug cakes, and have an almost-instant cake fix whenever you need one (photo courtesy St. Martin’s Press). [2] and [3] Coffeecake Mug Cake from Ava’s Bakery. [4] While the cake bakes, make a cup of coffee (photo Sxpng | Canstock ).   Mug cakes have been around for a while.…
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