Lemon Cream Pie Recipe For National Lemon Cream Pie Day

[1] A yummy way to celebrate National Lemon Cream Pie Day (photo © The Baker Chick). [2] You can use any extra lemon zest to garnish the pie, with or without the candied mint leaves (photo © Sunkist). [3] A bottle of limoncello liqueur. Serve it with the pie, or add it to the batter…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Cranberry Wreath…And A Mistletoe Ball

[1] Make a cranberry wreath for Thanksgiving or Christmas, or [2] a cranberry and mistletoe “kissing ball” for Christmas (photos 1, 2 and 4 courtesy Ocean Spray). [3] Were cranberries served at the first Thanksgiving? No one knows* (photo courtesy Good Eggs).   Sure, you can buy evergreen wreaths galore during the holiday season. But…
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RECIPE: Peanut Butter Fudge

Three-ingredient peanut butter fudge (photo courtesy Justin’s).   May 12th is National Nutty Fudge Day; November 20th is National Peanut Butter Fudge Day. Here’s a recipe that covers both holidays! For National Nutty Fudge Day, add the honey-roasted peanuts. An American confection, fudge was a happy accent in the 1880s, created by a woman trying…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Honor The Cranberry With Cranberry Drinks

Cranberries are a group of low, creeping evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines, that grow in acidic bogs in the cooler regions of the U.S. and Canada. The plants belong to the heather family, Ericaceae, along with the bilberry, blueberry, huckleberry, azalea and other rhododendrons. The year’s three cranberry holidays are all in November: November…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 18 Ways To Spice It Up For National Spicy Guacamole Day

November 14th is National Spicy Guacamole Day. If you don’t like heat, regular National Guacamole Day is September 16th. Most people make guacamole to taste, adding crushed red chile flakes, some hot sauce, or minced jalapeños. But you can use different types of heat, all of which provide slightly different nuances to the heat. You…
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