Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe For National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day

[1] Mmm, peanut butter fudge (photo © Horizon Organic). [2] You can place crushed peanuts in the bottom of the pan, sprinkle them on top, or mix peanut halves into the fudge for a big bite of peanut flavor (photo © Jif). [3] How about Peanut Butter & Jelly Fudge. Here’s the recipe (photo ©…
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FOOD FUN: Strawberry Cake Pops

Strawberry-themed cake pops. You can use any flavor of cake that you like. Photo courtesy Bella Baker.   February 27th is National Strawberry Day. What better activity than to make these luscious strawberry cake pops from Lauryn Cohen of BellaBaker.com. If you’ve never made cake pops but think they’d fit in with family and entertaining,…
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RECIPE: Strawberry Salsa As A Sauce Or A Salsa

How about something special for National Strawberry Day (February 27th): strawberry salsa. In addition to serving with tortilla chips, strawberry salsa is delicious over grilled chicken, fish or pork. This recipes was adapted from TasteOfHome.com. You can customize it by adding other fruits to the strawberries. Mango, grapes, pineapple, pomegranate arils and stone fruits are…
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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe For National Banana Bread Day

[1] Banana bread with chocolate chips and nuts. We highly recommend the optional chocolate glaze in the recipe (not shown) (photo © Lulu Durand | iStock Photo). [2] Don’t want chocolate chips or nuts? How about blueberries? Here’s the recipe from Driscoll’s (photo © Driscoll’s). [3] Fancy banana bread: baked in a rectangular pan, topped…
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Best Cherry Pie Recipe For National Cherry Pie Day

[1] This cherry pie gets a fancy lattice top (photo © Cherry Marketing Institute). [2] Mom’s cherry pie (photo © Eric Hood | iStock Photo).   February 20th is National Cherry Pie Day, and we’re honoring both the holiday and home baker Jean Van’t Hul by publishing her recipe for “the best cherry pie ever.”…
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