RECIPE: Get Ready For National Margarita Day With A Ginger Margarita

Ginger adds some heat to a Margarita. Photo courtesy Spice Market | New York.   National Margarita Day is next week: Wednesday, February 22nd. There’s plenty of time to plan a Margarita party, mixing up some special recipes. You can also throw a “Presidents’ Margarita Party” over the holiday weekend. The original Margarita consisted of…
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20 Ways To Enjoy Almonds For National Almond Day

[1] Almonds: delicious and good for you (photo © National Almond Board). [2] Almond-crusted chicken strips. Here’s the recipe (photos #2, #4, and #5 © Taste Of Home). [3] Broiled fish with almond-cilantro salsa. Here’s the recipe (photo © National Almond Board). [4] Almond Pork Chops with Honey Mustard. Here’s the recipe. [5] Almond lavender…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Chocolate ‘Gingerbread’ Man Or Girl

  [1] He’s just a hunk, a hunk of chocolate love (photo © Choclatique. [2] Or bake and decorate your own. You can dip them in chocolate instead of the fancy icing (photo © Taste of Home) [3] St. Valentine—Valentinus in Latin (photo © Communio).   For the Valentine whose heart desires two-and-one-half pounds of…
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