Easy Edamame Recipe, Great Nutrition, & More

[1] These edamame are better than the ones at Japanese restaurants! Deft spicing makes the super-delish (recipe and photo © Hannah Kamkinsky | Bittersweet Blog). [2] We came across this side and it’s become a favorite. Here’s the recipe. You can make it with white rice, but brown rice delivers a better symphony of flavors.…
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Charcuterie Nachos Recipe For Cinco De Mayo & Beyond

What happens when you come across viral recipe ideas> You find ideas like charcuterie nachos, a plate of nachos x a charcuterie board. Also called charcuterie chips when made with potato chips, “They’re pure chaos in the best way,” says Kristina Vänni of Taste of Home. Here’s her take on the recipe. You can add…
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Chimango Sweet Heat Snacks For Cinco De Mayo

[1] Sweet peach rings sizzle with added chile seasoning (photos #1 and #2 © Chimango Snacks). [2] The pineapple chunks are sweet, tart, and nicely spicy. [3] Start with fresh fruits (photos #3 and #4 by ChatGPT 20225-04-23). [4] Sprinkle chili powder on your fresh fruits at home, too. Also on ice pops! [5] We…
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Frozen Peanut Butter & Banana Bites Recipe For National Banana Day

[1] It’s easy to make frozen banana peanut butter bites for snacking or with after-dinner coffee (photo © Gelson’s). [2] Start with ripe banana slices (photo © Eiliv Sonas Aceron | Unsplash). [3] Add flavored PB for more pizzazz (photo © Peanut Butter & Co.). [4] The original recipe used walnuts but we prefer pecans…
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Dixie Grace’s Boiled Peanuts: Another Way To Enjoy Goobers

Truth to tell, we had never heard of boiled peanuts, a Southern specialty. While many Southern specialties—barbecue, chicken and waffles, cornbread, hot sauce, and pecan pie, for example—not to mention Bourbon—boiled peanuts had never crossed our path. But when Dixie Grace’s wrote to us to try her boiled peanuts—and added that there was a National…
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