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No one will razz you about these yummy cookies

Spice Up Your Life is a weekly recipe column by Lindsey Young, who describes herself as an enthusiastic amateur cook and can be reached through her website at spiceupkitchen.net.As I promised, I’m back in this week’s column with the second recipe in my raspberry series.After my triumph over Joey and his usual dislike of raspberries with last week’s recipe, I was feeling pretty confident about the others I picked out to try on him.People often tell Joey just how lucky he is that he gets to try all these new recipes I make each week, but what they don’t realize is how often I push culinary boundaries with him.He really is a good sport.So the good news is that this week’s offering isn’t something super strange.

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Griggs presents at Cedars

provided by The Cedars Let’s travel with Jim Griggs again.   You won’t want to miss this evening of fine photography.  Jim and Cindy have traveled to… Login to continue reading Login…

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Beautiful pastries are just within your ‘rasp’

Spice Up Your Life is a weekly recipe column by Lindsey Young, who describes herself as an enthusiastic amateur cook and can be reached through her website at spiceupkitchen.net.Throughout our marriage, one of my side projects with Joey has been figuring out how to make foods he didn’t think he liked into something he likes.This has been really easy for tons of vegetables and mushrooms, but I recently decided to tackle one that I thought might be impossible: raspberries.I knew it was a difficult assignment for two reasons: 1.

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Bruschetta a nice slice of delicious summer living

Spice Up Your Life is a weekly recipe column by Lindsey Young, who describes herself as an enthusiastic amateur cook and can be reached through her website at spiceupkitchen.net.While planning a snack menu for a recent get-together at our office, I decided the summer heat dictated some nice, cool appetizers.After settling on some dips to go with crackers, I decided I wanted something summery and full of fresh garden vegetable flavors, so I began researching bruschetta.

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Cap off your snack table with simple, air-fried mushrooms

Spice Up Your Life is a weekly recipe column by Lindsey Young, who describes herself as an enthusiastic amateur cook and can be reached through her website at spiceupkitchen.net.An article by UCLA Health explains that mushrooms are considered a healthy addition to one’s diet.In addition to being lower in fat and calories, there are studies that have linked them to decreased cancer risk, better brain health and even healthier immune systems, among other benefits.

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‘Guava’ your friends a tropical dessert to try

Spice Up Your Life is a weekly recipe column by Lindsey Young, who describes herself as an enthusiastic amateur cook and can be reached through her website at spiceupkitchen.net.Several months ago, I decided, for some reason, I needed to get ahold of a can of guava paste to bake with.I didn’t have a recipe picked out yet, but I’m sure I found some video about guava that convinced me I needed it in my life.

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