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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.Something I probably haven’t mentioned often is that I have a constant helper in the kitchen when I try recipes for this column.Sometimes she gets to sample something, and sometimes she is informed that the particular creation at hand is “not good for puppies.”Regardless, our 15-year-old schnauzer, K.C., hopefully follows me around the kitchen or gazes at me from a good napping spot, hoping I will be clumsy enough to drop something or gracious enough to share.Often, she gets lucky, and this week’s recipe is one of her favorite kinds: one that only uses half an egg.

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.On most days, Joey and I work in the same newspaper office or together from home.

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.netOne of the most popular questions I get from people when they find out I write a recipe column is whether I have had any food fails when trying new dishes.The answer is a resounding yes.And if you were to ask me what the biggest fail of all time was, I would, without hesitation, tell you about a honey lime crockpot chicken I made nearly a decade ago.

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 soon as the weather starts to warm up, it’s time for Joey and me to start going through all the grilling recipes he sent me over the winter.The first one up is this week’s recipe, which features a Polynesian-inspired sauce over a spatchcock chicken.If you’re not familiar with spatchcocking, it’s a technique for cooking whole chicken that lets you flatten the bird out, and it cooks more evenly and quicker.

The McPherson Community Brass Choir will present its Spring concert Sunday, April 28th at 7:00 pm at the McPherson Church of the Brethren.

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.The Kansas Wheat Commission reports on its website that there are six varieties of wheat grown in the United States.Those include hard red winter, hard white, soft red winter, soft white, hard red spring and durum.Anyone who has been around wheat farmers in Kansas knows that most farms produce the hard red winter variety.

The McPherson Opera House will host a performance by the country group Ricochet on Saturday night, April 20 at 7:00 p.m.

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.“We’re in!

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.Every once in awhile, I run across a food idea so dumb but so obviously delicious that I just have to try it.It happened when I made poutine tacos.

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.It’s amazing what people will passionately debate about online.