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How to Cook Lavender Lamb Loin Chops: Upscale Superbowl Treats
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How to Cook Lavender Lamb Loin Chops: Upscale Superbowl Treats

Posted By on Feb 6, 2011 in Ethnic Foods, French, Herbs, How To Cook, Lamb, Lavender, Main Dishes, Sports Tailgating, Western European Food | 0 comments

This is Day Eight of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! It’s also SuperBowl today… I have eight beautiful New Zealand lamb loin chops looking at me in my freezer and for some reason, I just can’t get them out of my head for a fabulous, upscale SuperBowl tailgating dish! In my head secretly, I’ve been wanting to grill these bad boys with the amazingly scented lavender leaves I harvested from our plants this past summer....

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Asian Pacific Cuisine at it’s Best: In Person

Posted By on Oct 28, 2009 in Asian Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods, Healthy | 0 comments

If you want the best food, you’ve got to go to the source! Travel to that locale, take in the scenery and enjoy the unbelievably delicious food. You want Asian Cuisine? Go there, experience the showmanship of well-trained chefs that take their cuisine so seriously, it’s their way of life. Asian food, especially around the Asian Pacific, is full of interesting flavors with high impact taste, as well as delicately seasoned...

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Manuka Honey’s Not Just For Baking Anymore!

Posted By on Jan 21, 2009 in Baking, Healthy, Home Remedy, Sweets | 3 comments

I know many of us bake with Manuka honey, which comes from bees that harvest their pollen from Manuka bushes in New Zealand. It has a richer, more floral and earthy aroma and flavor, which gives it a more specialized taste than “regular” honey you get in your grocery store, like Billy Bee brand, for instance. I use it in my tea, on toast with peanut butter! It’s great for cooking with on chicken or in sauces. Manuka...

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Healthy, Cooked Breakfast For The New Year

Posted By on Jan 1, 2008 in Beans, Breakfast, Cooking Tips & Tricks, Fruit & Vegetables, Healthy, Tomato | 0 comments

Healthy and Cooked Breakfast? Really? That’s right! Read on… *** A Healthy Cooked Breakfast? By Karen Thorne It may seem a contradiction but it is possible to have a healthy and delicious cooked breakfast. First, start with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice – full of vitamin C and counts as one portion of fruit and veg. Then a bowl of porridge made with half semi skimmed milk and half water. Top with just a...

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