Make tea for two

Apple Tea
Ginger Tea
Marmalade Tea
Cold winter nights provide a great opportunity for warming up with tea, especially since this hot beverage offers antioxidants and possibly helps reduce your risk of heart attacks and stroke. Whenever you decide to make tea for yourself, brew another cup and share the potential health benefits with someone else.
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Microwave your seafood

Microwave Herbed Fish Fillets
Microwave Buttered Shrimp
Microwave Nutty Salmon
Serving seafood is a tasty way to add variety to mealtime while providing a lean source of protein. Steaming in the microwave is a good method for preparing seafood. Although the cooking time is often the same as steaming on the stovetop, cleanup is usually easier.
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Happy Valentine’s Day, Maine

I could say many wonderful things about the states I have lived in or near, especially in regards to the foods of those regions. But today, my love letter is to Maine. Or, more specifically, to the farmers that help make this state special.
A while back, a major milk company dropped several Maine organic dairy [...]

Melt chocolate, melt hearts

Chocolate Mousse for Two
Chocolate Truffles
Decadent Hot Chocolate for Two
Chocolate and Valentine’s Day often seem to go hand in hand. With this day of sweets fast approaching, consider skipping the cellophane-wrapped candy available for purchase in favor of surprising that special someone with handmade treats served with love.
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Chocolate Mousse [...]

Bargain of the week

Until this week, I’d never had a flat-iron steak. They are becoming popular on restaurant menus, but I rarely order steak in a restaurant because I enjoy cooking steaks at home. I don’t often see flat-iron steaks at the store, so I just hadn’t gotten around to eating one.

That all changed this week when I [...]

Celebrate the Super Bowl

Easy New Orleans Jambalaya
Indiana Pork Sandwiches
When it comes to football, we often have favorite foods to go with our favorite teams. But our favorite teams don’t always make it to the Super Bowl. When that happens, focus on where the teams come from and serve favorites from those areas.
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Easy New [...]