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Suzanne has 3 growing teenagers to feed, so she can put those apricots to work! This week she walked me through her steps of making a fruit cobbler, using blackberries and Pat’s apricots. What I love about cobbler recipes is that they are so forgiving. If they end up runny, that’s okay because you aren’t trying to contain them in a pie shell. If they’re a little too tart, just serve them with some vanilla ice cream....

A Savory Baked Bean Recipe This is a simple baked bean dish, with the beans first cooked in simmering water and then baked in a tomato sauce, flavored with bacon and sage, sweetened with honey, and spiced up with some chile flakes. You could also use pancetta in place of the bacon, or rosemary instead of sage. If you swap out molasses for the honey you’ll have something a lot closer to Boston baked beans....

Baked Zucchini Chips We love fried zucchini! Now we have a way that we can enjoy it without the guilt and it is every bit as good! No need to fire up the fryer, you can bread these lightly in our recipe for seasoned breadcrumbs and bake them in the oven and voila! All the crisp flavor you’re seeking, without the oil and fat. How to Pick the Perfect Zucchini Just a few tips, when you are purchasing or growing zucchini, smaller is actually better....

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This ham is easy, loved by all, and requested every year for Christmas and Easter. That’s a winning recipe in my book! For this version, I added a little ground clove to the sugar, and I skipped the cherries, but feel free to add them if you want to go retro. Video: How to Make Brown Sugar Baked Ham Which Ham Is the Right Ham? Don’t buy a dinner ham....

Now that I’m an “adult” I rarely indulge in a candy bar—my tastes have shifted to dark chocolate and away from super sweet confections. And while I’m fine with eating a few squares of chocolate as a treat, I find myself wishing there were more affordable candy bars available that would please my grown-up palate. Then I discovered Snickers dates on Tiktok. Talk about a game changer. What Are Snickers Dates?...

One of my favorite dishes that usually makes an appearance at Michelle’s is this “cheesy bread”, a sort of cross between garlic bread and pizza. It’s a great way to help feed a lot of hungry people, and easy to pull together, even at the last minute. I’ve shown them sliced, but you could easily cut them crosswise again for smaller appetizer bites. But watch out, they’re addictive! Variations on Cheesy Bread Try mixing in other ingredients with the topping mixture, such as chopped black olives, chopped canned artichoke hearts, minced shrimp, or crab meat....

My mom is more of a “visionary” when it comes to gardens, which explains why, when I took over the garden beds, they were completely covered with arugula, anything else being choked out years before. In the fall, after the first rains, the first baby leaves of arugula start making an appearance. The apples are ripening and the walnuts falling from the trees around the same time, so it just makes sense to pull them all together in a salad!...

These Chocolate Peppermint Shortbreads are tender cookies decorated with a glossy coat of chocolate topped with crunchy peppermint candies. They come together quickly with little fuss—just make the dough, chill, slice, bake, and decorate. These cookies are quick enough to crank out on a weeknight or as a fun weekend family project. How to Make Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Make the shortbread dough, consisting of flour, butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and peppermint extract....

But you don’t want to just toss plain rice with cilantro and lime juice and call it a day. Well, you could, but the rice wouldn’t be close to as good as it could be. Cilantro lime rice made well is irresistible. As in, “as soon as you finish one batch, you’ll want to make another” irresistible. Or, “take your hands off my food, this is all for me” irresistible....

There’s no heavy lifting here. Mix the dough by hand, shape it into two flat rounds, and cut the rounds into wedges. Once in the oven, your house will fill with a sweet aroma. These buttery, flaky scones along with your favorite brew will brighten any chilly morning. In fact, it’s an ideal baking project for a snow day or breezy weekend when you just want to stay cozy....

In a house where both adults were active-duty military, anything that could be “cooked” without their help was highly sought after. Whether or not it was safe for us to do so at 10 years old, well, that was a different time, let’s just leave it at that. My passion for chicken pot pie was born. But, as I grew into adulthood, I realized the comfort dish I love is actually quite simple to make from scratch....

(Just kidding!) Growing up in a family of six kids, we are all rather competitive eaters. Basically, whoever finishes first gets seconds. And you’re going to want to have seconds of these garlic mashed potatoes. How to Make the Best Garlic Mashed Potatoes Use Yukon Gold potatoes, which will make the mashed potatoes extra creamy, beyond what you get from the recipe’s butter and cream. Yukon Golds are simply the best potato for creamy mashed potatoes....

The Best Greens for This Salad I like to use at least two different greens for this recipe, but three or four are even better. I often bring home an assortment of lettuces from the market to use all week. I like the contrast of colors and textures. I may have a small head of kale and radicchio as my starting point. Then, I add to that according to what I have in the fridge....