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Get Two Dishes from One with Ratatouille Gratin

Do you always end up with too much produce in your garden? This recipe gives you two great ways to use it all up.

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Stale Bread Goes from Blah to ‘Ahhh’ in this Pudding

We think even simple bread pudding is delicious, but one with chocolate and coconut is even more exciting. The best feature of this recipe (other than you can whip it up on a weeknight) is that it doesn’t make a huge batch, so it’s a perfect dessert for four diners, acceptable for two … or pretty fantastic for one.

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Get a Wheatgrass Kick from Tropical Island Bliss

Feelin’ droopy lately? Does the threat of summer heat zap you before it starts? Wheatgrass is a natural energizer that when added to your juice will turn it into a natural pick-me-up. This recipe shows a secret for taking the mess out of making it, and gives a great-tasting juice to add it to.

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Punch Up Your Juleps with Peaches

Mint juleps may remind you of horses and big hats, silver cups and Southern drawls. But this recipe adds the surprising ingredient of fresh peach juice to the mix, making this famous Southern specialty perfect for summertime sipping no matter where you call home.

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Tell 'Em It's 'Martian Juice'

Adults know that juicing is a super way to sneak more produce into their diets, but how do you get kids in a juicing mood? With Martian Juice, of course! Today, Food Thinkers shows how this unlikely pear-radish-celery combo is bound to entice your adventuresome child, transporting them to other-worldly tastiness.

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Break Fast with Lemony Baked Bannock

Tired of toast? Need a quickie brunch recipe? Legend says bannock and scones come from the land where kings were crowned, but for us commoners they fill a need for sweet and cakey at breakfast, are a great bread replacement in lunch sandwiches, and up the ante of your dinnertime salads, soups, and stews. Here’s to this lemony recipe becoming a part of your quick-baking repertoire.

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Every Day's a Vacation with At-Home Piña Coladas

The piña colada is a great way to experiment with the simplicity of adding fresh juice to your adult beverage repertoire because it only requires juicing one ingredient: a pineapple.

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Franzbrötchen: German Pastry with a French Twist

The Franzbrötchen is the German cousin of the French croissant — flaky, buttery layers of pastry are rolled up with cinnamon and sugar, then flattened and baked until golden.

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Craving Grilled Pizza?Satisfy It Yourself with this One-Bowl Dough

If you’ve eaten pizza made by anyone’s hand other than your favorite pie maker’s you know that the homemade kind is incomparable to nearly everything else: the crust is more crackly and yeasty; the toppings seem to taste fresher (even if they really aren’t); and its imperfect, lack-of-roundness makes it all the more appetizing.

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Chai with Roots:Inspired by Jane Goodall

Rishi Tea partners with Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots program and introduces their new Masala Chai. A perfect fit — Fair Trade tea helping support a global, environmental, and humanitarian youth program.

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