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Brown Sugar Lemon Curd

My Canadian family's "signature" recipe for lemon curd. It's made with brown sugar, not white sugar. The brown sugar adds memorable nuance and dimension to lemon curd: in side-by-side taste tests, people always prefer Brown Sugar Lemon Curd. I'm sharing two recipes, one from my dear Auntie Gloria, whose refrigerator was always home to a tub of lemon curd, perfect for scooping out by the spoonful or filling a lemon tart or two when a friend stopped by for tea and a visit. The second recipe is my variation of her recipe, it's less sweet and less rich and to my taste, extra-lemony and delicious. Homemade Lemon Curd, Made from Scratch. A Long-Time Family Favorite. A Vintage, Easy Tried-and-True Recipe. Mere Minutes to the Table. A Summer Classic. Budget Friendly. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Great for Food Gifts. Easy DIY. Vegetarian. Naturally Gluten Free. What're you waiting for?! So Good!!

Mojito Strawberries

Our latest dessert addiction, a refreshingly simple, ridiculously easy strawberry riff on the Cuban cocktail called the mojito served with white rum or our favorite, a "virgin" NA (non-alcoholic) treat. Your berries, your call! Memorable Homestyle Whole Food, Simply Prepared with Just Six Ingredients. Little Effort, Big Reward. Mere Minutes to the Table. Extra Welcome When "Supper's a Little Skimpy". Not just easy, Summer Easy . Budget Friendly. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Perfect When Cooking for One or Two . Not just vegan, Vegan Done Real . Naturally Gluten Free. So Good!!

Ham Loaf with Sour-Cherry Sauce

The approach of Easter has me feeling nostalgic for old-time recipes. This Ham Loaf comes from my Aunt Myra, a woman I may never have known but feel connected to thanks to her recipe — and helps use up leftover ham after Easter. ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ Remembering Aunt Myra All families have one. Ours was Aunt Myra, an aunt by marriage when she hitched up with Great Uncle Edward after his first wife passed on. Did Aunt Myra and I ever meet? It’s hard to say. Even my father remembers her little. So when my cousin LeAnne sent me a recipe called “Myra’s Ham Loaf” and said it had been her mother’s and our grandmother’s recipe, I just knew the recipe came from this almost-forgotten aunt. As food and recipes increasingly come from celebrity chefs and noted cookbook authors and even food bloggers like me, we lose a part of our own heritage, the connection to long-gone or recently lost members of the family who passed their best recipes from one generation to the nex...

Five-Minute Fruit Salad

It's a no fuss, no muss fruit salad, showy and convenient both. Fresh fruit has such lovely shapes, such pretty color, harness both by displaying the fruit in their natural form. The concept works for a small gathering or a large crowd. Why didn't I think of this sooner? PS Just in time for Easter! Whole Food, Simply Presented for a Beautiful Table or Buffet. Beautiful Color! Real Food, Fast & Flexible. Mere Minutes to the Table. Not just easy, Summer Easy . Budget Friendly. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Potluck & Party Friendly. Not just vegan, Vegan Done Real . Naturally Gluten Free.