Pantry & Spotlight Ingredients

Salute Spring! Strawberry Salad with Strawberry Poppy Seed Dressing

by Cheri
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Join us as we Salute Spring with this series featuring the finest fruits and vegetables of the season. Written by Cheri of Kitchen Simplicity. Strawberries. The name alone makes my mouth start to water. When they’re in season they can be as sweet as candy. Except so much better. Here in Norway, they’re one of [...]

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Entertaining & Holidays

Three Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday Brunch (Recipe: Cran-Raspberry Smoothie)

by Cheri
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Written by Cheri of Kitchen Simplicity Brunch is one of my favorite meals. Why? Probably because most mornings we don’t have time to make a big fuss over breakfast.  The times we do make the effort and linger over breakfast or stretch it into brunch, it automatically feels special and the food somehow just tastes [...]

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Entertaining & Holidays

Two Versatile Homemade Chocolates for Gifting

by Cheri
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Written by Cheri of Kitchen Simplicity I always love making homemade edible gifts to give to people over the holidays. I do, however, try to keep them simple so that they’re not an added stress to an already busy holiday season, so that you can make your loved ones feel special and still be able [...]

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Dinner

Two-for-One Meal Ideas (Recipe: Cordon Bleu & Apple Panini)

by Cheri
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Written by Cheri of Kitchen Simplicity Most of us look forward to the schedule of fall. Summer days are a blast but just as with coming home after a long vacation, it feels good to get back into a fall routine. Finding that routine again after finally opening your home planner can sometimes be a [...]

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Dinner

Pasta Primavera – All Year Long

by Cheri
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The end of summer marks the time that we start scrambling to use up all the fresh produce bursting from our gardens. It can be hard to find ways to use up so many vegetables at one time. That’s why the Italians created Pasta Primavera. If you’ve got a plentiful array of vegetables that need [...]

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