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Comfort food needn’t be heavy and unhealthy. It can be filling and nutritious like this chicken, kale and white bean stew. I love the earthiness of kale, which adds its...

This is one of my own creations. It's a great cake for those holiday get togethers, but leftovers are not likely.

As always, there are so many great entries this week! Halloween ideas abound - check out the lawn ornament eyeballs - along with some tasty Autumn recipes. You can also...

Bananas are such a common fruit, we scarcely give them a second thought. You may not even be aware they come in different colors and sizes. Did you know bananas...

Sweet and chewy cookies.

This week, you can make a nice combination of Autumn, halloween, and even Christmas crafts. Which one of these will you start with? Train Beaded Safety Pin - Follow this pattern...

Although September signals the approach of the end of gardening season for many gardeners, we can take some consolation in the beauty fall provides. You can literally walk...

Nothing says comfort food like lasagna, but lasagna can be a high-fat, high-calorie dish. So here's a lighter version that uses lean ground chicken instead beef (although shredded white-meat chicken...

This recipe is over 100 years old and is the original kind of pound cake: it contains 1 pound each of butter, sugar, eggs and flour and contains no salt, baking powder or flavoring (but flavoring such as vanilla extract or almond extract can be added if desired!)

This beautifully shaped cookie is full of flavor with almonds, raisins, cinnamon and of course lots of figs.