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Tips for a Healthy Happy Birthday

Birthdays are a time of celebration.  Kids look forward to the gifts, balloons, candy, cake and ice cream.  It is a time to indulge.  However, indulging does not mean you have to regret eating a second piece of cake.  It does not mean you give up on health and reasonable portion sizes for the day.  Sure, you can stretch the boundaries of your diet a little.  I know my son wants to have his cake and eat it too on his birthday.  Yet, he also knows that an influx of sugar and fat are not good for his health.  While, … Continue reading →

Learn How to Make Meringue: Berry Meringue Cups

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Meringue is easy but there are definitely some tricks to making meringue come out perfectly. Once you know how to make it, you can make all sorts of impressive desserts like the berry filled meringues below. Basically, meringue is beaten egg whites and sugar. Most meringue recipes call for cream of tartar which is used to help bind the mixture together. Legend has it that meringue was invented by an Italian chef in the Swiss town of Meiringin in the 1600’s. Meringue can be used alone (like Meringue cookies), as a topping on pie (like Lemon Meringue), or as a … Continue reading →