Grapefruit Should Be Avoided with Some Medications

Grapefruit is a wonderful fruit and has many positive features. It has been linked to helping people lose weight. It is abundant in vitamins and antioxidants and is rather tasty to many pallets. However, it has also been a common belief that drinking a glass of grapefruit juice with medicine can help the body absorb…

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Nutty Roasted Pears

4 tbsp pure butter 4 pears, halved and cored ½ cup sour cream ¼ cup pecans or walnuts, coarsely chopped and toasted 1 cup brown sugar Preheat oven to 400 degrees with oven rack in center position.. Place the butter on a baking pan and put into the heated oven. Once butter has melted, sprinkle…

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Easy Make Ahead Fruit Salad

3 T. chopped crystallized ginger 2 T. lemon juice 1/4 cup honey 2 cups cubed cantaloupe 2 cups cubed honeydew melon 3 cups cubed fresh pineapple pieces 4 cups sliced strawberries 1 cup raspberries Combine ginger, lemon juice and honey in bowl and whisk until well. Add all fruit to mixture except for strawberries and…

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Sizzling Summer Lemonade Stand Lemonade

1 cup water 1-1/2 cups sugar Juice from 5-7 lemons 4 cups cold sparkling water or plain water Lemon Slices for garnish Mint Sprigs (optional) Mix together one cup water with one cup of sugar in small pot.  Heat mixture to boiling, stirring constantly until sugar is completely dissolved.  Allow water and sugar mixture to…

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Very Berry Custard

1/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 cup whole milk 1 beaten egg 2 tablespoons sour cream 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups fresh assorted berries; raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, halved strawberries, etc. To prepare custard, combine cornstarch and 2 Tablespoons of sugar in a small pan.  Once mixed well, add egg and milk.  Cook over medium…

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