Has anyone seen the movie Alice in Wonderland yet? I haven't, but I've heard good things. And since I'm always looking for cute party ideas, I figured that a Mad Hatter tea party would be a great idea for spring. You can even have it outside, now that we've got some good weather here for the week! So go on, dust off the good china, take your nice picnic blanket out of storage, and have a tea party fit for a (red) queen. More Here...

Everyone has a dream kitchen.  Whether you are an avid cook, baker, or an aspiring chef, you have a dream kitchen.  You dream of cooking like Martha Stewart, have state-of-the-art appliances, or you dream of the endless possibilities of what you can fill your cabinets up with.  But what are your essentials?  What does your dream kitchen look like?

Take a look at these marvelous kitchens, and let us know what your dream one looks like!

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I'm a fan of peanuts. I like peanuts, peanut butter, peanut cookies, peanuts in ice cream, peanuts in candy. I make a mean spicy peanut sauce for pasta and rice. They are yummy and nutritious. They are fattening. I don't love that last part so much. But about nine months ago I came across a product that allows me all the good things about peanuts without so much of the fat. That product is peanut flour.

It can be purchased in light or dark roast with a fat content of 12% or 28%.The 12% flour is 50% protein. It does not have the same properties as wheat flour and cannot be substituted one to one, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have 100 other wonderful uses in the kitchen, from the traditional peanut butter sandwich to a truly wonderful baked pork chop.

I purchase my peanut flour from Byrd Mill, an online source. I prefer a medium roasted flavor, which I achieve by mixing a bag of dark roast, with a bag of light roast. I buy the 12% fat content, because fat is an issue for me.  The lighter roast has a lighter peanut flavor and can be "hid" by stronger flavors in foods when you don't care for them to scream "peanuts" but want the nutritional value.

This is a very versatile product. I'll give you a few ideas about how I use it.More Here...

 

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Michael Pollan, the renowned journalist and author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, has just come out with a new book, Food Rules. Based on the idea that the American obsession with complicated diets has spiraled out of control and has often been more destructive than helpful to American health (the Atkins diet, the South Beach diet, even the Taco Bell diet), Pollan puts forth this carry-with-you-anywhere manual of quick and easy rules on how to eat right. More Here...