Eating Well: Tomato dishes long on freshness, flavor

Nothing beats a big, old, juicy tomato fresh from the garden vine this time of the year when homegrown crops are entering prime, peak time.

Eating Well: Yummy summer desserts sure to be real crowd-pleasers

No particular theme this week – just a potpourri of some of my favorite “sweet” recipes, not only amazingly easy to toss together but also delightfully delicious to serve whether you are entertaining on the patio or having a more formal get-together with family or friends.

• Bread pudding

Eating Well: Rhubarb recipes for last, fresh garden picking

I know we are getting close to the last hurrah for rhubarb, but some of you out there still have some fresh left in your garden that is okay for the picking.

• Rhubarb dream dessert
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Eating Well: Grean beans plentiful in summer gardens

The green bean plants are full of flowers in the backyard gardens and almost ready for the picking providing the perfect opportunity to make the most of the short season for this fresh, crisp vegetable that can be the perfect ingredient in a variety of recipes.

Eating Well: Easy Fourth of July entertaining -- red, white and blue desserts

The Fourth of July will be filled with a lot of outdoor cooking and little time to be slaving in the kitchen.

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Eating Well: Yummy rhubarb perfect ingredient for tart desserts

I’ve had several people over the course of the last few weeks ask for reruns of favorite rhubarb recipes featured in the past.

• Rhubarb crisp
• Rhubarb jelly
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Eating Well: Egg bake, caramel French toast perfect brunch partners

A brunch menu is easy to prepare as long as you don’t get too wrapped up in fancy.

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• Egg Bake

Magic fruit recipe easiest apple crisp ever

We are always sharing recipes at our office and it’s a great method, because I have come across some of my best recipes ever as a direct result.

• Apple Crisp
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Eating Well: Strawberries nutritious, delicious dessert choice

May is National Strawberry Month and the prime season for the fruit that is great eaten alone or in combination with other ingredients for a deliciously light, yet decadent dessert or salad.

• Pretzel Jell-O Salad
• Cream Puffs
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Peach kuchen bars are rich, satisfyingly light

Kuchen, with its dough crust and custard filling, is the German word for cake.

• Peach Kuchen Bars
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Tangy dips make for easy summer entertaining

Summer is the season of easy, hot and hardy yummy dips that can be prepared in an instant but taste like they’ve been hours in the making.

• Buffalo Chicken Dip
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Peanut butter pie definitely a winning dessert

Who doesn’t like peanut butter and chocolate in combination in a sweet treat?

• Peanut Butter Cup Pie
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Eating Well: Nothing better than hot out-of-the-oven cookies

Nothing smells better than a batch of homemade cookies baking. Cookie making has become kind of a lost art at my house recently, for no other reason than time.

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Easy, hot sandwiches make for happy dining guests

Nothing is more appealing to a hungry group of casual guests than hot sandwiches served on big crusty rolls, a meal in itself, served alongside your favorite variety of chips and dip combinations and an easy vegetable tray.

• French dip
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Eating Well: Favorite family recipes among the best of the best

Inspired by previous office get-togethers involving food, this week I’m sharing some of the favorite recipes of staff members, all of whom are excellent cooks and bakers in their own right.

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