Cookies, Cakes, and Other Baked Goods: Linky and Last Post in the Back to Basics Series!

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I can’t believe we made it through the Back to Basics cooking series! This final post features my thoughts on cookies, cakes, and other baked goods.

10 Tips for Sweet Ice Cream Making Success

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For expert ice cream making advice, I asked fellow blogger Marilyn Beard who writes over at Just Making Noise. She allowed me to share her top 10 tips for making ice cream from her e-book Just Making Ice Cream.

Homemade Ice Cream Tips & Recipes Link Up

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Mmmm, homemade ice cream. I remember the first time I tried it – I used raw milk, sugar, and vanilla. It was heavenly. More like iced milk than iced cream, but tasty all the same.

Fruit Desserts Recipes Link Up

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Love fruit desserts? Please share your favorite recipes!

Fruit Desserts without Breaking the Bank

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One of the questions I’ve been asked is, “isn’t fresh fruit expensive?” My answer? “It depends.”

Fruit Desserts? Fruit IS Dessert!

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This week’s Back to Basics Cooking Series theme is supposed to be fruit desserts. It occurred to me, though, that fruit in and of itself makes a great dessert!

Grilled Recipes Link Up

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Have a favorite grilling recipe you’d like to share? Link up below!

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Grilling 101: A Confession

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This week’s theme is grilling, and I have a confession to make: I have never grilled in my life.

Simmered & Poached Recipes Link Up

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This week’s theme is all things simmered & poached. Please link up your favorite recipes so we can all perfect this technique!

Simmering Techniques

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This week’s theme in the Back to Basics Cooking Series is simmering, a technique with which I am not very familiar.