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Rice Pudding with Leftover Rice

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It’s been forever and a day that I enjoyed homemade rice pudding. It’s a memory from when I was about 7 years old, my grandmother and I would make both rice pudding and egg custard.
This evening, one of my daughters made dinner. It included rice – of which she made a lot.

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Olive Oil Properties and Benefits

Olive Oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive (Olea europaea), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. It is used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps, and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps.
Olive oil is a healthful oil because of its high content of monounsaturated fat (mainly oleic acid) and

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Chicken and Zucchini Pasta Sauce

Originally uploaded by madaise.

This is one of our favorite pasta sauces. I chunk chicken breast and cook in a little Olive Oil with garlic, cilantro and basil (about a 1/2 TBS each, or a little more). Toss in thin sliced zucchini, simmer about 10 minutes. Add some diced tomato – I use 1

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Gluep – Science Experiment

Gluep is a type of polymer; polymers are molecules with long chains of repeating units (called monomers) – much like a chain of paper clips. A glue solution contains millions of individual chains of polymer called polyvinyl acetate, often used in latex paint. These chains are able to slip and slide freely over

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Lemonade Iced Tea

A summertime favorite.
2 – 12oz cans of thawed, frozen concentrate lemonade
3 quarts iced tea
Make lemonade according to package directions and add tea.
A lemon slice and a sprig of mint to add to the flavor.

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Snickerdoodle Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream Icing

To make a snickerdoodle cake add 2 tsp ground cinnamon to a plain white cake mix. Prepare as package directs. (Hey, couldn’t be any easier than that!)
Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting
1 c. butter, room temperature
3 3/4 c. confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar), sifted
3 to 4 TBSP milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp ground cinnamon
- Blend butter

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