For questions about cooking or crafting with lavender, e-mail. Tips For Adding Dried Lavender to Your Recipes From A Taste of Lavender. To infuse the flavor of lavender into your recipes, first steep the buds in water, milk, cream or sugar syrups before adding them to your food. Use one tablespoon of buds.

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A popular invention from the 1970s, these main dish pies are made using baking mix in a batter that is poured over cooked meat, cheese and vegetables in a pie plate and forms its own crust as it bakes. Try some of the recipes on this blog.

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This cookbook has more than 100 recipes for single-serving desserts, breakfast treats and hot beverage mixes that are prepared, cooked and served in a mug in less than five minutes, like Chocolate Brownie, Pecan Pie and Peach Cobbler. They make great gifts and fun projects for kids. Try some of the tasty recipes on this blog, which are excerpts from the book. Easy Microwave Desserts in a Mug.

Help cut your gift-giving budget with these inexpensive, handmade gifts from your kitchen. More than 50 tasty recipes like Orange Spice Cappuccino Mix, Cranberry Cornbread Muffin Mix, Chicken Tortilla Soup Mix and Chocolate-Cinnamon Popcorn Spice. Also includes a helpful guide for assembling gift baskets and creative ideas for packaging. Try some of the recipes on this blog. Quick Gifts From the Kitchen- No Cooking Required. See the list at right.

Includes chocolate history, amusing quotes and interesting trivia plus fun ideas for chocolate theme parties, games and decorations.