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Why You Need To Grow Blueberries Right Now

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Blueberry shrubs are easy to grow, attractive year round—and, of course, produce delicious berries.

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GROW YOUR OWN | Blueberries thrive in our little corner of the planet—they love our climate and generally acidic soil—so if you want to grow something both good to eat and attractive to look at (what can I say, I’m married to a garden designer), you might want to leave room for a blueberry bush or three in your garden or grow this yummy fruit in tubs on your balcony. Read more

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A Tasty Gluten-Free Sub For Wheat Pasta

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Yes, there is a guilt-free, gluten-free substitute for high-cal, high-carb wheat-based pasta.

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EASY & DELISH | For anyone on a low-cal, low-carb or gluten-free diet, pasta can be a problem—at least the traditional wheat-based kind. But there is an alternative: shirataki noodles, used in Asian cuisine. Read more

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How To Paint Cookies Without A Pastry Bag

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For decorating cookies, there is an alternative to both tricky pastry bags and pricey tubes of store-bought frosting.

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SHOPPING AROUND | Nothing says spring (and Easter) like hand-painted sugar cookies. My kids are begging me to make some, but since I didn’t inherit Cake Boss genes, I decided to YouTube for decorating advice where I ran across Iron Chef America’s Cat Cora channelling her inner Martha by cranking out these adorable designs on holiday cookies. Hopeless at using a pastry bag, I was about to settle for uneconomical grocery-store tubes of icing with clip-off tips when a girlfriend suggested a cool alternative: squeezable frosting bottles with interchangeable decorating tips. Read more