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½ cup plain Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon snipped fresh mint 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 cloves garlic, minced Salt For Easy Cleanup: Line your slow cooker with a disposable slow cooker liner. Add ingredients as directed in recipe. Once your dish is finished cooking, spoon the food out of your slow cooker and simply dispose of the liner. Do not lift or transport the disposable liner with food inside.

Raspberry Sugar Combine 3/4 cup confectioners sugar and 3 tablespoons freeze-dried raspberries in a food processor; pulse until berries are powdery. Sift mixture to remove seeds.

1 cup water ¾ cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoon lemon zest 6 cup fresh blueberries 2 tablespoon lemon juice ½ cup sparkling rose wine

2 ½ cup cups all-purpose flour 2 ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ⅔ cup butter or margarine 1 ¾ cup sugar 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 1 ¼ cup milk Creamy White Frosting 1 cup shortening 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon almond extract 4 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoon milk

1 16 ounce package powdered sugar (4-1/4 cups) 3 tablespoon meringue powder ½ teaspoon cream of tartar ½ cup warm water 1 teaspoon vanilla **Tip: Meringue powder is a mixture of pasteurized dried egg whites, sugar, and edible gums. Look for it in the baking aisle of your supermarket or at a specialty food store.

1 cup shortening 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon almond extract 1 16 ounce package powdered sugar (about 4 cups) 3 tablespoon milk Royal Icing 1 16 ounce package powdered sugar (4-1/4 cups) 3 tablespoon meringue powder ½ teaspoon cream of tartar ½ cup warm water 1 teaspoon vanilla **Tip: Meringue powder is a mixture of pasteurized dried egg whites, sugar, and edible gums. Look for it in the baking aisle of your supermarket or at a specialty food store....

Ham Glazes Spiced Pepper Glaze: a. 1. In a small bowl stir together 3/4 cup red jalapeno pepper jelly and 1 1/2 teaspoons five spice powder. Cranberry-BBQ Glaze: a. 2. In a small bowl stir together 1/2 cup jellied cranberry sauce, 1/2 cup bottled barbecue sauce, and 2 tablespoons honey. Orange-Bourbon Glaze: a. 3. In a small bowl combine 1/2 cup orange marmalade or peach preserves, 1/2 cup stone ground mustard, and 2 tablespoons bourbon....

Joro spiders are not harmful. Joros are causing alarm because of their size, their numbers, and the fact that they are a non-native species. Also, they look like Halloween decorations come to life. But don’t worry; they’re not harmful to people, says Richard Hoebeke, associate curator of the arthropod collection at the University of Georgia’s Museum of Natural History and researcher in the university’s entomology department. All spiders have venom to subdue and digest their prey, but the Joro’s venom isn’t particularly toxic, unless you’re allergic to spiders....

Summer Snowflake Care Summer snowflake grows well in fertile, loose soil that has regular moisture and is well-drained. It takes either full sun or part shade, but blooms best if it gets at least 6 hours of bright sunlight a day. Tolerant of a variety of soils, summer snowflake will adapt to dry soil and clay soil in most cases. Plant summer snowflake in fall in drifts of 15 to 20 or more bulbs set 4 to 6 inches deep and 4 to 6 inches apart....