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Selecting a Date | Choosing a Setting | Party Themes | InvitationsMenu and Serving Ideas | Decorations | More Ideas | Graduation Recipes Graduation Day. The day every teenager has been waiting for since they started high school.

Setting a Buffet Table Serving a meal buffet style not only offers the hostess convenience but provides the guests with an informal setting with time to mingle and enjoy.

Juicing Oranges Orange juice can be used as a beverage straight from the orange without adding any other ingredients. It is also used to enhance the flavor of many sweet and savory dishes.

Pumpkin & Fresh Flower Candle Holder Trace the bottom of a 4 to 6-inch pillar candle onto the top of a pumpkin. With a sharp knife, cut along the traced line. While cutting, hold the knife at an angle, this will create a cone shape.

Apples can be cooked using many methods. They can be cooked on their own and eaten as a side dish, or they can be cooked up to create recipes such as delicious apple butter. Also, to serve with meats, such as ham, pork, and poultry, try making Caramelized Apples as a side dish.

Most often several apple preparation tasks are required when using apples in recipes. Some of the commonly used apple preparations are peeling, coring, cutting, and slicing. It is also necessary to prevent the apples from turning brown for some recipes.

Dyeing Easter eggs is a traditional activity that is followed in many households during the Easter holiday. Generally the parents prepare the eggs for dyeing by cooking the hard boiled eggs; and then the kids step in to help with dyeing the eggs.

Choose from twelve printable recipe card designs in either a 3x5 or 4x6 size. Print them out on card stock and cut along the crop marks for festive recipe cards to share and enjoy.

Choose from four printable Christmas recipe card designs in either a 3x5 or 4x6 size. Print them out on card stock and cut along the crop marks for festive Christmas recipe cards to share and enjoy.

There are many types of apples ranging from small varieties, like the Cameo, to very large varieties, like the Opalescent. Each variety has its own coloring, texture, and taste, which sets them apart from each other. Learn how easy it is to prepare and cook apples.

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Put together a spring centerpiece to brighten your table for Easter, Mother's Day, or any other special spring occasion. A homemade centerpiece is a fun way to dress up any table. There are many beautiful flowers in the spring that make perfect spring centerpieces.

The tradition of the King's Cake was originally started as a method of choosing a sacred king during the time of pre-Christian religions of Europe. The cake was baked with a nut or a bean inside and whomever got the piece containing the prize was chosen as the Sacred King. The King's Cake tradition was carried down through the generations and is still a huge part of the Carnival Season and Mardi Gras today.

Use the chart below as a quick reference when deciding which apple is best for your particular needs. Variety of Apple Fresh Salad Bake Cook Pie Dried Other Ambrosia X X           Baldwin     X X     Cider Braeburn X X X X X   Sauce Cameo X X X         Connell Red X       X X Sauce Cortland X X X X X   Sauce Crab Apples             Jelly &WineButter Criterion X X X   X   Sauce Elstar X X X   X   Sauce Empire X X X X X X   Fireside X X X X   X   Fuji X X X   X   Sauce Gala X X X   X X Sauce Ginger Gold X X X       Sauce Golden Delicious X X X X X   Sauce Golden Russet X   X     X Cider Golden Supreme     X     X Cider Granny Smith X X X X X     Gravenstein X   X X X   Sauce Haralson X   X X X X Sauce Honeycrisp X X X X X X Sauce Honeygold X X X   X   Sauce Idared X   X X X X Sauce Jonagold X X X X X   Sauce Jonamac X   X X       Jonathan X X X X X X Sauce Keepsake X   X         Lady X           Sauce Macoun X       X     McIntosh X X   X X*   Sauce Melrose X X X   X     Mutsu X   X X X   Sauce Newton Pippin X X X   X   Sauce Northern Spy     X   X   Sauce Northwest Greening     X X X   Sauce Pacific Queen X X           Pacific Rose X X           Paula Red X X X X X   Sauce** Pink Fir   X   X       Pink Lady X X X   X     Prairie Spy X X X   X     Red Delicious X X           Redfree X       X X   Regent X X X X X   Sauce Rhode Island Greening X   X X X   Sauce Rome X X X X X   Sauce Sierra Beauty X     X       Southern Rose X X           Spartan X X X   X X Sauce Splendor X           Dessert Stayman X X X X X     Sunrise X   X   X     Sweet 16 X   X       Sauce Wealthy X   X X X   Sauce Winesap X X X   X   Sauce Wolf River X   X X   X Sauce York Imperial     X X X   Sauce Zestar X   X       Sauce *May need a thickener when used in pies because of the juiciness of the apple.

Winter Squash Preparation | Winter Squash Cooking | Tips Winter Squash Squash: The fruits of various members of the gourd family, which fall into two classifications, summer squash and winter squash.

Tomato Preparation | Tomato Cooking | Tips | Tomato Garnish Tomatoes In the plant family, the tomato is classified as a fruit (berry), but when eaten it resembles a vegetable.

What is summer without a juicy grilled burger? Hamburgers are a favorite among young and old. Everyone has their favorite topping to satisfy their taste but there is more you can do to make it the perfect burger.

The alcoholic beverages that have become synonymous with Ireland are Irish whiskey, dry stout, ale, wine geese, and Irish cream. Among the non-alcoholic beverages that are Irish favorites, tea is perhaps the most popular; in fact, the Irish consume more tea per capita than any other nation.

Many of the customs and beliefs associated with St. Patrick's Day originated in countries other than Ireland, especially the United States. Many of the traditions connected with St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the U.S. are associated with either Irish-American folklore or with consumer marketing. This extends to some of the most popular St. Patrick's Day recipes, such as corned beef and cabbage, which originated in the U.S. and have no association with the traditional Irish recipes served on that day.