Posts in lisa maliga
Key Lime Pie Recipe

How to cool off on a hot summer day? Enjoy a nice, cold slice of Key Lime pie! This deliciously tart and sweet crumb crust pie is easy to bake. Don’t have key limes in your area? Not an issue. Use regular Persian limes. They taste just as good.

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Travel Container Soap Recipe

This travel-friendly soap comes in a convenient, easy-to-pack soap dish with a secure cover! Each container holds 2.3 ounces (68 ml) of soap. Seeking outdoors adventure or touring a new destination, these soap containers are easy to make for any traveler.

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Almond Macarons Recipe & Video Tutorial

Almond is a classic flavor and the filling also contains almond flour. Using a high quality almond extract will make the flavor even richer. These lovely almond macarons will brighten any occasion!

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Orange Macarons Recipe & Video Tutorial

Orange curd, like lemon and lime curd, isn’t difficult to find in many grocery, health food or even discount stores. I was in TJ Maxx checking out the jams and jellies section, which is nicely stocked throughout the year, when I saw a jar of orange curd and thought it, might make a nice macaron filling. The taste wasn’t as tangy as I thought it would be so adding orange extract was necessary to get a brighter and tangier orange flavor. 

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Cinnamon Roll Macarons Recipe & Video
French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 20: Fruit Swirled French Macarons Recipe & Tutorial

Make these brightly colored, swirled French macarons and impress your family and friends! Perfect for Easter, birthday parties, baby and wedding showers, and any special occasion.. This is a never before seen or published recipe for Fruit Swirled French Macarons. 

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French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 16: Chocolate & Raspberry Macarons

As a huge fan of chocolate, I decided to combine that with a dollop of homemade raspberry jam in the center of each macaron. All I had to do in advance was make the jam and the chocolate ganache.

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French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 9: Chocolate Mint Macarons

At first, all was great with the meringue. It had the standard stiff peaks and to get that lovely minty color, I added 7 drops of gel food coloring. And that was followed with one drop of pure peppermint essential oil. So it looked and smelled like chocolate mint chip ice cream.

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An Excerpt from "Liquid African Black Soap Recipes for Skin and Hair"

For the record, I'd like to state why an author of books on soap crafting and shampoo bars is actually writing about liquefying soap!

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French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 7: Pistachios & Vanilla

I had a bag of organic California pistachios and decided to make macarons with freshly ground pistachio flour. So, I read how the flour was made and spent several hours going through the steps.

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