Twelve Things You Can Do with a Brownie Mix
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE FREE! New Cranberry Orange Cookie Mix! Bon Appetit had a piece about what you could do with a brownie mix. They asked five chefs and got a...
View ArticleHow to Make Old-Fashioned Chicken Soup with Homemade Egg Noodles
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE I have fond memories of my Mother’s chicken soup with rich egg noodles simmering on the stovetop. This was a regular dish, something she made...
View ArticleRecipes for Our Gluten Free Friends
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Merri Ann has celiac so she follows a strict gluten-free diet. (Bummer! Married to a baker too.) But we’re certainly sympathetic to our...
View ArticleFour Unforgettable Things You Can Make with Cocoa
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE With good cocoa, that is. There’s a lot of difference in cocoas. Really good cocoa makes everything better. Look for cocoa that is at least 14%...
View ArticleHow to Create Your Own Muffin Recipes
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Including five great banana nut muffin recipes I recently received a new a muffin cookbook. It had great photography and interesting recipes....
View ArticleFive More Weekend Breakfasts to Impress Your Guests
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Free! Get this cordless mini mixer and coupons for four more free tools! Click here for the coupon code. Here are five ways to make an...
View ArticleGuys! Here’s How to Make Valentine’s Day Unforgettable!
I love my wife Merri Ann with all my heart. I’m the luckiest guy in the world. We have dinner in restaurants often. That’s nice, but we do it often enough that it doesn’t have the impact that Merri...
View ArticleLook at All the Biscuits You Can Make!
I like biscuits. Maybe it’s the two years I spent in the South—those good Southerners love their biscuits. In the West, we eat bread. Our harsh winters produce high protein flour suitable for great...
View ArticleThe Joy of Cooking with Kids
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE For my eighth birthday, my mother gave me a cookbook. It wasn’t much of cookbook, but it was mine. I can remember her helping me through those...
View ArticleHow to Make Great Homemade Dinner Rolls
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Free! Make these rolls for free! Use code “2ROLL” at checkout. Nothing makes a dinner special quite like dinner rolls. You can make dinner...
View ArticleWings, Dogs, and Rolls: Treats for Evening at Home
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Family Home Evening, ball games, movies—there are always reasons to gather together in the family room. But it’s always better with something...
View ArticleThe Easy Way to Make Focaccia Your Family Will Love
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Focaccia is one of my favorite breads. I love it as a snacking bread or appetizer dipped in olive oil like in your favorite Italian restaurant....
View ArticleHow to Make Scrumptious Apple, Corn or Pumpkin Fritters
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE When our kids were young, Merri Ann would make fritters often. The kids loved them. Back then, we drizzled them in maple syrup. Now, it’s...
View ArticleHow to Make Sugar Cookies that are NOT Vanilla
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Get a free sugar cookie mix! Use code “LDSCOOK” at checkout. When I was a kid, we made sugar cookies twice a year—for Christmas and Valentine’s...
View ArticleHow to Make Caramel Apple Stuffed French Toast and Other Delights
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE If you can make a sandwich, you can make stuffed French toast. In fact, making stuffed French toast is a lot like making a sandwich. The...
View ArticleA Catalog of Creative Cupcake Ideas
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Includes a free e-book and a video for filling cupcakes. On Saturdays, we like to get creative. If we don’t have anything scheduled, we’ll get...
View ArticleHow to Make Cobblers in the Winter
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Cream Cheese and Cherry Skillet Cobbler I’ve always liked cobblers. To me, it’s down-home country food. It’s part of my pioneer heritage. I...
View ArticleTwo Ways to Make Baked Donuts
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Donuts are usually fried. Deep frying is not my favorite way to cook. But I love donuts. So, when I came across a way to bake donuts, I was...
View ArticleBeyond the Basics: Adding Goodies to Your Muffins
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Includes: “How to Get Your Muffins Out of the Pan without Breaking” Get this handy tool for free! Use code SPAT at checkout. I like bran...
View ArticleIf You Love Banana Bread, This is For YOU!
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Make Peanut Butter and Jelly Banana Bread Sandwiches. Yes, that’s cinnamon chip banana bread at the top. And that’s Cherry Bubblegum Jelly. We...
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