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1st Prize – Dessert Category

Recipe created by Wolfgang Hanau

West Palm Beach, Florida

Make It Special Chef Recipe Contest

Makes 12 servings

Chef Quote: "I enjoy cooking with fruits because they are naturally sweet and healthy. Fruits provide the sugar your body needs to sustain itself and their natural flavors are so good that they sweeten desserts beautifully." – Wolfgang Hanau

(NC)—Juicy, ripe California peaches with espresso-dipped ladyfinger cookies, mascarpone cream, hazelnuts and a warm Gianduia chocolate drizzle create a decadent dessert that's a perfect encore to any meal. The combination of tangy peaches and rich chocolate set the stage for this beautiful, flavorful and elegant dessert.

In Gianduia Peaches Recipe

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Whole Wheat Raspberry Muffins

by News Canada

1 cup (250 ml) Five Roses Whole Wheat Flour

1 cup (250 ml) Five Roses All Purpose Never Bleached Flour or White, or with Wheat Bran

1 tbsp. (15 ml) baking powder

1/2 tsp. (2 ml) salt

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/2 cup (125 ml) liquid buckwheat honey

1/4 cup (50 ml) corn oil

3/4 cup (200 ml) milk (2% M.F.)

1 1/2 cups (375 ml) fresh or unsweetened frozen raspberries patted dry and/or well drained

Heat oven to 200ºC (400ºF). In a bowl, combine the two flours, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center of the mixture. In another bowl, combine egg, honey, oil and milk. Pour all at once into the center of dry ingredient mixture. Stir until just moistened. Carefully add raspberries, stirring as little as possible. Spoo Whole Wheat Raspberry Muffins Recipe

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Banish Boring Brown Bag Lunches!

by Cyndi Roberts

One way that money slips through our fingers without our realizing it is by eating out at lunch every day.

Did you know that by taking your lunch 3 days a week instead of eating out, you could save as much as $800 a year? Think what you could do with that much extra money!

Your lunch doesn't have to be a sandwich and chips, either. With just a little bit of creativity and planning, brown bag lunches can be pretty delicious!

Try these ideas for starters:

Invest in a few of those 1-serving plastic storage containers with lids. These are so handy--when you have just one serving left of any dish at dinner, put it in one of these dishes. Designate a shelf in the fridge for these leftovers. In the mornings, anyone in the family Banish Boring Brown Bag Lunches! Recipe

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