(NC)-Summer breezes carry the sounds of kids clamoring for icy, cool treats. The local traveling ice cream truck is now passe, with the new kid on the block, Hamilton Beach Snowman™ Ice Shaver. The Snowman™ stands ready to deliver fresh, inexpensive snow cones, slushies, frozen drinks or desserts, easily made at home for just pennies per serving.

Hamilton Beach's Snowman™ Ice Shaver is the life of the party and the backyard barbeque. Dress up birthday parties instantly with flavoured ice concoctions. Simply add fruit juices, lemonade, powdered drink mixes, sodas or other flavoured drinks to be frozen in the Snowman™ Ice Shaver's supplied ice disc molds and place in the Snowman™ Ice Shaver.

Even non-cooks will The Snowman Cometh Recipe

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Chicken Scoop: Why Is Chicken A Dieter's Best Friend?

by News Canada

Let's Ask the Experts

(NC)-Did you know a skinless chicken breast contains less than 1.5 grams of fat per 100 gram serving? Offering expert advice just in time for bathing suit season, Bryan Hughes, New Product Development Manager at Maple Lodge Farms raves over the nutritious merits of chicken.

"One of the leanest meats on grocery store shelves, chicken is an excellent source of protein that offers an energizing boost without the fat," says Hughes. "And by removing the skin from a chicken breast, you can reduce its fat content by an additional 80 per cent!"

But cooks often make the mistake of adding fat when preparing chicken, he adds. Oils, sauces and dressings account for 65 per cent of our daily fat intake and can quickly transform Chicken Scoop: Why Is Chicken A Dieter's Best Friend? Recipe

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The Taffy Pull (A Story and a Recipe)

by LeAnn R. Ralph

One year when I was growing up on our Wisconsin dairy farm, the Brownie leaders had announced we were going to make some extra-special candy at our next meeting.

So — when school let out one winter afternoon — I lost no time getting to the gym where we always had our meetings.

For once nobody was late, and when we entered the gym, the Brownie leaders already had everything set up.

"What's in the pans?" asked one girl.

On the table were several square cake pans full of some clear caramel-colored stuff.

"That's our taffy," explained one of the leaders.

The questions came fast and furious then.

"What do we have to do?"

"What's taffy, anyway?"

"But I thought WE were going to make candy…"

"You are," one of the The Taffy Pull (A Story and a Recipe) Recipe

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