Make an Impact with Exterior Lighting Front Yard Landscape Secrets Slow-growing evergreen boxwood can be sheared into nearly any shape. Here it’s sculpted into round orbs surrounded by succulent and drought-tolerant echeveria.

Today the holidays unfold slowly and sweetly throughout Karen and husband Shawn’s 1950s ranch home. When the calendar flips to December, Karen simmers cinnamon sticks in water daily to spice the air and begins her version of a popular holiday game, hiding a family of stuffed mice for sons Aiden, 15, and River, 4, and daughter Brooklyn, 9, to find. On Christmas Day, the kids get a new mouse, a tradition so anticipated it makes Brooklyn happy-cry....

Great meat loaf is moist and dense, tender yet firm. It satisfies with a rich flavor that’s meaty and lasting; it’s well-seasoned yet not overwhelming. Read on as Scott Peacock teaches you the basics; start there, then adapt as you please. You know how wonderful mushroom gravy is with beef; putting mushrooms inside the meat rather than on top makes the combination even better. For best results, use a spoon to gently scrape gills from Portobello mushroom caps....

2 ounce cream cheese, softened 1 cup powdered sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon milk

2 green onions, cut up ¼ cup unsalted roasted peanuts 1 tablespoon chopped fresh peeled ginger 1 clove garlic, peeled 1 ½ cup snipped fresh cilantro ½ cup fresh mint leaves 1 tablespoon water 1 ½ teaspoon canola oil ½ teaspoon fish sauce ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper 2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

Ayn-Monique Klahre graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor of arts in politics and political theory. Two years later, she attended Columbia Universities Graduate School of Journalism in order to earn a certificate in publishing.

2 medium tomatoes, finely chopped 2 tablespoon finely chopped onion 2 tablespoon snipped fresh cilantro 1 fresh serrano chile pepper, seeded and finely chopped (see tip) dash sugar

Chorizo-Refried Bean Enchiladas Prepare as directed except substitute ground uncooked chorizo for the beef. Before filling tortillas, spread each with 1 Tbsp. canned refried beans. Fill and bake enchiladas as directed. Per serving: 696 cal., 48 g total fat (19 g sat. fat), 100 mg chol., 2,045 mg sodium, 34 g carb., 6 g fiber, 5 g total sugar, 34 g pro.Nutrition analysis per serving: 696 calories, 34 g protein, 34 g carbohydrate, 48 g total fat (19 g sat....

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1 16 ounce can cream cheese or vanilla frosting ½ teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel

Wasabi Marys: Prepare as above, except substitute 1 teaspoon wasabi paste for the hot pepper sauce.

⅔ cup mayonnaise ¼ cup sour cream 2 ounce crumbled blue cheese 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sacue ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper