Tartar Sauce [RECIPE]

Tartar Sauce
Make your own tartar sauce. It’s super easy! (Photo by Jathan Fink, Jadeworks Entertainment)

Nearly every time we buy a jar of tartar sauce at the store, we wind up tossing it out because it expires before we can use it all. Now we just make it ourselves. It tastes better, is super fresh, and it makes the perfect amount for one dinner. Best of all, it is really easy to prepare. Serve it with fish, French fries, or even on top of your favorite burger.

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Sandra Brown’s ‘Mirror Image’ Delivers a Classic Case of Mistaken Identity [REVIEW]

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A plane crash leaves a woman unrecognizable in Sandra Brown’s classic tale, Mirror Image. (Photo courtesy Canva)

In Sandra Brown’s classic tale of romantic suspense, Mirror Image, the thrills just don’t stop. First, there’s the plane crash. Then our heroine awakens in the hospital with a new face. Now there’s a killer on the loose and her life is in jeopardy once again. Will the terror ever end? You’ll have to read the book to find out!

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Chocolate-Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies [RECIPE]

Chocolate-Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies
Indulge your inner cookie monster without heating up the kitchen with these chocolate-peanut butter no-bake cookies. (Photo by Jathan Fink, Jadeworks Entertainment)

Sometimes we just get a hankering for indulgent, chocolatey cookies. And because we are huge fans of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, pairing chocolate and peanut butter together in a cookie is just a no brainer. Yet when it is over 100 degrees outside, no one wants to turn on an oven. That doesn’t mean, however, that you need to turn to store-bought cookies. With these chocolate-peanut butter no-bake cookies, you can still whip up a batch of homemade cookie magic without even raising the temperature in your kitchen. You’re welcome!

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Elly Griffiths’ Dr. Ruth Galloway Faces ‘The Locked Room’ Mystery in Pandemic Era Norfolk [REVIEW]

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The Augustine Steward House is only one landmark readers will visit in Elly Griffiths’ The Locked Room. (Photo courtesy Canva)

As an archaeologist and educator, Dr. Ruth Galloway has enough to contend with. As she juggles cantankerous colleagues, peculiar students, and the daunting task of sorting through her deceased mother’s belongings, she doesn’t need a pandemic to complicate life any further.

When it seems like lockdown will keep her and DCI Harry Nelson apart, a baffling rash of seemingly unrelated suicides throws them together once again. But how can they crack the case when the world they know is turned topsy turvy and it is ill advised to leave the house? Find out in Elly Griffiths’ brilliant new mystery, The Locked Room.

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Herb Melon Salad [RECIPE]

Herb melon salad
Chill out with this delicious herb melon salad. (Photo by Jathan Fink, Jadeworks Entertainment)

Earth is heating up pretty much everywhere, but especially here in Texas where we are no stranger to triple digit temperatures. On those super-hot days, we actively avoid cranking up the oven and prefer to look for refreshing, cool eats like this herb melon salad. Using farm fresh melons and herbs straight from our backyard, this is one of those dishes that only gets tastier the longer it sits in the fridge. If you plan to entertain, make it a day ahead for optimal flavor. It goes great with pretty much everything!

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