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Dutch baby, baked custard delicious ways to use up extra eggs

This not-too-sweet custard is made with honey and cooked in ramekins with a sprinkle of nutmeg.

When you need comfort and you’ve got some extra eggs, here are two recipes that will lift your spirits: a pan-sized puffed pancake known as a “Dutch baby” and baked custard, which my grandmother often made for me if I was feeling a little down or a tad under the… Read story

Let creativity be your guide when making widely beloved potpie

The flavors in this hearty potpie come together with a little cream of mushroom soup.

There’s not too many people out there who don’t love a potpie. At least, I have never met anyone who could resist the combination of buttery pastry and savory filling, usually with chunks of chicken, carrots, potatoes, peas and mushrooms — and sometimes those delectable little pearl onions — in… Read story

Oranges are at their peak flavor this time of year. Don't throw away those peels! They have many culinary uses.

So Appealing: Four ways to use versatile orange peels

February 23, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Life

This time of year, oranges are a gift to your taste buds. Oranges are at their peak of zingy flavor from December through March. Other citrus varieties like mandarins, clementines, tangerines and tangelos each have their own peak seasons, but they all overlap during the winter months, meaning that you… Read story

Re-Imagined Radio performs of "In Flight with DB Cooper" at the Kiggins Theatre in Vancouver in 2019.

Try This: “Invisible Warriors”; “Exit Laughing”; “Destination Freedom”

February 17, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

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Curry Mustard Chicken is sweet, a little tangy and just a touch spicy, thanks to a little ingenuity with leftover curry sauce and condiments.

Get Saucy: Ingenuity with condiments creates tasty chicken

February 16, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Most of you probably throw out unused condiments and leftover sauces — extra teriyaki sauce or salad dressing, sweet-spicy dipping sauce for spring rolls, the packet of Sriracha sauce that came with your pho, even the curry sauce left in the bottom of a pan after you’ve consumed the delicious… Read story

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‘Maskne’ sufferer? Vancouver dermatologist offers advice

February 15, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive

We’ve learned a lot about masks in the past couple years: which are the most comfortable, which can survive washing and which won’t fog up our glasses. Masks are literal lifesavers during the pandemic and, even as the omicron surge eases, we’ll still need masks for certain activities. Read story

Indiana Bones looks out of his kennel at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society in Washougal.

Try This: Pet supply drive; free ice skating; Hearts and Hands Drumming

February 10, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life

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Stories by Monika Spykerman

Columbian staff writer