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This vegan Japanese milk bread is easy to make at home and perfect for all your sandwich and toast needs! It bakes up golden brown on the outside, with a soft, tender interior. Best bread ever! If you’ve never had Japanese milk bread (also known as shokupan) before, you’re in for a treat. It has a soft, cloud-like texture, a delicate sweetness, and it’s perfectly moist. Just toasting a slice and enjoying it as-is—yes, without jam or even a smear of vegan butter!—is a simple pleasure.  While most Japanese milk bread is made with dairy milk, butter, and eggs, I’ve...

An outbreak of severe hepatitis in children has continued to grow, with new cases now identified in the U.S., the World Health Organization (WHO) reported this weekend. The WHO published its first report on the outbreak on April 15, when cases were isolated in the United Kingdom. At the time of that report, there were a total of 10 cases in children between the ages of 11 months and 5 years old. No cause has been identified as of yet. As of last week at least 169 cases of acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation, of unknown origin had been reported...

 By Lucinda RaceClean/Sweet WesternBook Blurb:  It’s been twenty years; Renee and Hank are back where things started but reality is like a spring frost and is a long-distance relationship their only option for a second chance at love? Renee Mitchell has returned to the small Montana town of River Junction to take over her family’s orchard. With big dreams for the future, she plants a large parcel of land with new apple trees. No sooner is the job done, when a herd of cattle from the neighboring ranch breaks through a fence line and creates mulch from the tiny saplings. With a...

ALDI Finds for the week of 4/27/22 include Mother’s Day cheese, Cinco de Mayo foods, gardening staples, and more. Check them out below, and let me know what you want to Find this week! Mother’s Day cheese, anyone? How cute is this… it’s really “grate,” if you ask me! Emporium Selection Mother’s Day cheeses are $3.99 apiece this week, and available in Mature Cheddar (red wax heart) or Strawberry & Prosecco (pink wax tulip) varities. Get a card to go along with that cheese: Pembrook Mother’s Day cards are available this week at just $.99 each, or look for these pop-up...

These Vegan Cinnamon Rolls pair a sweet, ethereal dough with swirls of buttery, brown sugar and cinnamon filling for a breakfast worthy of a special occasion. The tangy vegan cream cheese icing is the perfect finishing touch! Cinnamon rolls are a labor of love, and this is true of vegan cinnamon rolls as well. Unless you’re making the cinnamon rolls that come in a refrigerated tube, you’re working with yeast dough, which requires some time, patience, and finessing. Your efforts will be rewarded, though, as your whole kitchen is filled with the smell of cinnamon and sweet dough baking in...