RECIPE: Hungarian Rice Pudding

Hungarian Rice Pudding. Photo and recipe courtesy Little Bucharest Bistro | Chicago.   A bone-chilling day like today calls for extra helpings of comfort food. One of our favorites is rice pudding. We’ve made it every way, including conventional, with rum-soaked raisins, with dried cherries and cranberries replacing the raisins, and a Thai-inspired version with…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Goat Cheese For Breakfast

It’s the second day of the Year Of The Goat, and we’re focusing on goat cheese for breakfast. We love goat cheese so much, that a log or tomme of fresh goat cheese with toasted baguette (and fresh tomato and basil in the summer) is our kind of meal. But you can incorporate goat cheese…
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RECIPE: Red Velvet Pancakes

Red velvet pancakes: use seasonal garnish for July 4th, Christmas, Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day. Photo courtesy Taste Of Home.   For a special Valentine’s Day breakfast, brunch or lunch, Taste Of Home magazine suggests these red velvet pancakes. Red food works for July 4th and Christmas, of course. Just vary the garnish: Christmas: mint…
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PRODUCT: Raisin Bran With Cranberries

New: Kellogg’s Raisin Bran with Cranberries. Photo courtesy Kellogg’s.   We commit to eating a whole grain breakfast every day, trying to build up to our our Daily Value of 48 grams of whole grain (here’s why). We tend to alternate among Cheerios, Shredded Wheat and oatmeal. We don’t buy Raisin Bran often enough. But…
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FOOD FUN: Turkey Bacon Pancakes

The longest pancakes ever. Photo courtesy Jennie-O.   Ladle pancake batter over strips of bacon, and long, fun pancakes result. This recipe from Jennie-O uses the company’s turkey bacon, but you can use any bacon you wish. Jennie-O uses better-for-you whole wheat flour in this recipe, but you can substitute refined white flour. RECIPE: TURKEY…
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