RECIPE: Flavorful Tofu Salad Dressing

Tofu salsa verde makes a delicious salad dressing and all-around condiment. Photo courtesy House Foods.   We’re in an Asian state of mind today; in addition to this homemade ramen soup recipe, we whipped up a green salad with a salsa verde tofu dressing. Tofu is a wonderful ingredient for salad dressing, adding protein and…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Ramen Noodle Soup

Homemade ramen soup Photo courtesy MalaysianKitchenNYC.com.   Packaged ramen soups are popular with some people because they’re inexpensive yet tasty. And salty. There’s much more much salt in packaged ramen soups than is good for you. One label we checked had 1434mg of sodium which is 60% of your Daily Value of salt; and if…
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RECIPE: Colorful Beet Dip

A colorful and yummy beet dip. Photo courtesy Dole.com.   We love beets in every form: baked, Harvard, pickled, beet ravioli, steamed beats, soup (borscht is Russian beet soup), in gourmet appetizer recipes, in green salads, with goat cheese and endive…even beet ice cream (substitute beets in a strawberry ice cream recipe) and beet cake…
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PASSOVER RECIPE: Charoset, An Apple Chutney

Charoset, an apple chutney that’s a traditional Passover dish. Photo courtesy BeeRaw.com.   Passover, the holiday that commemorates the liberation of the Jews from bondage in ancient Egypt more than 3,300 years ago, begins this evening. One of the symbolic foods on the Passover seder plate is charoset (also spelled charoseth, charoses or haroseth), a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Small But Tasty Red Meat Dishes

Americans love their red meat, despite the pleadings of medical professionals, nutritionists and environmentalists to eat less of it. The research record is clear: Among many studies, the largest one, conducted by Harvard University, proved that the more red meat you eat, the greater your risk of dying and of developing heart disease, cancer and…
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