Month: August 2013

TIP OF THE DAY: Substitute Tofu For Cream & Try This Dairy Free Chocolate Pudding Recipe

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Soft tofu can be turned into a substitute for heavy cream. Photo courtesy House Foods.   We learned from Japanese and Asian-influenced restaurants that you can have lush, creamy tofu-based desserts and not even notice there’s no cream. Substituting tofu for heavy cream helps to save calories and avoid cholesterol. It produces recipes that support…
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FOOD FUN: “Rose” Vegetable Tart & Apple Tart

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A gorgeous vegetable tart. Photo courtesy Stasty.com.   Is this food fun or food art? Perhaps this colorful, spiral vegetable tart is both. The masterpiece was created by a U.K. blogger, Vicky (no surname provided) of Stasty.com. “Carrying on from my Rose Apple Tarts [see below],” says Vicki, “I decided to make a similar savoury…
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Kahlúa Ice Cream Float Recipe For National Kahlua Day

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[1] Cool off with coffee liqueur and ice cream. Here’s a recipe that also includes vodka, from Onion Rings And Things (photo © Onion Rings And Things). [2] You can make this float with coffee or vanilla ice cream…or a scoop of each. Here’s the recipe for this homemade coffee ice cream (photo © Baked…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Frozen Lemonade

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August 20th is National Lemonade Day. When life gives you a lemonade holiday, make frozen lemonade! We were inspired by the photo from Earl of Sandwich to make our own frozen lemonade. The ingredients are simple, but you need an ice cream machine to make a frozen slurry, as if you were making lemon sorbet.…
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PRODUCT: Shandy ~ Half Beer, Half Lemonade

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Strawberry shandy. Photo courtesy Traveler Beer Company.   Shandy, short for shandygaff (no one knows the origin of the word), is beer diluted with a non-alcoholic beverage. It’s a traditional British pub drink that mixes lager with lemon soda, ginger ale or ginger beer. Carbonated lemonade, cider or other citrus-flavored soda can be used. Whatever…
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