FOOD FUN: Piano Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich

It’s a winner: A PB&J keyboard. Photo courtesy McCormick.   April 2nd is National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day. For fun, make this Piano PB&J Sandwich. It was one of the winners of the Kids Live Well Recipe Challenge. Sponsored by McCormick, this initiative challenges restaurants’ culinary ingenuity in creating healthful, appealing, nutritious and delicious…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Fun Recipe For April Fool’s Day, Like Mashed Potato Donuts

Because it’s April 1st, you may think that it’s a joke. But these Mashed Potato Donuts are real, and really good. The recipe was developed by Jeremy Spector of Wonder City Coffee & Donut Bar at The Brindle Room in New York City. It was sent to us bythe Idaho Potato Commission. If you don’t…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Peter Pan Simply Ground Peanut Butter

Peter Pan’s Simply Ground is part creamy, part crunchy. Photo courtesy Mastercook.com.   Something great has happened in the world of peanut butter. Peter Pan has introduced all natural Peter Pan Simply Ground Peanut Butter. What’s new about that, you ask? While there’s plenty of all-natural peanut butter on store shelves, Simply Ground is delightfully…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Can You Substitute Kosher Salt Or Sea Salt For Table Salt?

While salt can be ground into fine, medium or coarse textures, table salt (top) is always a fine grain, kosher salt (center) a coarser, flat grain, and sea salt anything from finely ground to naturally extra-coarse (bottom photo shows medium-coarse). Photo courtesy Saltworks.us.   Certain recipes specify kosher salt or sea salt instead of table…
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RECIPE: Lemon Bundt Cake With Cream Cheese

What’s better than a bundt cake? A bundt cake you can make in one bowl, made richer with cream cheese. This recipe from Betty Crocker starts with a boxed cake mix. While our mother would turn up her nose at the idea of a boxed mix, there’s nothing wrong with a plain boxed mix. It…
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