Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipes – Award Winners!

[1] The first contest winner, “Bewitching,” with arugula, bacon, blackberries, spinach and two cheeses. The recipe is below (photos #1, #2and #4 © The Grilled Cheese Academy | Wisconsin Cheese). [2] Second place goes to Grilled Cheese Benedict, with Canadian bacon, poached egg, spinach and Gouda on an English Muffin; both from The Grilled Cheese…
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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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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: Bake Some Cornbread

Top: Scallion cornbread from Good Eggs. Bottom: Cream Chipped Beef On Toast from RecipeTips.com. Here’s the recipe.   We love, love, love cornbread, a specialty of the South that’s hard to find in the Northeast, where we live. Sometimes you’ll get some at a barbecue restaurant or with a dish of chili; but otherwise, you…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Hot Cross Buns

[1] Enjoy these delicious hot cross buns, even if you don’t celebrate Easter (photo courtesy King Arthur Flour). [2] Use raisins or dried cranberries, e.g. Craisins (photo courtesy Ocean Spray). [3] Out of the oven, cooled and iced (photo courtesy Amy’s Bread).   Tomorrow is Good Friday, a traditional time for Hot Cross Buns. You…
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