TIP OF THE DAY: Bread Salad With Butternut Squash

Bread salad with butternut squash. Photo courtesy GoBoldWithButter.com.   Bread salad is often thought of as a summer dish, marrying lush tomatoes in season with day-old bread, vinaigrette and other seasonings. But you can turn it into a fall favorite by substituting the tomatoes, now out of season, with butternut squash (or other winter squash),…
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HALLOWEEN: Spooky Spider Biscuits

Here’s another fun idea for Halloween, courtesy of Certified Angus Beef. They’ve added ground beef to refrigerated biscuit dough, to create a snack, first course or light lunch for kids and adults alike. Adults: These go great with beer! RECIPE: SPOOKY SPIDERS GROUND BEEF BISCUITS Ingredients For 8 Servings 1/2 pound ground beef 1/2 package…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Scuffins

Surprise: a center of apricot conserve. The black flecks are flaxseeds. Photo courtesy Frog Hollow Farm.   Today’s tip comes from Frog Hollow Farm, a beloved grower of organic fruit in Brentwood, California, an hour east of San Francisco in the fertile Sacramento River Delta. Before there was the cronut, there was the scuffin. Necessity…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Get Better Crackers

The Nibble’s reigning favorite cracker. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   We’ve eaten more than our share of supermarket crackers—Carr’s Water Biscuits, Keebler Club Crackers, Nabisco Saltines, Ritz Crackers and the like. They’re good, but sometimes we want amazing. Special occasions deserve special crackers—to accompany cheese, dips, salads, soups, spreads, whatever. They may…
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RECIPE: Roasted Cherry Tomato Cups – Nice Appetizer Bites

[1] Crunchy Triscuit cups (photo © Nabisco). [2] Roasted cherry tomatoes (photo © Botanica Restaurant | Los Angeles). [3] How many different varieties of Triscuit are there? The answer is below (photo © Nabisco). [4] It’s easy to grate the cheese as-needed (photo © London Deposit | Panther Media). [5] Fresh thyme sprigs (photo ©…
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