TIP OF THE DAY: Save Calories With Healthy Lettuce Wraps

Lettuce wraps are a carb- and calorie-reducing way to enjoy your favorite foods at lunch, dinner or for a snack. Just substitute low-cal, crunchy lettuce for tortilla wraps, sandwich bread, pita and even rice. For example, Asian dishes that typically pair with rice can be eaten in lettuce wraps instead of with rice. We were…
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COOKING VIDEO: Make Tortillas From Scratch

  If you’ve never made fresh tortillas from scratch, you’re in for a treat. Warm, fragrant and homemade-tasting, you can serve them as a flatbread at brunch or with a luncheon salad. Or of course, use them in your favorite Mexican recipes. Turn tortilla-making into a fun weekend activity for the family. It’s fun, and…
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RECIPE: Maple Bacon Muffins

The last couple of years have seen a bacon frenzy: bacon chocolate, bacon brittle, bacon cupcakes, bacon mayonnaise and more (see our Best Bacon Gifts). Given that bacon is a favorite breakfast food, why not try bacon in a morning muffin? Kimberly Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero, authors of Sugar, Sugar: Every Recipe Has a Story,…
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RECIPE: Homemade Corn Tortillas

Yellow and blue corn tortillas, handmadefrom hand-ground corn byHotBreadKitchen.org.   We whipped up homemade tortillas yesterday, inspired by this recipe from Hot Bread Kitchen. Tortillas, a flatbread, are a staple in Mexico. As Mexican food continues to increase in popularity, more of us are buying them to make burritos, enchiladas and tacos at home. The…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cinnamon Toast

Did your mom make you cinnamon toast on school days or weekends? Ours did, and we can still smell and taste each piece that she lovingly sprinkled with her blend of sugar and cinnamon – a blend she premixed and stored in the type of specialty jar also used to sprinkle grated cheese. Every morning,…
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