PRODUCT REVIEW: Flahavan’s Irish Oatmeal

[1] A bowl of oatmeal with bananas and hazelnuts (all photos © Flahavan’s). [2] Irish steel cut oats deliver a dense texture and nutty flavor. [53] Irish rolled oats are ready in 3 minutes! [4] Oatmeal raspberry bars. Recipes are available on the Flavhavan’s website. [5] Overnight oats are another breakfast favorite. You can also…
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RECIPE: Potato and Crab Hash with Poached Eggs, For National Crabmeat Day

March 9th is National Crabmeat Day. Some of our favorite ways to enjoy crab: crab cakes, crab dip, Crab Louie (a fancy crab salad), deviled crab, crab soup (bisque, corn-crab soup, she-crab soup) or just plain boiled/steamed crabs or sautéed mixed seafood. Today we offer something different: crab for breakfast. While you can certainly substitute…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Galette For Brunch, Lunch Or Dinner

A yummy winter galette recipe is below. You can serve it at brunch, lunch or dinner. But first, some words about galettes (the term in Italian is crostata). Galette (from the Norman word gale, meaning “flat cake“) is a French term for a flat pastry, usually round—i.e., a rustic pie. The filling can be sweet…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Pancakes With Your Ice Cream Scoop

[1] Mix the batter and scoop it onto the griddle (photos © Krusteaz). [2] Krusteaz makes blueberry pancake mixes in regular and protein versions.   January 28th is National Blueberry Pancakes Day. Blueberries are out of season, so this is another one of those food holidays that doesn’t make a lot of sense. Hey, blueberry…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sweet Potato Toast

A few years ago we suggested sweet potato toast as an alternative to avocado toast, beet toast, eggplant toast, hummus toast, mushroom toast and green pea toast. We provided a recipe from Chef François Payard, who put a gourmet twist on the sweet potatoes with caramelized onions, balsamic vinaigrette and sliced roasted sweet potatoes instead…
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