TIP OF THE DAY: Summer Fruit Yogurt Parfait

Yogurt parfait with summer fruits. Photo EatCaliforniaFruit.com. You may be of the habit of enjoying yogurt with fresh strawberries and bananas. They’re great, but they’re also available and tasty year-round. Celebrate summer by switching to summer fruits: delicious peaches, plums and nectarines from California—available for the next three-to-four months. You can enjoy this recipe in…
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PRODUCT: Fat-Free Half And Half

Half &half for people cutting calories and/or fat. Photo by Jerry Deutsch | THE NIBBLE. We love milk—and thanks to all of the cookies, cake and cereals we test at THE NIBBLE, not to mention all the cappuccinos and lattes—we drink a lot of it. Our milk of choice is Special Request Skim Plus from…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fluffier Scrambled Eggs

Scrambled eggs are one of our favorite breakfast foods. In March we posted a tip for making fluffier scrambled eggs. But our mother—who makes the fluffiest scrambled eggs—reminds us that we left out one important tip: • Eggs at room temperature will take in more air than cold eggs. If you don’t have time to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Clarified Butter

[1] Melted or “drawn” butter, at top, compared to clarified butter (photo by Emily Chang | THE NIBBLE). Melted or “drawn” butter, at top, compared to clarified butter (photo by Emily Chang | THE NIBBLE).   If you like to sauté foods in butter but find that higher heat scorches the butter, use clarified butter…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Storing Cheese

Decorated sheets of parchment are a gift idea for a cheese-loving friend. Photo courtesy MurraysCheese.com. The finest cheese is made on a farm or creamery, where it is stored in a cool—not cold—and damp environment. If cheese is kept too cold, it loses flavor. So keep cheeses in the warmest part of the refrigerator: usually…
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