Category: Food Holidays

RECIPE: A New Kind Of Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Halloumi

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April is National Grilled Cheese Month. We’ve seen many different ways to make a grilled cheese sandwich, including bread-free, low-carb versions that substitute sliced portabello mushrooms or ham—a bread-free ham and cheese sandwich, grilled on a panini press. Today we present another option: a grilled cheese sandwich where halloumi cheese (photo #2) is substituted for…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Carrot Salad Recipes For International Carrot Day

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April 4th is International Carrot Day. Most people we know eat carrots relatively often, but hows about carrot salad? Many of us grew up with carrot salad with raisins, celery and mayonnaise. It was delicious, but it’s fallen out of fashion. Here’s a way to revive the concept, with fun variations. The idea here is…
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French Fries With PB&J, A Recipe For National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day

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[1] French Fries with peanut butter (satay) and jelly dips. From left to right: satay sauce, crushed peanut and scallion garnish, smoked raspberry jelly (photo © Idaho Potato Commission). [2] Idaho russet potatoes (photo © Potato 101 | Idaho Potato Commission. [3] Satay sauce is very versatile. Here’s a recipe for a classic use: a…
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Gnocchi Antipasto Recipe For National Gnocchi Day

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[1] Serve this gnocchi appetizer in small portions, or make it into a lunch-size salad atop greens (photo © DeLallo Foods). [2] Cook and drain the gnocchi (photo © iGourmet). [3] Roasted red pepper strips, a.k.a. pimento or pimiento (photo © Monjardin)./span> [4] Artichoke hearts (photo © La Tienda). [5] Genoa salami—salame in Italian (photo…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 8 Sauces From Around The World

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[1] Eight great sauces for your kitchen (photo © Good Eggs). [2] This Buffalo sauce is an enhancement over the original Buffalo wing sauce, created by Good Eggs (photo © Good Eggs). [3] Cacciatore sauce was originally made with garden ingredients to cook with the hunter’s rabbit. These days, it’s more likely to be a…
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