Category: Food Holidays

TIP OF THE DAY: Fideo, “Mexican Spaghetti” & Soup Pasta

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[1] Sopa de Fideo, a popular Mexican comfort food (photo © Budget Bytes). [2] A bowl of plain fideo (photo © Cook Diary). [3] Barilla makes fideo, as well as Hispanic specialists like Goya (photo © Barilla).   October is National Pasta Month, an occasion to explore and try different types of pasta. May we…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pumpkin Pecan Coffee Cake

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In just 15 minutes, you can whip up the batter for Pumpkin Pecan Coffee Cake. Then, stick it in the fridge, and when you’re preparing for breakfast or brunch this weekend, preheat the oven and take the cake out of the fridge. It will bake in 35 minutes, capping off your repast with warm, fragrant…
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Use Beautiful Squash For Beautiful Winter Squash Recipes

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[1] A conventional stuffed squash recipe: half a squash, stuffed to the brim (photos #1 and #2 © Chef Eric Levine). [2] Adding a rim of vegetables. [3] Don’t want to serve large portions? Cut the squash into rings with this recipe from FoxesLoveLemons.com. [4] Turn the entire kabocha squash into a filled “squash bowl.”…
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Substitutes: What To Use When You Don’t Have Pasta Sauce

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[1] Got pasta but no red sauce or items that can be turned into it? Just check the pantry and the fridge (photo © Good Eggs). [2] Check for fresh, canned or frozen vegetables and make Primavera with olive oil (photo © Melissa’s). Bonus: some leftover chicken. [3] No veggies? No problem! Garlic, olive oil,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: It’s Easy To Bake A Caribbean Rum Bundt Cake

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[1] A rum cake bundt, heavy on the rum (photo courtesy King Arthur Flour). [2] The rum is poured onto the cake and sits overnight to sink in. This recipe adds cinnamon to the rum syrup (photo courtesy AlwaysOrderDessert.com). [3] Lots of rum syrup make this cake very moist (photo courtesy BrownEyedBaker.com). [4] This butter-rum…
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