TIP OF THE DAY: Bake A Pie, It’s Pi Day Of The Century!

Mathematically, today is Pi Day: 3.14. As you learned in high school geometry, the Greek symbol is used in mathematics to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, a constant which begins with 3.14159. Sorry we can’t show the Greek symbol in these paragraphs: WordPress keeps converting it to a…
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RECIPE: Broccoli Madness Salad & The History Of Broccoli

For green fare on St. Patrick’s Day, try this very green broccoli salad from Souplantation. It has plenty of added ingredients (bacon! raisins! cashews!) to make it a crowd pleaser. National Broccoli Day Is March 22nd. > The history of broccoli is below.     RECIPE: BROCCOLI MADNESS SALAD Ingredients For 6 Side Salad Servings…
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FOOD FUN: Meatball Pot Pie Recipe

For National Meatball Day, March 9th, here are two fun recipes with meatballs, courtesy of Casa Di Bertacchi. Both will be popular with busy moms, because the ingredients are quick to assemble. We don’t often use recipes that use a can of soup or canned potatoes as an ingredient, but here we make an exception…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Easy Grasshopper Pie For St. Pat’s

Grasshopper Pie is a crème de menthe chiffon pie with a chocolate cookie crust. It was invented in the U.S. in the 1950s following the popularity of the Grasshopper Cocktail, a dessert cocktail made from cream, green crème de menthe and white crème de cacao. The drink’s name derived from its green color. While it…
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It’s National Frozen Food Day. Who Invented Frozen Food?

While fresh is fashionable, we can’t ignore the importance of frozen foods today, National Frozen Food Day. While March 6th is one day to celebrate, the entire month of March is National Frozen Food Month. Frozen food revolutionized the way Americans consume food. First came the joy of off-season fruits and vegetables (which are tastier…
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