Beyond Egg McMuffin: Create Elevated Breakfast Sandwiches

[1] A homemade version of the Egg McMuffin using a quality muffin, sausage patty (instead of Canadian bacon), Cheddar (instead of American cheese), and a runny sunnyside-up fried egg (instead of McDonald’s “over well”—photo © Steven Cordes | Unsplash). [2] How many different ways can you make a ham-and-egg breakfast sandwich? This version is from…
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HOLIDAY: National Egg Salad Week

Deviled ham-and-egg salad. Photo courtesy QVC.   It’s National Egg Salad Week. Here’s a different way to enjoy “ham and eggs”—as deviled egg and ham salad. QVC’s chef David Venable sent this deviled egg and ham salad recipe as a way to use leftover Easter ham, but there’s no time like the present. You may…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Twinkies Day

In 2012 and 2013, it looked like National Twinkies Day, April 6th, might be in jeopardy. Hostess Brands, the manufacturer, closed 33 bakeries in November 2012, declaring bankruptcy. But thanks to an investment by two private equity firms, the golden snacks were back on the shelf in July 2013. And a number of fans don’t…
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Rainbow Baby Carrots, 20+ Carrot Recipes & 8 Carrot Holidays

Baby carrots are hot sellers. But how much hotter can they get than these rainbow baby carrots? Carrots—standard size and baby—are available in six different colors: the familiar deep orange plus burgundy red, deep purple, tangerine (light orange), yellow and white. Baby carrots, by the way, are not a special breed but standard carrots cut…
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TIP: Flavored Water Enhancers For World Water Day

Don’t buy flavored water: Make your own with this pocket-size squeeze bottle. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   It’s World Water Day, an observance begun in 1993 by a declaration of the United Nations General Assembly, to focus on the challenges of the world’s water supply. On previous World Water Days, we advocated…
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