What Is Quark Cheese? A Creamy, Slightly Tart Fresh Cheese

[1] Quark can be eaten like yogurt or used as a bread spread and in recipes (photo © Vermont Creamery). [2] Pancakes with savory garnish: Quark cheese and marinated cherry tomatoes. Here’s the recipe (photos #2, #4, #5, and #8 © Wisconsin Cheese). [3] American style, creamy quark from Vermont Creamery (photo by Claire Freierman…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Macadamia Nuts & Macadamia Nut Butter

September 4th is National Macadamia Nut Day, so today’s tip is to add some to your meals. Believed to have originated in Australia, the nuts grow on a genus of evergreen trees. They were named after named after John Macadam, a botanist who first described the genus. While macadamia nuts contain even more heart-healthy monounsaturated…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Things To Do With Lemon Juice

What’s your favorite way to use lemon juice? Photo courtesy Wikimedia.   August 29th was National Lemon Juice Day. We had a basket full of lemons on the kitchen counter, so we turned on the electric juicer and set out to see how many different things—edible things—we could do with lemon juice. There are many…
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