TIP OF THE DAY: 18 Ways To Spice It Up For National Spicy Guacamole Day

November 14th is National Spicy Guacamole Day. If you don’t like heat, regular National Guacamole Day is September 16th. Most people make guacamole to taste, adding crushed red chile flakes, some hot sauce, or minced jalapeños. But you can use different types of heat, all of which provide slightly different nuances to the heat. You…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 12+ Unusual Pizza Toppings

[1] From Italy’s neighbor: Greek pizza with feta, kalamata olives, onions and more. Here’s the recipe from Cooking Classy (photo © Cooking Classy). [2] Sorry, Charlie: We like this tuna pizza with onions and capers. here’s the recipe from the New York Times (photo © New York Times). [3] Go Korean with pork belly, kimchi,…
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FOOD FUN: Unconventional Sundae Ingredients

[1] Not your typical vanilla ice cream sundae (photo courtesy Ogawa Coffee. [2] How about a beef sundae with cheddar (photo courtesy Dairy Max). [3] Tart frozen yogurt like Pinkberry is an opportunity to try savory toppings, like marinated cherry tomatoes and basil (photo courtesy Pinkberry).   For National Sundae Day, November 11th, commemorates the…
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FOOD FUN: Deconstructed Cannoli Recipe

We love cannoli; can’t get enough of them. Although we’re rarely up for making the pastry tubes, we do relish a dish of “deconstructed cannoli”: the cream filling with a cookie on the side. A bonus with cannoli cream is that you can substitute your sweetener of choice for the sugar. When we’re dieting, we…
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Lasagna Soup Recipe For National Lasagna Day

July 29th is National Lasagna Day. Lasagna is one of our favorite foods, but if we make a lasagna, we eat the whole thing. Not to mention, we spend the whole day making it. One of these days, we’ll try Crockpot Lasagna. But one way to get a quick lasagna fix is ravioli lasagna, with…
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