TIP OF THE DAY: Fresh Fruit Snack

Dice and freeze for a grab-and-go snack. Photo courtesy Watermelon.org. Here’s a healthy and refreshing grab-and-go summer snack: Cut melon and stone fruits (peaches, plums, nectarines) into small chunks. Add berries and grapes and freeze in snack- size plastic bags. When you need a grab-and-go snack, grab a bag of frozen fruit. By the time…
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RECIPES: Ice Cream Sodas With Iced Coffee & Iced Tea

Here are two ideas for cooling-off drinks, courtesy of ChocolateBox Café in Malibu, California. Instead of an ice cream soda, scoop gelato or ice cream into an iced espresso and sorbet into iced tea. Iced Coffee Float. Coffee lovers can pair an iced espresso with gelato in chocolate chip, coffee, hazelnut, tiramisu or vanilla (you…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bison, The Other Red Meat

Love your steak and burgers, but not the fat and cholesterol? Bison has less fat and fewer calories than skinless, white meat chicken! It has an elegant red meat flavor. The inelegant-looking bison produces quite the gourmet feast. Because it has so little fat, bison should be cooked rare or medium rare. Since it’s National…
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