Category: Great Food

Taco Salad Recipe As A First Course Or Side

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[1] First course or side taco salad (photo © Kraft Heinz). [2] No taco bowl? No problem! The original recipe used Fritos, and so can you (photo © Taste of Home).   When we see a taco salad on a menu, we generally order it, and get a huge salad the size of a dinner…
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FOOD FUN: Chocolate Covered Licorice

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Here’s a fun idea we found on the Red Vines Facebook page: red licorice enrobed in white chocolate, drizzled with dark chocolate. You can make them for Halloween. Simply melt white chocolate, dip licorice and dry on wax paper. When white chocolate has dried, drizzle with milk chocolate (use a squeeze bottle). Licorice is a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Cook Beans

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Beans are delicious, beans are healthful, beans are inexpensive protein, and we should all eat more beans. That’s beans made from scratch, not canned beans, which have a lot of sodium and a mushier texture. (But, let us hastily add: It’s better to eat canned beans than no beans). Beans can be added to green…
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PRODUCT: Oregano Indio From Mexico

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If you’ve traveled to Mexico and enjoyed the cuisine, you can find most of the ingredients you need to recreate the recipes back home. But there’s often a certain something that’s missing. Steve Sando, proprietor of Rancho Gordo specialty foods, believes it’s the different oreganos of Mexico. “Each one seems a little different,” says Steve,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bloody Mary Drink Bar & Snacks Bar

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Here’s how we’d customize a spicy Bloody Mary. Photo courtesy Arch Rock Fish Restaurant | San Diego.   This has been a week of food bar suggestions for entertaining: Breakfast/Brunch Food Bars Lunch/Dinner Food Bars Dessert Food Bars   Today we conclude with two ideas for a drinks bar and accompanying snacks. FOOD BAR IDEAS:…
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