Category: Great Food

RECIPE: Grilled Portabella Mushrooms With Goat Cheese & Herbed Salad

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Beautiful and delicious: grilled portabella photo and recipe courtesy PomWonderful.com.   One popular mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, is known by quite a few names. But a portabella by any other name is still one of the tastiest mushrooms around (not to mention, the largest cultivated mushroom). When young, the mushroom has a closed cap and is…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Fix Crystallized Honey

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Like most foodstuffs, honey does best in a location that is cool and dry. Store honey at room temperature, away from direct sunlight. Never put honey in the fridge; it accelerates the crystallization.* When honey crystallizes, the texture becomes “crunchy”—not a pleasant state for most people, but still safe to eat. Crystallization is a natural…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Get Every Last Drop Of Honey From The Jar

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Photo courtesy National Honey Board   It’s National Honey Month in a recession. Today’s tip spans both topics: how to get the last drops of honey from the jar. As the honey is used up and the jar contains mostly air, there is invariably honey at the bottom of the jar that hardens, resisting the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Your Own Olive Mix Recipe

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Whether for your own home or as a gift when you visit someone else’s, consider making an olive mix recipe. Healthful and versatile, olive mixes stay in the fridge for months, ready to grab and serve with beer, red and white wine, and martinis and other cocktails. You can also use the olives as part…
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