RECIPE: Pineapple Chipotle Ice Pops

Treat yourself, your family and your friends to a refreshing gourmet ice pop. Our friends at Eagle Brand make it easy with a simple recipe for Pineapple Chipotle Ice Pops: cold and creamy with a bit of heat. If you don’t have ice pop molds, 3-ounce waxed paper cups and wooden sticks or plastic spoons…
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JULY 4th FOOD: Red, White & Blue Cocktails

  Want a celebratory drink for July 4th? How about a red, white and blue layered shooter? A drink with several layers of different colored liqueurs is called a pousse café (pronounced POOSE-caff-fay). A classic pousse café is a liqueur-based drink served with after-dinner coffee. In French, the name translates to “pushes coffee,” or coffee…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Leftover Pancakes

When we make pancakes, we make twice as much as we need. Who wants leftover pancakes? We do! We reheat them by toasting them in the toaster oven. The outsides get nice and crispy. In our book, they’re even better than the original batch. July 4th Recipes Red, White & Blue Pancakes. Make red, white…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Summer Food Safety

Whether you’re taking a vacation, going picnicking or simply bringing lunch to work, the summer heat causes bacteria to multiply in your food—to potentially dangerous levels. Each year, roughly 1 out of 6 Americans (48 million people) becomes ill, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 actually die from foodborne diseases. These safety tips from the American…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fresh Cherries

Rainer cherries are now in stores. We got ours at Trader Joe’s. Photo courtesy Washington State Fruit Commission.   You can enjoy dried cherries year-round, but fresh cherries are a special event. They’re only available from mid-May through August, so don’t miss out: Put cherries on your shopping list. Cherries are a healthy snack food…
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