TIP OF THE DAY: Pasta & Breadcrumbs

For crunch, toss breadcrumbs on your pasta (photo © Monkey Business | Fotolia).   In southern Italy, toasted breadcrumbs, instead of grated cheese, are often sprinkled over pasta. You don’t even need a sauce for this authentic recipe—just toss the pasta in extra virgin olive oil. The custom survives in the U.S. largely as macaroni…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Riceworks Rice Chips

Love a crunchy snack? Want a healthier one? Try rice chips, made of two whole grains: brown rice and corn. We love them so much, we can’t stop eating them. There are six flavors, from sweet Baked Cinnamon to Salsa Fresca, Sea Salt, Sweet Chili and Tangy BBQ. While we heartily devoured every flavor, the…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Allens Hill Farm Pancake & Waffle Gift Box

One of our favorite whole grain and multigrain pancake mixes. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. Love pancakes and waffles? (That’s a rhetorical question.) You’ll love them even more if you win this week’s Gourmet Giveaway prize from Allens Hill Farm. It was one of the favorites we tasted of 99 different whole grain…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Boil Water

How to boil water? Doesn’t everyone know how to boil water? Not everyone knows how to boil water correctly. Here’s some advice from Chef Louis Eguaras, author of 101 Things I Learned In Culinary School. 1. Choose the right size pot. This means a pot large enough to comfortably hold what you need to cook,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Be Sure It’s Whole Grain Bread

Don’t be fooled by package ingredients. If it doesn’t say whole wheat or whole grain, it isn’t. (This sandwich bread is.) Yesterday, we were at the bagel shop perusing our choices. While leaning towards the “everything” bagel, we decided that, as a trade off for all the carbs and cream cheese fat, we should at…
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