TIP OF THE DAY: Kiss My Cheesy Grits

[1] Enjoy cheesy grits or plain grits for breakfast, lunch or dinner (photo © Anson Mills). [2] Grits are made from both white and yellow corn (photo © Anson Mills).   If your only exposure to hot cereal is instant packages of oatmeal, you’re depriving yourself of a real treat. For us, Cream Of Wheat,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Freezing Cheeses

Buy eat, eat it, freeze the leftovers. Photo courtesy iGourmet.com. Common belief is that you shouldn’t freeze cheese. Freezing can change the texture, making many cheeses grainy or crumbly. That’s because of the water content of cheese. It turns to ice and breaks apart the curds. But you definitely can freeze cheese. If the choice…
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RECIPE: Cherry Cheesecake For President’s Day

  This video shows just how easy it is to make a delicious cheesecake with a graham cracker crust. The recipe uses fat-free cream cheese and sour cream, but you can use the regular versions for an even creamier—if higher fat and calorie—version, which is the way we like it. (What’s the food analogy to…
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