TIP OF THE DAY: Turn Leftover Pasta Into Antipasto Salad

For lunch or a light dinner: antipasto salad. Photo courtesy Melissas.   Turn your leftover pasta into an antipasto salad. You can boil the pasta from scratch, but whenever we make short cut pasta for a hot dish, we make extra for a cold pasta salad later in the week. You can customize the recipe…
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RECIPE: Firecracker Macaroni & Cheese

[1] It’s not red, white and blue, but it has extra heat for a “firecracker” punch (both photos © Dietz & Watson). [2] You can find cheddar cheese already blended with hot chile peppers, like this Jalapeno Cayenne Cheddar from Dietz & Watson.   Heat things up on July 4th with this special mac and…
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JULY 4th: Bacon Flag Pizza

Blogger Bev Cooks of Kansas City designed this celebratory snack for Independence Day. It’s so nifty, there’s temptation to find more occasions to eat this flag! RECIPE: BACON FLAG PIZZA Ingredients 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup jarred Alfredo sauce (or make your own with this recipe) 1 tube (11 ounces) Pillsbury thin crust…
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PRODUCT: Vegan Pesto From Sauces ‘n Love

Vegan, lactose free and cholesterol free pesto. Photo courtesy Sauces ‘n Love.   Keeping a good jar of pre-made pesto at hand can make any dish extraordinary in only a matter of minutes. Pesto sauce, traditionally consists of basil, garlic, olive oil, pine nuts, Parmesan and Pecorino cheeses and salt for seasoning. Add a dollop…
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