Baked Gnocchi Recipe & The Differences Between Pasta & Noodles

We love the 29th of the month—any month—because it’s National Gnocchi Day. While the U.S. celebrates 14 pasta holidays, gnocchi is not one of them. However, the 29th of every month is National Gnocchi Day in Argentina. We have no problem with that whatsoever! Our gnocchi recipe this month is Gnocchi alla Sorrentina, which hails…
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A Flower Garden Appetizer Or First Course To Welcome Spring

[1] Strips of pumpernickel toast surround a garden of crudites “planted” atop squash puree (photo © Il Ritorno | Miami). [2] A closer look (photo © Dawn Stewart | Instagram). [3] Black bean hummus. You can make it darker to resemble soil with the tips below (photo © Whole Foods Market). [4] Easter egg radishes*…
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Trader Joe’s Onion Dip Pasta Recipe & Spicy Chili Crisp

March is National Sauce Month, so how about a new idea for pasta sauce? Here’s a crowd pleaser that doesn’t take more effort than boiling pasta and heating sauce. But this time, the sauce is made from a container of caramelized onion dip. It’s a two-ingredient recipe (photos #1 and #2) that you can enhance…
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A Sweet & Sour Cabbage Soup Recipe For National Cabbage Day

February 17th happens to be National Cabbage Day, and this week it also falls on Meatless Monday. And it’s cold out. So it couldn’t be a better day to make this Sweet & Sour Cabbage Soup, a hearty bowlful of cold-weather comfort that’s also: Cruciferous: full of cancer-preventing antioxidants and other nutrition†. Vegan/Non-Dairy: which make…
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Carrot Pot Roast Recipe, A Hearty Vegan Main Or Side Dish

If you mention “pot roast” in the U.S., many people think of a hearty comfort food made by slow cooking a tough cut of beef in moist heat—chuck steak, short ribs, rump roast, and others. So what’s a carrot pot roast? It’s a vegan alternative to beef pot roast, that can made the same way:…
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