Category: Recipes

ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Posted on by thenibble

A St. Pat’s special: green mint chocolate chip cookies. Photo courtesy McCormick.   A tip from McCormick: Use green food color to tint minty chocolate chip cookies for your favorite leprechauns. If you don’t like mint, you can substitute vanilla extract. Prep time is 15 minutes, cook time is 10-12 minutes. RECIPE: GREEN MINT CHOCOLATE…
Continue reading “ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe” →

TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Ginger Ale & The History Of Ginger Ale

Posted on by thenibble

March 13th is National Ginger Ale Day, time to enjoy a refreshing glass of ginger ale. You can buy a commercial brand, of course; but for something special, you can purchase ginger syrup and add it to club soda. If you like a hot and spice sizzle, pick up some ginger beer syrup. The syrups…
Continue reading “TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Ginger Ale & The History Of Ginger Ale” →

TIP OF THE DAY: Leprechaun Pie & No-Bake Grasshopper Pie

Posted on by thenibble

Top: Use a cookie cutter to make cut-outs or shape marzipan shamrocks on a pie crust (photo courtesy American Pie Council). Bottom: Our favorite: a Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie (photo courtesy Taste Of Home). The recipe is below.   Make a Leprechaun Pie for St. Patrick’s Day. What’s a Leprechaun Pie? It’s anything you want…
Continue reading “TIP OF THE DAY: Leprechaun Pie & No-Bake Grasshopper Pie” →

FOOD FUN: Lucky Charms Pudding Parfait

Posted on by thenibble

Lucky Charms Parfait for St. Patrick’s Day. Photo courtesy Elegant Affairs Caterers.   We love this idea from Elegant Affairs Caterers: a St. Patrick’s Day dessert or snack with Lucky Charms! Just use a green filling layer: pistachio Jell-O pudding, vanilla pudding or whipped cream tinted green, mint chip ice cream, etc. RECIPE: LUCKY CHARMS…
Continue reading “FOOD FUN: Lucky Charms Pudding Parfait” →

TIP OF THE DAY: Brazilian Cheese Bread, Pão de Queijo

Posted on by thenibble

On a recent trip to a churrascaria to indulge in the salad bar, our colleague Hannah Kaminsky discovered something more memorable than the jumbo asparagus and whole cloves of caramelized garlic: pão de queijo, Brazilian Cheese Bread. Not a conventional bread (no kneading required), pão de queijo (pow de KAY-zoo) is a Brazilian variation of…
Continue reading “TIP OF THE DAY: Brazilian Cheese Bread, Pão de Queijo” →