Create A DIY Guacamole Party Bar For National Guacamole Day

[1] Party time! Check out this article (photo © Sally Roeckell | Heinen’s). [1] Provide a plain bowl of chopped avocado and let guests pile on the toppings (photo © Nadine Primeau | Unsplash). [2] Hass is the best avocado for creamy guacamole (photo © Hass Avocado Board). [3] You don’t have to mix or…
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FOOD FUN: Mac & Cheese Potato Skins

Many people enjoy crunchy potato skins filled with with cheddar cheese, bacon, sour cream and green onions. But at Tony Roma’s, they switch out the cheddar and sour cream for macaroni and cheese. You can make the mac and cheese from scratch, or use leftover mac and cheese. RECIPE: MAC & CHEESE POTATO SKINS Ingredients…
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RECIPE: Green Bean Salad

Serve this green bean salad as a first course, chilled or at room temperature. Photo courtesy Distilled NY.   Green beans are a popular year-round vegetable. Only broccoli ranks higher among the green veggies. According to Produce Pete, green beans (also called snap beans) are best in early winter, early summer and early fall, when…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Kugel (Noodle Pudding Or Vegetable Pudding)

The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah*, begins tomorrow night at sundown*. A traditional part of the dinner is kugel (KOO-gull), a casserole-like baked pudding that is served as part of the main course. The traditional versions in Jewish households are noodle pudding (lokshen kugel), made with egg noodles and raisins; and potato kugel; but mixed…
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RECIPE: Prosciutto-Cucumber Roulade Appetizer

Parma ham, also known as prosciutto, is an easy ingredient for appetizers and first courses, paired with anything from melon to salads. This recipe from Italian chef Nicola Batavia, of Birichin in Turin, has eye appeal, crunch and, the palate-pleasing prosciutto and gin! Serve it as a first course; or instead of the salad course…
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