TIP OF THE DAY: Lettuce Wraps

We love to start the new year with lettuce wraps instead of bread-based sandwiches. If you use the right lettuce—a soft variety like butter or bibb lettuce—you can roll the filling like a burrito. If you prefer a crunchier lettuce like romaine, you can fill the leaves boat-style; or you can create a lettuce cup…
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FOOD FUN: Muffin Pan Meat Loaf

These fun individual meat loaves from McCormick.com cook in less than 30 minutes—perfect for an easy weeknight dinner with built-in portion control. The grated carrots and zucchini in the meat loaf mixture add moisture and are a tasty way to eat more veggies. RECIPE: MUFFIN PAN MEAT LOAF Ingredients For 12 Servings For The Meat…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Eggnog French Toast

Eggnog French toast looks like the regular kind, but packs a punch of extra flavor. Photo courtesy Spice Islands.   Save some of tonight’s eggnog for tomorrow’s French Toast. Eggnog is substituted for the milk that’s normally beaten with the eggs. With this recipe, from Taste Of Home, prep time is 10 minutes, cook time…
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RECIPE: Sriracha Palmiers

[1] Crusty, cheesy, spicy (Both photos © Pepperidge Farm). [2] The palmiers are easy to make with purchased puff pastry.   A palmier (palm-YAY) is a sweet or savory cookie made from puff pastry; the pastry is folded to resemble palm leaves (palmiers) or elephant ears, depending on your perspective. The sweet versions are rolled…
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RECIPE: Trois Crèmes Cake

In Mexico’s popular Pastel de Tres Leches or Tres Leches Cake, three forms of milk—condensed, evaporated and whole milk—are poured over a baked vanilla sponge cake to create a very moist comfort food. Here’s a Trois Crèmes Cake that uses crème fraîche three different ways for a much more sophisticated effect: a crème fraîche cake…
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