Category: Recipes

RECIPE: Grapefruit Salad With Honey

Posted on by thenibble

Remember the half grapefruit, a first course at breakfast, lunch or dinner? Rich in vitamin C, it became a staple at breakfast, lunch and dinner tables when train transport began to bring the fruits up from Florida in the the early 1900s. Today, the half grapefruit and grapefruit salad have largely fallen out of fashion.…
Continue reading “RECIPE: Grapefruit Salad With Honey” →

RECIPE: Homemade Tomato Soup With Grilled Cheese Croutons

Posted on by thenibble

From McCormick, here’s a lighter version of the classic combination of tomato soup with grilled cheese. Instead of a sandwich, the grilled cheese is miniaturized into a crisp crouton. A bowlful of the soup will warm you up on a chilly day, and the croutons will make you smile with delight. We had fresh basil…
Continue reading “RECIPE: Homemade Tomato Soup With Grilled Cheese Croutons” →

FOOD HOLIDAY: Bake An Epiphany Cake

Posted on by thenibble

In France, the holiday season continues into January with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6th, the 12th day after Christmas. For the occasion, pastry shops are filled with galettes des rois, Epiphany cakes. (The name actually translates to kings’ cake; a galette is a flat pastry cake.) The cake is traditionally—more of an…
Continue reading “FOOD HOLIDAY: Bake An Epiphany Cake” →

RECIPE: Sugar Snap Pea & Tuna Salad

Posted on by thenibble

This “anytime salad” is fresh, crisp and light, thanks to an ingredient we don’t use often enough: sugar snap peas. Fresh sugar snap peas are available almost year-round. We often buy them for a crudité platter, but don’t think to add them to salads. This recipe is adapted from a tuna-less version at Robin’s Restaurant…
Continue reading “RECIPE: Sugar Snap Pea & Tuna Salad” →

TIP OF THE DAY: Pita Tartine

Posted on by thenibble

With the goal of eating lighter, we love this idea from Ozery Bakery: the pita tartine. Tartine is the French term for an open-face sandwich. In this version, Ozery piles on the healthful ingredients: black beans, radishes, grape tomatoes, red onions, greens and guacamole. You can add: Fruit: thinly-sliced apples, figs, pears Greens: arugula, baby…
Continue reading “TIP OF THE DAY: Pita Tartine” →