TIP OF THE DAY: Try Baked Oatmeal

If you love oatmeal—or if porridge isn’t your thing—here’s a new way to try it: baked oatmeal! Simple yet delicious, kids can help measure and stir ingredients. The recipe finishes in the oven while you’re brewing the coffee. Prep time is five minutes, cook time is 40 minutes. Thanks to Driscoll’s and recipe developer and…
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FOOD FUN: Gnocchi For Breakfast

[1] Pasta for breakfast: gnocchi “home fries” (photo and recipe © Giovanni Rana.) [2] Raw gnocchi (photo © iGourmet). [3] Giovanni Rana’s potato gnocchi are just one of the company’s delicious fresh pastas and sauces (photo by Elvira Kalviste | © THE NIBBLE. [4] Parmigiano Reggiano, ready to grate (photo © Whole Foods Market).  …
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RECIPE: Poached Egg With Lentils & Arugula

A delicious trio of tastes: poached eggs, lentils and arugula. Photo courtesy CulinaryChronicles.com.   We love to discover new food blogs and introduce our readers to their bounty. Today, we’d like to present a recipe from Nam of Culinary Chronicles. We encourage you to visit her blog for more. Nam used Safest Choice pasteurized eggs…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Gougères, An Elegant Hors d’Oeuvre

Fragrant, warm and irresistible. Photo courtesy Chef Aida Mollenkamp.   Gougères (goo-ZHAIR) are airy French cheese puffs, savory choux pastry that is mixed with grated cheese and baked. The cheese is most often a hearty Swiss mountain cheese: Gruyère, Comté or Emmentaler and a hint of nutmeg is added to the recipe. Served warm from…
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RECIPE: Egg-Stuffed Peppers

We’re always looking for new brunch recipes. This one, a different take on stuffed peppers from Heidi of FoodieCrush.com, lets you prep ahead and let the oven finish the dish. “Colorful, sweet bell peppers are the mainstay of the show,” says Heidi, “but the flavor melds of butternut squash with thyme and sweet hint of…
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