Category: Recipes

RECIPE: Beet Mashed Potatoes

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Beets and mashed potatoes are a delicious side with any protein, and a perfect color for Valentine’s Day. At any time of year, this lavish mash recipe is sure to impress. It’s easy to prepare when you use packaged baby beets, typically found shrink-wrapped in the produce department. This recipe is courtesy Love Beets. Find…
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FOOD FUN: Valentine Ice Cream Pops

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We were inspired by these ice cream pops from La Chocolate in Melbourne, Australia to make our own. You can also dip frozen bananas. We were unable to find uncoated ice cream bars, and were just as happy to use uncoated frozen yogurt bars. However, you can just as easily purchase chocolate-coated ice cream bars…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 28 Fondue Recipes For National Fondue Month

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[1] Dip anything you like, including chicken cubes or meatballs (photo © Dairy Max). [2] You don’t need a fondue pot. You can make cheese or chocolate fondue in a skillet or a sauce pan. Here’s the recipe (photo © La Brea Bakery). [3] You can serve cheese fondue with boiled potatoes or other vegetables.…
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VALENTINE FOOD: Spaghetti & Meat Balls

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Now, loving pasta has a double meaning. Photo courtesy Bean Sprouts.   This fun idea comes from Shannon Payette Seip, author of “Bean Appetit: Hip And Healthy Ways To Have Fun With Food.” She is co-founder of Bean Sprouts Café and Cooking School in Seattle, where families learn to make dishes that are both great…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Make Heart-Shaped Whoopie Pies

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The biggest challenge to New Year’s diet resolutions is Valentine’s Day. Hopefully, we’ve lost a pound or two in January so we can proceed with “the sweetest holiday.” We’re starting with heart-shaped whoopie pies. They require an investment in a heart-shaped cookie pan, which can be used year-around: for Mother’s Day, engagement and anniversary parties,…
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