Category: Recipes

TIP OF THE DAY: Panzanella, Summer Bread Salad

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Panzanella, Tuscan bread salad. Photo by Jerry Keith | Wikimedia.   Bread salad, like French toast and croutons, is one of those delicious recipes invented by necessity: Poor people needed to get another meal from leftover bread that had gone stale. Panzanella is a Tuscan-style bread salad made with a loaf of day-old (or older)…
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RECIPE: French Green Beans Salad With Goat Cheese & Almonds

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Green beans salad with goat cheese and almonds. Photo courtesy Pom Wonderful.   We love crunchy, al dente green beans as a side dish or a salad course. This recipe, from Pom Wonderful, adds goat cheese and almonds that create a most appealing flavor profile. The green beans are stir-fried, but you can steam them…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Blueberry & Yogurt Parfait

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When summer gives you affordable fresh blueberries, go all Bubba Gump on them and make every type of blueberry recipe you can think of: blintzes, cheesecakes, cobbler/crisps, coffee cakes/crumb cakes, cookies, fruit salads, ice cream, lemonade, pancakes, pies, preserves, muffins (try corn muffins or this blueberry muffin recipe), sauces, smoothies, sorbet, sundaes, tarts, trifles, whatever.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Tartlet With Matching Sorbet

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Thanks to the enthusiastic response to yesterday’s easy, light summer dessert, the Pavlova, here‘s another idea. It was inspired by a dessert we saw at Chocolate Lab restaurant in San Francisco: Serve a fresh fruit tartlet with a matching sorbet. Here are the easy steps: Choose a pairing theme (mango, raspberry, strawberry or other fruit…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pavlova, An Easy Dessert Recipe

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An easy Pavlova. Photo by Irina Kupenska | IST.   A quick-assembly dessert that’s impressive and low-calorie? Count us in! The Pavlova consists of a meringue base topped with fresh fruits. Most people buy the meringue shells at bakeries, but ambitious bakers can make their own. In addition to individual meringue shells, the meringue can…
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