Category: Recipes

TIP OF THE DAY: Other Ways To Use Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce

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If you like spicy Thai peanut sauce on noodles, expand the ways you use it: On grilled chicken, shrimp or other seafood, along with rice or noodles As the sauce for Thai chicken pizza (top with diced cooked chicken breast, sliced green onions, grated mozzarella, grated carrot and chopped fresh cilantro, sesame seeds, diced red…
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TIP OF THE DAY: What To Do With Fortune Cookies

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We recently spent a month undergoing a kitchen renovation. We ordered in a lot of Chinese food and ended up with a lot of uneaten fortune cookies. It’s a problem bigger than us: Over the past month, 8,100 people searched Google for “what to do with fortune cookies.” Rather than toss them out, we were…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Broccoli Cauliflower Casserole

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Those who don’t like broccoli and cauliflower might like it better with Parmesan. Photo courtesy McCormick.com.   The cruciferous vegetables group* is great for you: filling, low in calories, high in fiber and cancer-fighting antioxidants. Nutrition experts want you to eat more cruciferous vegetables: two to three times per week, with a serving size of…
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RECIPE: Garlic Mashed Potatoes

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Add herbs to your mashed potatoes. Photo courtesy McCormick.com.   It’s been way below freezing for days in our part of the country. That’s as good an excuse as any to have some primo comfort food—luscious mashed potatoes—with tonight’s grilled chicken. Basic mashed potatoes with butter, salt and pepper become even more delicious with the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: A Soup Bar For Parties Or The Weeknight Dinner Table

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How can you make soup the most fun dish of the week? Set up a “soup bar.” It’s similar to a baked potato bar, where bowls of garnishes are laid out so that everyone can customize his or her own soup. The garnishes are what you already have in the kitchen, and a soup bar…
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