Healthy Onion Dip Recipe

Editor’s Note: The producer of the video has removed it from circulation. But you can use the ideas below to make a delicious dip. Have you planned your Super Bowl menu yet? Are you looking for healthy options? In the chips-and-dips department, we save on fats with Popchips potato chips and go for the more…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try Some Napa Cabbage In Your Recipes

In the course of our New Year’s resolution to eat a low-calorie, fiber-packed salad twice a day, we’ve been scouring produce departments for variety. As an alternative to red cabbage, we’ve been buying napa cabbage, originally from China and a common ingredient in Chinese recipes. Even if you don’t like cabbage, try it: Napa cabbage…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Hazelnut Butter

Compound butter is delicious atop a steak; just don’t tell your cardiologist. Above, herb, gorgonzola and hazelnut butters. Photo courtesy AllenBrothers.com.   Here’s a treat from Chef Johnny Gnall: hazelnut butter—the compound butter, not the peanut butter spread alternative. He learned it a while back while working at Aziza restaurant in San Francisco, and is…
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CHINESE NEW YEAR: Ginger Fried Rice Recipe From Jean-Georges Vongerichten

The Year of the Dragon is considered the luckiest year in the Chinese Zodiac. And it began yesterday, when millions of Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese and other Asians rang in the New Year with fireworks, feasts and family gatherings. We considered ourselves lucky with a seat at a delicious dinner at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Spice Market restaurant…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Make A Purée or Coulis

A slice of blueberry cheesecake with blueberry purée. Photo © Rohit Seth | Fotolia.   We asked Chef Johnny Gnall to discourse on purées—an easy way to add elegance to sweet or savory dishes. A purée is a terrific way to showcase a fruit or vegetable in a different way. This versatile sauce allows you…
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