Category: Recipes

FOOD HOLIDAY: National Cheesecake Day

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Two days ago we tweeted that Cheesecake Factory is offering half-priced cheesecake today to celebrate National Cheesecake Day (eat in, no takeout). On the one hand, the one slice per person they set for the half price offer may seem restrictive. On the other hand, how many flavors of cheesecake would you try at 50%…
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COOKING VIDEO: Make Tortillas From Scratch

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  If you’ve never made fresh tortillas from scratch, you’re in for a treat. Warm, fragrant and homemade-tasting, you can serve them as a flatbread at brunch or with a luncheon salad. Or of course, use them in your favorite Mexican recipes. Turn tortilla-making into a fun weekend activity for the family. It’s fun, and…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Watermelon In Salad

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Watermelon makes a salad more refreshing. Photo © Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.   We love watermelon salad in the summer: greens or herbs with watermelon and, sometimes, feta or goat cheese. We’ve published several watermelon salad recipes in summers past (links are at the bottom of this article). This year we present Watermelon, Tomato and…
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RECIPE: Make A Coffee Milkshake For National Coffee Milkshake Day

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July 26th is National Coffee Milkshake Day. We love coffee ice cream, but we never buy it. That’s because flavors we like even more beckon from the freezer case. But today, we’re making a coffee or espresso milkshake to celebrate. You can be creative about it: In addition to coffee ice cream, Starbucks sells pints…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Grill Extra Steak

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Steak salad: our favorite way to enjoy leftover steak or other grilled meat on a hot summer day. Photo and recipe courtesy McCormick.com.   When you’re grilling steak, lamb, pork or chicken, grill enough meat to enjoy in a cold salad the next day. For example, the recipe below, for a balsamic-marinated steak salad, was…
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