Category: Recipes

TIP OF THE DAY: Save The Shrimp Shells

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When you clean shrimp for a recipe, save and freeze the shells. They impart an intense shrimp flavor, and you can use them later to make another delicious dish. Use them to make a simple stock and use it as a base for poaching fish, cooking rice, etc. (simmer the shells for 20 minutes with…
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RECIPE: Fruit Salsa

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Peach salsa is one of the best-selling salsa flavors. You can make your own salsa with almost any seasonal fruit, including other stone fruits such as nectarines and plumcots, or your favorite berries. The fruit takes the place of the tomato, although you can also add a tomato in season. Enjoy the result with chips…
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RECIPE: Homemade Corn Tortillas

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Yellow and blue corn tortillas, handmadefrom hand-ground corn byHotBreadKitchen.org.   We whipped up homemade tortillas yesterday, inspired by this recipe from Hot Bread Kitchen. Tortillas, a flatbread, are a staple in Mexico. As Mexican food continues to increase in popularity, more of us are buying them to make burritos, enchiladas and tacos at home. The…
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RECIPE: Biramisu, A Beer Dessert

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Biramisu: tiramisu with a porter reduction.Photo courtesy Portobello Restaurant |Orlando.   Love tiramisu? Love beer? Combine them in this novel recipe, called Biramisu. It could be a big hit on your Father’s Day menu. The beer-accented dessert was created by Chef Tony Mantuano (Chef/Partner at Spiaggia Chicago and a Top Chef Masters contestant) as a…
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RECIPE: Jelly Doughnuts

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June 9th is National Jelly Doughnut Day. There’s an “official” food holiday almost every day of the year (see how to get a holiday named for your favorite food—or anything else). We tweet about all of the food holidays: Sign up to get the daily celebration at Twitter.com/TheNibble. If you’ve ever made homemade doughnuts, you…
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