TIP OF THE DAY: Steaming Vegetables

Most of us don’t eat our recommended daily portions of fruit and vegetables (use this calculator to see how much you need). You can serve a side of vegetables with breakfast eggs, with lunch and of course, with dinner. At the end of the day, if we haven’t eaten our share, we steam vegetables as…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sustainable Seafood

Atlantic Cod is endangered. Switch to Pacificcod. Photo courtesy McCormick. Get a recipe for beer battered cod.   You may see plenty of fish in the market or on restaurant menus, but the world’s population of wild seafood is threatened with extinction. Over-fishing and lack of fishing regulation have depleted numerous varieties of fish, including…
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COOKING VIDEO: Spring Salad In A Cucumber “Vase”

  Some things that look hard are actually really easy. Take Spring Salad In A Cucumber Vase. The “vase” is actually a cucumber wrap filled with a multicolor spring lettuce mix. What’s a spring lettuce mix? It varies by producer, but can include arugula, baby spinach, endive, frisée, green and red oak leaf, mustard greens,…
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TIP OF THE DAY & RECIPE: Corned Beef Hash

Not your mother’s corned beef hash.Photo courtesy Delmonico’s Steakhouse & Restaurant.   When life gives you corned beef, make corned beef hash. If you’ve got leftover corned beef from St. Patrick’s Day, you can make this delicious gourmet corned beef hash recipe for brunch this weekend. Hash is a mixture of foods cut into small…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Smaller Cheese Bites

Rounds of black sesame-covered goatcheese. Photo courtesy McCormick.com.   Cheese is wonderful, but it’s high in calories and fat, ranging from 80 calories/ounce for fresh goat cheese to 120 calories/ounce for Brie. In our supersize-me society, few turophiles stop at one ounce. It’s easy for cheese lovers to devour half a pound or more! Instead…
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