Homemade Sriracha Sauce: An Easy Recipe For National Hot Sauce Day

[1] A different homemade sriracha recipe, from Good Housekeeping, is milder, using Fresno chiles, jarred roasted red peppers, and dark brown sugar (photo © Good Housekeeping). [2] Red sriracha sauce requires red jalapeños. Want to grow your own? Head here (photo © Ball Horticultural Company). [3] Red serrano chiles. Green chiles are less ripe, and…
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RECIPE: Green Bean Salad With Bacon Vinaigrette & Bacon Garnish

If your salads have the winter blahs, you can revive them with bright red vegetables, fruits (apples, pears, dried cranberries, pomegranate arils), other colorful produce, and nuts. Another idea: Make this snappy salad with green beans instead of lettuce. You can make it with cooked green beans, but we like the beans to be raw…
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Recipe: Italian Pasta Salad with Hot Sopressata Salami

January 16th is International Hot & Spicy Day, and we found a new recipe that worked for lunch and dinner: Zesty Italian Pasta Salad with Hot Sopressata (photo #1). > Here’s an explanation of salame vs. salume, the different types of salami, and more. > September 7th is National Salami Day. > The recipe is…
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Hot & Spicy Congee Recipe For International Hot & Spicy Day

[1] Hot and spicy congee with chili crunch. The recipe is below (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [2] Chili crunch gives heat to this recipe. It’s become a popular ingredient, found in Asian stores as well as general grocers, including Trader Joe’s. This one is available on Amazon (photo © Momofuku). [3] Plain…
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Everything Bagel Popcorn Recipe For National Bagel Day

January 15th is National Bagel Day, the first bagel holiday of the year* and we’ve got a fun recipe for you: Everything Bagel Popcorn. The recipe follows, but first: > Check out more bagel recipes below. > More foods waiting for “everything” topping. > The history of the bagel. > The history of the everything…
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