Category: Snacks

TIP OF THE DAY: Make Summer Squash Chips (Zucchini & Yellow Squash)

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Summer squash—zucchini and yellow squash—are available year-round, but are never more affordable than now. In addition to your other favorite summer squash recipes*, make lots of squash chips for low-calorie nibbling. They’re also great to serve with beer, cocktails and wine, and as garnishes. But start with a small batch. Try the chips plain and…
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RECIPE: Beer Batter Sweet Potato Chips

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Beer Batter Sweet Potato Chips: Slice ‘em, fry ‘em and enjoy them with spicy ketchup (photo courtesy Maya Kaimal).   What to serve with a cold beer? Why, beer-batter sweet potato chips. This recipe, from Chef Maya Kaimal, has an Eastern touch: rice flour instead of wheat flour (bonus: it’s gluten free), and spicy ketchup.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Homemade Pork Rinds

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[1] Don’t these homemade pork rinds look so much better than store-bought (photo and recipe © PaleoLeap.com)? [2] Pork rinds are also a delicious garnish for soups and salads (photo © Culinary Vegetable Institute). [3] Pork cracklings are made from the skin and fat; pork rinds are the skin (rind) only (photo © Padaek.com. Check…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Rice Paper For Fun Food & Serious Food

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Top: Vietnamese Summer rolls with shrimp (here’s the recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction. Second: Vietnamese Spring Rolls with added fruit (photo California Strawberry Commission). Third: Rice paper wrappers (photo © Denzel Green | CooksInfo.com). Bottom: Traditional packaging (photo Three Ladies Brand).   ABOUT RICE PAPER Rice paper is a name for everything different products, including…
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Make Avocado Toast: Deluxe Avocado Toast Recipes

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[1] Fully Loaded Avocado Toast (photos #1, #2, #3 © Sunset Produce). [2] A medley of cherry and grape tomatoes. [3] Mini cucumbers.   Over the last few years, Avocado Toast has spread from casual dining spots to coffee bars. The concept started as part of the trend to eat more nutritiously (avocado nutrition). It…
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