Category: Snacks

TIP OF THE DAY: Easy Snacking On Chestnuts

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New School: Buy chestnuts ready to eat. Photo courtesy Melissas.com.   In the old days, winter meant chestnut vendors on street corners. We’d buy a bag, hot off the embers, and burn our fingertips in our eagerness to devour the toasty treats. Then we learned how easy it was to make our own (recipe below).…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cranberry-Orange Popcorn Balls Recipe

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The oldest popcorn known to date—actual ears of corn—was discovered in a cave in New Mexico, and carbon-dated to be more than 5,600 years old. It was not eaten as a snack food by early Americans, but was popped and then pounded into meal that was mixed with water and cooked. Fast-forward several thousand years:…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pairing Breads & Spreads

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Make crunchy, Mexican-style snacks with baby bell peppers (© photo courtesy The Laughing Cow.)   The Laughing Cow makes eight flavors of spreadable cheese, and sent us suggestions for pairing the different spreads with complementary breads and crackers. These fun snacks can be served as hors d’oeuvre with beer, cocktails or wine; as a casual…
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Honey Caramel Corn Recipe: No Refined Sugar!

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Most caramel corn is not drizzled with caramel sauce, as the name may suggest, but made by caramelizing sugar into a syrup that coats the popcorn and dries to a lovely crunch. Caramel and corn based on sugar or molasses dates back at least to the 1890s; an early version of Cracker Jack, made with…
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PRODUCT: Harvest Pumpkin, Seasonal Tortilla Chips From Food Should Taste Good

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How delicious are the fall flavor tortilla chips from Food Should Taste Good? Very delicious! You can enjoy them plain, with a savory or sweet dip, or as “fall nachos.” Harvest Pumpkin tortilla chips are as good as eating a cookie. Deftly spiced with cinnamon, clove, allspice and nutmeg (and a touch of cane sugar),…
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