Category: Snacks

RECIPE: Try Chocolate Raisin Panini

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Chocolate panini: breakfast, snack or dessert. Photo courtesy Vosges Haut Chocoalt.   Our favorite breakfast bread is pain au chocolat. Literally “chocolate bread,” pain au chocolat is an oblong breakfast roll made of the same light, flaky, yeast-leavened laminated pastry dough as a croissant,* and filled with pieces of dark chocolate; *Pain au chocolat is…
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PRODUCT: Want’ems Wonton Chips

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When we were growing up, chips meant potato chips or corn chips. Today, the chip aisle is bursting with choices. There are bean chips, nut chips, plantain chips, rice chips, tortilla chips and vegetable chips. And now, there are wonton chips. Inspired by the wonton strips served at Chinese restaurants (great for dipping in hot…
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PRODUCT: Grab & Go Healthy Vegetable Snacks

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Make ‘em or buy ‘em. Photo courtesy MannPacking.com.   Like many people we know, we’re a bad-choice snacker. When we’re out of the house, we buy cookies, muffins, pizza, candy—high-calorie empty carbs. During periods of focus, we buy bags of baby carrots and throw them into our backpack along with a water bottle. But we…
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JULY 4th FOOD: Red, White & Blue Colored Popcorn

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Here’s a treat that you can make in any theme colors—just as long as the colors are available as flavored gelatins. For a red, white and blue display, use JELL-O Berry Blue plus any of the red flavors (there are seven, from Raspberry to Watermelon). You can use standard, pale yellow corn as your white…
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Mellow & Magnificent Castelvetrano Olives: How To Enjoy Them

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[1] Castelvetrano olives served with drinks at Maiden Lane | NYC (photo © Maiden Lane). [2] We could eat the whole bowl (photo © Musco Food). [3] Castelvetrano olives, cherry tomatoes, and garlic sautéed in EVOO make a delicious snack, appetizer, or topping for proteins and grains.   Olive connoisseurs love Castelvetrano olives (pronounced kah-stell-veh-TRAH-no).…
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