RECIPE: Quick Curried Carrot Soup & Carrot Hummus
Two recipes for fresh carrots: carrot hummus and carrot soup.
Category: Spreads-Dips-Salsa
FOOD HOLIDAY: National Guacamole Day
Dating back to Mayan times (pre-Aztec), guacamole sauce was made the avocado, onion, chiles, fresh tomato, and salt—a recipe that is still made today. The ingredients were mashed in a molcajete (mol-cah-HET-tay), a Mexican pestle carved from volcanic stone, although today granite is an easier-to-clean option. The name of the dish comes from the Aztec…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Eat Well Enjoy Life Hummus
Hummus made from red lentils, not chickpeas. Photo courtesy Eat Well Enjoy Life. The impressive hummus line from Eat Well Enjoy Life is like a horse of a different color: made not from chickpeas, but from black beans, white beans, red lentils, yellow lentils and edamame. The result: a whole new way to enjoy…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Broccoli Salsa & More Ways To Love Broccoli
A broccoli veggie mix, ready to spoon into a baked potato. Photo courtesy Potatopia | New York City. We love broccoli, lightly steamed*, raw with dip, puréed as a side dish and as soup. Perhaps the most famous words ever said about broccoli were from our 41st president, George H.W. Bush, and they were…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Roasted Corn Guacamole
Even if you think your guacamole recipe is the best, there are so many guac lovers tweaking the basic recipe that you need to keep tasting! Now that it’s corn season, Top Chef Master and America’s best-known master of Mexican cuisine, Chef Rick Bayless, has put a new spin on guacamole. His special ingredients: grilled…
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