RECIPE: A Yummy Greek Yogurt Dip & Sauce

We’ve given up trying to lose weight as a New Year’s resolution, so more than a decade ago, we decided we’d give up a different less-good-for-you food every year. These included fried foods, drinks with sugar, pizza and whole milk. Instead of every day or every week, we have them four times a year or…
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RECIPE: Pumpkin Spice Hummus

[1] Pumpkin spice hummus (both photos © Hatherleigh Press). [2] Love hummus? Beyond a dip and spread, there are many recipes in this hummus cookbook. Get your copy here.   As a frequent purchaser or flavored hummus, we often look at the eight-ounce containers as one serving, possibly 1.5. In terms of the “serving size”…
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THANKSGIVING RECIPE: Sweet Potato Dip

This sweet potato dip has asian ingredients: rice wine vinegar and white miso. We like the fusion feature that welcomes people from beyond European cultures to Thanksgiving. The recipe was created for the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission by Domino Ireland of Raleigh. You can also thin it with oil and serve it as a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Zucchini Butter

Ready for zucchini season? This recipe, from Lucero Olive Oil, adds zucchini to a thicker pesto-like recipe, that’s used as a spread instead of a sauce. You can use it on crackers, crostini, grilled eggplant rounds, pizza dough and of course, toast. You can even add it to a savory oatmeal breakfast, mixed into the…
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FOOD FUN: Pimento Cheese & Sausage Dip

[1] Vivian Howard’s Pimento Cheese & Sausage Dip, served with homemade saltines (photo © Garden & Gun).   The next time you have to bring something to a party, how about this Pimento Cheese & Sausage Dip? Served with homemade saltines, it’s the most popular item at Boiler Room Oyster Bar in Kinston, North Carolina.…
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