Category: Tip Of The Day

TIP OF THE DAY: Make Your Own Corn Tortillas

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Do something different for Cinco de Mayo: Make your own corn tortillas. Americans eat lots of tortillas: Back in 2000, the Tortilla Industry Association estimated that Americans consumed approximately 85 billion tortillas (not including tortilla chips). They haven’t updated their website information, but we can safely assume that tortilla sales have only gone up. [Source]…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Bok Choy & Endive ~ Veggies To Grill

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We wager that anyone who likes veggies looks forward to vegetables cooked outdoors on the grill, for as long as the weather allows. Asparagus, bell peppers, corn, eggplant, onions, portabella mushrooms, tomatoes and zucchini are popular. But why not try vegetables you’ve never grilled before? Previously we’ve recommended grilled cabbage, grilled cauliflower and grilled romaine…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Herb & Spice Grinders

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Some recipes instruct you to grind herbs or spices. In our grandmother’s day, that meant using a mortar and pestle. In our mother’s day, it meant using the coffee grinder for herbs and spices. Mom, a purist, had a second grinder for that purpose. Other folks had to first grind uncooked rice in their coffee…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Serve Eggs In Mini Flower Pots

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Last spring we published a tip on serving foods in mini flower pots—the size that can be used to pot small succulents. You can use them anytime: to serve breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, desserts and snacks. You can find mini flower pots in terra cotta or terra cotta-colored plastic. Either can go into the dishwasher.…
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Leftover Pasta Recipes: Make Stir-Fried Pasta (Like Fried Rice)

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[1] Stir-fried fusilli and shrimp from Tes Photchaman Yuphin of TesAtHome.com. Here’s her recipe. [2] Stir-fried spaghetti from Annie Chun.. [3] Stir-fried bowtie pasta, Asian-style. Here’s the recipe (photo © Kaluhi’s Kitchen).   If you can make fried rice from leftover rice and other leftover grains, why not fried pasta? You can serve it as…
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