Leftover Pasta Recipes: Make Stir-Fried Pasta (Like Fried Rice)

[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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Grilled Cabbage Steaks Recipe

[1] First, take a head of cabbage (photo ©y Good Eggs). [2] Next, slice it, grill it and garnish it (photo © McCormick). [3] For better flavor, chop quality blue cheese instead of using packaged crumbles (photo © KitchenHealsSoul.com).   What’s next after Grilled Cauliflower Steaks? Why, its cruciferous† cousin, Grilled Cabbage Steaks. It can…
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Strawberry Rhubarb Galette Recipe, A Spring Favorite Pie

[1] Rhubarb with its leaves. Don’t eat the leaves—they’re mildly toxic (photo © OurOhio.org). [2] Trimmed rhubarb, as it is most often seen in stores (photo © Good Eggs | San Francisco). [3] A beautiful strawberry-rhubarb pie. Here’s the recipe (photo © The Baker Chick).   To many foodies, the beginning of spring means asparagus,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cider Tasting For Mother’s Day

Drier ciders work better with meats. Photo courtesy Angry Orchard.   Skip the Pinot Grigio and taste some cider for Mother’s Day. It’s more novel than wine, and will suit any guest: Cider is equally popular among men and women, whereas beer is significantly more popular among men*. Cider is also gluten-free and less filling…
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TIP OF THE DAY: The Best Oven Mitts

When you’re working with hot oven pans, stove pot handles, steaming pasta pots and the like, you need more protection than a cloth oven mitt. Otherwise, be prepared to say “Ouch!” We tossed our cloth oven mitts 15 years ago when the first Orka silicone oven mitts debuted. No matter pleasing the design—or the ability…
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