Category: Tip Of The Day

TIP OF THE DAY: Ways To Use Canned Beans

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Southwestern parfait with beans, yogurt or sour cream, salsa and tortilla chips. Photo courtesy Food Should Taste Good.   In the process of spring cleaning, we discovered 10 cans of beans at the back of our pantry. It had been a New Year’s resolution to eat beans—nutritious, with plenty of fiber and protein, and affordable—at…
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RECIPE: Breakfast Salad & Dip With Tortilla Chips

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[1] For breakfast, bacon and egg top a salad (recipe and photography © of Amanda Paa | Heartbeet Kitchen).   The world over, what people eat for breakfast varies widely. In eastern China it can include dumplings and vegetable soup with rice. In Guyana it’s whitefish preserved in salt, served with fried bread dough. A…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fava Beans (& A Nice Chianti)

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Fresh fava beans. Photo courtesy TheDeliciousLife.com. Check out their recipe for a charming appetizer or hors d’oeuvre, Fava Bean Purée with Feta and Garlic Toasts.   For those of you who recall Hannibal Lechter’s upcoming dinner at the end of The Silence Of The Lambs, you can make your own version of it 9we suggest…
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TIP OF THE DAY: The New “Dirty Dozen”

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The “dirty dozen” of produce refers to those fruits and vegetables that have the most pesticide residues. If you’re going to buy organic versus conventional produce, these are the foods to buy. Since agricultural practices change, The Environmental Working Group (EWG) creates an annual Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides to reduce your exposure to chemical pesticides.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Uses For Marshmallows, How To Keep Marshmallows Soft, Freeze Them, & More

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[1] They may be delicious, but what if you have too many for straight snacking (photo © The Nibble)? [2] To stop ice cream cones from dripping out the bottom, press a mini-marshmallow into the bottom, or cut up a standard marshmallow (photo © Tèo Gelato).   If you received marshmallows for Easter and are…
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