TIP OF THE DAY: Turn Leftover Pasta Into Antipasto Salad

For lunch or a light dinner: antipasto salad. Photo courtesy Melissas.   Turn your leftover pasta into an antipasto salad. You can boil the pasta from scratch, but whenever we make short cut pasta for a hot dish, we make extra for a cold pasta salad later in the week. You can customize the recipe…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Diet Ice Pops

Turn diet soft drinks into ice pops. Photo courtesy Taza.   Looking for something sweet, cool, and virtually non-caloric? You can buy sugar-free or no sugar added ice pops from Edy’s or Popsicle. Or, you can make your own from your favorite diet soft drink. It couldn’t be easier. Prep time is five minutes plus…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Olive Oil Swap

Instead butter on your bread, try olive oil. Photo courtesy FlavorYourLife.com.   August is National Olive Oil Month, reminding us again that it’s easy to make heart-healthy switches in everyday eating. While the health benefits of olive oil are no secret (including no cholesterol and less saturated fat than butter), most people are unaware of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Get A Food Ring

This fancy first course is not that hard to make. Photo courtesy The Heathman | Portland, Oregon.   It isn’t hard to make fancy appetizers like the one in the photo. All you need is a food ring. It is also called a ring mold, although that term can also refer to a multi-serving container…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cold Infused Iced Tea

Tea brewed in the fridge. Photo courtesy Autocrat Natural Ingredients.   In Pursuit of Tea is a purveyor of the finest teas from Asia and India. Their monthly newsletter often has a good “tea tip.” This month, it’s about cold infused tea—the opposite of sun tea. As with sun tea, you simply add tea to…
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