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[1] Stuffed peppers are a global favorite. Try this recipe stuffed with quinoa (photo © Whole Foods Market). Peppers stuffed with lamb and feta (photo and recipe © McCormick). [3] Red and green bell peppers (photo © Burpee). [4] Sultanas (above) and slivered almonds (below) perk up almost any stuffed pepper recipe (photo © Faire).…
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Baby carrots move beyond the familiar orange to purple, red and yellow. Photo courtesy Sprinkle Side Up. See her recipe for glazed rainbow carrots. In picking up supplies for our “diet Oscars menu,” we came across rainbow baby carrots—our first sighting—and rainbow cherry tomatoes, which have been available in our market for a few…
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While our “day job” is to try lots of specialty foods and cook and bake alluring recipes, we aim to make the right choices when we’re not working. If we’ve been heavy on the healthful eating tips lately, it’s because we’re struggling even harder after the onslaught of Valentine chocolate. So today we’re passing along…
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Don’t expect dessert: You’re making a sandwich. Tartine is the French word for an open-faced sandwich with a rich spread or fancy topping; the word actually refers to a slice of bread. Tartine is the French diminutive of the Old French and Middle English tarte, derived from the Late Latin torta, a type of bread.…
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The trick to adding more flavor to everything you eat, with negligible calories—and the ability to cut back on salt—are spices and herbs. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HERBS & SPICES Spices are the dried seeds, buds, fruit or flower parts, bark or roots of plants. They are usually of tropical origin. Herbs are the leaves and…
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