RECIPE: Inside-Out Homemade Peppermint Patties

[1] Hannah Kaminsky’s Inside-Out Peppermint Patties (photo © Bittersweet Blog). [2] Conventional peppermint patties, homemade. Peppermint Patties recipeHere’s the recipe (photo © Safe Eggs). [3] Chop up some good chocolate bars for the mint centers (these are from DeBrand.com). [4] Instead of dessert, have a mint patty or two with Baileys Irish Cream, in Original,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 20 Ways To Use Leftover Wine

You may need no arm twisting to have a glass of wine on February 18th, National Drink Wine Day. But don’t feel obligated to finish the bottle. Instead, retain some of the wine in your cooking.   TIPS You can use any wine, including dessert wine, Port and sparkling wine, whether flat or still bubbly.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cooked Grains At Breakfast

Top: Our most recent whole grain breakfast: poached egg, red rice, baby arugula, sautéed cherry tomatoes and mushrooms (photo courtesy InHarvest). Second: We’ve also eaten our poached egg with leftover white rice and veggies (photo courtesy Gardenia | NYC). Third: You can bake the egg atop the cooked grain instead of poaching it, as in…
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