TIP OF THE DAY: Egg Tips For Easter & Passover

Here are some egg safety tips from the USDA, for everyone planning an Easter egg hunt or cooking eggs for the Passover seder. Hard-cooked eggs for Easter and Passover celebrations should be prepared with care. EASTER EGG TIPS If you plan to eat the Easter eggs you decorate, be sure to use only food grade…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Prevent Freezer Burn

Freezer burn and ice crystals result from temperature fluctuation and too much oxygen. Most of us have found it on chicken and other meat, as well as on ice cream. Here are some tips to reduce the amount of burned and crystallized food you need to throw away (burn isn’t harmful, it just ruins the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Eat More Heart-Healthy Pistachio Nuts

[1] Snack and garnish away: Pistachios may have fewer calories than previously thought (photo © Paolo Zanin | SXC).   If you enjoy snacking on nuts, you may wish to focus on pistachio nuts. New research shows that they are a weight-wise snack. A USDA study presented on Monday shows that pistachio nuts, already one…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Easter Buffet

Ham spiral-sliced for a buffet. Photo courtesyCherry Marketing Institute.   If you typically have a sit-down Easter dinner, think about having a buffet this year. Setting everything out at once and letting people serve themselves gives you more time to spend with your guests. It also enables you to accommodate more guests than your dining…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Labne or Labneh

Labné or labneh (pronounced LOB-nay or LOB-neh) is the Lebanese version of cream cheese: yogurt cream cheese. It isn’t made with vegetable gum and shaped into a brick like American cream cheese. Rather, it’s thicker than yogurt and comes in a container the size of a large yogurt. Labné is packed with live cultures (beneficial…
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