TIP OF THE DAY: Steaming Vegetables

Most of us don’t eat our recommended daily portions of fruit and vegetables (use this calculator to see how much you need). You can serve a side of vegetables with breakfast eggs, with lunch and of course, with dinner. At the end of the day, if we haven’t eaten our share, we steam vegetables as…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Removing Orange Peel & Pith

Have trouble peeling oranges? Try thin-skinned mandarins instead. Photo courtesyFloridaJuice.com.   We recently received a gift of delicious oranges from Harry & David. But boy, it wasn’t easy to remove the peel and the pith. Then we remembered our Mom’s tip: Roll the orange on a hard surface, pressing down firmly. We then scored the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Scouting The Produce Aisle

Part of the joy of eating is discovering new ingredients. They don’t have to be exotic (like fiddlehead ferns), just different. We always walk down the produce aisle looking for something we haven’t tried before. Then, we look at all the ways we can use it to add fun and flair to our dishes. We…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sustainable Seafood

Atlantic Cod is endangered. Switch to Pacificcod. Photo courtesy McCormick. Get a recipe for beer battered cod.   You may see plenty of fish in the market or on restaurant menus, but the world’s population of wild seafood is threatened with extinction. Over-fishing and lack of fishing regulation have depleted numerous varieties of fish, including…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Smarter Chips

Popcorn “chips”: Pop Corners from MedoraFoods. Photo by Katharine Pollak | THENIBBLE.   Today is National Chip & Dip Day. Before you reach for the potato chips and onion dip, here are some suggestions for healthier chipping and dipping. Tortilla chips. Pick whole-grain tortilla chips. Salsa, the dip of choice, is low-calorie and healthy. Popcorn…
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