Category: Vegetables-Salads-Herbs

RECIPE: Thai Cucumber Salad

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Following on the heels of cucumber water, here’s an easy recipe for a delicious cucumber salad, Thai-style. Serve this crunchy, low-calorie side with just about anything. While European cucumber salads tend to use cider vinegar and lots of fresh dill, the Thai twist uses rice vinegar and some heat: Thai chiles if you like things…
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RECIPE: Seared Scallop Salad

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Seared scallop salad: a first or main course. Photo and recipe courtesy Pom Wonderful.   Every Saturday morning, we head out to our local farmers market, always stopping at the fishmonger’s booth for fresh scallops. We love them cooked or raw. In fact, we have to restrain ourselves from nibbling up the raw scallops for…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Roasted Baby Potatoes With Dipping Sauce

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Potato lovers: This recipe’s for you. Photo courtesy PotatoGoodness.com.   Many people enjoy chips and dip, pretzels and dip, raw vegetables and dip. But how about roasted potatoes and dip? This recipe, from PotatoGoodness.com, can be enjoyed as a first course, a side, a snack, or with a casual beer or glass of wine. Mini…
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FOOD 101: Farmers Market Tips

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What, you haven’t yet been to a farmers market this summer? You’re missing out on gorgeous produce and other goodies. Here are some tips from Birds & Blooms, America’s leading bird and garden magazine, to help make your visit easy, stress-free and, dare we say it, fruitful! DON’T expect it to be a quick trip.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Avocado Boat

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An avocado boat, Southwestern style. Photo courtesy Avocado Central.   If your principal enjoyment of avocado is in the form of guacamole, allow us to suggest an avocado “boat”—a stuffed avocado half. When our grandmother held her weekly card parties with “the ladies,” their choice of luncheon was Avocado Boat With Crab Salad. Not surprisingly,…
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