TIP OF THE DAY: Olive Vinaigrette

We thank Whole Foods Market for providing the inspiration to make olive vinaigrette, a sauce for grilled vegetables, poultry, seafood and tofu. Much as we enjoy olives, we’d never thought of adding them to oil and vinegar to create a rich dressing. If you’re firing up the grill for Memorial Day, try this recipe: Ingredients…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Beyond Greens, Healthy Salad Recipes

Switch a green salad for a bean salad, beet salad or hundreds of other options. (photo © Sarsmis | iStock Photo).   Salad is more than a bowl of dressed greens, served as a first course. Leafy greens make up only one of seven categories in Chef Joyce Goldstein’s book, Mediterranean Fresh: A Compendium of…
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RECIPE: Tomato Wellington Over Duck Confit Salad

A few months ago, we tasked our Test Kitchen chef, Eric Dantis, with creating a recipe for the Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Recipe Challenge. Here is his entry. With summmer corn and tomatoes only weeks away, here’s the recipe. This is a dish to make if you are looking to impress your guests: TOMATO WELLINGTON…
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IN SEASON: Fresh Morel Mushrooms

Exotic, delicious wild morels are a fleeting springtreat. Photo by Yin Yang | IST.   While dried morel mushrooms are available year round—and are a treasured ingredient in soups, stews and sauces—this is fresh morel season. These incredibly flavorful gifts of nature, with their earthy and woodsy aroma and flavor, have a distinctive look: a…
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Caramelized Onions Recipe & The Best Ways To Use Them

[1] Caramelized onions rock a burger, sandwich, eggs and more. See our favorite ways to use them below. [2] Caramelized onions, shown here atop a Brie crostini, are also delicious on grilled cheese. The difference between bruschetta and crostini (photo © Paul Binet | iStock Photo). [3] Brats with caramelized onions. How about hosting a…
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