RECIPE: Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Add herbs to your mashed potatoes. Photo courtesy McCormick.com.   It’s been way below freezing for days in our part of the country. That’s as good an excuse as any to have some primo comfort food—luscious mashed potatoes—with tonight’s grilled chicken. Basic mashed potatoes with butter, salt and pepper become even more delicious with the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Warm Potato Salad, Mix & Match Your Recipe

[1] Potato salad bound with pesto (photo © U.S. Potato Board.   Many people think of potato salad as warm weather fare, or a side with a sandwich. But different recipes are served at temperatures beyond the familiar chilled, mayonnaise-bound potato salad: warm southern German potato salad served with sausage and other meats and room…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Frizzled Onions

Frizzled onions are a delicious garnish on just about anything. Photo courtesy Silk Road Palace | New York City.   Onion rings are a calorie splurge, not including all the sugar- or worse, the high fructose corn syrup-laden ketchup they’re topped with. But you can enjoy a few “frizzled onions,” thin shoestring slices, with less…
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