Fig & Cheese Salad: A Grilled Cheese On Your Salad!

Most of us love a grilled cheese sandwich, most of us could eat more salad. So today’s tip combines both: a green salad with a grilled cheese crouton. Here’s a recipe to start you off. The recipe has a number of steps to create the complex flavors. But if you like the concept, you can…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try Farro, An Ancient Wheat

We discovered the tasty Santorini Farro Salad on the SkinnyLicious™ menu at Cheesecake Factory and liked it so much we recreated it at home (recipe below). We then asked: Why don’t we eat more farro? So today we’re also sharing some background information on farro, and two cookbooks that showcase farro recipes and other nutritious…
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COOKING VIDEO: Make Jalapeño Poppers On The Grill

  This year is the 20th anniversary of the jalapeño popper, a hot little nugget that enjoys a cold beer. The original poppers were jalapeño chiles stuffed with cheese, battered and deep-fried—a spicy American snack version of the Mexican dish, chiles rellenos (stuffed bell peppers). They were created by McCain Foods for the restaurant/foodservice industry.…
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