The Best Canned Foods For National Canned Foods Month

[1] Artichoke hearts: low in calories, great in salads (photo © Roland Foods). [2] Black beans, garbanzos (chickpeas), kidney beans, and other varieties save time (photo © Bush’s Beans). [3] You can find canned beets both sliced and whole (photo © Libby’s Vegetables). [4] Fresh corn is at its peak for just 2-3 months a…
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Food Fun: Mushroom “Scallops” In Beet Puree For Your Valentine

[1] King trumpet mushroom “scallops” atop beet purée (phptp © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [2] Fresh beets. The stems and leaves are also edible. Cook them as you would collards or other greens (photo © Good Eggs). [3] King trumpet mushrooms* (photo Claire Freierman | © The Nibble).   Our colleague Hannah Kaminsky, of…
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Green Bean Tempura Recipe For National Tempura Day

[1] Tempura green beans (photo © Southern Selects). [2] Tempura green beans served in a basket, like fries (photo © The Tuck Room | NYC). [3] Shishito peppers tempura. Here’s the recipe (photo © A Spicy Perspective).   January 7th is National Tempura Day, and while you can head to your nearest Japanese restaurant, you…
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Thanksgiving Salad: America’s Favorite Salads For Turkey Day

What green salad would you add to the Thanksgiving bounty? The team at Diabetic.org turned to online search data to find out which salads were in demand and where. They gathered 48 search terms from sources like Taste of Home and Taste Atlas and analyzed five years of data to determine every state’s most searched-for…
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A Hearty Kimchi Soup Recipe For National Kimchi Day

[1] A hearty bowl of kimchi soup with sides of bean-thread noodles and more kimchi (photos #1 and #2 © The Vegan Atlas). [2] Kimchi soup ingredients. [3] Gochugaru, Korean red chile that adds a fruity, sweet, and smokey flavor to dishes (photo © Gochujar). [4] Gochugang paste, very spicy and deeply flavored (photo ©…
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