Category: Vegetables-Salads-Herbs

TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Savory Galette

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Beet and Sweet Potato Galette from Vermont Creamery.   Shoo the winter blues away with a colorful galette. In the pastry world, a galette is a rustic, open-face pie, made without a pie pan. It is flat, with a turned-up crust that wraps around the filling to create a “dough pan.” It can be round,…
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FOOD FUN: Football Fries (French Fry Footballs)

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If you have kids and like to make special treats for them, head to HungryHappenings.com and sign up for the emails. Even if you don’t make them, you’ll enjoy the creative ideas. Here’s one that adults can enjoy, too: French fries shaped like footballs. The Football Fries recipe is on the Hungry Happenings website. If…
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National Tater Tot Day: The History Of Tots & 10 Tot Recipes

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February 2nd is National Tater Tot® Day. Chefs nationwide have been putting their own twists on this American comfort food. At The Eddy in New York City, the potato is blended with bacon prior to frying. The tots are served in a pool of mustard sauce, topped with pickled mustard seed and English pea purée…
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RECIPE: Bhaji, Indian-Style Onion Rings & The History Of Onion Rings

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[1] A yummy twist for onion ring fans: spiced onion rings with spicy ketchup (photo © Maya Kaimal). [2] Chickpea flour (photo © Quay Naturals). [3] Whole and ground cumin (photo © The Spice House). [4] Turmeric, a relative of ginger, comes from the rhizome (root) of a native Asian plant. It is known for…
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RECIPE: Easy Roasted Spiced Carrots

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Love roasted root vegetables? Who doesn’t! Turn a humble bag of carrots into delicious roasted carrots, spiced and fragrant with cinnamon, cumin and ginger. RECIPE: CUMIN-SPICED ROASTED CARROTS Ingredients 1 pound carrots 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 pinch ground ginger Salt and pepper to taste   Preparation…
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