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VALENTINE’S DAY: Heart Shaped Pancakes

January 29, 2013 at 8:43 am · Filed under Breakfast & Brunch, Valentine's Day


We [heart] heart-shaped eggs and pancakes. Photo courtesy Norpro.

  

Yesterday we recommended some heart-shaped molds for hard-cooked eggs.

But if you prefer your eggs fried or poached—or would rather have pancakes—try these Norpro Nonstick Heart Pancake & Egg Rings.

Each ring holds 1/4 cup batter or 1 raw egg. A set of 2 rings is $5.61.

Beyond Valentine’s Day, you’ll use them for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, brunches and perhaps a monthly “I [Heart] You” breakfast.

 

  

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TIP OF THE DAY: Trail Mix Peanut Butter Sandwich

January 29, 2013 at 8:26 am · Filed under Bread-Crackers-Sandwiches, Jam-Peanut Butter, Recipes, Snacks

We love this nut-tricious snack idea: An open-face peanut butter sandwich topped with trail mix.

Use whole wheat toast: whole wheat for extra nutrition and toast for extra crunchiness. Cut into squares for easier snacking.

Our beverage of choice: a glass of nonfat milk.

The recipe concept comes from Lee Zalben, proprietor of the restaurant Peanut Butter & Co. in New York City.

He’s developed a different PB sandwich recipe for every day of the year—and for more than one year. You can see all of his creative of ideas online at the Nutropolitan Museum Of Art.
 
 
MAKE YOUR OWN TRAIL MIX

You don’t need ready-made trail mix: Make your own using the nuts, seeds, raisins and other dried fruits you already have”

  


Top a slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter and trail mix.Photo by Andrea Hernandez | Peanut Butter & Co.
  • Candy: carob chips, chocolate chips/chunks, crystallized ginger, mini marshmallows, M&M’s, Reese’s Pieces
  • Cereal: Chex, granola, Grape Nuts, rolled oats
  • Dried fruits: apples, apricots, banana chips, blueberries, candied orange peel (gourmet!), cherries (our favorite!), coconut, cranberries, dates, figs, raisins
  • Nuts (chop big nuts into large chunks)
  • Savory freeze dried edamame or veggie chips, roasted chickpeas, soy beans or soy nuts, wasabi peas
  • Seeds: pepitas (pumpkin seeds), sunflower seeds
  • Miscellaneous: baked soybeans, crushed pretzels

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    One of our favorite combinations: dates, dried cherries, figs, pistachio nuts.

    After you’ve made trail mix, use it on everything from cereal toppers to ice cream, pudding and yogurt garnishes to baked goods ingredients (mix into brownie, cake and cookie batter).

    Do you have a signature trail mix ingredient or favorite combination? Pleas share!
      

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    VALENTINE’S DAY: Heart-Shaped Egg Molds

    January 28, 2013 at 8:44 am · Filed under Eggs, Kitchenware-Tabletop, Valentine's Day


    Eggs of love. Photo courtesy Gifts and
    Gadgets | Amazon.

    		   How cute are these? Turn eggs into Valentine hearts or everyday love food, with Eggspress Heart Shaped Boiled Egg Molds.

    Use the heart-shaped, hard-cooked eggs (inaccurately called hard-boiled eggs—see hard-cooked eggs versus hard-boiled eggs):

  • At breakfast or snack time, on toast
  • At lunch, on a sliced egg sandwich
  • At lunch or dinner, on a salad
  • As a garnish or side at any meal, topped with flavored mayonnaise (including bacon mayonnaise), relish, chutney, etc.

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    How would you use them?

    A set of two heart shaped molds is $9.95.

     
    HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF EGGS HAVE YOU HAD?

    See our egg-cellent Egg Glossary for the different types of eggs.
      

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