If finances are tight this year, celebrate the holidays by hosting a shared small-plates party, where everyone can get together to have fun without breaking the bank. Small plates continue to be hot in trendy restaurants because people love to sample little bites and taste a variety of dishes. Ask each guest to bring an appetizer and a bottle of wine or nonalcoholic drink. With a collec­tion of nibbles and libations, you're ready to party.
It was my hope to be your Pomegranate Queen this month. I can still imagine a crown dotted with crimson teardrop jewels and a scepter topped with a crystal pomegranate ball. But alas, I didn't win the POM Wonderful Pomegranate Dinner Party Contest.
Headline your holiday with the quintessential flavor of the season - peppermint. These extra special sweets offer a bountiful buffet of peppermint possibilities. Choose one or more for cookie exchanges, après caroling nibbles, gifts for teachers and Santa.
It's time once again to start baking some holiday cheer to share with friends and neighbors. These recipes make plenty of sweet treats to go around - and they're so good you just may want to keep some for yourself.
Since October, I've tagged myself with a new name, the Cranberry Queen. My reign began when I answered the telephone and heard, "Congratulations, you are the grand prize winner of Ocean Spray's Ultimate Cranberry Recipe Contest!" My heart skipped a beat as my mind quickly tried to remember what delectable cranberry recipe I entered. You see, I enter at least 12 recipe contests a month, and it all becomes a blur. On the phone, my ...
The secret to creating a crowd-pleasing holiday spread is combining a healthy helping of tradi­tion with a pinch of creative new recipes that showcase beloved holiday flavors.
Move over, green bean casserole. It's time to bring something new to the holiday table. These recipes make the most of holiday favorites by adding unique and flavorful twists. Bananas and pineapples add a touch of the exotic (as well as some good nutrition) to the holiday cheesecake, sausage stuffing and sweet-potato casserole that the family loves. And for a super simple dessert, try these easy baked bananas. Baking bananas brings out the natural sweetness ...
I knew it would happen ... the extended Indian summer would finally end, and cooler weather would dictate what I should stir up in the kitchen.
Scare up a happy Halloween party to celebrate the spookiest season. Bring out the orange and black linens, spiderweb doilies and skull coasters ... so easy and effective!
From PB&Js to pitas, muffalettas to melts - any way you slice them, sandwiches are one of America's favor­ite foods. In fact, it is estimated that Americans consume 300 million sandwiches each day. Making one night a week sandwich night is a great way for the whole family to enjoy a nutritious dinner that doesn't take a lot of time. The Grain Foods Foundation has some fun ideas and recipes for making your sandwich night ...
As the weather turns cooler, soup is a delicious and healthful way to warm up. From homemade to prepared varieties, nourishing soups also can satisfy your hunger by making you feel full longer.
Crisp air, changing colors, orchards teeming with ripe apples - all sure signs of autumn. Usher in the fall harvest season by spending an afternoon with the family picking apples, and then reward yourself with a delectable home-baked pie. It's easy to save time in the kitchen by starting with Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts. Just unroll a crust into your favorite pie plate, spoon in a sweet apple filling, bake and serve. Add a delicious ...
This fall, create a menu to remember by incorporating fresh, seasonal flavors into the traditional, comforting dishes of the season. As the air becomes crisp and the sun sets a little earlier each day, it's the ideal time to warm up your kitchen while experimenting with fresh ingredients. Plus, matching each dish with a corresponding wine is a simple technique for enhancing the flavors in the food and wine.
Kids love to snack. But left to their own devices, most kids don't always make the healthiest snack choices. A new study of long-term eating patterns in children, from researchers at the University of North Carolina, shows that kids today are getting nearly one-third of their daily calories from unhealthy snacks such as chips, crackers and candy. Nutritious and delicious snacks are as close as your produce aisle. Water­melon is practically a multivitamin unto itself ...
Fall brings a whole new set of flavors to the table, and that's reason enough to celebrate with friends. Award-winning celebrity chef and cookbook author Michael Chiarello has created some deli­cious seasonal dishes that make the most of autumn's bounty and make it easy to entertain. "If you want to create beautiful food for your friends and family, the most important thing you can do is start your recipes with the best possible ingredients," says ...
a standout dessert for the next family gathering, birthday party or holiday celebration, look no further. Easy to make and fun to eat, Treat Pops offer a new twist on sweet treats and add a pop of color to any occasion.
Tomato Linguini Sauté
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