Tag Archive | "vegetables"

Peanut Butter Sushi?

Monday, May 10, 2010

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Peanut Butter Sushi?

Peanut butter and sushi. These aren’t two types of food you see together in the same sentence. While peanut butter is pretty self explanatory (basically peanuts ground up into an incredibly yummy paste) and can be spread on all kinds of things. Sushi on the other hand is a Japanese sticky rice dish usually served with raw fish (though not always). The good people at Serious Eats have found a way to pair the two together!

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Grow Your Herbs and Vegetables With or Without Land

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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Grow Your Herbs and Vegetables With or Without Land

Whether people want to be more eco-friendly, spend less money on food, or just be more healthy the one thing they almost immediately consider is growing their own foods. Herbs, vegetables, fruits can all be grown fairly easily with the right conditions, but how to grow them if you don’t own your own land?

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Cheating on Food with already Prepped Food

Friday, March 19, 2010

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Cheating on Food with already Prepped Food

When in the kitchen there are many things we have to do in order to prep our food before cooking it usually. When it comes to these culinary chores, people have seemed to have decided to take a culinary shortcut by getting vegetables that are already prepped such as peeled potatoes and carrots, cheese already grated or shredded, fruit already sliced. These food “cheats” are becoming more and more abundant in kitchens.

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Too Many Farmer’s Markets?

Saturday, March 6, 2010

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Too Many Farmer’s Markets?

Who would have thought that there could be too many Farmer’s Markets?

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Chocolaty and Cheesey Art

Friday, February 19, 2010

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Chocolaty and Cheesey Art

Anyone who has thought that food can be art will love to know that in Gloucestershire, England there is an artist that is allowing the world to see food in a new artistic and creative way!

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Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus

Saturday, February 13, 2010

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Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus

A perfectly simple yet delicious side for Valentine’s Day, asparagus is known as an aphrodisiac as well as being healthy and a great light veggie. Wrapped in prosciutto, what was once just light and tasty can now become a side dish to remember for your romantic day!

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Cooking Technique: Wonton Folding

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Cooking Technique: Wonton Folding

The Chinese New Year is upon us (February 14th), and what better way to celebrate it than to learn the technique of folding wontons?

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Snack Time?

Monday, February 8, 2010

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Snack Time?

Snack time is known everywhere (at least in the US and Canada) as a thing that is a must in between meals. For children it seems to be even more often, as they have snack time at school and then expect it after school, and again whenever they go do an extra curricular activity (practice, games, recitals, tournaments, holiday parties etc). Over at the New York Times there is even an article on just that.

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A Few Ways to be More “Green”

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

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A Few Ways to be More “Green”

Would you like to be more “green” or eco-friendly? What if it saves you money and has to do with food? Over at Planet Green, there was a recent article about “50 Ways to Never Waste Food Again.” There is a great list of different ways to help with this and I would just like to highlight a few of these easy and fantastic ways to achieve a more eco-friendly and money saving kitchen!

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Vegetable gardens for education

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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Vegetable gardens for education

What would you think about teaching children to learn how to grow fresh fruits and vegetables and how to cook at school? That's the sort of thing that was brought up in an article done in The Atlantic and then again on Serious Eats with two vastly different opinions.

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