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I discovered this recipe by accident while I was trying to make hummus without using any oil. I think I’m starting to understand the necessity of emulsifiers in cooking. After some grinding in the food processor with just garbanzo beans, lemon juice, and garlic, the mixture was dry and wasn’t creamy. [...]

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It’s that time of the season again! With Spring and Easter just around the corner, so are the PEEPS. The PEEPS Chicks and PEEPS Bunnies are back on store shelves. Now you can once again pretend to be a big giant monster and chew off the heads of these poor helpless [...]

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The sweet potato, or the yam as some call it, is often overlooked until the Thanksgiving season. If you’re looking to snack smart, try making baked sweet potato wedges. This vegetable is packed with vitamins and is a great alternative to eating potatoes as it ranks on the lower spectrum of [...]

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Delicious either chilled or served with broth, soba noodles are great to eat at any time of the year. However, not all soba noodles are created equal. Even though the noodles are made from buckwheat flour, depending on the manufacturer, the sodium content can vary greatly. So the [...]

Flank steak usually doesn’t make it to the top 3 cuts of beef on most people’s list of favorite cow cuts. It’s definitely on my top list of favorites. This cut of cow has great flavor and if prepared properly, can be extremely tender. How can this be done? It’s all [...]

My Girl Scout cookies have finally arrived.   I usually don’t eat cookies, but since this is a fundraiser, I bought 3 boxes a few weeks ago.  Of the ten varieties to choose from, I bought the following:  Caramel deLites (aka Samoas), Shortbread (aka Trefoils), and new for 2008, Cinna-spins.  I’m not going to eat a [...]

Is ’sashimied’ even a word? Regardless, you probably know what I mean. I went on a day trip to Delhi in upstate New York yesterday to visit my uncle, aunt, and cousins. It was my second time visiting them up there in 27 years, the first time being 10 years old or so. I thought [...]

The fennel article I posted a couple of days ago had me craving the vegetable, so I decided to make my grilled fennel and pepper salad. The recipe is simple and not much prep work is required.

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Fennel and Pepper Salad
Ingredients

1 Tbsp - Canola or Olive Oil
1/2 - Lemon
1 Fennel
1 Red Bell [...]

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I came across a slide show of the twenty worse foods in America and I had to share this with you all.
20. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonalds (5pcs)
19. Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo’d Power Smoothie (30 fl oz)
18. Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie (whole pie)
17. Ruby [...]

I’m a little late with this post. I read it a few days ago on Slashfood and it caught my attention. You’ll think twice about asking for that slice of lemon with your water after reading this. Passaic County Community College in New Jersey conducted a research study to see how much [...]