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Holiday Dining Gets Fresh Flavor with New Uses for Seasonal Ingredients

Holiday Dining Gets Fresh Flavor with New Uses for Seasonal Ingredients

(BPT) – – When the weather cools, do your cravings turn toward peppermint? Or perhaps the approaching holidays are priming your palate for pumpkin and gingerbread. Some flavors and ingredients just seem to go naturally with the season. While time-honored culinary traditions will always have 

How baking serves up a batch of skills for children, tweens and teens

How baking serves up a batch of skills for children, tweens and teens

(BPT) – – When you think of baking, your mind probably goes right to warm cookies, fruit-filled cobblers or pies and savory bread. While those are all the happy results of spending some time in the kitchen, when children, tweens and teens get involved in 

Curious about the Mediterranean diet-how to make it work for you

Curious about the Mediterranean diet-how to make it work for you

(BPT) – – They never counted calories, but they ate flavorful, satisfying food and drank wine with lunches and dinners. The people in countries bordering the Mediterranean have historically been known as some of the healthiest, fittest people in the world. Their diet of fresh 

Five tips for fast healthy meals on a budget

Five tips for fast healthy meals on a budget

(BPT) – – What do time and money have in common? They’re worth a lot, and we could always use more of each. Between managing a packed schedule and trying to stretch every dollar, getting a healthy meal on the table may seem impossible. Smart 

Simple Ways to Break Out of Dinner Menu Monotony

Simple Ways to Break Out of Dinner Menu Monotony

(ARA) – With mom’s and dad’s work schedules running up against after school activities and homework time, the opportunities to share delicious meals are fewer and further between than ever before. If your family is crunched for time, relying on the same old dinnertime standards 

To The Rescue-Honey A Must-Have In Gluten-Free Holiday Recipes

To The Rescue-Honey A Must-Have In Gluten-Free Holiday Recipes

(NAPS)—’Tis the season for eating! Who doesn’t love the delicious feasts that come with the holidays? It’s a time for roasting, broiling, sautéing, frying—and especially baking! But getting through the holidays gluten-free can be tough. Most traditional holiday recipes, like stuffing, gravy and side dishes, 

Seven Days, Seven Ways to Put a New Spin on Potatoes

Seven Days, Seven Ways to Put a New Spin on Potatoes

(ARA) – Few things say “fall” like the crispness in the air, the bright colors of changing leaves and the warm, comforting foods that come with the season’s harvest. While the classic recipes that you rely on year after year will always have a place 

Newlyweds-Learning to Cook For Two

Newlyweds-Learning to Cook For Two

(ARA) – So you’ve just tied the knot, or will soon wed, and you realize that mealtime (among other things) is about to change. If you have any jitters about cooking for two, rest assured that setting up a kitchen and cooking delicious meals – 

New resource helps moms overcome dinnertime challenges

New resource helps moms overcome dinnertime challenges

(ARA) – As every parent knows, the dinner hour can be fraught with friction and frustration – how can you get your picky eater to abandon his “no green foods” rule or make your chatterbox stop talking long enough to take a bite? Relax, says 

Tasty tips for eating for heart health

Tasty tips for eating for heart health

(ARA) – When it comes to your heart, what you eat matters, but that doesn’t mean having to fill your plate with bland foods. Getting your family to eat with their hearts in mind can be both fun and delicious. Make sensible eating a family