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Depending on where you live, about this time of year summer creates an abundance of immense, vine-bending tomatoes known as Jersey Beefsteaks. Happily, the season for these beauties, often weighing a pound or more, lasts through September and sometimes even into October.
Every dieter knows salads are good for you. But they can get boring with the same old ingredients and the same old dressings. Flavorful, low-calorie dressings can make salads appealing again.
Grilling is great, but backyard cooking can be a challenge when you want to emphasize vegetables and legumes. Try these tasty Kebabs with Peanut Dipping Sauce.
While outdoor cooking is mostly casual, it is good to remember that outdoor eating may be anything from an impromptu, ant-invaded roadside picnic to a carefully arranged and romantic candle-lit dinner on fine china. Includes recipe for Grilled Red Pepper and Spinach Antipasto.
At every single meal, Mexicans serve a simple fresh salsa made with tomatoes, jalapenos and onions. More than a zesty condiment, salsa is also a healthy veggie dish that can be eaten liberally.
Some people seem to interpret the results of a new study incorrectly by suggesting that milk drinking drives the problem of overweight among American children. A closer look at the results affirms a weight-control message long-given to adults.
The odds that frequently eating fast food meals can “supersize” you are real. But to prevent unwanted and unhealthy weight gain, is it enough to change your choice of food, drink, or portion sizes at fast food restaurants?
It’s common knowledge that antioxidants protect us from dangerous substances called free radicals that can create damage leading to many chronic diseases. The various kinds of antioxidants are now believed to work in different parts of the body.
We call it chili, shortening the name from its original, chili con carne, the dish chuck wagon cooks in the Southwest made to feed the he-man appetites of cowboys working cattle at the ranch and out on the range.
There is no longer any doubt that eating a lot of fruits and vegetables plays a role in a healthy diet. It’s worth remembering, especially in June, which is National Fruit and Vegetable Month.
Forget the tie this year and give Dad something he really wants – a dinner off the grill that someone else made. Article includes recipe for Grilled Chicken Enchiladas.
For warm-weather entertaining, I like colorful dishes that can be made ahead. I favor those flexible enough to accommodate spur-of-the-moment gatherings and variations based on what looks good at the market or happens to be on hand.
As Mexican cooking has become increasingly popular, chefs have taken to exploring its regional aspects. A refreshing example of this, both for its flavor and unexpected use of common Mexican ingredients, is a soup created by restauranteur Bob Kinkead.
Back when gourmet dining meant French food, and The French Chef was our sole culinary media star, making pate from scratch, along with whipping up a souffle and baking a crusty baguette, were considered the marks of an accomplished home cook.
