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Hasty Italian Hoagie

This quick and delicious Italian hoagie is perfect for a speedy lunch or dinner. Packed with Italian meats, cheeses, and a tangy vinaigrette, it's a true Italian delicacy in a roll.

Ingredients: 1 hoagie roll 1/4 cup mixed Italian meats (salami, prosciutto, etc.) 1/4 cup Italian cheese 1/4 cup lettuce 1/4 cup sliced ...Read more

Enchanting Avocado Toast

Give your lunch a modern twist with this enchanting avocado toast. It's a rich, satisfying, and healthful bite that'll keep you going until dinner.

Ingredients: 2 slices of bread 1 ripe avocado Juice of 1/2 lemon Salt and pepper to taste 2 eggs (optional)Instructions: Toast the bread to your liking.

Mash the ...Read more

Whispering Pines Pesto Pasta

Recipes / 5 Ingredients or Less /

Taste the freshness of the forest with Whispering Pines Pesto Pasta. The aroma of basil and the tanginess of Parmesan cheese in the pesto sauce bring the whispers of the pines to your dinner table.

Ingredients 200g pasta 1 cup fresh basil leaves 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup olive oil 2 cloves garlicInstructions ...Read more

Quick Miso Soup

This Quick Miso Soup is a soul-soothing bowl of goodness, perfect for any day, any time.

Ingredients: 4 cups vegetable broth 3 tablespoons miso paste 1/2 cup diced tofu 2 green onions, slicedInstructions: In a pot, bring the vegetable broth to a boil.

Dissolve miso paste in a little hot broth, then stir it back ...Read more

EatingWell: This sweet, tangy treat tastes like a delicious breakfast

Recipes / Variety Menu /

These lemon-blueberry oatmeal bars taste like a hearty bowl of oatmeal that you can hold in your hands. Each square is bursting with fresh blueberries and infused with lemon zest. Once you get the hang of this easy breakfast, try them with raspberries or blackberries or swap out the almonds for toasted pecans or walnuts for a different spin.

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Environmental Nutrition: Can soft drinks, sports drinks and energy drinks fit into a healthy diet?

Recipes / Variety Menu /

In looking for an alternative to sugar-laden sodas, many turn to sports drinks, energy drinks, and some of the newer “healthy” sodas. But are those beverages actually a better choice to wash down your lunch?

Traditional sports drinks were developed for a college football team practicing all day in the hot sun. They contain sugar, sodium, ...Read more

Seriously Simple: This versatile soup tastes great hot or chilled

Recipes / Variety Menu /

Here’s a soup you’ll enjoy in warm weather. Mint, lettuce and peas seem made for each other. While peas are often thought of as a springtime vegetable, they are lovely in the summer, as well. I’ve added snow peas to sweeten and enliven the taste of the English peas.

Butter lettuce, sauteed scallions and carrot add an interesting component...Read more

JeanMarie Brownson: Let’s go summer dipping!

Recipes / Variety Menu /

Two of our favorite Chicago restaurants serve amazing caramelized onion dip. One uses labneh (strained Greek yogurt), and the other serves the creamy concoction with homemade potato chips. Both are beyond crave-worthy. I happily brave traffic to indulge.

Admittedly, Lipton’s “California” dip fuels our fascination. Dried onion soup stirred...Read more

The Kitchn: My blueberry scones are melt-in-your-mouth good

Recipes / Variety Menu /

There’s no better fruit to serve at breakfast than blueberries. Baked goods and blueberries go hand-in-hand, from blueberry pancakes to bakery-style muffins. That’s why I ...Read more

The Kitchn: My Southern-style fried catfish will have you going back for seconds

Recipes / Variety Menu /

If you don’t think you like catfish then somebody didn’t do something right. Perfectly fried, Southern-style catfish — whether cooked at a fish shack, at a Saturday night fish fry, or on the banks of a winding river — should ...Read more

With this ancient tool, pasta comes with strings attached

Recipes / Variety Menu /

Being a mom is a tough job, but it also can come with some amazing perks. That includes terrific gifts on Mother's Day as tokens of appreciation for everything you've done for your kids over the years.

This year, I got an Italian chitarra (pronounced key-TAR-ah). I've been eyeing them for years on various Italian cooking websites but never ...Read more

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Let summer fruits sweeten your savory dishes

Recipes / Variety Menu /

Good cooking is all about balance, a delicate dance between salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami. While we most often see fruit in desserts, it can also bring sweetness and balance to an otherwise savory dish.

Across cultures and cuisines, fruit plays a vibrant role in savory dishes, bringing brightness and complexity to everyday meals. Whether...Read more

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Quick Fix: Mediterranean Grain Bowl

Recipes / Quick Fix /

Have you thought about eating more whole grains? We keep hearing they’re good for us. I found a box of bulghur wheat in my pantry and thought this would be perfect for a quick meal using a whole grain.

Bulgur, sometimes called bulghur, is wheat kernels that have been steamed, dried and crushed. For this dinner they only need to soak in hot ...Read more

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How warm champagne and whiskey and soda altered the course of the world

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In 1898, the French did the most French thing ever. Naturally, it involved food and wine.

If it didn't involve food and wine, it wouldn't be the most French thing ever.

The era of colonialism was shuffling to a close, though no one knew that yet. European countries were still in the business of taking over other lands for the resources they ...Read more

This budget-friendly 'Taco Tuesday' meal would be great any day

Recipes / Variety Menu /

PITTSBURGH — It's the rare grownup, teenager or child who doesn't love a good taco (or three) every now and again, if not on each and every Tuesday as the social media trend dictates.

In Pittsburgh, it's easy to scratch the itch for this classic Mexican hand food, as we have our pick of so many great places to fill up on meat- or vegetable-...Read more

Whipped Feta and Cucumber Bites

These quick bites are a fresh and tangy way to kick off any event.

Ingredients: 200g feta cheese 1 cucumber, sliced Olive oilInstructions: Whip the feta cheese until smooth.

Top each cucumber slice with whipped feta and a drizzle of olive oil.

Whipped Feta and Cucumber Bites are an indulgence for the taste ...Read more

Snowfall Vanilla Ice Cream

Recipes / 5 Ingredients or Less /

Create your very own winter wonderland, whatever the season, with this Snowfall Vanilla Ice Cream. As the ice cream maker churns and spins, it whips up a fluffy blizzard of rich cream and aromatic vanilla, creating a dessert as enchanting as the first snowfall.

Ingredients 2 cups of heavy cream 1 cup of whole milk 3/4 cup of ...Read more

Blissful Breakfast Burrito

Recipes / 3 Ingredients or Less /

Turn your breakfast into a fiesta with this delicious and filling dish. Blissful Breakfast Burrito is a celebration of the morning, wrapped up in a warm tortilla.

Ingredients Flour tortilla Scrambled eggs SalsaInstructions Warm the flour tortilla in a pan.

Fill it with scrambled eggs and salsa.

Roll up ...Read more

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The Death by Chocolate trifle: What a way to go

Recipes / Variety Menu /

Newspaper readers, generally speaking, seek the truth.

This week’s dose comes courtesy of my decision to take two days off, which in the life of a newspaper columnist comes with a caveat: front-load the things you have to do before you leave or spend some fleet-footed time in The Great Hamster Wheel of Catch-Up on the flipside.

I split the ...Read more

Spectacular Swedish Meatballs

Recipes / 3 Ingredients or Less /

Delight in the rich, comforting flavors of northern Europe with this dish. Spectacular Swedish Meatballs are a hearty treat for any time of the day.

Ingredients Ground meat Breadcrumbs Lingonberry jamInstructions Mix ground meat with breadcrumbs, form into balls and cook until browned.

Serve with a side of ...Read more

 

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