Food
Recipe for roasted sweet potato slices with curried chicken salad
This recipe uses lightly roasted slices of healthy sweet potato as a bed for a spoonful of curried low-fat chicken salad topped with toasted sliced almonds. This healthy appetizer has only 30 calories and less than half a gram of fat per piece.You can...
Sweet and Savory Pumpkin Recipes
Pumpkin Frappe In a blender, combine 2 cups vanilla ice cream, 1 1/4 cups pumpkin, 3/4 cup crushed ice, 2/3 cup orange juice, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves and 2 medium frozen...
FLAN Recipe
Yield: 6 servings 1/2 cup sugar 2 tablespoons water 2 large eggs 3 large egg yolks 1/4 teaspoon grated zest from 1 lemon 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 1/2 cups low-fat milk Procedure: Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat...
CRÈME BRÛLÉE Recipe
Yield: 20 servings 4 cups heavy cream, chilled 2/3 cup granulated sugar Pinch salt 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise, seeds scraped out and reserved 10 large egg yolks 8-12 teaspoons sugar Procedure:Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and...
THE HEALTHY PLATE: Swiss Chard with Onions
Swiss chard doesn't usually win popularity contests in the produce world. But this member of the beet family is a great and healthy way to add some variety to your greens repertoire, especially if you tend to grab the same bags of baby spinach week after...
2 versions of quick and easy flatbread
Fresh flatbread can be one of the simplest, most satisfying home cooked foods. It offers all the warm, chewy goodness of freshly baked bread with almost none of the effort. It's also an especially forgiving recipe that doesn't require exacting measurements...
Grilled Lemon and Sage Chicken
A homemade, all-purpose marinade is an inexpensive way to add flavor to poultry, meat, fish and vegetables. Olive oil and lemon juice-based versions are an excellent choice. Both ingredients are affordable and pair well with a variety of herbs, as well...
Recipe for Fajita Steak Salad
The acid in Diet Coke helps tenderize the meat in this steak salad. This filling salad has just 253 calories. FAJITA STEAK SALAD Start to finish: 45 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 1 3 ounces raw boneless lean top sirloin, thinly sliced 4 ounces...
Recipe for Breakfast Pizza
Eggs may seem an unlikely base for a pizza, but this recipe uses them to bring out the best of two dishes - pizza and omelets. This is a filling breakfast with just 127 calories for the entire pizza. BREAKFAST PIZZA Start to finish: 15 minutes Servings:...
One "Hungry Girl" reaches out to others
When Lisa Lillien lost about 30 pounds seven years ago, she did it by giving up "everything good." But she knew she couldn't maintain such a strict diet. So instead she worked to control her weight through smaller adjustments that were more likely to...
The great lobster debate - claws vs. tails
CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine - When it comes to lobster, Kathryn Rolston is all about tails. She finds it easier to wrestle from the shell than claw meat, and more substantial. But for Gene Beaudoin, her lunch companion, it's the claws that...
Eating a healthful morning meal can fuel your body and your brain.
Gail Frank's voice, soft and Southern, made its way through a sea of scientific data. I met her for breakfast at a cozy coffee shop, and while we consumed our eggs (hers an egg-white spinach omelet, mine two eggs over medium) we discussed what Frank considers...
A recipe for Coconut Flan
This coconut flan, served at the funky La Guarida paladar, makes a lucious end to a Nuevo Latino feast. COCONUT FLAN Start to finish: 3 hours (45 minutes active) Servings: 6 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup half-and-half 5 large eggs 1 3/4 cups thick fresh...
Recipe for Pork Tenderloin with Mango
One of the most popular Nuevo Latino offerings at the glamorous La Guarida paladar is this delectable pork dish sweetened with grilled, ripe mangoes. The sweet peppers give a subtle kick that goes well with simple sides of creamy black beans and plain...
COOKING ON DEADLINE:
When it comes to ordering chili in Cincinnati, you've got to think in terms of numbers. A two-way is chili over spaghetti. A three-way tops that with cheese. Add chopped onions or beans and you get a four-way. For a five-way, you'll need all of the above. Unlike...
Kosher foods industry getting plenty of mainstream attention
Keeping kosher is a lot easier than it used to be. It's not that the Jewish dietary laws have changed. Pork and shellfish remain verboten, while meat and dairy - and the utensils that touch them - still must be kept strictly segregated. Rather, thanks...
The secret to fast, no-cook, kid-friendly sushi
Fast, no-cook, kid-friendly sushi may seem like a pretty tall order, but if you ditch the seafood and rely on just one healthy convenience food, it's easy. The goal was maki sushi, the rolls that generally wrap a sheet of nori seaweed around white...
Making the most of off-season strawberries
Nutrition information per serving: 77 calories; 3 g fat (2 g saturated); 8 mg cholesterol; 13 g carbohydrate; 1 g protein; 2 g fiber; 29 mg sodium. Spring can bring a longing for fresh, seasonal fruit, especially with strawberry season just around the...
The fresh, silky, artisanal cheese has found a home on the American palate
Remember when mozzarella meant a brownish-yellow cheese that was low-moisture rubbery? A firm, cut-it-witha-sharp-blade lasagna ingredient? Thanks to cheese pioneers such as Paula Lambert, now fresh mozzarella cozies up next...
A speedy Mediterranean dinner from the broiler
When it comes to weeknight cooking, the broiler is terribly underappreciated. With impressive speed and ease, it can transform meat and vegetables into a sizzling meal reminiscent of something hot from the grill. The only catch is that you can't walk...
Cuddle up to Easter with a lamb cake
CHICAGO - Carole Kaempf of Westmont, Ill., was planning ahead when she wrote to us requesting a recipe for a chocolate poundcake baked in a lamb mold - a set of two cake pans that creates a three-dimensional dessert. We found more than the recipe, which...
The Strata Strategy: An Easter feast that leaves time for church
In the Ozzy and Harriet 1950s and ‘60s of my childhood, Easter meant a frilly new dress and, most thrillingly, a hat - my one and only of the year. The point, of course, was to look fabulous for church on that most celebratory of days. Somehow,...
Simple recipes for fresh spring peas
Green peas are so robust they can be planted in spring when the ground temperature has reached just 50 F. And nutritionally speaking, green peas, also called English or garden peas, live up to this brawny image. Sweet and starchy, green peas are a great...
30 years later, Yan can still cook
HILLSBOROUGH, Calif. - Martin Yan is at the stove with a sizzling wok in hand, tossing baby bok choy with a deft flick of the wrist. "Try some," he says, chopstick-ing a helping of tender-crisp vegetables that sing with flavor. Now in...
Lenten fish fries are serving more and more baked entrees
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Who knew abstinence could taste so good? Around the world Christians are fasting and reflecting as they observe Lent, the 40-day period that leads up to Easter. For many, Lent means forgoing meat on Fridays. Churches...
Got 10 minutes? We’ve got dinner!
Scenario one: You and your significant other both work demanding jobs. At the end of the day, neither of you wants to spend an hour in the kitchen. It’s so much easier to let takeout Thai and a glass of wine serve as supper. Scenario two: By the...
Irish Ayes: St. Patrick’s Day recipe favorites
St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration enjoyed by Irish and Irish wanna-be’s from coast to coast. At the core of the March 17 festivities is the satisfying, easy-to-prepare fare. These are dishes with an inviting, simple quality that make them irresistible. Here’s...
St. Patrick’s Day recipe favorites Irish Ayes
St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration enjoyed by Irish and Irish wanna-be’s from coast to coast. At the core of the March 17 festivities is the satisfying, easy-to-prepare fare. These are dishes with an inviting, simple quality that make them irresistible. Here’s...
Ricotta cheesecake so good you won’t know it lost some cheese
Cheesecake is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. But it’s hard to be pleased with the amount of fat in many classic versions — usually more than 30 grams per serving. But happily, a delicious lighter cheesecake is possible. Typical cheesecakes contain...
Getting deep mole flavors in minutes
If it works for chili, why not mole? Like chili, the deep, complex flavors of Mexican mole sauces develop best during a slow simmer, allowing the flavors of their many (sometimes many, many) ingredi-ents to meld. But a few years ago I found...
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