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Today’s Food Tip: Fresh Basil

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:10:22 +0000

Lamb Chops from Omaha Steaks

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:18:33 +0000

Did you know Omaha Steaks carries much more than beef. Try their elegant and impressive varieties of lamb. Choose from rack of lamb, boneless leg of lamb, and loin lamb chops.

Just look at easy it is to prepare delicious loin lamp chops:

Preparing the Chops
Thaw chops. If you wish, marinate in the refrigerator for about 12 hours in pineapple juice.

Grill or Broil: When charcoal broiling or oven broiling your chops, it’s best to begin grilling or broiling lamb chops them about 4″ from the source of heat, moving rack closer to heat later. Broil approximately 6-8 minutes for rare and 10-12 minutes for medium-rare turning once during that time. Use a meat thermometer. Rare chops will register 120° to 130°; medium-rare 130° to 140°. Prepare one or two chops per serving.

Are You Ready to Be Naturally Thin?

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:00:52 +0000

If you’re tired of dieting and are ready to be “naturally thin” then you’ll want to read this book from Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel.

What I love about this book is that Frankel shows you how to make better food choices and learn to control your portions without depriving yourself of ANY of the yummy, delicious, decedant foods you love! Her tips and advice just make sense. If you follow them, you’ll be naturally thin, but, more importantly, you’ll be healthier, too.

Order the book here now to start living your life as the naturally thin person you are supposed to be!

Door to Door Organics

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:42:34 +0000

If you live in the Kansas City area, you can have the freshest organic fruits and vegetables delivered to your door once a week or once every other week from Door to Door Organics.

This is a great way to “eat fresh” and you can actually save money, too, IF you plan your weekly menus around the fresh produce that is delivered to your door. I usually go to the Door to Door Organics website each weekend to see what will be included in the box of goodies that will be delivered to my door on Wednesday. Then I plan my menus and make out my shopping list for additional items I’ll need in order to prepare the meals I have planned for the coming week.

I’ve also found that planning meals around what comes in the delivery box has made me a more creative cook. For example, I’ve learned a simple recipe for Swiss Chard, and it has now become one of my favorite side dishes even though I NEVER bought Chard of any kind when I shopped for fresh produce at the grocery store.

Planning menus around the “fresh” foods that come in the box each week has also helped my whole family eat fewers processed foods.

For more information visit kc.doortodoorganics.com

Door to Door Organics is also available in other cities. Check out the other delivery areas here now.

The French Press – For the Perfect Cup of Coffee

Suzanne Lieurance — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:00:00 +0000

I use an automatic drip coffee maker to make my morning brew because it’s quick and convenient. But yesterday afternoon I wanted a special treat as I was writing, so I dug around in the back of my pantry and found my French Press.

I ground some fresh coffee beans, poured filtered water into a pan and heated it, then spooned the ground coffee into the French Press
(also called a press pot). When the water was the perfect temperature (it should be around 190 to 200 degrees F.), I carefully poured it into the French Press and let the coffee brew for about 4 minutes. Then I pressed the metal filter down to trap all the coffee grounds before I poured myself the perfect cup of coffee and put the remaining coffee from the pot into a carafe. Ahhh…what a treat!

If you love coffee, but you don’t own a French Press, you owe it to yourself to buy one. They aren’t expensive and they really are the best way to brew the most flavorful cup of coffee.

Tenderize with Tomatoes

Suzanne Lieurance — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:27:00 +0000

Did you know you can use tomatoes to tenderize a roast?

Just add a few tomatoes to the roast.

As it cooks the acid in the tomatoes will break down the meat, tenderizing it naturally.

Presto! It’s Pesto!

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:55:00 +0000

Pasta with a basic pesto sauce is a casual dinner to enjoy any time. But it’s particularly nice eaten outside on a warm summer evening. The beauty of pesto is you don’t have to cook it. Just pop a few ingredients into your blender or food processor and – Presto! It’s pesto!

For a delicious pasta and pesto dinner, simply cook some of your favorite pasta and drain it (but save some of the water for making the pesto – see recipe, below). Make the pesto, then pour some of it onto the pasta and mix the two items together. Grate a little extra Parmesan onto the pasta, if desired. Serve with a green salad, crusty bread, and a glass of your favorite wine.

Here’s a recipe for traditional Basil Pesto, taken from the cookbook, Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes, by Giada De Laurentiis.

BASIL PESTO

2 c. (packed) fresh basil leaves
1/4 c. toasted pine nuts
1 garlic clove
1/2 tsp. salt, plus more to taste
1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper, plus more to taste
About 2/3 c. extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese

In a blender, pulse the basil, pine nuts, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper until finely chopped. With the blender still running, gradually add enough oil to form a smooth and thick consistency. Transfer the pesto to a medium bowl and stir in the cheese. Season the pesto with more salt and pepper to taste.

The pesto can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.

And here’s the SECRET to making pesto into a great pasta dressing. “Mix in just enough of the pasta cooking liquid to get the pesto to coat the pasta, but not so much that you’ve created pesto soup,” says De Laurentiis. She also says that while traditional pesto is a green sauce made with pounded basil and pine nuts, “these days any uncooked sauce that’s easy, quick, and pureed can be called a pesto.”

Look for additional pesto recipes in her cookbook.

Free Ice Cream Today

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:12:42 +0000

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Today is National Doughnut Day!

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:54:17 +0000

Did you know that the first Friday in June is National Doughnut Day in the United States?

That’s today!

This annual event was started in 1938 as a fund raiser for the Salvation Army.

Today, get a FREE doughnut in honor of National Doughnut Day at your local participating locations for the following:

Krispy Kreme: All customers receive a free doughnut. No purchase necessary.

Dunkin’ Donuts: Free doughnut with the purchase of a beverage.

LaMar’s: All customers receive a free Ray’s Original Glazed doughnut. No purchase necessary.

Shipley Do-Nuts: Free glazed doughnut with purchase until noon.

Now at Dean & Deluca Online

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:34:09 +0000

For retail orders of single packets of our Divine Dill Dip Mix, please go to Dean & DeLuca online.