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Recipe: Gluten-free wedding cakes

The real gift is, if you have anyone in your extended circle who wants or needs to be wheat- or gluten-free, you will be giving them a way to once again enjoy something that they thought would be permanently off-limits! — Lida Frankel, Porter Ranch...

Tags: Butter

Dish up something new, tasty

 Move over mashed potatoes and rice. It’s time to make room on the plate for some new sides.  Nick Malgieri’s spinach and Roquefort bread pudding combines leafy greens with a blue-veined cheese to create a moist and tender pudding. It’...

Tags: Baking Soda, Cheddar Cheese, Soups, Pepperoni, Asparagus

Holiday cookie recipe: Cranberry thumbprints

Kim Gerber of Calabasas was one of the 10 winners of last year's Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with her cranberry thumbprints: "As a children's nutrition advocate, I'm always looking for ways to make the food our children eat more healthful....

Tags: Cranberries, Recipes, Cinnamon, Holidays, Salt

Herbed biscuits

Decades ago, our family spent vacations camping in Arkansas. We'd eat out twice: Once for fried catfish and hush puppies and the other time for a pancake breakfast. Reading the menus in the Mountain Home cafe, my Chicago-born siblings and I would marvel...

Tags: Chives, Sausages, Gravy, Lifestyle and Leisure, Milk

Giving thanks for our local dairy farmers

Tags: Tortillas, Walnuts, Cream Cheese, Cheddar Cheese, Sweet Potatoes

Get the Skinny on Four Carb-Cutting Swaps

WGNO News

November is National Diabetes Month, and today is World Diabetes Day, a perfect opportunity to help raise awareness about this condition that affects more than 100 million Americans. And on this morning’s Get the Skinny with Molly, we’ll be...

Tags: Tortillas, Diabetes, Butter, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Recipes

Spice it up with pumpkin

Detroit Free Press

 It’s no secret that pumpkin is the ingredient du jour. You will find it everywhere. At popular coffee chains, pumpkin is in everything from lattes to muffins to breads.  One of the most popular uses of pure pumpkin, of course, is in pumpkin pie....

Tags: Walnuts, Freedom of the Press, Baking Soda, Heavy Cream, Whipping Cream

October 11: Midday Fix - Gluten Free Sugar Cookies

Lia P Gluten Free Available at: La Petite Sweet 31 N. Cass Avenue Westmont (630) 719-1111 www.liapglutenfree.com/ Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies   Ingredients: 1 cup (8 oz) unsalted butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp gluten free vanilla 2 1/2 cups rice...

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Get the Skinny on When "Whole Grains" Really Aren't

WGNO News

It’s just one more lesson that we can’t trust the marketing on the front of packages:  So many of those ‘whole grain’ and ‘whole wheat’ snack foods really aren’t much better than their white counterparts.  Here...

Taste: Good things come with pears

The Modesto (Calif.) Bee

Pears are one of the signature fruits of autumn, and a nice change of pace from summer’s delicate fruits and berries.  Though there are thousands of varieties, Bartletts are the best known. They’re recognized by their shapely bottoms and...

Tags: Pears, Butter, Apples, Recipes, Mustard

Take a coffee (cake) break

Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

 Just to be clear: There is no coffee in coffee cake.  Rather, it’s a cake generally so rich and gooey with butter, cinnamon and sugar — and, if a truly proper coffee cake, crowned with a crumbly streusel — that it’s best...

Tags: Dietary Fiber, Butter, Apples, Coffee Cake, Cinnamon

Labor-Free Labor Day Recipes

PIX11.com

There's no need to spend you holdiay slaving away in the kitchen, so whether you're just hanging with the family or having guests over. we're going to share some easy recipes to help make your holiday weekend entertaining a breeze Top Chef Alum/Finalist,...

Tags: Limes, Labor Day, Peaches, Salads, Gorgonzola