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Enriched Apple Brown Betty

January 25, 2012

I’m excited about a new project I’m working on. I am one of the new guest bloggers for the Grain Foods Foundation, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to advancing the public’s understanding of the important role grain-based foods play in a healthful diet. Since this month is National Birth Defections Prevention Month, the Grain [...]

Endive: Add Some Diva to Your Salad

January 24, 2012

It’s Day 7 of the 12 Days of Endive! As an OnDiva and long time lover and eater of endive, I’m a big fan of the crisp bright flavor that fresh endive adds to a salad. So today I’m bringing you 12 different ways to add a bit of endive diva to your salad! Grilled [...]

How To Make Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls)

January 23, 2012

Onigiri (“oh-nee-gee-ree”) are Japanese rice balls and today I’m going to show you how easy they are to make! As I was working on the material for this post, I realized that I’ve been writing about onigiri for a long time on this little piece of the inter-webs of mine. I’ve been writing about the [...]

Endive: No Washing Necessary

January 20, 2012

Today is Day 5 of the 12 Days of Endive. It’s Friday, and I don’t know about you, but at the end of the day on Friday, my brain starts to shut off. After a week of go, go, go, my brain says . . . nothing. The beautiful thing about endive is that it [...]

Endive: Do the dip!

January 19, 2012

Today is Day 4 of the 12 Days of Endive! One of my favorite things about endive is how versatile it is—there is a wide variety of ways to use it raw and cooked. One of my favorite ways to use it raw is as a replacement to tortilla chips when I’m eating dip, or [...]

Endive: A Vegetable With a Unique History

January 18, 2012

For day 3 of the 12 Days of Endive, let’s talk history! Endive has a unique story—it’s a youngster in the vegetable world, which is ironic considering that the root it’s grown from, called chicory, is one of the earliest plants cited in recorded literature. Endive, on the other hand, was a relatively recent discovery, [...]

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