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Gadget of The Day-Mango Cutter
Well Worth the $$—Oxo Mango Cutter Ever try to guess where that hard pit is and then cut with your sharp knife? The OXO Mango Cutter solves the problem. Just line it up on the narrow end of the mango. Suck on the pit; cut away the peel and cube or puree!
Container Gardening on our Florida Balcony
Absolutely delicious!! Our first harvest is about 1 pound. Great for apps: Simply simmer in boiling water for 5 minutes; drain;sprinkle with kosher salt and serve with tiny tongs.
Tomato Juice Diet-First Day
Trying it out for lunch. Refreshing, low in calories. One glass a day of low -sodium tomato juice?? Further motivation: According to Manohar Garg, Ph.D, associate professor of nutrition and dietetics, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia and reported in the...
Same Prep Method Does Not Fit All
Broccoli does best Skillet-Roasting. Cauliflower most tasty Oven-Roasting. Broccoli stays greener and more flavorful. Cauliflower attracts because of crunchy brown-ness.
Double Dipping—It’s OK with this one.
Definition: Double dipping means a vegetable appetizer dip made with a vegetable and dipped into with a vegetable. Splashy orange-colored dip, especially tasty with celery and pretzel squares. This one won the Dave's Gourmet national recipe contest.
Let There Be Peas on Earth
"Let There Be Peas On Earth" Sung to the tune of "Let There Be Peace on Earth" Let there be peas on Earth, And take away broccoli; Let there be peas on Earth For peas are what's meant to be. Peas are delicious, Round and firm and sweet; Broccoli looks like a forest,...
Taste by Laura Rowe
Most unusual food ingredients book by British author—fabulously accurate and entertaining.
Vegetable Therapy
Start 2017 with awareness—"in" vegetables are beets and sauerkraut. Think color and fermented veggies.
Recipe for Tomato Fennel soup
Convincing Tomato Fennel Soup Dinner was rushed one evening, so I was not in the kitchen when Roy served himself soup. Later, he commented on the delicious tomato soup. He now admits he is open to fennel recipes. Ingredients: 2 small fennel bulbs 2 tablespoons extra...
Drink your Watermelon!
A tall glass of watermelon juice can relieve muscle soreness thanks to the melon's high levels of L-citruline, an amino acid. Tampa Bay Times, May 28, 2015