Food
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Chocolate nut spreads not a healthy peanut butter substituteNov 21, 2011 7:00 am - Q. If those chocolate nut spreads in the peanut butter section of the grocery store have the same number of calories as peanut butter, are they a good substitute for...
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Grains mix up traditional ideas of stuffingNov 21, 2011 7:00 am - In my kitchen the Thanksgiving debate is not over whether or not to stuff the turkey but whether to make stuffing at all. I'm talking about the traditional bread stuffin...
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Homemade cranberry sauceNov 21, 2011 7:00 am - 1 bag (12 ounces) fresh cranberries (organic if available) ¾ cup bottled spring water 1 cup granulated sugar 1½ tablespoons grated orange zest (from an organic or...
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Goulash StewNov 21, 2011 7:00 am - 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 large sweet onions, sliced thin 2 tablespoons paprika ½ teaspoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon pepper 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced 2 pounds beef...
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Cream of Onion and Garlic SoupNov 21, 2011 7:00 am - 10 large, sweet onions 2 heads garlic, separated and peeled 3 cups chicken stock Healthy splash of white wine 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons ...
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'Tummy-hugging' food's Lake Zurich woman's thingNov 21, 2011 7:00 am - One of Sue Hotten's earliest memories as a child, was sitting on the couch with her mom watching Julia Child on TV. “It was just sort of our little thing we did together...
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Farro, Caramelized Onion and Wild Mushroom StuffingNov 21, 2011 7:00 am - 3 cups boiling water ½ cup dried porcini mushrooms (about ½ ounce) 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2½ cups finely chopped onion 1½ cups uncooked farro 1 teasp...
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Trimming the fat from the Tday trimmingsNov 21, 2011 7:00 am - The “T” in my Thanksgiving stands for turkey. Thanksgiving just wouldn't be the same without a golden, roasted bird on the table. No Tofurkey (turkey roll made from soyb...
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Wild Rice and Mushroom BakeNov 21, 2011 7:00 am - 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 1 large onion chopped 1 green pepper chopped 3 ribs celery chopped 1 cup sliced shiitake mushrooms 1 cup slice button mushrooms 2 ...
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Savoring a taste of history in this centuries-old portNov 21, 2011 7:00 am - “We purchased our flagship vineyard — Vargellas — before phylloxera,” said Robert Bower of Taylor's Port at a tasting of his 2009 vintage sponsored by Northbrook's Panth...