Food
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Lisle chef hopes to carve out spot on U.S. culinary teamMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - While our country's top athletes swooshed down the slopes and danced across the ice in Vancouver the other weekend, Rudy Smith spent 17 hours slicing, dicing, peeling, p...
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Brawny Bran MuffinsMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - ½ cup unsweetened applesauce 1 cup dark raisins ½ cup golden raisins 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour (not bread flour...
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Oprah give her former personal chef $250,000 for healthy eating programMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - When Oprah Winfrey recently asked her former personal chef what he wanted for his 50th birthday, Art Smith's first thought was a new treadmill. Aim higher, she told him....
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Key Lime BarsMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - 5 boxes (10 ounces total) animal crackers 6 tablespoons brown sugar Pinch of salt 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperatur...
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Chicken and DumplingsMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - 1 chicken (3- to 4-pounds) 1 onion, peeled and halved but with the root end left intact 1 large carrot, peeled, trimmed and coarsely chopped 2 celery ribs, trimmed and c...
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Low-calorie bran muffins can be served up instead of energy barsMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - A good friend caught me at the gym the other day and asked if I'd ever made a homemade, lower fat version of an energy bar. He was looking for something he could grab af...
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Frugal pancakses can be frozen for the upcoming weekMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Pancakes are a frugal breakfast. They can be made ahead and frozen for the upcoming week. Instead of making them on a griddle, you can use baking pans as this reader doe...
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Boston Cream Pie CupcakesMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - 24 yellow cake cupcakes (from a boxed mix is fine) Filling 1 box (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix 1½ cups heavy whipping cream ½ cup confectioner's sugar ¼ cu...
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Ann Marie Saternus makes Boston cream pie cupcakesMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Creativity is probably frowned upon in Ann Marie Saternus' profession, something that can get a gal a long, unplanned "vacation" without pay. So this self-employed CPA s...
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Bacon-Wrapped Halibut Tournedos with Brassica Seed-Infused Peppercorn SauceMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - 4 pounds wild Pacific halibut fillet, skin on 1 pound applewood-smoked bacon, thinly sliced Kosher salt and white pepper Flour Sauce 8 ounces fennel 8 ounces leeks 6 clo...