Food
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Delicious things can happen to cocktails when you lose the limeMay 14, 2014 6:00 am - If the warmer weather has you wishing for a cool mojito or frosty margarita, you might also start wishing for some extra cash. The cost of limes this spring has skyrocke...
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Vanilla yogurt gives Bavarians a sturdy baseMay 14, 2014 5:45 am - This lovely and light dessert or breakfast dish is a modern take on the Bavarian, a classical preparation of a gelatin-thickened pudding with a lot of cream, sometimes e...
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Quinoa and Pinto Bean Burgers with Yogurt SauceMay 14, 2014 5:30 am - Sauce ½ cup plain Greek yogurt 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves 1 garlic clove, minced or pushed through a press Kosher salt and freshly ground blac...
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Surf and Turf Burgers with PestoMay 14, 2014 5:30 am - 12 ounces shrimp, peeled and deveined 12 ounces ground chicken, preferably thigh meat 6-8 tablespoons panko bread crumbs 3 tablespoons finely chopped red bell pepper 1 ...
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Lean and lovin' it: Changes coming to FDA nutrition labelsMay 14, 2014 5:30 am - The Food Fact labels we've all become accustomed to have been around for 21 years. Those labels have gone relatively unchanged throughout the years except for eight year...
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Pork Burgers with Mango Salsa and Sweet Jerk SauceMay 14, 2014 5:30 am - 1 medium ripe mango, halved, seeded, and peeled 5 green onions, trimmed 1 fresh jalapeño 1 teaspoon peeled and grated fresh ginger 2 cloves garlic, minced ½ teaspoon s...
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Move over beef: Pork, shrimp, beans take their turn between the bunsMay 14, 2014 5:30 am - Not too long ago, when you invited people over for burgers on the grill they'd assume you meant a traditional beef hamburger. These days the definition of burger has exp...
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Black Bean Burger with Creamy SalsaMay 14, 2014 5:30 am - 2 slices soft whole wheat bread, torn into pieces (about 1½ cups) 3 cloves garlic, rough chop 1 can (15.25 ounces) reduced sodium black beans, rinsed and drained 1 can (...
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Prairie Crossing Farm to host plant sale, open houseMay 13, 2014 11:00 pm - The Prairie Crossing Farm in Grayslake hosts an organic plant sale and open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17. Visitors can purchase organic plants for the g...
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Cook of the week: Inverness mom relishes baking geneMay 13, 2014 5:30 am - The women in Kim Ault's family are bakers. We're talking three generations, and as soon as Kim's teenage daughter picks up the bug (which is perhaps inevitable,) it'll b...