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Wendy's has brought back this Creamsicle Forsty for a short while, replacing its' famed vanilla Frosty. Is it just has tasty as a real Creamsicle, a mix of orange and vanilla ice cream?Is it just tasty as the chocolate Frosty?
Is the Frosty Creamsicle worth it.? If you;re a big fan of Frosty's, yes. If not try Wendy's Frosty's sodas. These are cool and refreshing without a lot of sweetness.
What works for a Spring party? Light dishes that are still tasty and filling.They could be seafood or a salad? It could lead off withh chicken.Any would make a memorable presentation.
First time contributor and cookbook author Kidey Heuck gave three interesting dishes in wednesday's New York Times Food section. To start off the season you could easily make her littlemech clams with cherry tomatoes.They're served over peark couscous for a light take on the upcoming seafood season, She recommends chopping the tomatoes ahead of time. The littlemeck clams are first soaked as the tomatoes are cooked with dry white wine and red Chiles. This makes for a spicy sauce that would go well with crusty bread for dipping. It should be served with a simple green salad as Ms Heuck suggests. You could also experiment with grape tomatoes too for a sweetr taste.If your guest prefer chicken then try her whole milk yogurt with sharma spices such as ginger, turmeric and allspice along with cinnamon, coridandr and cumin. Roast veggies work great here.
The third dish is a taverna salad. This sia perfect dish for vegan and vegetarian guests. CHickpeas provide the protein . Tomatoes, yellow peppers, and English cucumber give it color and flavor while Kalamara olives and chopped red onion provide the taverna flavor.Parsley and shallots are chopped and added too. It's topped with toasted pita and halloumi cheese. This is a Cypriot based cheese often used in many Greek dishes. THese are slightly toasted and then cut into two to three inch cubes and tiossed into the salad. A variation on this is serving it with stuffed grape leaves or subbing in feta cheese for the halloumi. Remember to get good Greek olive oil for this. It has a much richer flavor than Italian olive oiil. Ouzo would work with this as well. Serve with more pita and tahini dip if you want. This is also a good salad to make ahead , especially for Spring barbecues.
These three dishes are perfect for Spting dinners. Make them and enjoy their rich flavor. They're full of spices and herbs, which bring a warm weather freshness to them
Here's the question of the week - what is your favorite Easter leftover ?
Is it the ham that' ground into a deviled pate? Those Cadbury mini eggs baked into cookies? Or asparagus turned into salad?.
Let us,know and provide recipes if you want.
Like it or not plastic has a tight grip on how America eats. Without it our produce along with meats and fish could go bad. We can get sick.Yet our addiction to plastic is deadly. IS there a happy medium for the future?
Regular contributor Kim Severson wrote about this very real problem in today's New York Times Food Wednesday Food section. The US alone [roduces the most with forty percent of it being plastic. The country also has a problem with food waste too. yet one cucumber rotting in a land fill is not as bad as plastic. Yet plasric helps in reducing food waste. Americans have a bad habit of buying too much and not eating or using what they buyThe average American family spends $1500 on produce yearly Not that much is eaten and it's thrown out.The Biden Administration is trying to reduce this. There is already a draft to create a strategy by 2030. Plastic has been protecting produce since th 1930's - for ninety years!It started with cellophane wrapping vegetables and fruits and keeping them fresh, to the plastic clamshells big in the 1980's and those popular bagged salads that arrived a decade later in the 1990's . The top trend now is converting the plastics to biogdegradable wrappings according Soren Bjorn chief executive officer at Driscolls' the company that produces all sorts of fruit.
Other countries are also tackling this, Spain has a plastic tax. France has a severely limited plastic wrapped produce. The Europan is also adding more restrictions to stop plastic consumption across Europe. Canada is trying to hammer out a plan that could eliminate plastic packaging of produce by ninety-five per cent by 2028. Here , companies and scientists are experimenting with new ways of combatting the overuse of plastic wraps. There are some possible alternatives. One is bags from trees. An Austrian company is employing birch and beechwood trees to create celllulose for paper bags.Other companies are creatng netting from trees that can decompose in a few weeks. Then there are the films from surprisingly orange and shrimp shells.Most fruits and veggies now have an edible coating made from plant based fatty acids. This is sprayed on cucumbers, avocados, and other produce. Clamshells are now being tackled with the classic plastic being replaced by cardboard. This will be good for the more fragile fruits and vegetables.
How can plastic wrap consumption be lessened. It will takes laws and innovative ideas to do such.It can help in a small way of protecting the environment.,
Everyone thinks that pasta is for the cooler seasons like fall and winter.Yet there's nothing like a good Spring pasta. There;s so many different types of veggies you can add to the sauce>It's a fresh taste for a fresh season,
Gnocchis really shouldn't be classified as pasta yet they are. I found a really good brand at Lidl .It
Pack away the heavy sauces. It's Spring, Time for lighter fare and lighter sauces.
It may be a day for jokes but April is a serious month. This is the time for those bridal showers that herald in May ,June and even July weddings. Get out the planners and start looking up recipes . A good shower requires a good menu.
The first step is considering the them of the wedding.If it's one that takes place on a farm or in a farm house then consider a farm house themed shower. you don;t have to go all farm to table but you can have dishes that reflect the land. Think of the crops that are grown on a traditional farm. One crop is beans. You can easily make a cannellini hummus by using white cannellini beans instead of chickpeas It's the same as regular hummus with the addition of tahini and olive oil for a creamy smoothness. Best of all you can make large batches of it if you have a large number of guests. A fun dip is cowboy caviar which is always a crowd pleaser.It's mixing beans with corn. cubed avocados and tomatoes. Celery and parsley are also added for flavor.Onion and black eyed peas are also added for flavor. Veggie loaded quiches make for a good main course for a farm themed luncheon.Try a variety of different ingredients from ham to broccoli. Another main dish is chicken pot pie galette. This is a savory take on the classic French dessert. Simple roasted Cornish hens are also a good mean meal too. As for dessert. just plain scratch cupcakes work . Think elegant simplicity with basic ingredients.
Many Spring and summer weddings are beach themed. This makes for a perfect reason to have a beach themed bridal shower. Of course seafood is on the menu. You can easily have shrimp in lettuce cups with a splash of shrimp sauce. Another idea, if you want to splurge is a lobster salad or lobster rolls. If you feel this may be too expensive, one you can check your local Lidl .The store is selling them for $14 a piece.Also check out deals at Wal-Mart and Sam's CLub where they range around $16 for one. A better substitute is crab which is versatile for a number of recipes.These are much cheaper being $8.99 for snow crab legs cluster. Salmon and scallops can also be used. Salmon is one of the most versatile fishes. You can easily make large sheet pan dinners with it. Give it a Spring twist by cooking it with asparagus and new potatoes. What about dessert at a beach themed shower? Think cupcakes with frosty blue icing decorated with colored shells and edible pearls. An ocean cake can also be made with the layers being tinted in blue and green. Carry the theme over to the frosting. and scatter candy shells on top for decoration.
It may be April Fools's Day but it's time to get serious about shower season. Start planning for yours.Pick a theme that works with the theme of the wedding.It's be a nice preview of what's to come.
Greek food is one of the most delicious cuisines on the planet. They not only do every day meals right but also holiday ones.One dish that's perfect is patates limonatas, .These can be a tasty side or even main dish for a lunch/
I made mine in my air fryer. These produce , very crispy, French fry like slices, especially if you use the small red potatoes.It was just using these ingredients to flavor them.
Try patates limonatas for a different Easter side dish.They're a refreshing change up from the usual roasted spuds. They add to any holiday lamb or ham.
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