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Vietnamese Noodles with Carrots, Cabbage, and Peas

Vietnamese Noodles with Carrots, Cabbage, and Peas Serves 4 Toast sesame seeds in a small skillet over low heat until golden, about 5 minutes. Salt 1 box (8 ounces) rice noodles 2 large carrots, grated 1/4 medium cabbage,(purple or green) shredded 1 cup frozen green peas 1/2 cup thin-sliced scallions Vietnamese Flavoring Sauce (see below)

Sexy V-Day Day Dinner

I love going out to dinner… except on Valentine's Day, especially when it falls on a weeknight. Restaurants tend to be crowded and rushed. Often food and service suffer. On night's like that I prefer to celebrate at home and keep it simple but special. Here's my solution this year: a three-course crepe dinner. Sounds

Sexy Salmon Crepe Roll-Ups

Sexy Salmon Rollups Makes 2 servings 2 Super Simple Crepes 1/4 cup (2 ounces) Neufchatel low-fat cream cheese, at room temperature 4 teaspoons chopped fresh dill, plus extra dill sprigs for garnish 1/4 teaspoon finely grated zest and a few drops of juice from a lemon 2 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon Make 2 Super

Simple, Foolproof Crepes

Tomorrow I'll post about how I'm celebrating Valentine's Day this year. Since it falls on a weeknight, I'm keeping it especially simple with a three-course crepe dinner. Sounds complicated, but it's not. With one simple batter you can produce an impressive three-course weeknight dinner–appetizer, main-course, and dessert. By using instant flour– the most common brand

Linguini with Creamy Avocado Sauce

Yesterday my friend Steph sent a link for this Avocado Pasta Sauce. At first my brain was confused. Isn't this just pasta tossed in guacamole? But then my stomach took over: avocado on or in anything is sumptuous. This will definitely work. I wanted to make the dish a little heartier and kick up the

Sharon's Mini Classic Twice-Baked Potatoes

  Note from Pam: Here's one more of our original videos from a year ago. Here, Sharon demonstrates her Mini Classic Twice-Baked New Potatoes, another great Super Bowl finger food. Sharon says… I'm not a huge football fan, so for me, the Superbowl is all about the food. These tiny twice-baked potatoes are fun, finger-friendly,

Maggy's Oreo Truffle Footballs

Note from Pam… I got an e-mail this morning from someone  wanting our Oreo Truffle Football recipe. I headed over to Three Many Cooks to grab the link, and that's when I realized that although this recipe ran about this time last  year in USA Weekend, it never ran here. There's also an accompanying video–one

Blue Cheese-Crusted Beef Pie=Giveaway!

My sister-in-law, Liz, hosted us for dinner on Christmas Eve eve and served Stilton-crusted beef stew that we all went crazy for. It was an interesting coincidence because Maggy and I had just been remembering how Kerrygold Cashel Blue Cheese was the hit at the Big Summer Potluck lunch this past August. There were lots

Fig, Brie, and Walnut Pizza

I don't know many who can resist puff pastry-wrapped gooey brie with a little something sweet tucked inside. The only problem with this appetizer is that it's a double wammy–rich buttery pastry, soft creamy cheese. With each bite you get a little dose of guilt along with your pleasure. (Have you seen recipes that suggest

Six Eye-Catchers

One of the greatest things about blogging is being inspired by other bloggers. I will not wax poetic about how much I love food blogging and social media (which I'm prone to doing), I will simply share with you the recipes and posts that really caught my eye this week. 1) I'm sort of on