Author: By ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press
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Dressing up a typical fruit salad with help from your grill
Want an easy way to add punch to an otherwise humdrum fruit salad? Simply turn up the heat. In this case, we tossed pineapple rings on the grill for four to five minutes per side. The intense heat of the flames caramelizes the natural sugars of the pineapple and adds a smoky char. Once the…
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Save Easter ham for sandwiches; do a duo of ducks instead
Perhaps this will be the year you break out of your ham rut. Not that there’s anything wrong with ham. It’s only that as a main course at Easter, it tends to be kind of … meh. How about trying something new, such as this duo of roasted ducks? The process is the same as…
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Patriots vs. Seahawks in a battle for the best 7-layer dip
The Super Bowl isn’t just about the Patriots vs. the Seahawks. It’s also about teriyaki-spiced crabmeat and smoked mussels vs. baked beans, barbecue pulled pork and apples with bacon. That’s because we decided the battle on the gridiron should continue on the buffet. So we created two versions of that classic party pleaser – seven-layer…
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10 fresh takes on Super Bowl guacamole
Whether you like avocados, you have to admire the way their marketers have owned the Super Bowl. For no particular reason other than force of will, avocados – and the guacamole they produce – are indelibly linked with this major American sporting event. A Super Bowl party without guacamole – and its trusty sidekick chicken…
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Marry the flavors of Buffalo chicken wings and barbecue ribs
We know what you want for your Super Bowl party. You want big, bold flavors. You want rich, meaty goodness. All of which is to say, you want grub. We got grub. We came up with these boneless barbecue bites as a delicious mashup of two classic Super Bowl party favorites – Buffalo chicken wings…
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Three chilly recipes to help kick off ice cream season
Ready to move beyond basic vanilla or chocolate this ice cream season? Much as we love those classics, it’s hard to resist making some big, boldly flavored frozen concoctions of our own. BEE STING PARFAIT Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 2 2 tablespoons slivered almonds 2 tablespoons grated coconut, large flakes if available 2…
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Delicious things can happen when you lose the lime
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 skyrocketed, pushing the price of some of our favorite summer sips to levels that could break the bank. But a cocktail should be a fun…
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Mother’s Day dessert that’s easy, flaky, delicious
The secret to this simple Mother’s Day dessert is frozen puff pastry. It is easy to work with and bakes up into a deliciously flaky pastry. You’ll find puff pastry in the grocer’s freezer section, usually near the frozen fruit and pie shells. Be sure to thaw it completely before trying to unfold the sheets…
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Super Bowl food: Tex-Mex meets classic comfort
Most classic Super Bowl party grub generally can be classified one of two ways – spicy Tex-Mex or basic comfort. And since there’s already a lot of crossover between those categories, we decided to embrace them and create a Super Bowl party dish that combines the best qualities of both. We drew our inspiration from…
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Super Bowl food: A fresh take on seven-layer dip
Everybody seems enraptured by seven-layer dip. And not that it’s bad, but it’s been done. And done again. And again. So for this year’s Super Bowl party, why not freshen it up a bit? Take the same concept of shoveling piles of delicious toppings into your mouth, but instead of chips use a slab of…