Light Bites
Whether you crave sweet, spicy, savory or salty, we’ve got you covered with snack-size recipes featuring feel-good ingredients.
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Weeknight dinners, snacks and treats the whole family will eat.
Whole-Wheat Pretzel Bites with Asian-Style Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
Small bites of soft pretzels made of honey and whole-wheat flour are served with a sweet-spicy sauce.
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DIY Kitchen: Eggless Same-Day Gelato Base Recipe
Try this variation on a gelato base , made without use of eggs.
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Ginger-Prune Muffins
These tasty breakfast muffins are flavorful and filled with fiber from whole-wheat flour, oats, prunes, raisins and carrots. Baked with Greek yogurt and applesauce in place of oil or butter, they are lower in fat…
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Key Lime Mousse
This raw, vegan mousse is like a deconstructed Key lime pie. It’s made with fresh lime juice, avocados and banana and placed atop a raw crust of coconut, walnuts and dates.
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Pickled Grapes Recipe
These slightly sweet and sour grapes (flavored with cinnamon ) are good on their own or enjoyed as part of a cheese plate, on salads or in a cocktail.
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Sosaties
This popular South African kebab is commonly served at braais, or barbecues. Meat seasoned in a spicy apricot-curry marinade is skewered with apricots and onions before being cooked on a hot grill. Although…
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Carrot Cake Cinnamon Rolls: Easter Bunny’s Delight
The Easter Bunny will be here before we know it, and that makes me think of two things: carrots and Easter Egg Hunts. Easter in my house growing up always meant indulging in all the sweet goodies we had given up for…
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DIY Kitchen: Tortillas Step-by-Step
To make Basic Flour Tortillas , first combine your dry ingredients: whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour and salt. Next, add oil and stream in water, a little at a time, until water is absorbed and dough ball begins…
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Doro Wot
Popular in the East African country of Ethiopia, doro wot is a dish with a wonderful blend of peppers and aromatic spices. Although ground spices can be used, the whole spices present a much more robust flavor.
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Honey-Harissa Roasted Carrots
With a complex flavor that delivers the heat, harissa is a North African hot chile paste that transforms carrots into an adventurous side dish. Carrots are massaged with a sweet and spicy honey-harissa, then roasted…
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DIY Kitchen: Simple Sausage
Sausage making, a technique that dates at least to the 8th century B.C., was invented as a way to preserve and make use of underutilized cuts of meat and offal. Over time and with the introduction of spices and…
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Fruit and Vegetable Desserts: Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too!
Developed by Lauren O’Connor, MS, RDN
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Lost in Translation: When Your Recipe Goes Global
If a recipe calls for a “stick of butter,” how many tablespoons is that? If you’re from the United States, Liberia or Myanmar, you know the answer is eight; anywhere else, and chances are you’d need to grab a…
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Mediterranean Herb Salad
As a chef and registered dietitian, I am always creating delicious, healthful and satisfying recipes. I believe food should not only be flavorful and nutritious, but also bright and colorful. And this recipe meets…
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Get Saucy Series: Healthy Yogurt Sauces
If velvety béchamel sauce suits French food, tangy yogurt sauces befit Mediterranean cuisines. While yogurt is a relative newcomer to the United States, many cultures have relied on yogurt for centuries: not just as…
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Steamed Clams with Andouille, White Beans, and Tomatoes
Recipe developed by Roberta L. Duyff, MS, RDN, FAND, CFCS
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