Food & Drink

Unique Salsa Recipes to Dip Your Chips

By Carlos on May 5, 2024 Food & Drink

Who doesn’t love chips and salsa? It’s a versatile snack and all around favorite at parties. A jar of your favorite salsa is good in a pinch, but fresh, homemade salsas are generally far superior in taste. If you’re tired of mundane, processed salsas from the store, here are some unique salsa recipes to dip your chips. Try one or more of these recipes at your next party, and you’re sure to be the talk of your circle of friends. Tropical Curried Salsa This salsa puts a spicy, tropical twist on the usual dip. Serve with sweet potato corn chips…

Spring Salads Made With Local Ingredients

By Carlos on May 3, 2024 Food & Drink

Spring means it’s salad time! As the weather warms, salads are refreshing as well as helping to trim that waistline for the summer. Using tender spring greens mixed with fresh organic veggies make the best recipes. Try these spring salads made with local Long Island ingredients. Radish Pea Delight Spring Salad Salad Ingredients Radishes Fresh wax or green beans Fresh sugar snap peas Boiled egg(optional) Real Bacon Bits (optional) Water Dressing Ingredients Honey Dried tarragon Sea salt Coarsely ground pepper Directions 1. Boil an egg covered in water, using a saucepan for 3-5 minutes. 2. Set aside to cool. 3.…

Breakfast with a Powerful Punch

By Lauren on May 1, 2024 Food & Drink, Food and Dining

You know the feeling: You eat breakfast, but by 11 a.m. your stomach is growling. You feel like you just ate but somehow you’re hungry and craving something hearty and rich. Switch up your breakfast habits with wholesome and filling Breakfast Burrito. It’s got protein to keep you full, veggies for a touch of added nutrition and hot sauce to pack a powerful punch of flavor in every bite. No more snacking between breakfast and lunch. This hearty breakfast bite will keep you full and bursting with energy until it’s time for your next meal. It’s easy to make in…

A Stuffed Tomato Snack Perfect for Spring

By Lauren on April 30, 2024 Food & Drink

Whether you need a quick appetizer or something to snack on, these Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes make for an appealing bite. Find more snack recipes at Culinary.net. https://youtu.be/j7DLIWKCXWw Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes 24-428 cherry tomatoes 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 medium cucumber, peeled and diced 3 green onion stalks, diced 2 teaspoons minced dill fresh dill, for garnish Cut thin slice off top of each tomato. Scoop out pulp. Invert tomatoes on paper towel to drain. In medium bowl, combine cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Stir in cucumber, green onion and dill. Spoon mixture into…

Mouthwatering Ways to Reuse Leftover Easter Ham

By Carlos on April 3, 2024 Food & Drink

Cooking a large Easter meal takes time, careful planning, and a lot of work in the kitchen. While you are in the planning stage, you may want to think of some downtime after the big meal. Often we think of leftovers as an afterthought, but what if we decide to plan for them. When cooking for the big holiday meal, purchase a ham larger than the portions needed for the dinner. Have on hand recipes that can make meals a breeze using the leftover cooked ham. That will make the next few days easier for you. Here are some recipes…

The Best Irish American Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe

By Carlos on March 17, 2024 Food & Drink, Holiday

Nothing beats a corned beef and cabbage meal to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this March. While recipes vary, there are a few unwritten rules you need to follow in order to create the best-corned beef and cabbage dinner to wow your friends and family. Main Ingredients • Corned Beef Brisket (roughly 4 pounds) with spice packet • Head of Cabbage (medium sized) • 10-12 Baby Carrots (3-5 large carrots cut) • 7-8 Small Red Potatoes Instructions 1) Start by trimming any excess fat from the brisket. (Don’t worry if you don’t get all of it, the remaining fat will liquefy.)…

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Traditional Irish Dishes

By Lauren on March 11, 2024 Food & Drink, Seasonal

If St. Patrick’s Day inspires feelings of hearth and home rather than leprechauns and green beer, you can celebrate tradition with warm, filling meals that harken back to Irish heritage. Soups and stews are certain to conjure up some nostalgia while soft, delicious cake is a perfect way to honor tradition regardless of your ancestry. This Irish Sláinte Stew offers a warm welcome to guests with your own way of toasting to the holiday – Sláinte is “cheers” in Gaelic. This hearty meal is perfect for a crowd with traditional stew meat slow-cooked in a Dutch oven with beef broth,…

Delicious & Easy Easter Delights for Your Guests

By Lauren on March 9, 2024 Food & Drink, Holiday

Even if Easter hosting duties fell on your plate this year and added one more thing to your holiday to-do list, that doesn’t mean it has to be difficult. After all, Easter is a time meant for fun and fellowship with the food just one part of the celebration. Building the menu around simple, one-pan dishes can keep the focus where it needs to be: spending time and creating memories with family and friends. These dishes call for short lists of ingredients, many of which you may already have in your pantry, and simple preparation to create a full spread…

Cheesy Ways to Celebrate National Cheddar Day

By Carlos on February 13, 2024 Food & Drink

It’s one of the cheesiest, best days of the year; National Cheddar Day! We’ve got some of the cheesy ways you can celebrate this special day. Lactose intolerant individuals might want to avert their eyes. National Cheddar Day History Can you imagine a world without cheese? The special kind of cheese called cheddar hit the streets in the village of Somerset, England in the 12th century. Cheddar accounts for a little more than a third of all the cheese sold in the US, but over half of the cheese sales in the UK. This holiday is relatively new to the…

Celebrate National Pizza Day

By Carlos on February 9, 2024 Food & Drink

February is often a month known for cold and dreary days with one bright spot on the fourteenth for Valentine’s Day, but there are other things to be aware of. It is the shortest month of the year, and it contains one of the best days possible. No, leap years only happen every four years, so the twenty-ninth is not even under consideration. Okay, just to help everyone along, it is on the ninth and it is called National Pizza Day. Yes, there is an entire day devoted to honoring that most beloved food. Here are a few ways to…

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