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Tip of the Week: Too much salt
Many Americans exceed the recommended amount of salt consumption. Many foods already have high amounts of salt and sodium, so adding salt at the dinner table only builds on this. If you are having trouble kicking the salt habit, try adding hot pepper sauces to spice up meals, or combine a salt-free blend of herbs to add flavor to food.
-- EatRight.org
Easy recipe: Tuna Melt Fries
2 (6-ounce) cans of tuna fish (packed in oil)
1/2 red onion, diced
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 celery branches, diced
Salt and fresh ground pepper
1 (20-ounce) bag Alexia Parmesan Lemon Waffle Fries
12 small slices of cheddar cheese
3 Roma tomatoes
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Drain oil from tuna and add to a large mixing bowl. Add red onion, celery, mayonnaise, salt and pepper to the bowl, and combine ingredients. Set aside.
Bake the Parmesan Lemon Waffle Fries according to the package instructions. When finished, top each fry with a spoonful of the tuna mixture, and top with a slice of cheddar cheese. Heat in oven until melted. Remove from the oven, and top each fry with a slice of Roma tomato. Serve immediately. Makes 12 to 15 servings
-- Alexia
Did You Know?
March is National Nutrition Month, Berries and Cherries Month, National Peanut Month and Caffeine Awareness Month.
Food Quiz
Which British cheese in the list is a Scottish goat's cheese?
A. Kelsae
B. Inverloch
C. Pentland
D. Dunlop
-- funtrivia.com
Answer is at bottom of column
Wise to the Word: Reduce
Culinarily, to boil a liquid (usually stock, wine or a sauce mixture) rapidly until the volume is reduced by evaporation, thereby thickening the consistency and intensifying the flavor. Such a mixture is sometimes referred to as a “reduction.”
-- epicurious.com
Number to Know
405: One venti mocha frappuccino with no whipped cream is 405 calories.
-- calorieking.com
The Dish On …
"Les Petits Macarons: Colorful French Confections to Make at Home" by Kathryn Gordon, Anne E. McBride
Macarons, the stuff of bakers’ candy-coated dreams, have taken the world by storm and are demystified here for the home baker. With dozens of flavor combinations, recipes are structured with three basic shell methods—French, Swiss, and Italian. With dozens of flavor combinations, recipes are structured with three basic shell methods—French, Swiss, and Italian.Try shells flavored with pistachio, blackberry, coconut and red velvet, filled with the likes of sesame buttercream, strawberry guava pâte de fruit, crunchy dark chocolate ganache and lemon curd.
-- Running Press Book Publishers
Food Quiz Answer
B. Inverloch
