The Vegan Barbecue: Black Bean Burgers with Corn and Cilantro
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| David Frenkiel |
With the uptick of vegetarianism and veganism these days, you'd be hard-pressed to throw a party without one showing up. The best response is to More >>
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Spaghetti Carbonara: Equal Parts Bacon, Egg, and Relationship-Mending
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| Photo by Instagram user Rick L. |
My next experience with carbonara came about while I was living in a tiny beach town in Australia. I had been away for months and was beginning to miss the tastes of home. I met a guy, he made me
Strikers' Soccer Player Can Teach You to Cook
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A new arrival to Fort Lauderdale, Stewart came by way of Dallas, Minneapolis, Chicago, and a couple of stints abroad, where he played on various teams. Yet it was in California while healing from a knee surgery that he conceived the blog.
As much as he hopes to shape athletes' eating habits, it's as much about kids. "Imagine when someone like David Beckham says that brussel sprouts are the best food ever," he said. "Every kid would be clamoring to eat them." He has been aligning with charities to help promote nutrition literacy in schools as well as fight childhood obesity.
One thing: Stewart didn't really know how to cook when he started Cooking With Athletes.
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The Great American Meatout Is Today: Here's a Vegan Recipe From Wave 2700
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| No. This does not come with bacon. |
Today is The Meatout -- or, the Great American Meatout as it is sometimes known -- an international event designed not to make you feel like a jerk for eating that bacon cheeseburger, but rather, to raise awareness of the health benefits associated with a plant-based diet.
In the spirit of the Meatout, Clean Plate Charlie asked Sally Stilley -- co-owner of Wave 2700 in Boca Raton and founder of the vegan group Veg-a-cation -- for a meatless recipe to share with our readers.
During a recent interview at the year-old seafood restaurant, Stilley and her husband/co-owner John Stilley offered us a complimentary tasting of the vegan nut loaf. The loaf ($18.99) is part of the restaurant's standing "vegan and vegetarian menu" which includes five items. Recipe after the jump.
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The Baked Avocado and Egg Recipe: We Make the Popular Breakfast Meme
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| Fast and (mostly) flavorless. This looks better than it tastes. Which is to say not all that wonderful. |
Last Friday, Lifehacker posted a recipe for a healthy breakfast that was so stunningly simple, to call it a recipe might be a bit fanciful. Lifehacker credits reddit user fungzor for the easy, healthy combo wherein an egg is baked in the hollow of a halved avocado.
The setup is easy. Preheat the oven to 425, slice the avocado in half, remove the pit, and use a spoon to make a bit more room for the egg. Crack an egg in the hollow, top with anything you'd like, and bake until the egg sets. This minimal recipe drew more than 110,000 clicks for Lifehacker and was a popular choice on Pinterest late last week. Given the appeal of avocados, lazy recipes, and viral sensations, I was eager to give it a whirl for Sunday-morning brunch. The results and verdict after the jump.
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If You Like Bacon, You Can Love Lard
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Lard makes things delicious. If you're already using butter, Crisco, or an oil with transfat, lard is better for you. At 40% saturated fat and 45% monounsaturated fat, it's a lower percentage of "bad" fat and a higher percentage of "good" fat than butter (which is 60% saturated, 23% monounsaturated).
Lard is rendered from pork. And while you'd think it would make your food taste piggy, the rendering process separates cooking fat from solid fat, which results in a neutral to slightly nutty flavor. The best reason to use it is for texture.
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Couples' Cooking Classes in Fort Lauderdale and Beyond -- Just In Time for Your Holiday Party
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| The couple that kneads together... |
The Plantation and Boca Raton branches of Publix Apron's Cooking Schools offer "Couples Cooking: Entertaining" on the December class schedule with menus that include stuffed mushroom caps and braised beef brisket crostini.
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Alton Brown and Biker Santa Make Sugar Cookies (Video)
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| Alton Brown schools Santa in cookie making |
Watch Alton show Santa (and us) an easy sugar cookie recipe, including handy tips on how to make the most of your cookie dough, after the jump:
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Turkey Pizza: Butterball Shows You How (Video)
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| Make your turkey into a pizza! |
Since Clean Plate Charlie was all about pizza this week (when we weren't talking turkey), we decided to share a recipe for turkey pizza!
Butterball's Turkey Talk Line director, Mary Clingman shows us how to make a turkey and artichoke pizza in this easy-to-follow video.
By the way, if you need tips on how to store that leftover turkey, or need helpful ideas on what to do with all that residual bird, the Butterball Talk Line is open today until 7 p.m. Just call 1-800-BUTTERBALL for assistance in English or Spanish.
Make a turkey pizza here:
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Alton Brown: How to Carve a Turkey in Three Minutes (Video)
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| Alton Brown teaches you how to carve a turkey in three minutes. |
Before you tear apart that poor bird, watch Alton Brown's video on how to deconstruct your holiday turkey. Yes, deconstruct.
In this three-minute video, Brown will show you how to turn your turkey into a meal for everyone.
Before you pick up that knife - watch this video. It may just save Thanksgiving:
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