Recipes

I have been intrigued by recipes I see for Pad Thai, although I am very new to it.  Recipes for it would indicate every recipe for it is a little different although some ingredients are consistently in all the recipes, so I went about concocting my own version, pulling from this recipe and that recipe.  I had no idea if the final dish was going to be good.  Told my husband “If we don’t like it, we can just go out and eat.”  It far surpassed our expectations the first time I put this together!  Other than the fact I...

The Impossible Burger, a plant-based burger containing wheat protein, coconut oil and potato protein among its ingredients, is seen Friday, Jan. 11, 2019.Nati Harnik, Associated Press The landscape of plant-based meat alternatives has shifted significantly. Gone are the days of black bean burgers being the only vegetarian or vegan option on the menu — now there’s Beyond Meat or the Impossible Burger. These alternatives mimic both the look and cooking process of their meat alternatives. CNET said the Impossible Burger even tastes like meat — it might not fool a beef connoisseur, but the average person might only detect a...

Free food abounds on April 20th, and if you have the munchies, or just crave a top-notch bagel sandwich, you’ll be in luck. Montreal-style bagel bakery Black Seed Bagels is celebrating its 9th birthday this week and to help New Yorkers join the celebration, they've partnered with pasture-raised egg company Vital Farms for some tasty promotions. First, the evening of 4/20 will offer 420 free bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches made fresh on the spot (not prepackaged or anything weird like that) via Black Seed’s decked-out classic NYC coffee cart. A late-night BEC crawl will rove from the Lower East Side to...

First-time parents are told to “find their tribe”, a mythical support system that is supposed to appear along with those two blue lines on a much-anticipated pregnancy test. However, it rarely works out that way. TV chef Maria Harte and mum of two discovered the modern-day tribe is a little more virtual. Group WhatsApp, Zoom, and Instagram provided a circle of knowledge exchange and virtual support which helped her through becoming a first-time mum and later dealing with post-natal on her second child.  To give back to this modern-day tribe, she has created a free e-book “Bebe in Arms, Fork...

The sun dial stands in front of the Legislative Building on March 10, 2022, at the state Capitol in Olympia, Wash.Ted S. Warren, Associated Press Democrats in Washington state have passed a bill that radically usurps parental rights. The legislation is part of an alarming transgender rights agenda. Under the new bill, a child can run away from home to seek gender-affirming care without parental consent. The state is prohibited from informing parents where their son or daughter is living. This is not legislation that applies only in select cases, such as when abuse is present in the household. In fact,...