Topic: Fruits and Vegetables
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Father's Day: 7 recipes to make for Dad
Consider these recipes when making your dad a Father's Day meal.
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22 summer salads
Looking for some fresh salad ideas this summer? Stir It Up! has you covered. Whether you're a traditional lettuce and veggies person, or like to experiment with pastas and grains, our salad list is sure to spark inspiration.
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What kind of an eater are you?
From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.
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Mother's Day: 20 breakfast and brunch recipes
Make an elegant and delicious breakfast or brunch this year for Mother's Day.
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5 recipes for Cinco de Mayo
Here are five recent recipes from Stir It Up! inspired by Mexican flavors to help you bring a little fiesta to your table.
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Stir It Up! A better eggs Benedict for Mom
For Mother's Day, some moms would just like a delicious breakfast instead of presents.
05/06/2011 03:00 pm -
Stir It Up! Cinco de Mayo: Mexican steak tacos
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Mexican tacos.
05/05/2011 03:55 pm -
Cinco de Mayo: Six fun facts about the Fifth of May
Cinco de Mayo: Although the holiday observes a historic battle in Mexico, it is celebrated with much more fervor north of the border with fiestas, parades, and concerts. Here are six things about Cinco de Mayo, or Fifth of May, that may surprise.
05/05/2011 10:46 am -
Stir It Up! Meatless Monday: Moroccan lentil salad
A lentil salad with the bright flavors of spicy peppers and lime.
05/02/2011 11:12 am -
Diggin' It Eight keys to growing great vegetables
To successfully grow vegetables in your home garden, follow these eight tips.
04/23/2011 01:00 pm -
Stir It Up! Chinese lamb with cumin
Whole cumin seeds, jalapeño, red bell peppers, garlic, and onions deliver a lively taste.
04/14/2011 12:36 pm -
Japan nuclear crisis: Will radioactive food reach US supermarkets?
Worry not. While Japan has banned the sale of some produce from the area near the reactors, similar contamination is highly unlikely in the US, as is the import of tainted Japanese food.
03/22/2011 08:13 pm -
Stir It Up! Street food and Haitian hot wings
In Port-au-Prince the streets bustle with sights, sounds, and the smells of cooking street food.
02/24/2011 08:05 am -
5 books about chucking it all for country living
This is the time of year – when it’s been freezing for two months and the city is covered with dirty snow that won’t melt for another six weeks – that I dream of trading it all in for a simpler life. You know, one complete with farm animals, caves for aging cheese, and a vegetable garden large enough to supply all of Manhattan with frisée. I'll never do it – I can't really live without groceries delivered to my apartment, mass transit, and access to Korean food at all hours – but I can at least read about it. Here are five amazing, hilarious, utterly charming books brought to you by people, crazier, more desperate, and with even less impulse control than I: the ones who actually did it.
02/18/2011 10:30 am -
Rising global food prices squeeze the world's poor
Weather, inflation, and biofuels pushed the United Nations food price index to an all-time high in December, sparking concern over the poor being left with empty plates.
02/10/2011 11:41 am -
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Stir It Up! Super Bowl recipe: nachos and grilled cheese sandwich
Why not sandwich your gourmet Super Bowl nachos cheese in a pizza shell?
02/04/2011 11:22 am -
In Pictures Baltimore's food czar addresses hunger and obesity
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Africa Monitor How revolt in Egypt, Tunisia plays in South Africa
As the number of young people in South Africa increases and access to the Internet improves, so too will access to the kind of resistance we’re witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, writes guest blogger Khadija Patel.
02/02/2011 12:36 pm -
Stir It Up! Black and white bean chicken chili
A creamy chicken chili with black and white beans.
01/06/2011 09:10 am -
The top 10 weirdest stories of 2010
As 2010 draws to a close, its time to reflect upon the joys and sorrows of the past twelve months. It's also time to think about the truly weird things that we witnessed. Here's our top ten list.
12/20/2010 12:46 pm -
Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 12/17
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Stir It Up! Roasted chili cumin chicken with pickled red onions
Inspired by Mexican street food sweet, tangy pickled red onions and chopped cilantro give roasted chili cumin chicken a lively, fresh finish.
12/17/2010 08:05 am -
Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of November 15, 2010
Readers write in about issues of food safety, Britain's budget cuts, and help for Pakistan's landless poor.
11/15/2010 03:24 pm -
Jeff Gordon-Jeff Burton fight overshadows Hamlin Texas victory and tight NASCAR Chase for the Cup(VIDEO)
Jeff Gordon let Jeff Burton know exactly how he felt after the two collided near the end of Sunday's NASCAR race in Texas. Jeff Burton hit Jeff Gordon's Number 24 car eight laps from the finish.
11/08/2010 02:38 pm -
Diggin' It Vegetable harvest just before the first hard frost -- whew!
When the first hard frost of fall is predicted, a gardener scurries around and quickly harvests all the vegetables left.
11/04/2010 05:25 pm -
In Pictures From Field to Fork: The foreign and domestic food chain
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Frozen vegetables recall: glass shards in Wal-Mart, Kroger veggies
Frozen vegetables recall was announced after customers reported glass shards in the packages. Here's a list of the Wal-Mart and Kroger products affected.
10/19/2010 12:28 pm -
Recall: frozen vegetables from Walmart may contain glass fragments
24,000 pounds of frozen vegetables sold at Kroger and Walmart have been recalled for suspicion of containing glass fragments.
10/19/2010 12:30 am -
School nutrition: Healthier ingredients, more education for 2010-11
School nutrition has advanced for the 2010-11 school year as parents, children, and government programs push healthy menu options.
08/18/2010 03:07 pm
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