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• Kitchen Q&A

  Substituting with olive oil

  Olive oil is high in monounsaturated fat and is believed to have other health benefits, including antioxidants. It is also sometimes used as a substitute for butter in baking, particularly for vegans. Still, there are differences between olive and vegetable oil in cooking:
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  Redland

  Fruit festival offers sweet and juicy fun in South Dade

  The Redland Summer Fruit Festival celebrates its 25th year this weekend.
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  In season

  Making the most of an early mango season

  Our backyard mangoes tumbled early this year, thanks to the mild winter. They tumbled large and sweet into a friend’s garden, and she did what has become ritual for those blessed with such bounty: She scooped them up and brought them in to share with her co-workers.
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  casserole

  Mac and cheese and pulled pork – together at last!

  Casseroles have never really had much of a place in my culinary repertoire. It’s a time thing mostly. I’d rather sear something off in a few minutes than stand around while it slowly bakes.
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  pasta

  Asparagus kicks baked ziti into healthful category

  Do you find baked ziti dishes a little one-dimensional and on the heavy side?
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  Kids’ activity

  Kids bored? Slice-and-bake cookie saves the day

  You knew there’d be days like this. The kids are bored. There’s nothing to do. Mini-spats are simmering.

• Chew On This

  Hail the white veggies

  It is time to give a shout out to white vegetables. The usual recommendation to eat richly colored fruits and vegetables ignores nutritious and pale palette-pleasing produce.
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  salad

  Grilled shrimp with a taste of the Caribbean

  Caribbean flavors jazz up this simple supper salad. We glaze the shrimp with a zesty rum-spiked marmalade, then toss them on a hot grill with tomatoes and corn before combining everything with a few more veggies. We serve the whole thing with grilled bread seasoned with garlic and orange for a bit of crunch and to aid in scooping up all the delicious bits.
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  Turkey ‘helper’

  Add fat to turkey burgers for juiciness, flavor

  Summertime is burger time. And it’s so easy to throw a few beef patties on the grill. Not much is required in the way of embellishment, yet they have a big happiness return.

• Kitchen Q&A

  Determining the freshness of cottage cheese

  A. The date on your container of cottage cheese is probably a sell-by date. It’s so the store will know how long something has been on the shelf (and for you to use when you rummage around to try to get one from the back of the shelf).
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  cookbook

  Curtis Stone aims to help busy families with day-by-day cookbook

  As a chef working in some of the best restaurants around the globe, Curtis Stone assumed writing recipes for home cooks would be a snap.
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  Nibbles & Bits

  Educate Tomorrow’s Wine Tasting & Silent Auction tonight at Briza on the Bay

  Educate Tomorrow, an international nonprofit organization based in South Florida, will host its 10th anniversary Wine Tasting & Silent Auction from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Briza on the Bay, 1717 N. Bayshore Dr., Miami. Proceeds will support Educate Tomorrow’s mission of creating independence for foster youth and other disadvantaged youth through education, mentoring and life skills training.
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  An indoor barbecue for Memorial Day in the subtropics

  In much of the rest of the country, Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the outdoor cooking season. And you can imagine how thrilled they’ll be to get out their grills in places like Minneapolis, where it snowed just a few weeks ago.
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  Veggie burgers

  Veggie burgers: Patties are delicate but delicious

  These veggie burgers draw their flavor from vegetables, and that’s the way it should be.
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  Cookbooks

  Vegetarian ‘meatballs’ a fun, easy and delicious project

  My family has been eating a lot less meat over the past few years. Oh, we still get nice steaks to throw on the grill, and when they show up on the table with oven-roasted potatoes and a mound of dressed arugula, the meal is cause for celebration. But more often than not, dinner will be an amply tricked-out salad with a loaf of bread, a bowl of farro topped with vegetables and a fried egg, or a spicy tofu stir-fry with rice.
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  Eggplant

  Eggplant wraps are an easy, meatless meal

  What’s ideal about the eggplant is that it has so many uses other than fried and drenched in a red sauce topped with cheese.
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  Braise chicken thighs with peppers and sausage

  Even done well, a rendition of chicken and sausage can be heavy. Here, the sausage takes on a reduced role, flavoring but not weighing down the dish. The result: a richly favored sauce to marry with the tender chicken.
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  Wrap it up

  Summer rolls help squeeze veggies into the picnic

  When it comes to packing a picnic basket, sandwiches are almost always the stars of the menu. And why not? They are easy to eat with your hands, pack well and are versatile enough to keep everyone happy.
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  Chicken

  Use thighs and brine for moist roast chicken

  Brining insures moistness when you roast
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  Not my mother’s tuna salad

  I was raised on tuna salad made with mayonnaise, sour cream and lemon juice. It was one of my mom’s go-to dishes, often served as a last-minute meal staple.
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  Full-fat cheese the secret to a healthy quesadilla

  At heart, a quesadilla is pretty much a Mexican grilled cheese. Take a tortilla, stuff it with something savory, add some cheese, fold it in half and toast it. It’s also pretty delicious.
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  Dining

  Copperbox chef wowing diners at dinner-party-like ‘atelier nights’

  At dinner-party-like ‘atelier nights,’ Copperbox chef Gabriela Machado is wowing diners with her artful food
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  Gables High culinary students share Mother’s Day recipes

  Gables High culinary students share recipes to make for Mother’s Day
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  Kitchen Q&As

  Why is pepper salt’s tablemate?

  While there are many kinds of peppercorns, the familiar black pepper ended up on tables because it is mild and goes with a number of recipes, according to Marjorie Shaffer, author of the new book Pepper: A History of the World’s Most Influential Spice (St. Martin’s Press, $26.99).
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  Mother’s Day

  Easy, beautiful blend of eggs and veggies for Mom

  Mom always said to eat your vegetables, so this Mother’s Day serve her breakfast in bed inspired by a walk through the garden.

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