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- Food: Carbonara cool — Creamy comfort food becomes summer salad
- May 15, 2013
- Pasta carbonara — richly cheesy, creamy and studded with crisped pancetta — is easily one of the most comforting of pasta dishes. The only trouble is, with the onset of warmer weather we tend to crave salads more than steaming bowls of pasta. So for this recipe, we decided to have it both ways.
- Food: Pretty fruit parfait is easy enough for kids to make
- May 8, 2013
- It doesn’t matter how skilled — or not — your kids are in the kitchen. This easy, fruity mousse parfait is a great Mother’s Day project they can help with.
- Food: Garden inspires healthy, mom-approved makeover of egg-in-a-hat
- May 8, 2013
- Mom always said to eat your vegetables, so this Mother’s Day serve her breakfast in bed inspired by a walk through the garden. We began with the idea of egg-in-a-hat — sometimes called egg-in-a-basket or a Popeye.
- Food: Chocolate layer makes French toast special for Mother’s Day
- May 1, 2013
- The following recipe — perfect for breakfast-in-bed for Mom on Mother’s Day — is a little healthier than the original. We start with whole-wheat bread, replace some of the whole eggs with egg whites, and swap in raspberry sauce for maple syrup.
- Food: Carry-out from your own kitchen: Fried rice with spring veggies
- April 24, 2013
- Starchy, crunchy and flavorful, fried rice is a deeply satisfying dish no matter what you add to it. And you can add just about any vegetable or protein you care to name, fresh or left over.
- Stroke awareness focus: Stroke patients in good hands at KU Hospital
- 08:56 p.m., April 23, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Paula Theus was at home on a recent Sunday afternoon, having just finished eating dinner, when she lost the ability to speak.
- Food: Grilled Brie makes easy yet showy party fare
- April 17, 2013
- One of my favorite party tricks is to use cedar wood planks for both cooking and serving. One of my tried and true party appetizers that works with this technique is a grilled glazed Brie with fresh fruit.
- Food: A springy take on a winter favorite
- Fresh veggies, shrimp lighten up hearty gnocchi
- April 10, 2013
- The unpredictable nature of spring — balmy one moment, frigid the next — makes us hanker for dishes that reflect the season’s maybe-maybe not feel. And that was the inspiration for this dish.
- Food: Elegant salad embraces fresh, crisp flavor of raw asparagus
- April 3, 2013
- The first time I ate raw asparagus was during the ’80s at an Italian restaurant in New York. To my surprise and delight, the dish was wonderfully flavorful and refreshing. With asparagus season upon us, I thought it might be fun to re-create that salad with a few lip-smacking extras.
- Food: Simple tartlets make stunning Easter treats
- March 27, 2013
- Easter dinner isn’t generally the sort of meal we try to rush. The whole point is to savor the meal, but that doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate the easy, time-saving trick here and there. The trick to this fancy feeling dessert begins with purchased frozen phyllo pastry cups.
- Resident seeks donations for children’s community garden
- March 20, 2013
- Bonner Springs resident Amanda Miller is launching the Bonner Springs Kids Community Garden, a free program to help children ages 5-16 to learn to grow organic food.
- Local 4-H club hopes to continue growth
- March 20, 2013
- Things were a little cramped at the Brauer Braves 4-H Club meeting Sunday.
- Food: An easy pasta recipe to help you love anchovies
- March 20, 2013
- This recipe will require that you set aside your aversion to anchovies. But if you are up to the task, you will be richly rewarded.
- Health focus: Controlling allergies means answering the question: What am I allergic to?
- March 19, 2013
- Your nose has been running for almost a month. You sneeze all day long, you carry tissues with you everywhere and your eyes are constantly irritated and itchy. The doctor gave you decongestants and antibiotics a few weeks ago but you aren’t getting any better. Why can’t you kick this sickness?
- Food: Perk up St. Pat’s Day with perfect Irish coffee
- March 13, 2013
- Coffee, Irish whiskey and cream. Taken separately they’re a tasty trio. But combine them just the right way and in just the right proportions and they get even better, transforming into a drink that can perk up the grayest day.
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