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A frittata to sing about
Finally, seasonal vegetables other than winter greens and radishes! Besides asparagus, there's now green garlic and ramps — and soon enough there will be fresh shelling peas. After such a long windup, the sight of my favorite spring vegetable makes me want to break into song — and to break a few eggs. To me, nothing goes better with these young, tender, sometimes wild-foraged ingredients, so my preferred lunch or dinner when I've collected a bounty of them is a frittata.
A leaner take on barbecued chicken
Barbecue chicken is one of my favorite summertime dishes. I like every part of it — the tomato-based sauce (the spicier the better), the crispy skin, even the bones.
This meat loaf fast, not fattening
Pesto Meat Loaf is an updated version of one of America's best-loved foods. This meat loaf takes only 15 minutes to bake. The secret is to bake it on a baking sheet, which allows hot air to circulate all around the meat.
Pasta carbonara gets remade as a delicious summer salad
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.
Eggs: All that they're cracked up to be
Costing less than 20 cents apiece, eggs are the perfect solution for the family on the go.
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Dining Out
Dining Out: Talay Thai is a versatile neighborhood pleasure
In its fifth year, Talay Thai is a popular restaurant for the neighborhood surrounding the Padden Market Center. The extensive menu offers a wide range of options for take-out or dining in. The restaurant also caters.
Dining Out: Main Event is a winner with casual excellence
Main Event's first location in downtown Vancouver has become a successful fixture of the Clark County dining scene. Having recently opened a second spot to serve the east side of Clark County, it delivers the same inventive food and level of excellent service diners have enjoyed at the downtown restaurant.
Dining Out: Smokey's serves up pizza and so much more
Smokey's Hot Oven Pizza opened in 1965 and has been family owned and operated ever since. The restaurant's menu offers an unlikely selection beyond 12 specialty pizzas, including chicken meals, rib tips, nachos, and hot buttered popcorn.
Dining Out: Inviting experience awaits at Hearth
It's been almost three years since owner David Garcia opened Hearth in Washougal. The restaurant is a dinner house where most of the menu items are prepared in a wood-fired oven, which also serves as the foundation for the dining environment. The menu changes periodically to make use of local, fresh ingredients.
Health Food
UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world
ROME — The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now.
Map out your meal to avoid menu mishap
You may have heard advice to dine out less often if you want to weigh less. That's like telling people to leave their cars in the garage if they want to avoid getting into an automobile accident.
Coca-Cola unveils global anti-obesity push
ATLANTA — In a sign of how health concerns have shaken the beverage industry, Coca-Cola Co. used a boisterous anniversary celebration this week to pledge to make low-calorie drinks and clearer nutritional information more available around the world.
Restaurants try to push health through stealth
Okay, it was bright green. But that was the only clue that the kale-banana smoothie I was sipping included a cup of kale leaves and was certifiably "healthy." The only tip that my chicken, served alongside a medley of baby Brussels sprouts, butternut squash and dried cranberries, was good for me was that it had noticeably little salt. Had I been served the chocolate budin in a fashionable restaurant, I never would have guessed that it had just 211 calories.
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