[ recipe ] Greek Pesto Chicken Pizza

Posted on Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at 02:52PM

This delicious recipe using Greek-inspired ingredient combinations is a nice twist on a traditional homemade pizza. The pesto sauce is made from fresh spinach, fresh oregano, garlic and lemon, the chicken is seasoned with oregano and lemon as well, and the cheese combination includes Greek feta. For the crust you can try our homemade dough recipe that follows or you can save time and use store bought.
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We Need Tasters!

Posted on Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at 02:17PM

Serious Eats is now accepting applications for the first-ever Serious Eats Community Tasting Panel. Here's the scoop: we're going to be working with some of the best distributors of high quality, delicious foods on the web to offer Serious Eaters the chance to pick up exclusive customized product packages that we've cherry-picked as the best of what's available. But how do we know that what we like is the same as what you like?

Well, we don'tso we've decided to ask you straight up, starting with our first partner, Primizie. Sign up to be a member of the Official Serious Eats Tasting Panel right now, and if selected (we'll do it randomly), we'll send you samples of products we're considering for our 'Serious Eats Stamp of Approval.' All you've got to do in return is promise to fill out an easy online survey after you've cooked and tasted the goods.

As we add more products to our lineup, we'll be needing more and more tasters for our pa...

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We Need Tasters!

Posted on Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at 02:17PM

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Serious Eats is now accepting applications for the first-ever Serious Eats Community Tasting Panel. Here's the scoop: we're going to be working with some of the best distributors of high quality, delicious foods on the web to offer Serious Eaters the chance to pick up exclusive customized product packages that we've cherry-picked as the best of what's available. But how do we know that what we like is the same as what you like?

Well, we don'tso we've decided to ask you straight up, starting with our first partner, Primizie. Sign up to be a member of the Official Serious Eats Tasting Panel right now, and if selected (we'll do it randomly), we'll send you samples of products we're considering for our 'Serious Eats Stamp of Approval.' All you've got to do in return is promise to fill out an easy online survey after you've cooked and tasted the goods.

As we add mo...

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Diner's Journal: Eataly: Waiting for Supermarkets

Posted on Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at 01:13PM

The opening of Eataly raises the question, how does it compare to the city's other great food markets?

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T Magazine: Now Baking | Haute Crumbs at Morini and Lincoln

Posted on Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at 11:27AM

In New York, two of the hottest restaurants this fall are on the same mission: to reinvent traditional Italian dolci.

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Diner's Journal: The All-Cash Diet

Posted on Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at 11:19AM

A new study finds that people who purchase groceries with credit cards are more likely to buy cookies, cakes and pies than consumers who pay cash.

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Recipe Nut and Hormel Giveaway

Posted on Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at 10:01AM

Recipe Nut, located at www.RecipeNut.com, is a new online tool and community for storing, sharing and building one of the most persistent sources of kitchen clutter - the busting box, file or pile of papers that comprises a recipe collection.
Recipe Nut enables people to upload their personal recipes as well as aggregate recipes from all other online sources, from magazine websites to food blogs, and swap them with other 'recipe nuts.' A social network for recipe enthusiasts, the site enables users to identify and follow other users with similar dish, cuisine and ingredient preferences, rate and review recipes and share their favorites via Facebook, Twitter and e-mail.
To help spread the word about Recipe Nut, I get the opportunity to give away a great prize pack of items to one lucky MomCooks reader!

Hormel Always Tender pork product coupon: Hormel Always Tender products are all pre-marinated for superb tenderness, juiciness and flavor, so there's no prep ti...

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Operation Christmas Child Box Time!!

Posted on Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at 09:00AM

Five years ago, I was introduced to Operation Christmas Child.
It was my first year of MOPS and the October meeting came around when the discussion of packing boxes came up. I hadn't heard of Operation Christmas Child until that meeting. One of the moms mentioned Billy Graham. I don't care who ya are, you know of the evangelist, Billy Graham!!
They went on to explain that Operation Christmas Child is part of a larger organization known as Samaritan's Purse which is actually led by Franklin Graham (Billy's son). People (like my MOPS group) pack these boxes and send them to Operation Christmas Child who in turn distributes the boxes to kids all over the world.

The next meeting, we brought in all of our items from the packing suggestions list for the age group and gender we selected, and the packing began! It was so much fun to see the whirlwhind and yells to the other moms 'Hey, do you need some extra toothpaste.' 'Oh, geesh, how are we gonna fit al...

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Kroger Shopping Trip - The 'Operation Fatten Up Tyler' Edition

Posted on Tuesday Oct 19, 2010 at 05:37AM

So I mentioned a few weeks ago that Tyler was having some difficulty drinking from a cup/bottle. This crazy adventure began back in August when that mothers instinct kicked in...the one when you know something is wrong, but you're not sure what. I felt like he wasn't getting enough breastmilk from our nursing sessions because they were extremely short and he was very fussy and unhappy after each session. He would try to get more, but couldn't, which led to further frustration on his part. (And mine.)
We made the decision to start supplementing him, and in doing so discovered a greater and deeper problem. His suck-swallow-breathe pattern was all out of whack, and he didn't have the strength and muscle tone in his cheek and lip muscles to suck the liquid from the fast flow bottle.
The muscle tone and strength issue are relatively easy to manage and overcome. The suck-swallow-breathe dis-coordination is caused by an underlying neurological pro...

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Candy Deals: Sale Week of October 18

Posted on Monday Oct 18, 2010 at 08:36PM

I'm a little late in posting this for this Harvest/Halloween candy buying season, but it is a good one that should help you save while you get the candy for the little beggars!
Here is a round-up of various stores Candy Deals:
Amazon
Save 40% off Halloween Candy through October 31.
Meijer Candy Deals

$2 Halloween Candy
Includes: Whoppers, Millk Duds or Twizzlers Snack Size; Starburst or Skittles Fun Size
$1/2 Life Savers, Starburst or Skittles 10/10/2010 RP Insert (exp 11/13/2010)
$0.25/1 Starburst Disney Family Fun Sep 2010 (exp 10/31/2010)
$1/2 Skittles, Starburst, or Lifesavers Fun Bags
$1/2 Skittles, Starburst, or Lifesavers Fun Bags
Net Price $1.50 each
$2.50 Hershey's Snack Size Candy, 9.34-12.5 oz
$1/2 Hershey's, Reese's, or Kit Kat Candy 10/17/2010 SS Insert (exp 10/31/2010)
$1/3 Reese's, Kit Kat, or Hershe...

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