January 2011 - Warming Winter Recipes and Ideas

Use these eyeball ice cubes to chill your favorite drink. Just don’t turn your back on them!

Sick! You’ve heard the saying “pick somebody’s brain” . . . now it’s your turn to do it. It’ll tease your taste buds.

This is sure to gross out your friends.

Ingredients included in this recipe are onion, chopped (small), butter, garlic, minced, Heavy Whipping Cream, sour cream, Minced Fresh Rosemary or 1 1/2 teaspoon Dried Rosemary, ...

Ingredients included in this recipe are chicken broth, frozen cooked butternut squash (12 ounce packages), butter, grated orange rind, maple syrup, salt.

A pumpkin-like squash that is large and round, easily growing to a size of 15 to 25 pounds at maturity.

A variety of Asian squash that is popular in China and Japan, as well as many other countries. It is typically a larger variety squash that has a waxy dark green speckled skin that contains tiny prickly hairs.

A long stemmed spearhead-shaped, fleshy green leaf that provides a mild flavor as a salad green. Predominately grown in western North America, this green is also known as Cuban spinach or miner's lettuce and is used as a distinctive garnish for vegetable trays, in salads, an herb or an added complement to main dishes.

A variety of pear that originated in Belgium. It is slightly yellowish-green in color with broad areas of dull reddish-brown overtones.

Most varieties of squash are placed into two categories: summer and winter squash. Winter squash varieties have hard skins and firmer, denser flesh than summer squash varieties.