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- Food: Cut the fat, not the flavor with updated spin on fish tacos
- June 19, 2013
- Traditional fish tacos consist of battered fish topped with shredded cabbage, a drizzle of citrus mayo, all wrapped in a corn tortilla. But there’s plenty of room for variation. My version is light on calories, but heavy on flavor.
- Food: Milk chocolate, maple and bacon combine for a decadent Father’s Day treat
- June 12, 2013
- These cookies aren’t exactly a healthy treat for Dad, what with 1/2 cup of maple sugar and 1/2 cup of bacon fat, not to mention the bacon itself. Why not embrace these treats for what they are and let Father’s Day be a day of indulgence for your dad?
- Food: ‘Turkey Helper’ is secret to flavorful poultry burgers
- June 5, 2013
- Heartbreakingly, as you decrease the fat content in a burger, its flavor tends to go bye-bye, too. This is a real problem if you want to dig into a delicious burger and still want the blood to continue sailing through your arteries. The solution? Turkey.
- Basehor Dairy Days set for Saturday
- May 31, 2013
- The eighth annual Basehor Dairy Days festival is Saturday, and families can expect a day full of fun.
- More wineries, more elbow room expected for this year’s Winesong at Riverfest
- May 30, 2013
- Organizers learned two big lessons after turning hundreds away from the inaugural Winesong at Riverfest wine tasting event in De Soto. People — a lot of people, it turns out — are interested in trying Kansas wine. And, in order to better accommodate them, this year’s event would need some major tweaking.
- Food: Mac and cheese and pulled pork — together at last!
- May 29, 2013
- To satisfy my inclination to save the best part of the meal for last, every part of this casserole needed to qualify as potentially the best. It begins with a layer of roasted sweet potatoes, then a tangy-sweet mess of pulled pork and, finally, a three-cheese macaroni and cheese with Parmesan-breadcrumb topping.
- Unsolved Kansas murder muse for Ottawa author
- May 28, 2013
- An unsolved Kansas murder mystery literally fell into Diana Staresinic-Deane’s hands one day in August 2007.
- Food: When it comes to creating the perfect burger, less is more
- May 22, 2013
- So what makes a great burger? There are a few simple rules. But if you remember just one of them, it should be that less really is more.
- 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.
- Gardening and giving back
- May 2, 2013
- This summer, the Basehor Community Garden will provide an extra community service for residents in need thanks to Rustlers 4-H Club.
- 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.
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