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Scripture recipes test your Bible knowledge (2009/01/09)
Spoons and bowls and baking pans and ... a Bible? Most modern bakers probably don’t associate The Good Book with pulling together a batch of their favorite treats, but during the late 1800s some Christians began using Scripture as a code for turning recipes into riddles.

Scripture Cake (Translated) (2009/01/09)
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) Psalms 55:21 (butter) 1 cup Jeremiah 6:20 (sugar) 3 Jeremiah 17:11 (eggs) 1/4 cup Judges 4:19 (milk) 1 tablespoon I Samuel 14:25 (honey) 2-1/4 cups Leviticus 6:15 (all-purpose flour) 1/4 teaspoon Leviticus 2:13 (salt) 1 tablespoon Amos 4:5 (baking powder) 1 teaspoon II Chronicles 9:9 (baking spice blend or 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg and 1/4 teaspoon allspice)

Wine of the Week: J. Lohr Valdiguie 2007 (2009/01/09)
This is our traditional New Year value wine that still satisfies the palate without draining the pocketbook.

500 Club: First step to weight loss is identifying why you eat (2009/01/09)
Now that we are starting another year, many people are re-examining their health and making improvements.

9 meals for $9.99 or less (2009/01/09)
Despite what you see in TV ads, home cooking is still cheaper than eating out. Here are nine meal ideas to make it just as tasty, too. Actual costs will vary depending on where you shop.

7-Day Menu Planner: Win over guests with Spicy Linguine with Shrimp (2009/01/09)
Family Sunday Prepare your own 5- to 7-pound roast chicken for the family. Accompany it with cauliflower and couscous pilaf. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large saucepan on medium. Add 4 cups finely chopped fresh cauliflower florets (about 1 medium head) and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook, 3 minutes, stirring until softened. Add 3/4 cup fat-free chicken broth, 1 teaspoon orange zest, 1/4 cup fresh orange juice and 1/4 cup currants or raisins. Bring to boil on medium-high. Stir in 2/3 cup whole-wheat couscous and 1/2 cup sliced green onions. Remove from heat; let stand, 5 minutes covered or until liquid is absorbed. Fluff with fork. (Adapted from Eating Well magazine.)

Lighten the load in pie crusts with rice, phyllo, potatoes or pasta (2009/01/03)
When it comes to shedding pounds in the new year, it pays to shave any calorie you can. Even when you’re indulging.

Wine of the Week: Korbel Chardonnay Champagne (2009/01/03)
A lot of economic bubbles burst in 2008, so perhaps it’s appropriate or ironic that champagne sales fell flat as well.

Reader Exchange: Break out the grill for New Year’s (2009/01/03)
As the new year approaches, I have been thinking about how much things change from day to day, much less from year to year.

7-Day Menu Planner: Savory tenderloin perfect for New Year’s entertaining (2009/01/03)
Family Sunday Treat the family to a juicy, delicious grilled pork tenderloin today. Use your favorite rub on a 3-pound boneless, well-trimmed pork loin to make it extra special. Serve it with your potato salad and deli coleslaw along with whole-wheat rolls. For dessert, try these baked apples (see recipe) for a new flavor.

500 Club: Take healthy approach to New Year’s resolutions (2009/01/03)
With 2009 right around the corner, many of you are probably thinking about New Year’s resolutions.

Gingerbread houses for the rest of us (2008/12/27)
Unless you have a culinary degree, an incredibly steady hand and a few months to spare, you probably won’t be able to re-create those breathtaking gingerbread houses that dazzle from bakeshop windows.

Reader Exchange: When it comes to entertaining, keep it simple and elegant (2008/12/27)
Christmas is here, Merry old Christmas, Gift-bearing, heart-touching, Joy-bringing Christmas, Day of grand memories, King of the year! — Washington Irving We have been dancing on the fringes of holiday excitement in recent weeks with a work party and a neighborhood get-together.

Wine of the Week: Chateau Ste. Michelle Orphelin 2005 (2008/12/27)
’Tis the season for thinking about the less fortunate, which in the wine world would be the grapes usually no one thinks of.

500 Club: Squash brightens winter meals (2008/12/27)
Winter squash is not just for winter. “Winter” types of squash are on the market in the late summer and fall, as well as winter.

7-Day Menu Planner: Southwest Meatloaf sure to please the family (2008/12/27)
Family Sunday Jazz up the family meal today with Southwest Meatloaf (see recipe) on the menu. Serve the juicy loaf with pinto beans and fresh zucchini. Add a sliced avocado salad along with cornbread (from a mix). For dessert, Grapes wiht Brown Sugar and Sour Cream are festive. For one dessert: Arrange 3/4 cup halved seedless grapes in a dessert dish. Sprinkle grapes with some brown sugar and top with 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream. Chill until ready to serve.

Santa can’t count on cookies everywhere (2008/12/27)
LONDON — Santa’s rounds in Europe can be hungry work.

Real eggnog is a real treat (2008/12/20)
There was a time — we are talking in terms of centuries here — when Christmas and New Year’s would have been considered most unmerry if not for a boozy glass of richly delicious eggnog.

Wine of the Week: Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 (2008/12/20)
Columbia Crest winery in 1978 planted 2,000 acres of vines in Horse Heaven Hills, five years before the Washington state winery’s first production. Twenty-seven years later, the government agreed to the winery’s petition to designate Horse Heaven Hills as an American Viticulture Area.

Reader Exchange: Cheesecake recipes (2008/12/20)
We have more recipes for a dry cottage cheese cheesecake today for our anonymous friend in Sparta.

500 Club: Cranberries (2008/12/20)
The cranberry has long been an important part of our heritage.

7-Day Menu Planner: Make kids night fun with ‘Salty Bones’ (2008/12/20)
Family Sunday Follow the directions on the package and serve a roast turkey breast for family day. Everyone will like your own scalloped potatoes with the turkey. Serve colorful green beans with sliced almonds and a mixed green salad on the side. Add whole-wheat rolls. For dessert, buy a blueberry pie.

Rethinking cookies (2008/12/13)
What could be better than a cookie? How about a cookie that’s an apple pie, too?

12 Days of Cookies and local cookie walks (2008/12/13)
To print more cookie recipes and find out about upcoming cookie walks, click on today’s "door" on our Countdown to Christmas calendar at www.lacrossetribune.com/holiday.

Holiday cookies pair with more than milk (2008/12/13)
Grab a glass, but hold the milk. There are plenty of alternatives for washing down all those holiday cookies. Douglass Miller, an instructor at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., offers some unexpected cookie and drink pairings.

Wine of the Week: Sebeka Sauvignon Blanc 2007 (2008/12/13)
New Zealand dominates the import market for sauvignon blanc, but other countries are getting into the act.

Reader Exchange: Share some good will — and recipes (2008/12/13)
Bob Kious of Lansing, Iowa, recently sent a nice note: “Thank you for the help getting the fish batter recipes, plus tarter and cocktail sauces. I always look forward to trying some of the recipes sent in by Trib’s readers.”

500 Club: Venison is low-fat option for ‘red’ meat dishes (2008/12/13)
If you’ve been hunting, you might be wondering what to do with the venison in your freezer.

7-Day Menu Planner: Moroccan flavor makes family day extra special (2008/12/13)
Family Sunday For family day, make these extra-special Moroccan-Style Beef Kebabs with Spiced Bulgur (see recipe). Serve the savory dish with sugar snap peas and flatbread. Buy a carrot cake for dessert.