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Mom of No Rank
@momofnorank
Candy Corn Science Correspondent & Zen Dietitian
Freelance Candy Corn Science Correspondent for TODAY Show, Registered Dietitian, Dharma-entrusted Soto Zen teacher. @momofnorank on most social media.
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Can a literal old-school recipe ketchup with modern times? 😉 Better Living Through Candy
I'm often asked how I can ever talk about candy as a dietitian. Part of it is that treats are important, but you can use candy to help you improve the overall variety and nutrient density in your meals, too. Using my RD superpowers for good... Sunday Vintage Recipe Roulette!
What could be so wrong about a 1975 "Mexican Salad"?Two words: French Dressing. This story has it all -- Disneyland, Froot Loops, the Dutch East India Company's war for applesauce... I made that Baja Blast-inspired pie.
Taco Bell teased a Baja Blast Pie on social media this week, and then said they aren't releasing it for the foreseeable future. Is it not ready for prime time? Or, are WE not ready for IT? Like that pop song you hate, I couldn't get it out of my mind. So, using my registered dieti In this installment of the special Vintage Recipe Roulette using my grandmother's 1975 church cookbook: Thunder and Lightning Pickles! What could they possibly have to do with women's rights? You might be surprised. My latest for TODAY -- I tried Swamp Soup! It may look like Shrek's bathtub, but it's actually delicious, nutritious, and ready in 15. This week, I make a recipe from one of the most beloved BBC Studios cooks of the 20th century, Fanny Cradock. She was also one of the most hated. Can you still enjoy a recipe written by someone who leaves a bad taste in your mouth? Come along and experience the magic of her outra In this installment of Sunday Vintage Recipe Roulette, the second review from Talk About Good, my grandmother's 1975 community church cookbook! This nuclear neon conglomeration is a real...Dew-sie. Sunday Vintage Recipe Roulette: Calico Casserole!
"Imagine a tumbleweed crossing Death Valley at a leisurely pace, perhaps a half mile a year if it has snagged the desiccated corpse of a Mojave ground squirrel and is dragging it behind. After 30 years, it will have made it across the widest part of the desert. If you then collec This week on Sunday Vintage Recipe Roulette, a re-set! I've done my best to recreate my grandmother's raw cranberry gelatin mold...with just a little bit of a twist. But first, I'll revisit last year's entry into the Aspic Invitational with Chicken Noodle Soup Salad. 🎵🎶Have a ja Holiday Sides...chocolates?
My TODAY Food review of the Phillip Ashley Chocolates and Campbell's Soup Holiday Sides truffles is out! If you read my viral Brach's Turkey Dinner Candy Corn reveiw a few years ago, you'll know these are the culmination of everything I love about food. Chef Phillip Ashley Rix wa This week’s Zen and the Science of Candy Corn installment is a few days early to leave you time to try this one for yourself…if you dare! #HappyThanksgiving Sneak peek! 🎶Y'alllllllllll...guess what I get to try?!?🎶 #HappyThanksgiving #Ifitssidesitrides Flavor deep dive: Licorice!
This installment was a lacrimating exercise in attempting to appreciate Scandinavian-style salty licorice. Not fun to try, but super fun to laugh at me about! Fun fact that I promise is related: "Smelling salts" used to revive a fainting person usually contain ammonia... Bring balance to The Force with a flavor deep dive into cherries -- like swinging in a hammock under the night sky. Artificial cherry, on the other hand? Notes of dewormer and pencil shavings. This week's installment of Zen and the Science of Candy Corn is a throwback Flavor Deep Dive: Marshmallow Fluff! Put on your Sunday best, kids -- you're about to accompany me on a religious experience. Happy National #CandyCorn Day! Please accept this, my magnum opus, as a token of my affection.* *Offer also valid on Halloween, Samhain, Canadian and US Thanksgiving, and Seijiki. Void where prohibited by law, encouraged where prohibited by good taste. Worst recipe ever? It's even Worcestershire than that.
A special Halloween edition of Sunday Vintage Recipe Roulette: Goblin Sandwiches, from the Doughnut Corporation of America's "How to Run a 1946 Halloween Party". #HappyHalloween I'll never be able to express my rage over what happened to her enough, and she'll never be able to express it again. The cruelty and pointless oppression...I'll never understand it.
