Jim Hillibish: Turn to sliders for your Super Bowl party

Amid this fun, the term “slider” justly is expanding to mean any miniature sandwich in a dinner roll. There are fish ones, club ones, reuben ones, chicken salad ones...

USDA Announces General Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program Funding

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Kansas State Conservationist Eric B. Banks announced recently the availability of General Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP) funding to enter into agreements with eligible partners to carry out high priority wetland protection, restoration and enhancement activities on eligible lands.

Trading Post: Super Bowl recipes include Jalapeno Poppers, White Chicken Chili

If you watch the Super Bowl with friends on Sunday, you’ll need to eat. And if you choose not to turn on the TV, you’ll still need to eat. So here are a few recipes to get you through the day.

Super Bowl recipes: Popcorn is a sweet and salty snack

Other suggestions: Sprinkle on a little salt and sugar for a sweet and salty snack. Or try popping in a garlic-infused olive oil or other flavored oil. Here are a few other ideas.

Saimi Bergmann: Make your own cream-of-something soup

It has become a problem for cooks trying to make dinner for $1 a serving, or $5 per meal, when a can of Campbell’s is $1.29 or more. We could save by creating our own cream-of-something soup (or white sauce).

Best Dish: Pumpkin Pancakes recipe

Best Dish is an occasional feature that highlights the favorite recipes of home cooks.

Recipe: Cocoa Chicken

Chocolate isn’t just for dessert anymore. As you know, this delicious and healthful ingredient is being integrated into main dishes because of its beneficial antioxidants and flavonoids.

Kitchen Call: Fish with a French accent

Last week’s freezing temperatures, unexpected and equally unwelcome, found me wrapped in a warm blanket watching old DVDs. One of my favorites, “Julie and Julia,” transported me to another place.

PAM'S PANORAMA: 'Grocery shopping tips to save you time and money'

If you make your list correspond to your local store’s layout it will reduce your time going up and down the aisle to find what you are looking for.

Trading Post: Recipes that call for Girl Scout cookies

With the Girl Scout cookie drive underway, Carole Smith of Peoria, Ill., shares a few recipes that call for the delicious childhood cookies.

Dinner for a dollar: A slow-roasted chicken in every pot

Recently, when I’ve stopped for a rotisserie-cooked chicken at various grocery stores, I have been struck by how much they have shrunk. The last one was about the size of a pigeon.

Easy recipe: Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Here's an easy recipe to try: Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies from Nestle.

Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Chili

I love the original best, but their Buffalo Style Hot Sauce comes in a close second. As a fan of all things Buffalo wings, I can’t wait to try Tabasco’s recipe for Buffalo Chicken Chili.

Easy recipe: 7-Layer Taco Dip

You’ve no doubt had 7-Layer Taco Dip with ground beef, but how about ground sausage? If you’re a fan of Bob Evans sausage, this recipe is a must-try for you.

Trading Post: Pasta E Fagioli and Praline Apple Bread

With cold weather finally arriving, soup is the perfect dish –– warm, comforting and not packed with calories. The pasta e fagioli at Olive Garden is popular, and there are many look-alike recipes for that soup in cookbooks and on the Internet.

Jennifer Mastroianni: A creamy feta delight

I love leafing through food magazines. I always find several recipes worth ripping out to add to my ever-growing “Wanna Make It” pile. The most recent rip-out was Creamy Feta Potatoes, which I thought would be great as a side dish for dinner. I tried them, and they were.

Jim Hillibish: Reward yourself with a chocolate toddy

We know what we’re facing: sub-zero cold, blizzards so hard they sting, cars and driveways out of commission. Consider the hot chocolate toddy: creamy, not overly sweet, liquid energy. Think of it often as you labor outside. It’s your reward.

Easy recipe: Peanut Butter Caramel French Toast

Hosting a brunch? Here’s an easy make-ahead French toast recipe from Jif Peanut Butter. Heads up, though. This is not a low-cal, healthful breakfast food. This is pure decadence. Yummy, caramely, sugary, buttery decadence.

Toast 2012 with a Champagne cocktail

A toast of Champagne at midnight is the traditional way to welcome in the new year with friends. But a more stylized way to say hello to 2012 would be to fill the flutes with a Champagne cocktail.

Thank Charles Dickens for today's Christmas dinner

If you’re eating a fancy Christmas dinner this year, give some credit to Charles Dickens. Click inside for recipes from the 2008 re-publication of Dickens’ “A Christmas Dinner.” We also interview the historian who created it.

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