PRODUCT of the Week: La Victoria Enchilada Sauce

La Victoria Enchilada Sauce (red, mild). No sugar, no flour--a great condiment for Latin dishes you can throw easily throw together. Yummy ladled over stuffed peppers, rice and beans--you name it.

Recipes REAL: Making Stuffed Peppers

http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/special-dietary-needs/vegetarian/stuffed-pasilla-peppers/

Making this right now....

Easy Grilled Stuffed Pasilla Peppers

Easy Grilled Stuffed Pasilla Peppers 

These look incredible, and I hope to make them tomorrow.....

Recipes REDUX: Amazing Oat Risotto

Amazing risotto without the rice! Can't wait to try this Oat Risotto, featured in the Wall Street Journal this week. It's a recipe from chef Sean Brock of Charleston, S.C., who works some magic at locavore/heritage-focused eateries Husk and McGrady's.

Recipes REDUX: It's Still Cold Out! Sugarless, Flourless Cookies

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It's still chilly enough in some parts of the northern hemisphere to consider making a warm batch of cookies. Blisstree published a great sugarless, flourless list of cookie recipes a while back, and you can find that list here. Upon closer inspection, there's sugar in them thar recipes--well, some of them--BUT, you can sub in agave, honey, rice syrup or liquid stevia for the sugar. The Almond Macaroons, in particular, can be adapted--as can the Triple Whammy Chocolate cookies (substitute sweetened chocolate chips with carob chips or crushed, unsweetened chocolate).

Recipes REDUX: A French 75 Cocktail Without the Sugar

Finally, a sweet cocktail that does NOT use simple syrup--basically liquified white-sugar. This recipe, for a version of a French 75, dubbed a "Santa Cruz 75," featured in Southwest Airline's Spirit Magazine, was created by Jeff Bareilles, of Manresa, in Los Gatos, Calif., near San Jose. His recipe for the champagne and brandy (normally gin) drink uses honey....