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Homemade meals to tackle takeout cravings

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(Family Features) Many busy weeknights come down to one decision for frazzled families: cook at home or give in to takeout cravings. Instead of stressing over a decision, enjoy the best of both worlds and make Asian-inspired dishes from the comfort of your own kitchen.

Featuring a blend of chilled, freshly chopped vegetables; ready-to-eat, pre-cooked noodles; gourmet dressing sauce; and crispy toppings, Fresh Express Hot or Cold Salad and Noodle Meal Kits offer two meal options in every bag – hot or cold – so you can make your salad, your way. Available in Teriyaki, Asian Sweet Ginger and Korean Sesame flavors, they’re the perfect inspiration for making takeout-style dishes at home.

Consider this Marinated Teriyaki Steak with Teriyaki Noodle Salad recipe, which combines juicy steak with crisp vegetables and pre-cooked Udon noodles for the ultimate at-home comfort food in an effortless meal. For a quick and delicious solution that may just become a family go-to, these Teriyaki Tofu Bowls are jam-packed with flavor, noodles and fresh veggies.

These homemade favorites feature a delicious blend of broccoli, red and green cabbage, kale, shredded carrots, radish and green onions in Fresh Express’s Hot or Cold Teriyaki Salad and Noodle Meal Kit. The vegetable blend is tossed with pre-cooked Udon noodles, white sesame seeds and crunchy wontons then finished with a gourmet teriyaki dressing sauce for familiar Asian flavor.

Visit freshexpress.com/hot-or-cold to discover more than 300 fresh recipes and find a store near you.

Marinated Teriyaki Steak with Teriyaki Noodle Salad

Prep time: 1 hour
Cook time: 24 minutes
Servings: 4

  • 1/2 cup dark soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce
  • 1/2 cup unsalted chicken stock
  • 1 pound flank steak
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 bag (16.9 ounces) Fresh Express Hot or Cold Teriyaki Salad and Noodle Meal Kit
  1. In saucepan, add soy sauce, brown sugar, Sriracha sauce and chicken stock; bring to simmer while whisking. Simmer 4 minutes.
  2. Cool mixture down until cool to touch, about 20 minutes.
  3. Slice steak into thin strips and place in bowl. Pour marinade over steak and marinate for 1 hour.
  4. In large pan over medium-high heat, stir-fry steak 2 minutes.
  5. Remove steak from pan and allow to rest.
  6. In same pan used for steak, add oil and cook hot or cold kit according to instructions on bag.
  7. Add steak back to pan and stir to incorporate.
  8. Garnish with toppings from hot or cold kit and serve.

Teriyaki Tofu Bowls

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4

  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 2 teaspoons white pepper
  • 2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice
  • 1/3 cup neutral oil
  • 1 package (16 ounces) extra-firm tofu, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1 bag (16.9 ounces) Fresh Express Teriyaki Hot or Cold Salad and Noodle Meal Kit
  1. In bowl, whisk vinegar, dark soy sauce, honey, ginger, garlic, white pepper and Chinese five-spice until combined.
  2. Slowly pour oil into mixture while whisking vigorously. Place cut tofu in mixture and allow to sit 15 minutes.
  3. Bring large saute pan to medium-high heat and place tofu in, turning when crust forms.
  4. When tofu is finished, set aside and prepare hot or cold salad and noodle meal kit.
  5. Serve with tofu on top of hot or cold salad and noodle meal kit.


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Start the day by sharing a heartwarming breakfast

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(Family Features) A cozy morning at home sharing a delicious breakfast – for many families, it’s a picture of perfection. Whether your brunch favorites include pastries and pancakes or fruits and French toast, enjoying a meal together is a heartwarming way to start the day.

Now, you can savor all your favorite flavors inspired by wish kids. These Bananas Foster French Toast and Peanut Butter and Apple breakfast recipes are made with the freshness and irresistibly soft texture of Butterbread from Nature’s Own, which partnered with Make-A-Wish on a $500,000 donation to highlight and support wish kids through 2026.

Since 1980, the global nonprofit has granted more than 375,000 wishes in the U.S. to children with critical illnesses, helping them build the strength and hope needed to fight their illnesses. Granted wishes can be life-changing, bringing a sense of normalcy to families that can impact entire communities.

To celebrate the partnership, the Slice of Hope Campaign was launched, introducing in-store displays as well as a digital “Well Wish Wall” where shoppers can submit their well wishes for kids to see.

Special-edition bread loaf packaging also highlights the collaboration by sharing inspiring stories from three wish kids: Addison, who fulfilled her dream of experiencing the wonders of Pearl Harbor; Aden, who ventured out for an epic fishing trip; and Joanna, born with an adventurous spirit that wouldn’t rest until she learned to surf the breathtaking shores of Hawaii.

“We are truly honored to partner with Make-A-Wish on this meaningful two-year journey, committing to help grant life-changing wishes,” said Krystle Farlow, senior director of brand management for Nature’s Own. “Together, we hope to continue to inspire and spread goodness, one wish at a time.”

To learn more about the campaign, visit naturesownbread.com/make-a-wish.

Bananas Foster French Toast

Total time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4

French Toast:

  • 4 cups half-and-half
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 stick butter
  • 1 loaf Nature’s Own Butterbread

Bananas Foster Sauce:

  • 1/2 stick butter
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 bananas, sliced lengthwise and quartered
  1. To make French toast: In mixing bowl, combine eggs, half-and-half, cinnamon, sugar and vanilla. Beat until well blended.
  2. On nonstick griddle or griddle pan on medium heat, melt butter.
  3. Dip each bread slice into egg mixture until fully coated (two times each). Place on griddle and cook until each side is slightly brown.
  4. To make bananas foster sauce: Melt butter and brown sugar together; add cinnamon. Once melted into caramel, add sliced bananas.
  5. Continue spooning sauce over bananas in pan.
  6. Plate French toast and spoon bananas with sauce on top of each French toast stack.

Peanut Butter and Apple

Total time: 10 minutes
Servings: 1

  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter
  • 1 slice Nature’s Own Butterbread
  • 1/2 apple, thinly sliced
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  1. Spread peanut butter on one side of bread.
  2. Arrange apple slices on top of peanut butter.
  3. Drizzle honey over apple slices.


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Pink fluff to fancy aspic, Jello has a place in every home

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I have a love/hate relationship with Jello that takes me back to 1986, when I was an exchange student in Hamburg, West Germany.
My host mother was passionate about preparing elaborate aspic dishes, turning our dinners into delightful culinary experiences. Using molds shaped like pork chops and fish, she crafted colorful aspics filled with pickles, ham, carrot medallions, and boiled eggs, all artfully arranged in slightly sour gelatin. It always amazed me how she transformed simple ingredients into beautiful creations served with lettuce or sauerkraut.
One memorable night, she made a fish aspic with smoked herring, pickles, radishes, and boiled eggs. The tomato-based gelatin disguised the fish, which was perhaps a blessing! These aspic meals were often our main course, with our largest meal at midday, and they remind me of the warmth and joy of sharing food and culture around the table.
My mom, Gayle Storey, had a typical 1970s recipe for Jello salad that stood out at the dinner table. She loved using her colorful Tupperware mold to create it.

Read the Love and Luck food column by Suzanne Storey in Thursday’s On The Table feature in The Bowie News.

From beautiful aspic dinner creations to this colorful fruit jello mold, most families have a favorite jello salad.
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Serve simple deliciousness at your next get-together

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(Family Features) If a versatile, easy and economical recipe is just what you need for game day, get-togethers or stress-free evenings at home, these Mini Beef Wellingtons are perfect for you. Enjoy them as a meal with favorite sides or serve as an appetizer the next time you play host.

Visit Culinary.net to find more appetizers, meals, snacks and sides for any occasion.

Watch video to see how to make this recipe!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PIbeZz9pALo%3Fsi%3DBVP5I7Y-mYjkT6RP%26controls%3D0

Mini Beef Wellingtons
Recipe courtesy of “Cookin’ Savvy”

Mushroom Sauce:

  • 1          can (14 ounces) mushrooms
  • 1 1/2    cups chicken broth
  • 3          tablespoons butter
  • 3          tablespoons flour
  • 1          tablespoon garlic powder
  • salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste
  • 1/2       cup heavy cream
  • 8          ounces beef tenderloin steaks, cubed
  • 1          package (17 ounces, 2 sheets) puff pastry
  • water
  • garlic and herb spreadable cheese
  • 1          package (2 1/2 ounces) real bacon pieces
  • mashed potatoes, for serving
  1. To make mushroom sauce: In blender, blend mushrooms and chicken broth; set aside.
  2. In skillet over medium heat, melt butter and mix in flour. Slowly add mushroom broth while stirring. It should start to thicken; if it doesn’t, add 1 tablespoon flour and stir well.
  3. Add garlic powder and salt and pepper, to taste. Mix in heavy cream while continuing to stir. Remove from heat and set aside.
  4. Heat oven to 400 F.
  5. Cube steaks and place in bowl then cover and mix well with 1 cup mushroom sauce.
  6. Cut each puff pastry into six squares for 12 total. Use water to moisten each corner of squares and bring them together, forming small box shape. Place 1 heaping tablespoon meat mixture into each pastry square.
  7. Place squares on parchment paper-covered cookie sheets and bake 15 minutes.
  8. Spoon spreadable cheese over hot squares and top with bacon pieces.
  9. Serve with mashed potatoes and use leftover mushroom sauce as gravy.


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