24 gouda recipes

A little recipe that is good as caterpillar cake for kids

This simple crockpot recipe is easy to make and the dish tastes just as good as if it came off the barbecue.

This makes a dip that is delicious on raw vegetables or spread on French bread, and is good as an appetizer, snack or light lunch.

Garlic toast brushed with slow-infused garlic olive oil and baked until pale gold. A three-ingredient Italian appetizer base ready for grilled red peppers or any topping.

Fresh cucumber rounds hollowed out and filled with roasted eggplant paté blended with almonds, garlic, and parsley. A cool, elegant vegetarian appetizer that looks as good as it tastes.

Homemade kiwi fruit jellies made with fresh kiwi puree, lemon juice, and pectin, then cut into shapes and rolled in sugar. A bright, tangy candy that looks as good as it tastes.

Mixed greens tossed with shaved fennel, thin pear slices, toasted walnuts, Parmesan, and a balsamic-olive oil drizzle. A no-cook fall or winter salad that takes 15 minutes and looks as good as it tastes.

If you omit the raw egg, you still get a nice sauce. According to an ancient proverb, "Garlic is as good as 10 mothers." If the latest flu bug has hit your house--and whose has escaped--you may be ready to test claims for garlic's medicinal powers.