Famous Meals from Movies

Delicious Recipes from Hollywood

This is awards season – and while you’re watching your favorite stars on the red carpet – we’re thinking about the food that makes us drool on the big screen! In honor of this weekend’s Screen Actors Guild Awards and the upcoming Oscars we’re recreating our favorite movie meals.

MSN has compiled a great list of movies and the foods the films are famous for. Here are a few of our favorites, along with recipes to make at home!

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“Chocolat” makes my sweet tooth swoon! The scenes in Juliette Binoche’s chocolate shop are beautiful tributes to dessert and the healing power of chocolate. Make homemade dark chocolate truffles and thank us later! (We can’t promise Johnny Depp will show up.) These would also be a wonderful gift for Valentine’s Day.

Perfect Pie Crust

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How to make a perfect pie crust

There’s just something about baking – the warmth it brings to your home, the smells that fill up your kitchen and the delicious food you create. And if you can follow a recipe – you can bake. In honor of National Pie Day today – we’re going to tackle how to make the perfect pie crust.

Making a pie crust can seem intimidating – but it doesn’t have to be. We promise! But, there are a few key things you have to keep in mind.

Weekly Ad Recipe – Roasted Rosemary Chicken

This baked chicken and veggies flavored with lemon juice is a very hearty meal.   If you like Kalamata Olives I have added a 1/2 cup of them to this recipe along with the other vegetables and it added a real zest to the vegetables.

Ingredients

3 Lb. Whole Chicken
1 Lemon
1 tsp. Olive Oil
1 T. Dried Rosemary Leaves, crushed
1/4 tsp. Pepper
1 1/2 Lb. Small Red Potatoes, cut into fourths
2 Medium Zucchini, cut into 1” pieces
14.5 Oz. Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic & Oregano, drained

Directions

Heat oven to 400°F. Remove and discard giblets from chicken. In shallow roasting pan, place chicken, breast side up. Grate peel from lemon and cut lemon in half; squeeze and reserve juice from lemon. Place squeezed lemon halves inside chicken. In small bowl, mix lemon peel, lemon juice and oil until well blended. Drizzle half of lemon mixture over chicken. Sprinkle and pat down dried rosemary leaves and pepper over skin of chicken. Using string, tie legs and tail together. In large bowl, mix potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes and remaining lemon juice mixture. Arrange vegetables around chicken in pan. Bake 1 to 1.5 hours until internal temperature reaches 1800 and vegetables are tender. If desired, add salt and pepper to taste.
Makes 6 Servings

Suggested Wine Pairing

Columbia Crest Grand Estates Chardonnay

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Weekly Ad Recipe – Asian Chicken Salad

This recipe is so good!!!  Sometimes when I make it I leave out the chicken so I can serve it as a side salad. I have also added a 1/2-tsp. of Pepper Sauce to the dressing mixture before tossing it with the salad. I gives it an extra zip to the salad.

Ingredients

1 Cup Asian Ginger Dressing
3.75 Oz. Almond Accents
9 Oz. Vermicelli
2 Cups Packaged Cole Slaw Mix, chopped
10 Oz. Romaine Mix
11 Oz. Mandarin Oranges, drained
1 Cup Mini Sweet Peppers, diced
2 Cups Rotisserie Chicken, shredded

Directions

Bring a pot of water to boil. Cook noodles according to package directions and rinse with cold water. Pat noodles dry. In a bowl, toss together noodles with 1/2 cup Asian Ginger Dressing. Add remaining ingredients to the bowl; pour remaining 1/2 cup Asian Ginger Dressing over all and toss. Sprinkle top of salad with Almond Accents and serve.
Makes 6 Servings

Suggested Wine Pairing

McManis Viognier

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Best Recipes for Cheese

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National Cheese Day

Cheese just might be a perfect food – delicious right out of the package, a perfect topping for crackers, downright decadent when melted and right at home in savory and even sweet dishes. Cheese is also a good source of calcium and protein. Since January 20 is National Cheese Day – we’re looking at the best ways to store and serve your favorite cheeses. We’re happy to offer a variety of cheese at Coborn’s and CobornsDelivers to keep you stocked!

How to Store Cheese

First – how are you storing the cheese you just bought? You want to make sure it keeps its freshness and flavor as long as possible. These tips for storing cheese will keep your fromage super fresh.

• The best place for cheese is in your refrigerator’s vegetable crisper.
• Use a fresh piece of plastic wrap or wax paper to rewrap cheese after each use.
• Typically, the harder the cheese the longer it will last.

Hearty Vegetarian Meals

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Hearty Dishes For Meatless Meals

When you’re eating a meal without meal – don’t just think you have to settle for a salad. While we love salads at Coborn’s and CobornsDelivers – sometimes you want a hearty dish to really stick to your bones! Look to beans, chickpeas and veggies that hold up well to grilling to make a dish heartier.

Flatbread stuffed with Curried Potatoes, Spinach & Chickpeas is like an Indian version of a calzone. It’s a great recipe to have children help make – they can help you roll out the dough, stuff the flatbreads and even mix the toppings!

Coborn’s Pharmacies Go Green with New Recycling Program

Coborn's Pharmacist - Amanda

Coborn’s Pharmacies are becoming better stewards of the environment with a new plastic recycling program. Coborn’s Pharmacies are now partnering with Bettendorf, Iowa-based Greystone MFG to recycle and repurpose the plastic vessels in which they receive bulk medications from manufacturers.

As a corporate citizen, Coborn’s believes that it is responsible for seeking out ways to become more engaged in reusing, reducing and recycling. This program is exciting because not only is it the right thing to do for the environment, but it will reduce the company’s garbage hauling expenses. It’s a win-win situation.

After Coborn’s collects and transports the stripped bottles to Greystone MFG, Greystone MFG shreds, washes and reduces the product to its rawest form before repurposing it into plastic pallets, which are then used by other businesses to ship new product to retailers such as Coborn’s.

When you consider that the plastic pallets in Coborn’s back rooms may now be made of plastic bottles the company has recycled, it reinforces that Coborn’s plays a real and tangible role in sustaining the environment. It’s a very real example of our business bringing the “reuse, reduce, recycle” process full circle.

In addition to this plastic recycling program, Coborn’s has recycling programs for paper, cardboard, and more! Everyone plays a part in preserving our planet and Coborn’s is proud to practice eco-friendly business operations.

How to Make a Pork Roast

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Delicious and Easy Recipes for Roast Pork

If you’re looking for a meal to wow dinner guests or feed a crowd – a prime pork roast is a great piece of meat to cook. It’s economical, flavorful and roasting is pretty simple to do! You just need to follow a few steps to create a delicious dinner your family will love.

No matter what recipe you use – you just season the meat, place it on a rack in a shallow pan and roast away. When the meat is nearly done, you remove from it pan and cover. Let it rest for at least 5 minutes before carving to let the juices redistribute. You can add in a step to brown the meat before putting it in the oven but honestly, it’s that easy to make a tasty dinner that you can entertain with! Plus, Farmland Natural 4 lb. Chef Prime Pork Roasts are currently on sale at Coborn’s and CobornsDelivers. This all natural pork has no added hormones or artificial ingredients and is minimally processed.

Weekly Ad Recipe – Coborn’s Favorite Party Mix

Great recipe to try for your Football party!

Ingredients

4 Cups Rice Chex Cereal
4 Cups Corn Chex Cereal
4 Cups Wheat Chex Cereal
4 Cups Life Cereal
3 Cups Pretzel Sticks
2 Cups Spanish Peanuts, roasted & salted
1 Cup Butter Or Margarine
1/4 Cup Worcestershire Sauce
1 T. Seasoned Salt
2 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp.  Onion Powder

Weekly Ad Recipe – Italian Garden Salad

I have made this recipe several times and I have added fresh basil leaves to give it an extra Italian flair.  Sometimes I even substitute a 10 oz. package of Italian greens for the romaine lettuce when I serve my homemade Spaghetti Sauce.

Ingredients

10 Cups Romaine Lettuce
2 Cups Fresh Mushrooms, sliced
2  Tomatoes, chopped
1 Zucchini, sliced
1/4 Cup Red Onion, chopped
1/4 Cup Fresh Basil Leaves, chopped (optional)
3/4 Cup Italian Dressing