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Salad Basic Tips It is best to choose fresh, crisps greens with no discoloration, wilting, bruises or any other spots.You should always remove stems and roots. When storing line a plastic bag or airtight container with barley damp paper towels, make sure not wet. Put unwashed greens in bag and refrigerate usually for as many as five days. One exception ...Make-up or Mixing Methods for Muffins When muffins aren’t perfect, the first reaction is to change the ingredients in the recipe. Rather than changing the recipe, try a different mixing method.There are two major makeup methods for muffins--the muffin method and the creaming method. In the creaming method, we cream the fat (butter or shortening) with the sugar until light and ...Soup or Stew - If It Is In a Pot I Call It Mojakka Cooking from scratch is fun and satisfying. To say that you made it yourself usually generates compliments. When it comes to making soup or stew there is a difference in the way each is made.For example, soup is a thin watery dish, usually quite clear with vegetables and meat. To make a good tasting soup you first have to boil soup bones. ...Through the Eyes of a Very Young Child I was convinced that the old members of my family were magicians of some kind. Some of the things they did were unbelievable to me. They could take something and turn it into something totally different. I never inquired why certain things were done, I just observed in my own quiet way.I knew some magic was going to be done when they wou ...Preparing Your Food For Winter Summers were always the best time of year for me when I was growing up, except for Saturdays, when my mother would raise the dead with her “Wake-up” voice and we would all have to go out to the garden in the early morning, before the dew was off the grass, and pull weeds. We would all work for a few hours and then she would let us off the chain ...Two for One Dinners: Turkey If you find leftovers boring, uninviting or downright "yuck," then here are some ideas to put the "zing" back into mealtime. With a little creativity your home-cooked meal can easily become a delicious meal another night. There are a six articles in this series, today we are going to look at what you can do with turkey.DINNER - NIGHT ON ...Unique Cake Decorating With Flowers Flowers as a Cake Decoration, unique and easy to place on every one of your cake creations.Flowers, both real and artificial are relatively simple to use. Read through this article to get some great tips and ideas on using real and/or artificial flowers on your cakes.Section 1: Artificial Flowers Section 2: Real Flowers ...What Makes a Premium Sauce? A Dessert Sauce and Ice Cream Topping Buying Guide There you are in your favorite gourmet food market, eyeing up the sweet dessert sauces and gourmet ice cream toppings that are ever so carefully stacked on a display in front of you. You pick up some of the jars and turn them over to see the prices. $7.00 to $10.00!! So you pick another brand and see the prices are much in the same range. Ar ...A Quick Guide to Steaming Vegetables Vegetables can be steamed, boiled, broiled and barbequed but steaming is one of the easiest methods to bring out vegetables full flavor and bright intense color. When vegetables are steamed all the nutrients remain in the vegetables making this a healthier alternative to other cooking methods.Steamed vegetables can be drizzled with a lig ...Save Time in the Kitchen - Cook Pasta the Way Restaurant Chefs Do Have you ever wondered how a restaurant can get a dish of pasta to your table in about four minutes when you know it takes ten minutes just to cook the pasta? Does the water on their stoves boil at a higher temperature than the water on yours? Do they know a trick that you don't? As a matter of fact, they do.They parboil, or partially pre ...Reduce Free Radicals: Antioxidants and Olive Oil “If I’d known I was going to live so long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” -- Leon EldredWe live in an age where we are beginning to see an awareness developing between eating habits and good health. Several buzz phrases like low carb, high protein, and Hoodia are mentioned as a means to gaining a better life while honing a ...Making Homemade Pasta for Dinner Tonight Homemade pasta cooked al dente (to the teeth), is a chewy and light treat. Here are the simple steps to making fresh pasta for dinner tonight.Ingredients for pasta3 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour 4 eggs 4 to 5 tablespoons water 1 tablespoon saltPlace the flour in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the center ...5 Ways to a Perfect Thanksgiving Dinner Thanksgiving is always a busy time and of course you want your Thanksgiving Dinner to be perfect, but each year you seem to behind. Guests show up and dinner is not ready. Well, these five ways for a perfect Thanksgiving Dinner should help ease your stress, so you can also enjoy your meal. First and foremost, plan ahead. Last minu ...Weber Grills Reviewed: Quality that Lasts Barbecuing has long been a favorite pastime for many and the grills people are buying have only become bigger and better as the years go by. But, with so many grills to choose from, how do consumers know which company produces the best? Well, the Weber Grill company has proven itself to be one of the greatest choices when purchasing gas, smoke ...Cooking For The Holidays With the holiday seasons rapidly approaching, people everywhere are already starting to stress out over what to make for the holiday dinner. What to make, who doesn’t eat what, what should the table setting look like, what wines to serve with the meals. Well I am here to tell you that most of that stress really isn’t warranted. The truth about t ...Wok this Way! (Part 1 of 5) IntroductionWoks have been synonymous with Chinese cooking since the emergence of Chinese cuisine. They have been used for some 3000 years in China for a variety of cooking methods, including stir frying, boiling, and steaming. A wok is a large, thin-walled, round-bottomed, metal cooking pan, and shaped like a shallow bowl with handles. T ...14 Easy Cooking Tips for Meat and Poultry Slow Cooker Recipes The first Christmas we spent with my in-laws in their new country home, my mother-in-law wisely gave me a slow cooker. Her thoughtful gift helped Dan and I enjoy the most convenient of all cooking methods, even with our long work days and commute.I'll always treasure the memories of delicious aromas wafting through the front door as we st ...A Treat For The Hunters--Pickled Venison Heart Another deer hunting season is over and I have been presented with several deer hearts. The heart is no different than any other organ meat and can be prepared in a number of ways. One way is to slice it thin and fry it for sandwiches. I have also stuffed the heart and baked it for a main course. Serve it with mashed potatoes and country gravy, ...Wok this Way! (Part 4 of 5) Cleaning and Caring for Your Wok Non-stick woks do not require seasoning, and come with simple cleaning instructions from the manufacturers, while steel carbon and iron woks require seasoning. Cleaning a seasoned wok is a lot different than a non-stick wok, and this is what we will cover here.We will start with an important reminder: Do NOT use a steel wool scouring pad ...Healthy Foods That Your Kids Will Love Is getting your kids to eat healthy foods is a battle in your home? If so, you’ll love these tips that will make your kids happy and give you the satisfaction of knowing you are feeding them foods that are good for them.Start the Day RightYou can give your kids a delicious, healthy breakfast by getting rid of the ready to eat cerea ...Develop Healthy Eating Habits Last time I opened the door of the fridge I was really hungry and became really frustrated to discover that all my health food has gradually disappeared and I was left with some ketchup, an egg and an ice-cold water container. Since I come from a family that has always been stacking the fridge with food that one could not consider as healthy, wh ...The Best Tips for Storing, Serving and Buying Cheese Cheese is more than buying a block of yellow cheese in a plastic wrapper from your local grocery store. There are so many different kinds of cheese and flavors of cheese that you need to search out the best places to buy cheese. There are specific things you can do that will help keep the freshness of your cheese and surely enhanced the unique f ...Stay Focused When Chopping Onions My Friends If you like to eat healthy then perhaps you like to make a salad and chop a few vegetables. My favorites are onions, bell peppers, celery, carrots, mushrooms, beets, tomatoes and such. Once you chop them all into little pieces you throw them in a bowl with lettuce and viola; a salad. Toss it around and you have a killer creation.Also you ...Adapting Recipes Using Your Microwave All recipes found on my blog have been made with microwaves that are in the 650-700 watt range. If your microwave of a different power rating you will need to make adjustments to the recipes called for on my blog.First, check the owners manual and see if it tells you how much the power rating on your microwave is. If so remember/write t ...Turkey And Sausage Gumbo After the festivities have finished, the noise has quieted down, the last verse of Auld Lang Syne sung and the party guests hugged and wished success for the coming year, it is time for serving them a thick bowl of gumbo made with the leftover turkey saved from the Christmas day meal and some of that wonderful smoked sausage received as a gift. ...Grilled Pineapple - The Perfect End to Your Barbecue Grilled pineapple is a perfect dessert for your barbecue. It is tasty, easy to do, great looking, and your guests will love it. Grilling brings out an intense flavor that is delicious.Make sure to get a ripe pineapple. Look for one that has a nice smell and has crisp green leaves. Prepare the pineapple by cutting off the top and outer ...Fresh Paella Anyone? Paella is a traditional Spanish recipe that has seen many different various evolve, all of them equally as delectable! You can make paella with seafood in the real traditional sense or with chicken, rabbit, or a vegetarian version. The one ingredient that remains the same for any type of paella dish however is the rice.The Right Paella ...Shaking the Salt Habit - a Low Sodium Appproach to a Low Salt Diet Congratulations! You have taken the first step towards a healthier lifestyle. First things first, though. Remove that salt shaker from your table and replace it with Mrs. Dash seasoning or a blend of your own choosing.You will soon be amazed at how good your food tastes, now that it isn't clouded by excessive sodium. All foods have their ...Choosing the Best Cuts of Beef Are you wondering how to choose the best beef for your cooking needs? However you choose to cook the beef you select, the same criteria apply to choosing beef. Select meat that is bright red with veins of fat, or marbling, through it. The red color indicates that the beef is freshly cut. The fat running through the meat provides juiciness and ...The Gentle Art of Frying A stranger approached the Abbey, or so the story goes, and hammered on the old oaken door.As the sound of his knocking reverberated through the interior and died away, footsteps could be heard approaching. The ancient portal creaked open, revealing a figure dressed in a long brown habit and clutching a skillet in his gnarled old hand. ...
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