Category: Blog
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What’s A Gas Streak Doing In My Kitchen?
Cooking shows abound everywhere, and I must admit I watch a good share of them. Sometimes I watch with full attention, sometimes with half an ear tuned in to what is happening on the screen. Either way I have picked up some useful information, some good ideas, and a few recipes worth jotting down for…
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“But I Don’t Want to Go To Jail!”
Many years ago while growing up in Wisconsin I vividly remember illegal margarine and being very, very, terrified of just seeing that spread on our table! Really? Really! Wisconsin, being a dairy state had laws pertaining to the protection of butter. Butter had to be used in restaurants, in schools and other institutions. Margarine, technically…
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Home Security
Living in the country I have loved having chickens. At first the poultry was for our daughter when only 8 or 9 to help develop her entrepeneurial skills with her little egg business. She is all grown -up now. Next the poultry was for our boys to have a 4-H project. They are all grown-up…
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Say It’s Not True!
Our son and his family are finally ‘home’after living in Alaska the past few years. Their new, beautiful, daughter is a delight. Happy all the time! So after their long awaited arrival they are here in my kitchen, sitting around our island as we fuss over the little one we haven’t seen in nearly eight…
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Keep Your Mushrooms Fresh!
Love mushrooms fresh and crisp? I sure do! Mushrooms easily add to just about any dish. They can be an appetizer or a main dish by themselves. Mushrooms are just plain versatile. Mushrooms, like many perishables, can go from good to bad in a hearbeat. I have had my share of surpirses when I reached…
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What’s Pink, Sparkley, and Works Magic?
Pink salt – that’s what! Pink salt? Until recently I too had nevr heard of pink salt, or more specifically Himalayan Pink Salt. As of just a few days ago white table salt no longer lives in my kitchen. Tossed, gone, good-bye, never come again! White table salt is high in sodium. Just one teaspoon…
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Drum Roll….. It’s A Dud! Or.. Gluten-Free Dog Treats!
Goodness, lots of ingredients, lots of time, and eventually lots of frustration have at times gone into my food mistakes. I hate food mistakes, especially mistakes I make consciously thinking they are not mistakes! I guess that means I am even confident of my mistakes, which is probably not a good thing. When cooking I…
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Stuffed Potato Prep 101
Filled, baked potatoes are so delicious! They can be filled with just about anything, or simply mash the potato you scooped from the peel and put it back in the shell to be browned and served as a twice-baked potato. Preparing potatoes to be filled is really easy. Wash and poke large baking potatoes. You…
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Roasted Chicken, Roasted Corn, Roasted Mangos?
Roasting a mango intensifies its sweetness and deepens its total flavor. Mangos are packed with vitamin C and are very good for you. Mangos are easy to roast. Choose mangos that are a bit firm, a bit soft, but not mushy. They should feel like a nectarine that is ready to eat. Wash mangos and remove…
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Meatballs-in-Mass
If you like meatballs, make them by the zillions! Meatballs work as an appetizer, as a main course. They just work! Turkey meatballs, beef meatballs, veggie meatballs, they are all so practical and delicious! When I make meatballs I always at least double the recipe. I use an ice cream scoop and lay them out…