The 'How to Cook' Blog

My goal was to make a sweet potato dish for Thanksgiving and Christmas that didn’t taste like the traditional style of tasting very similar to pumpkin pie filling as a side dish. This gives you the amazing flavor of sweet potatoes, but gives it it’s own identity, not that of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Try it, You’ll just love how light and fluffy they are…Melt in your mouth! ~  [ Read More ]

These are beautifully delicious, and lovely for dessert liqueur beverages! Lovely for entertaining… ~ Kimberly Edwards Type: Beverage Serve With: whipped cream Prep Time: 1 min Yield: 1 shot Ingredients: If you would like to buy me some new and unique ingredients, or just help me supply my pantry so that I can come up with new and inventive recipes for you, Click Here. Eat Deliciously!

It looks like a sunrise and will get you going for your entire day…Not just Fridays! It’s great for breakfast, but equally as refreshing and invigorating as a break time snack! ~ Kimberly Edwards Type: Beverage Prep Time: 10 min Yield: 2 large glasses Ingredients: If you would like to buy me some new and unique ingredients, or just help me supply my pantry so that I can come up  [ Read More ]

The newest craze in healthy food is the Goji Berry… Goji berries are more scientifically known as Wolfberries or Western Snowberries. (It’s a long story that I won’t cover here as to why they are referred to as Goji now…LOL…Check it out on Wikipedia.) Being that Dried Goji Berries are full of nutrients, powerful antioxidants, and 4 Polysaccharides (complex carbohydrates), they are very healthy… However, since green tea is so  [ Read More ]

Firstly, I love to use wooden spoons and utensils to cook! Now, I watched a health spot on the news the other night that exposed the dangers of putting your wooden utensils in the dishwasher to wash. Although you would think that you are sanitizing them, you are actually opening up the pores of the wood where bacteria from your dishwasher likes to hide. Then, the wood cools after washing  [ Read More ]

Photo above: Kimberly Edwards as “Crazy Doll”, photo by James Willan, Make-Up by Stacey Estabrooks, Hair by Viktorya Maurice I had a photo shoot this past Tuesday, and some cool shots came out of it. The make-up artist, Stacey Estabrooks, was making me into a “crazy doll”… I think they turned out really cool and really creepy! However, I don’t think you should eat these poisoned apples…LOL… Photo above: Kimberly  [ Read More ]

I am flying again today and passing through the Atlanta, Georgia airport again. Well, I’ve eaten at the Atlanta Bread Company twice now, and actually had the same sandwich this time as I did last time. I didn’t remember that my last sandwich was from there until I tasted it. I had the California Avocado sandwich with no onions (because I’m traveling) or provolone cheese (just because I’m not crazy  [ Read More ]

You have heard me sing the praises of The Blue Goose Mexican Cantina’s food…Unbelievable! Whenever I go somewhere I’ve had something amazing to eat, I almost always order the same thing…Why try to fix something that’s not broken? However, we went to the Blue Goose just to eat an appetizer and have some Happy Hour Margaritas… We ordered the Steak Nachos… Hold On…These were thee If you would like to  [ Read More ]

Okay, so I’ve sang the praises of Baker’s Ribs in Dallas, Texas before as having the best BBQ pulled pork sandwiches I’ve ever had in my life! I just love this place, we went there twice this week while I visited Dallas, and I just couldn’t eat another pork dish…LOL… So, I decided to order the sliced BBQ beef brisket plate…OMGoodness! The sliced beef brisket is absolutely

While visiting Dallas this time, I finally got the privilege to visit Central Market. Central Market is a whole-foods, organic-type grocery store/market. That’s a mouthful, right? Well, it is. Not only does it have the prettiest, cleanest, freshest & healthiest-looking produce I’ve seen in quite some time, it is sooo much more. The store is filled with fantastic & “obscure”, mom & pap’s-type organic brands of every kind. The store  [ Read More ]

I had a lay over at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Internional Airport today, and could NOT find a Starbucks in Concourse C. So, I did my best to find myself some caffeine in a non-coffee format. I found Seattle’s Best Coffee and got the Chai Tea Latte… As you know, and I have explained to you before, I am so very picky when it comes to my Chai Tea Lattes…especially when  [ Read More ]