The 'How to Cook' Blog

Ask my husband and he’ll tell you his favorite meal I make for him. Every single birthday or special occassion, he asks me to make homemade macaroni and cheese, alongside mushrooms with port wine and balsamic sauce. Strange, but true! It’s his 2 favorite dishes I make in one…LOL ~ Kimberly Edwards Type: Side Dish Recipe or Sauce Recipe Serve With: Filet mignon or a great steak Prep Time: 7  [ Read More ]

How Can Reishi Mushrooms Benefit You? By Keith Kearney It’s not a big secret that mushrooms have been known to be very good for you. Reishi mushrooms are one of the top three medicinal mushrooms that has been used for centuries in ancient Asian cultures. The great thing about the Reishi mushroom is the balance it gives to both your body and mind. This ancient ingredient has been used to  [ Read More ]

These may very well be the tastiest morsels to pop into your mouth. They just burst with flavor! ~ Kimberly Edwards Type: Appetizer Serve With: By themselves or with an arrangement of cherry tomatoes or other hors d’oeuvres Prep Time: 12 min Cook Time: 30 min Yield: ~ 4 dozen small muffin size, ~ 1.5 dozen large muffin size Ingredients for Tassie Shells: 1 slice Bread per tassie with crusts  [ Read More ]

If you want the best food, you’ve got to go to the source! Travel to that locale, take in the scenery and enjoy the unbelievably delicious food. You want Asian Cuisine? Go there, experience the showmanship of well-trained chefs that take their cuisine so seriously, it’s their way of life. Asian food, especially around the Asian Pacific, is full of interesting flavors with high impact taste, as well as delicately  [ Read More ]

Looking for something that tastes super indulgent, but without all those extra calories and fat? This soup is perfect to impress your taste buds and your family! There never seems to be enough leftover because you’ll be left wanting more. This delicious and creamy soup has a splash of red wine and is so indulgent, it seems sinful, but it’s actually good for you. Kenney, my husband, actually customized this  [ Read More ]

Many mushrooms come in dried forms and some exotic mushrooms only come in dried forms in stores. Trumpet, lobster, maitake, morrels, chantrelles, porcini, miscellaneous “field” mushrooms, and truffles all come dried. When you see them in their packages, you might be thinking, “Hmmm…That sounds cool, but how can I use them?” First off, dried mushrooms are great additions to creamy dishes, sauces, pastas, stuffings, soups and egg dishes too. However,  [ Read More ]

My favorite “vegetable” (well, it’s really a fungus, but whatever…LOL) is the mushroom! It was understood as I grew up that mushrooms were tasty, yes, but they didn’t have much nutritional benefits other than a bit of fiber and lots of water. Until last year, this is what I thought. However, mushrooms are chock full of all kinds of special nutrients, vitamins and minerals that can only be found in  [ Read More ]

Yes, infant formula can get pricey, can’t it? Especially since on October 1st, 2009, the Women, Infants and Children program has started an initiative to encourage mothers to breastfeed because the funding for such things as infant formula, baby foods, juices, and fresh fruits and vegetables has been cut. Many families will have to pay for infant formula themselves that are on the WIC program. However, there are ways to  [ Read More ]

Get ready for the Holiday COOKIExchange from Hershey’s Kisses… In fact, be sure to enter to win an ultimate hosting party for a Hershey’s Kisses Cookie Exchange for you, your family and friends. Hershey’s Kisses is choosing 1,000 people to host one of these ultimate Cookie Exchange Parties. You’ll get free Hershey’s kisses, coupons for other products, a Hershey’s Kisses cookie jar and If you would like to buy me  [ Read More ]

When I was young, I had an English nanny, Doreen. She was a rather influenial part of MyLife. What an amazing lady that I loved so much. She was so sweet to me, my sister and my family! She always made sure we’d eaten and had something to drink in traditional English style, and that I was prim and proper in a clean, beautiful outfit! I’ve spoken of her before  [ Read More ]

When life gives you carrots, make roasted carrot soup! I looked in my mother’s fridge after returning from my trip to Dallas, hungry for a Fall soup…Running low on ingredients, my mother did have a lot of carrots – Thus, Kimberly’s Creamy Roasted Carrot Soup emerged… ~ Kimberly Edwards Type: Main Dish Serve With: Dollop of sour cream or plain yogurt and chopped chives. Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time:   [ Read More ]

I love Asian food and I even love cooking Asian food at home. The problem, for most people, however, is that Asian food often requires a lot of ingredients that are otherwise not used in other cuisines. These ingredients can get expensive because Asian flavors are very complex and you only use a little bit of many seasonings, which may also go bad before you could use the entire bottle  [ Read More ]

My good friend, Melania McCarley, from Dallas, Texas has made us this delicious treat a few times when we’ve visited her home. She is Costa Rican and creates really tantalizing tidbits like chimichurri, also known as pico de gallo (be sure to click that link for her original recipe). However, she really outdoes herself when it comes to dessert. Melania gave me her recipe for Tres Leches, but I couldn’t  [ Read More ]

Have you been waiting to experience real tailgating in the your own backyard on your own patio or deck this Fall? Have you been dreaming of the smokey, charbroiled deliciousness of tasty tidbits off your very own amazing stainless steel grills you see all over television cooking shows? Have you been imagining you could barbecue just like Emeril Lagasse? Fire Magic Grills can make all of that happen, with a  [ Read More ]

Have you heard of Native American Natural Foods? It’s a food company started by the Lakota Indians from their reservation in Kyle, South Dakota. The Tanka Bar is their best selling product. Check out this great video that explains it all… I love that their using their traditional Native American recipes and helping their community, and the rest of the world, overcome health problems such as obesity and If you  [ Read More ]

That’s right…Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend! It kicks off the beginning of the Holiday season with American Thanksgiving shortly after, Christmas in December, New Year’s celebrations, Valentine’s Day, then Easter…It seems there’s an occasion every single month until the middle of Spring! So, with all that cooking, I have my secret weapon in the kitchen when it comes to kitchen tools… …The large mixing bowl! In fact, you’ll want to  [ Read More ]

My hubby and I often sneak off to Taco Cabana during the day if we need a quick meal while we’re working on fixing up a property or simply running around doing errands. For lunch today, that’s exactly what we did. We stopped at the Taco Cabana in Rockwall, Texas (Dallas) off I-30 by the lake. It sure looked like a nice location and everything was clean and new. We  [ Read More ]

Vegetables…perfect for any occassion, any season, any cuisine… If you’re looking for a little something different or that “je ne sais quoi” you crave with your usual home cooked veggies, of course, you can check out the Vegetable category on my site here. However, you can also head on over to FoodConnect, which has a free registration and membership, click the Recipe tab and do a search for “vegetables” or  [ Read More ]

I’ve never had a Chipotle restaurant meal that I didn’t love. Their burritos are huge like FreeBirds, their salad bowls are my favorite, burrito bowls look amazing, etc. They have chicken, steak, ground beef, barbacoa and I believe one other type of meat to choose from. I always grab a salad bowl…they’re so filling even though it’s salad. They come with their signature Chipotle-Honey vinaigrette that’s superb. * Tip: Don’t  [ Read More ]

What’s better than social networking? Social Networking for Foodies!!! That’s what…LOL If you’re a serious foodie, like I’m sure you are if you’re here reading this, FoodConnect.com is a fun place to network with people that appreciate food as much as you do. Not only can you network and socialize with fellow foodie members, you can invite folks, check out amazing recipes, cool food articles from foodie experts, check out  [ Read More ]