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Dear PG Tips Tea…
Jan21

Dear PG Tips Tea…

First of all, I must say I’m your biggest fan!!! My entire family drinks PG Tips Tea. In fact, it was introduced to my family by my English nanny when I was a baby. Her name was Doreen, and like a proper tea-drinking English nanny, she made sure she educated us about good English tea. In fact, she threw out all of our other tea boxes in the entire house and stocked it with PG Tips. We have never used another “plain”,...

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PG Tips Tea & Florida Crystals Combine to Make Odd Flavor

What Does That Mean? Well, I can tell you my story… When I drink black tea, I almost always only drink PG Tips brand, care of my English nanny from when I was a baby. It’s the BEST black tea in existence to me and the people around me! I bring PG Tips tea bags with me when I travel, as you never can find them ANYWHERE!!! So, I buy filtered water at a grocery store and make it at home, where I am staying. This past visit to...

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A New Member for Fermenters Anonymous
Dec30

A New Member for Fermenters Anonymous

Once you decide to go ahead & try creating your own fermented treats at home, you may need Fermenters Anonymous! Someone should start Fermenters Anonymous, simply for avid lovers of fabulous home ferments to share their ideas, successes & failures. Trial & error – that’s how fermenters perfect their visionary projects. What Have We Been Fermenting? Wine: We often make our own homemade wine. This year, we went...

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How to Make Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine + Video
Dec01

How to Make Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine + Video

 Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine is a great idea for most any poultry, at any time of the year! Brining will do wonders to kick up the flavors, especially of your Holiday turkey, using this poultry brine recipe and directions. Until you try this method of preparing poultry for roasting, you won’t fully appreciate the fantastic results as your birds are more moist, more tender and have much more flavor, as the delicious...

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How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey + Video
Nov10

How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey + Video

Holidays are the time for turkeys, but for me, I love roasted turkey and could enjoy it any time of the year, especially when this recipe for How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey is used. There’s nothing like a golden brown, roasted turkey with crispy, tasty skin, and moist, juicy turkey meat. The savory aroma carries throughout the house, making taste buds dance & mouths water. Whether it’s Thanksgiving,...

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How to Cook Prunes Stewed in Orange Juice
Nov04

How to Cook Prunes Stewed in Orange Juice

Stewed Prunes in Orange Juice is on the menu tonight for dessert over ice cream. How to Stew Prunes in Orange Juice: The flavor of prunes ripens nicely when stewed in tea, and we will take advantage of that fact along with the orange juice to impart amazing flavor into the prunes, as well as leaving you with a flavorful fruit cordial & tea blend to enjoy afterwards. Type: Stew Recipe Serve with: ice cream, whipped cream, yogurt or...

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How to Brew Rose Water Iced Tea + Video
Jan19

How to Brew Rose Water Iced Tea + Video

Today, I wanted to create a new iced tea flavor we haven’t had in a while. I love Rose Water, and if you’ve never tried it, and like the smell of roses, you may just like the flavor too. Rose Water does a marvelous job flavoring desserts, as well as beauty products alike. A fabulous pink coloration can color other foods, as well as impart an aroma that’s out of this world, and a flavor that is certainly one of my...

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How to Brew Cranberry Lemon Oil Iced Tea from Scratch
Jan09

How to Brew Cranberry Lemon Oil Iced Tea from Scratch

This is a lovely recipe perfect for the Holidays as an iced tea, but can be heated up as a hot tea as well to enjoy fire-side. Now, the recipe calls a cranberry syrup, also called cordial. I have included the link to the recipe and the cooking video tutorial for How to Make Cranberry Cordial. Only the peels or “shells” of the lemons are used in this recipe, and not in the typical way I often do it.  What I wanted to do was...

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How to Make Orange Cardamom Iced Tea + Video
Nov26

How to Make Orange Cardamom Iced Tea + Video

If you are a regular viewer of my show or reader of the “How to Cook” Blog here @ CookingWithKimberly.com, then you know I’m a tea lover. There is always a pitcher of iced tea in my refrigerator, and I often like to play around with the flavors using different types of teas, spices, sweeteners and fruits. This is another great recipe that will “knock your socks off” that can be enjoyed hot or cold. Type:...

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How to Make Blueberry Clementine Iced Tea + Video
Sep12

How to Make Blueberry Clementine Iced Tea + Video

If you weren’t sold by the fabulously simply awesome flavor of the Wild Blueberry Tea from Prince Edward Island I featured previously, then try out this amazing tea making it cold… …Iced Tea is on the menu today, but not just ANY iced tea. Blueberry Clementine Iced Tea! Be ready to awaken your taste buds. Type: Tea Recipe Serve With: sugar or honey, if desired. Prep Time: 3 min Steep/Brew Time: 5 mins Yield: ~ 1...

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How to Make Ginger Lemon Iced Tea from Scratch + Video
May04

How to Make Ginger Lemon Iced Tea from Scratch + Video

As you may already know from following me here @ CookingWithKimberly.com, I love tea…I am a tea connoisseur of sorts. LOL When it starts becoming warm outside, I start craving iced tea…The same goodness of my favorite tea, PG Tips, but cold with amazing flavors! Now, here is my most basic, but so amazing all on it’s own, Southern-Style Sweet Brewed Iced Tea Recipe, if you want to start off slowly with the flavors....

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Sweetened Condensed Milk in my Tea
Apr23

Sweetened Condensed Milk in my Tea

How do you like your morning tea? As you know, I love tea. It’s one of my favorite indulgences, and I’m very specific on how I like my tea, especially my staple, orange pekoe black tea, PG Tips. I like it the same way every time, except on rare occasions.  Typically, I have 2 sugars and a quick drop of milk. However, when I’m in a “mood” or we are out of milk in the refrigerator, I will venture into the...

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One Month Grocery Shopping Strike: Day 5
Feb03

One Month Grocery Shopping Strike: Day 5

This is Day Five of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! Today was kind of a bust for me since I ran around all day doing errands, but for dinner I made the most amazing Crusted Pork Loin with Pre-Spring Salad. The pork was in our big freezer, crust from ingredients in our pantry and we had lettuce and fresh vegetables in the fridge! Recipe to follow. The family had 2 cans of Chunky Chicken & Corn Chowder Soup for lunch,...

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