How to Wash Your Wooden Spoons
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 and it closes the pores of the wood, bacteria...
How to Bake Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake
In our house, we love Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake with warm spices and delicious dried fruits, always reminds me of the aromas of the Holidays. Even those, who say they don’t like fruitcake, rave about this Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake. It just isn’t Christmas, if our favorite fruitcake isn’t on our dessert platter of goodies. Note: This recipe calls for nuts, and since some people don’t eat nuts, I...
How to Make Severed Hand Punch: Halloween Treats
Severed Hand Punch is not only frightening to hear, but freakish to serve for a scary Halloween party! This delicious punch that can be adapted for children or adults by adding or omitting vodka. Severed Hand Punch: Mixing a package each of orange & purple drink mix will create a disgusting, dark color, perfect for such a ghoulish Halloween party! Type: Beverage Recipe Prep Time: about 10 – 12 min Freeze Time: 2 – 3...
How to Can Mom’s Dill Pickles + Video
I am excited to show you How to Can Mom’s Dill Pickles with my amazing Mother! The recipe my mother uses is one where she combined my German grandmother’s recipe, and my Ukrainian grandmother’s recipe, and she came out with her own recipe which, in my opinion is the best of two worlds. Our family is wild about mom’s dill pickles. When I was away at university, mom and dad used to stock up my pantry, always...
How to Make Nutella Cereal Treats
Nutella Cereal Treats are a twist on an old classic, but maybe even better! These Nutella-infused bars are oh-so-good and a nice change kids & adults will both love with their hazelnut & chocolatey goodness. Nutella Cereal Treats: We love cereal treats at our house and I have tried a lot of fun variations on the cereals used, as well as other ingredients. Try experimenting with other creamy spreads too, even peanut butter....
How to Cook Vegetable Bacon Frittata + Video: Cooking like Alpha Beta Pie
This recipe for How To Cook Vegetable Bacon Frittata is a good one for a delicious breakfast dish, a quick lunch or a hearty dinner. I like to serve it for an impressive luncheon for friends or surprise visits when I am not prepared for company. I get raves every time I serve it. How To Cook Vegetable Bacon Frittata: Once this dish goes into the oven, most all of the ingredients are already cooked, so the eggs just need to firm up a...
How to Make Lemonade from Scratch + Video: Cooking like Alpha Beta Pie
To me, there is no better refresher than homemade lemonade and this recipe for How to Make Lemonade from Scratch will demonstrate just how easy and quick it is to make this delicious beverage. Ice cold on a hot summer day, it absolutely hits the spot as a tasty cooler. Being citrus, lemons provide all kinds of essential nutrients beneficial to good health as well as being good for your immune system. My mom would sometimes make hot...
How to Cook Lemon Pie Filling
It is a pleasure to use this recipe for How to Make Lemon Pie Filling with it’s sweet & tangy nature. With an almost creamy texture that bursts with fresh lemon flavor, this pie filling is also great for tarts, and fillings for cakes or jelly rolls. How to Make Lemon Pie Filling: It is so quick and easy, as well as decadently tasty, that we even use it as lemon pudding. Just the perfect ending to a Holiday meal or any day of...
How to Make No-Bake Cheesecake + Video
This recipe for How to Make No-Bake Cheesecake is a real winner. It is so tasty that you’ll have to restrain yourself from eating more & more, and sneaking into the kitchen at night for just another bite! How To Make No-Bake Cheesecake: Quick & easy to make, this will be a recipe you will want to save to make over & over again. You will need to use a 9 inch spring form pan 2 or 3 inch deep, a 9 inch cake pan or pie...
How to Pan Sear Foie Gras + 6 FG Cooking Tips
Delicious Foie Gras is the French reference for fat liver, which it is… The goose or duck liver has been enlarged to great proportions by feeding especially large & vitally nutritious amounts. Foie gras is extremely expensive, usually sold in cryo-vac packaging, where it keeps nicely for some time, but not indefinitely. 6 Tips for Cooking Great Foie Gras: When handling foie gras, it is important to remember it is largely...
How to Bake Cheesecake
Cheesecake is one of the most decadently sinful dessert there is. It’s not really a cake, but rich cheese & egg custards. That being the case, they need special attention to certain details to ensure you get a wonderful result. Cheesecake Tips: Cheesecake needs proper timing at low heat. This process avoids cracked, dry tops, shrinking & edges over-baked, which might be the result of over-mixing & over-baking....
How to Bake Raisin Bran Muffins: National Raisin Bran Cereal Day
National Raisin Bran Cereal Day is November 15th, and this recipe for Raisin Bran Muffins is just marvelous. Aside from the nutrition facts about bran cereal, what could be better than combining bran with raisins. Bran cereal is chock full of fiber, complex carbohydrates, protein, minerals, phytochemicals & antioxidants, combined with super nutritious raisins. All grains are actually the fruits of grasses. Their structure is made...
How to Make Great Applesauce: It’s National Apple Month
National Apple Month has arrived, and it’s going to be a delicious month in October. Apples are at their best in the Fall, and it’s a good time to stock up & store them, if you have a fruit cellar or cold room that is dry & dark. It’s best not to store other fresh produce near apples, as they emit a gas that negatively affects other fresh produce. How to Make Applesauce: It’s a great time to make...