How to Roast a Turkey Quarter + Video
Tonight, when I looked in my freezer and weighed my meal options, I decided to take out a turkey quarter that was staring back at me. I defrosted it and decided to share with you how I quickly prepare a turkey piece for roasting. Hopefully, this will take the fright out of roasting meat and help you on your way to becoming a stellar chef or an even more experienced chef in your own kitchen, baking and cooking from scratch. Roasted...
How to Cook Grilled Cheese Chicken & Tomato Sandwiches
Well, I just got in from a hot, summer workout and I’m hungry! Not only am I going to tear up some of that Homemade Lemonade I showed you how to make earlier, but I’m going to make some Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Chicken & Tomato. This will provide me with more “substance” after my workout, as well as more protein in the chicken. Making grilled cheese sandwiches are mostly all the same in technique, but...
How to Cook Vegemite and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
If you have never had Vegemite before, then you haven’t experienced the potential of it’s deliciousness! LOL It is certainly an acquired taste. When I lived in Australia, the friends I lived with ALWAYS ate Vegemite, which is a Kraft product. In fact, Vegemite is an Australian staple, much like peanut butter and jam is in North America. This is what people eat for breakfast there in their favorite way on toast with butter...
How to Spice Up Your Campbell’s Tomato Soup
Let’s be real… …There are times I crave the flavor of my youth when I would eat cans of Campbell’s tomato soup. Heck, to this day, there are times I use it for different purposes in the kitchen. Today is one of those “lazy lunch” days. The entire key here is to kick it up to a different level than that regular tomato soup, out-of-the-can taste. So, I’ll let you in on what I do to kick up that...
How to Bake Homemade Tortilla Chips
What’s better than going to a Mexican restaurant and getting fresh, hot tortilla chips with homemade salsa? It’s amazing, right? Well, what if you could make hot tortilla chips at home and make them healthier by baking them in stead of frying? You could even season them the way you like. Look like a real star at your dinner party or backyard barbeque. It is a possibility and something that will take you less than 15...
How to Cook Crusted Pork Loin Chops
This is Day Five of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! We had a family pack of pork loin chops in our freezer, so I decided to make crusted pork chops using cracker crumbs from our pantry, with a side salad – Pre-Spring Salad – served with oil and balsamic vinegar. Type: Main Dish Recipe Serve With: Pre-Spring Salad & crusty Italian bread Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: 4...
One Month Grocery Shopping Strike: Day 4
This is Day Four of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! I had Muay Thai training this morning, and never eat breakfast before I go…it would be BAD if I did!!! When I got home, I had a banana and made a can of cream of mushroom soup that was in our pantry, but of course, I kicked that up a few notches. Firstly, I used buttermilk in the fridge we already had. * Tip: Don’t be afraid to use buttermilk. It only sounds like...
How to Roast Garlic
There aren’t many things tastier to eat than roasted garlic. If you’ve never tried it, you’ll be so happy when you do. Not only is it fantastic for adding to other recipes, but it’s delicious all by itself. Plus, it’s really easy to do. Try it! Type: How To Cook Serve With: spread on bread, in potato recipes or anywhere else you use garlic Prep Time: 2 min Cook Time: 35 min Yield: 1 head garlic –...
How to Cook Caribbean Style Rainbow Trout Recipe
Tonight, I needed something really tasty and different for dinner – I was bored, so Caribbean Style Rainbow Trout sounded perfect! Caribbean Style Rainbow Trout: So, instead of the typical lemon, butter, dill combination on fish, I switched it up a bit. Caribbean flavors can spice up your taste buds and your dinner table! Try out this fabulous Caribbean Style Rainbow Trout! You’ll be so glad you did! Type: Fish Recipe...
How to Cook Salmon Cakes Made in a Bare Bones Fixer Upper Investment Property Kitchen
When you’re tired of those salmon or tuna sandwiches and need something a little bit different when you’re living in and repairing a fixer upper investment property, have no fear! I have an idea for you! I know, you may not have a refrigerator because the electricity may not have been upgraded yet, right? That’s often the case. That’s okay too, you won’t even need an egg for cooking...
How to Grill Melanie Stewart’s “Best Burger in Dallas” at Lone Star Volleyball Club
Now, as you all know, I love BBQ and I love burgers! What you may not know is that we play sand volleyball every weekend and sometimes during the week when it’s nice weather here in Dallas – either at Lone Star Volleyball Club or at Yucatan Beach Club in Coppell, Texas – they’re right across the street from each other. Well, when we play at Lone Star, as long as Melanie Stewart is working that day, she makes us...
How to Perfectly Sear a Chicken Breast
This is essential for healthy eating these days, and one of the tastiest ways to prepare chicken breast in a healthy way. Searing simply means pan frying to seal in the juices by quickly browning the meat. Flavorful, easy, quick and healthy! Perfect to build any meal upon – even different ethnic food…This is a basic recipe you’ll always need up your sleeve. ~ Kimberly Edwards strong>Type: Main Dish Recipe Serve With:...
How to Cook Kenney’s Melt-In-Your-Mouth Meatloaf
This is my husband’s Southern Meatloaf recipe that barely lasts for leftovers…So, we try to make as much as we can handle…LOL…Meatloaf sandwiches are one of my favorite things for a leftover meal! Yum! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Main Serve With: My Kickin’ Sweet Southern Cornbread and Collard Greens Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: ~ 30 min Yield: 5 servings, plus leftovers for the next day! *** Ingredients:...
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