How to Cook Chicken a la King: Mother’s Day Delights
This recipe for How to Cook Chicken a la King, is a very tasty dish, and even more so if the cooked chicken is grilled or roasted, which kicks up the flavor. This year, for Mother’s Day, Kimberly wanted to know what I wanted to eat for our festivities, which I thought was nice… So, this was one of the dishes I’ve been thinking about lately, and figured it would serve us fine for such an occasion. How to Cook Chicken...
How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna + Video: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
I am so glad I have this recipe for How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna! A gorgeous fusion of Mexican, Italian & American ideas to deliver a fun lasagna with gooey cheese & a flavor marriage made in heaven, especially for a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. The crunchy tostadas are a nice touch topped with guacamole, salsa & sour cream. How to Cook Beef & Pulled Pork Mexican Lasagna: This is amazingly delicious and...
A Champion’s Kitchen: Ode to Hot Sauce
Super Bowl XLVIII is around the corner on February 2nd, 2014, and you will find hot sauce on tables around the globe! Any self-respecting foodie that’s tailgating on Super Bowl Sunday has to have hot sauce in abundance for this event… Hot sauce is a condiment of champions. It’s hot, spicy goodness spiked with flavor & high octane, goes perfectly in breakfast, lunch, dinner, as well as savory beverages. Whether...
How to Cook Roasted Turkey Broth from Scratch + Video
Whenever I hear the sniffles or a cough in my household, I’m cooking up some soup. Turkey Broth is perfect for just those times, since you usually roast off a turkey a few times every Holiday season. Save those turkey carcasses and bones that have had the meat removed, not eaten off, and either freeze them in a resealable, plastic bag or refrigerate and use quickly. There is a ton of flavor & goodness left in those bones,...
How to Cook Chicken Soup: National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day is November 12th, and it’s time to share the recipe for my Mom’s Chicken Soup. What would make you feel more loved than a steaming bowl of chicken soup made by the hands of your Mom or Grandmother? My Mom’s chicken soup was beyond delicious, and on top of that, she made her own delicious noodles or light, fluffy dumplings. I could smell it as I walked down the lane leading to...
Calling Hunters & Gatherers: Wild Foods Day
There are so many fine foods to celebrate on Wild Foods Day! The most interesting aspect of eating wild foods is that whether the foods are wild fowl, venison, beautiful & wild greens, mushrooms, rice & roots is that the flavors are earthier & cleaner tasting than their cultivated or domestic counterparts. Wild mushrooms have much more flavor than the ones available in your supermarket. Not too many folks these days have...
Comfort Food Recipe at Its Best: Chicken Soup for the Soul Week
It’s Chicken Soup for the Soul Week! Every ethnicity has their own version of chicken soup – a most comforting & homey, satisfying & healing food. My Mom’s chicken soup version had all of those qualities and always makes me feel happy & loved. How to Cook Mother Kasper’s Chicken Soup: The basic chicken soup I use follows my Mom’s soup as closely as I can remember. Type: Soup Recipe Serve with:...
How to Make Cottage Cheese Perogies: National Pierogi Day
National Pierogi Day is October 8th, and these tasty, filled dumplings of Central & Eastern European origin are something our family traditionally makes, and these Cottage Cheese Perogies are my favorite. Pierogi can be filled with a number of delicious fillings. Savory or sweet, such as cheese & potatoes, cottage cheese, sauerkraut, plums, sour cherries or berries. Fillings can be made well in advance & refrigerated. How...
October Food Holidays & Events
Here are October Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here and there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. Eat Better, Eat Healthier Month: Eat Better, Eat Healthier Month: Easy Nutrition & Health Guidelines Browse Healthy shows, Healthy recipes Browse Organic shows, Organic recipes Browse Vegetarian + Vegan shows, Vegetarian recipes,...
September is National Chicken Month
So, it’s September and why not celebrate when we have a reason to…it’s National Chicken Month! Chicken…Every part of it is so delicious. Roasted chicken, chicken pot pie, grilled chicken breasts, chicken wings…These are all tasty dinners using chicken as the star! When you’ve removed and eaten most of the meat, the bones can be boiled down for a satisfying broth, which can be frozen in cubes to...
How to BBQ Mole Chicken Side Skewers + Video: Cooking Adventures with Kimberly
We are on an adventure today on April’s “Cooking Adventures with Kimberly” for Tonka Live Magazine. I am venturing out into the patchy Winter/Spring weather here…super cold & wet, but we’re going to BBQ on the grill! We are beasts!!! So, we are going to get that smokey, charred flavor from the grill on some chicken & veggies with some amazing flavor to boot! Not only that, we are using a really...
How to Cook Chicken Broth for the Sore Throat + Video
Is it cold outside? Is your household a bit “under the weather”? Do you hear sniffles around the home? Then, a good, homemade chicken or turkey broth are in order. A broth is easy to make with basic ingredients and a bit of time on your hands. What you will end up with is something hearty, healthy, and comforting for everyone in your family, soothing their throats and helping them fight off the cold or flu. Add more...
How to Cook Pan Sauteed Wasabi Crusted Salmon
Spice up your plate tonight with Pan Sauteed Wasabi Crusted Salmon! Tonight, I’m cooking salmon, but I wanted to pan sauté it with a bit of a new flare. Pan Sauteed Wasabi Crusted Salmon: I saw wasabi peas in my pantry and decided to grind them or pulverize them in the food processor to use as the “dredging flour” to kick it up a hundred notches! One of my favorite combinations is when I have salmon sushi with...
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