How to Cook Shrimp Chowder in Stoneware Ramekins + Video
The cooler weather approaches and more and more I’m craving tastes of Fall… …hearty soups, stews & chowders. Here is yet another American food recipe you can make easily with quick preparation – Shrimp Chowder! This particular recipe is made in these gorgeous Vyatka Ceramics Stoneware Ramekins I got from FromRussia.com. What’s great about this show is that I show you 3 different variations on this...
How to Cook Chicken Pot Pie in Stoneware Ramekins + Video
Mmm, Chicken Pot Pie…a perfect recipe for the cooler season coming up. This recipe is inspired by today’s cookware, and you’ll find out why… Ever since I got these great Vyatka Ceramics Stoneware Ramekins from FromRussia.com, I have been so excited to get some cool recipes out to you made in them. These come from Russia, and well, in a round about way, they are a part of my heritage with an Eastern European...
Web Chef Review: Vyatka Ceramics Stoneware Ramekin Set with Fork
Perfect time to get organized for Fall weather & Fall cookin’. This is just the thing you’ll need this cool season to feed those hungry mouths at your house with some home cooked goodness with soul. This Stoneware Ramekin Set from Vyatka Ceramics has old-world charm coming from Kirov, Russia, but it provides you with all the “new age” benefits of cooking in stoneware. These ramekins are very non-stick, and...
How to Cook Asparagus in a Bamboo Steamer + Video
Cooking in bamboo steamers is not only a healthy way to cook, but it’s fast & easy too. From vegetables for side dishes, all the way to chicken & fish, and even surprises like steamed cupcakes… Steaming helps you save calories, as well as keeping the nutrients in the foods you steam, as they are not leaching vitamins & minerals out into boiling water, as when you boil vegetables. Then, you pour out the cooking...
How to Toast Seeds
There may be times where you see a recipe that calls for toasted seeds or seeds to be toasted, as an ingredient or topping. Seeds are a very healthy part of your diet, even if you’re not a vegetarian or vegan…Seeds can accentuate not only the flavor profile of a dish, but increase the nutrients, and make your dish more aesthetically pleasing. All kinds of seeds can be used such as sesame seeds (white & black ones),...
How to Make a Really Tasty, Healthy Nicoise Salad
Don’t let the name of the Niçoise salad scare you! Yes, it’s French. No, it’s not difficult to make. No, it’s not really fattening. Nicoise is just a combination of greens, tuna, green beans, new potatoes, tomatoes, black olives and eggs – traditionally. That’s all it means… Okay – now that’s out of the way – let’s get cooking and create this unbelievably tasty salad...
Mushroom Week on Cooking with Kimberly!
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...
Make Your Lunch Recession Proof by Gourmet Brown Bagging It
There is not a more perfect way to reduce the amount of money you spend on meals than by making them yourself! Not only are you saving a ton of money on them, you are making them healthier, lower cal and more gourmet with skinny kitchen! That’s right…You have no idea how much fat, calories, sodium and other “baddies” you’re actually buying at a restaurant, instead of nutrients, fiber, and minerals! The...
How to Use a Bamboo Steamer
Steaming vegetables is probably the healthiest way to cook them, as they retain their vitamins and nutrients in them. When boiling vegetables, their “goods” leach out into the cooking water. What do you usually do with that water? Dump it down the drain, right? Start eating healthy now…Also, you may start to cook with more Asian inspiration! Now, this is what to do: 1. Place your food in a heat-proof bowl or plate,...
How to Make Friday Sunrise Juice
It looks like a sunrise and will get you going for your entire day…Not just Fridays! It’s great for breakfast, but equally as refreshing and invigorating as a break time snack! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Beverage Prep Time: 10 min Yield: 2 large glasses Ingredients: Instructions: 1. Wash & cut all fruits and veggies. 2. Turn on juicer and start with papaya slices, followed by apples. * Tip: Apples ‘flush’...
An Easy Alternative to Goji Berry Green Tea
The newest craze in healthy food is the Goji Berry… Goji berries are more scientifically known as Wolfberries or Western Snowberries. (It’s a long story that I won’t cover here as to why they are referred to as Goji now…LOL…Check it out on Wikipedia.) Being that Dried Goji Berries are full of nutrients, powerful antioxidants, and 4 Polysaccharides (complex carbohydrates), they are very healthy… However, since...
How to Make Kimberly’s Healthy Pre-Party Juice
A healthy beverage of fresh fruit juices before you go out for a night on the town…Take care of yourself and be careful out there!!! ~ Kimberly Edwards ;D * Please use organic fruit whenever possible! Type: Beverage Prep Time: ~ 8 min Yield: ~ 7 cups of juice…Enough for ~ 4 people Nutrition Facts: Soooo full of vitamins, minerals, water and nutrients… Ingredients: Instructions: 1. Wash apples with fruit spray and...
The Benefits of Fresh Fruit Juices
The benefits of fresh fruit juices will astound you, on every level from flavor to health. I love fresh juice! My juicer is undeniably one of my favorite appliances in the kitchen… The Benefits of Fresh Fruit Juices: Author: Rachel Broune The best way to consume fruit is raw, with its skin or with the skin peeled off on an empty stomach or 20 minutes before other meals. If you’re not such a fruit-eater and want to have...
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