Archive Category: 'Food'

• 30 Lip Smackin’ Barbecue Sauce Recipes: his week’s Recipe Hit List is a collection of homemade bbq sauces I’ve found around the net (for ribs, chicken, pork–you name it). There are some really interesting recipes in this bunch with ingredients like espresso, bourbon whiskey, cherry cola, blueberries but there are plenty with more traditional ingredients too. Some sweet, some hot & spicy [...]
• Home Canning: Definitions Guide: Acid Foods: Fruits, tomatoes, rhubarb and pimientos are acid foods. Botulinus: Bacteria found in the soil have been known to cause toxin to form in carelessly canned foods. No danger when clean, sound, unblemished fresh produce is selected, prepared and canned according instructions. Low acid foods should be boil 15 minutes before tasting. The 15 minute [...]
• Fancy & Garnished Ice Cubes: How To: strong>Garnished & Colored Ice Cubes Maraschino cherries, one to each cube, are very appropriate for garnishing. They can be frozen in plain or appropriately tinted cubes. Lemon juice and lemon slices are also desirable additions. When fruits are to be frozen in the cubes, fill the tray one-third full with water, then partially freeze. Add the fruit [...]
• 55 Homemade Popsicle Recipes: Here’s a fun collection of homemade popsicles for this week’s Recipe Hit List, perfect treat to enjoy during the summer season! This list isn’t exclusive to popsicles, I’ve also included pudding pops, frozen yogurt & fruit pops. Many of these recipes are a lot healthier (and sometimes cheaper) than buying ready-made. How to pick just one [...]
• Sweetened Condensed Milk: Recipe Substitutes: The list of Handy Substitute Recipes For Baking has been updated and the sweetened condensed milk substitute recipes from that page have been moved here. Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk Substitute Recipes 3/4 cup sugar, 1/3 cup butter, 1/3 cup boiling water, 1 cup skim milk powder. Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix until all lumps [...]
• Watermelon Carving Tips: Today’s feature is from the National Watermelon Promotion Board with these Easy Watermelon Carving Tips: Carvings & Fun Ideas Following These Tips Will Make Carving Easier, Safer and Give You More Professional Results The tips include: Have the watermelon at room temperature before you start carving since the cuts will be easier to make. Refrigerate after carving is [...]
• Cooking Tips {Vegetables} Timeless Wisdom Collection: he Timeless Wisdom collection has been a regular feature on Tipnut where we take a look at the methods and techniques used decades ago in cookery and homemaking. Today’s list will be the last bunch of Timeless Wisdom tips published on Tipnut for awhile, but they’ll be back! These tips are from the 1930’s (and a [...]
• Recipe Hit List: 27 Pasta Salad Recipes: ummer’s finally here and that means plenty of BBQs, picnics and potluck suppers to enjoy–and pasta salads! This week’s Recipe Hit List is a collection of pasta salad recipes I’ve found around the net, plenty new ones to me and hopefully you’ll find a few favorites for your recipe box too. Enjoy! 27 Pasta Salad Recipes *Note: Descriptions [...]
• Pie Crusts & Pastry: Baking Tips: Everyone wants to make that perfect “melt-in-your-mouth” pastry that the family will brag about. Follow these simple but important rules and a light, tender pastry will result. Tips For Making Pie Crusts & Pastry Have all ingredients as cold as possible. Measure accurately. Handle mixture lightly and carefully. Use just enough water to bind mixture. Bake at correct temperature. Good Pastry has [...]
• Kitchen Quick Tips {Eggs} Timeless Wisdom: hese snippets of kitchen tips come from articles and booklets published in the 1940’s & 1950’s. Each quick tip is about eggs and how to best use them. Many you probably know but you might pick up a new trick or two with this batch. The Timeless Wisdom collection is a regular feature on Tipnut [...]
• 16 Homemade Salsa Recipes & Canning Tips: This week’s Recipe Hit List is a collection of homemade salsa recipes, some are canning recipes while others are for refrigerating & serving fresh. There’s a mix of recipes that use garden fresh tomatoes and ingredients while others use canned tomatoes. I also added a few resources at the bottom that are packed with info [...]
• How To Freeze Fruit: Buying fruits in bulk when they are in season and then freezing them is a great way to save money on groceries (when they’re at their lowest price), this also lets you enjoy your favorite fruits year round. Freezing fruits is a method of food preservation that is much quicker than canning and no fancy [...]
• 101 Homemade Jam, Jelly & Marmalade Recipes: This week’s Recipe Hit List is a whopper! Here are 101 hand-picked recipes featuring homemade jams, jellies & marmalades made from fruits, berries, herbs, flowers and produce harvested from early Spring right through to Fall. The collection includes a mix of tried-and-true traditional favorites, many featuring a flavor twist and others that are quite interesting [...]
• Homemade Jelly Making: Troubleshooting Tips: What makes jelly cloudy? One or more of the following may cause cloudy jelly: Pouring jelly mixture into glasses too slowly. Allowing jelly mixture to stand before it is poured. Juice was not properly strained and so contained pulp. Jelly set too fast–usually the result of using too-green fruit. Why do crystals form in jelly? Crystals [...]
• Vintage Jelly & Jam Making Tips: Timeless Wisdom: ost of these tips come from a vintage booklet published in the 1940’s giving advice to homemakers on a variety of topics, others I’ve snipped from vintage articles. The Timeless Wisdom collection is a regular feature on Tipnut where we take a look back at the techniques and advice given to homemakers decades ago–many are [...]
• Recipe Hit List: 26 Rhubarb Recipes: ne of the earliest memories I have of my younger brother is sitting outside with him at our grandparents house, each with a small bowl of sugar and a bunch of rhubarb that was just pulled from the garden sitting between us. The memories of munching away on that super sour treat still makes my [...]
• Can Eggs Be Frozen? You Betcha!: strong>Freeze Eggs For Home Use: They are easily frozen and can be used in many ways. We in our home think it is as sensible and thrifty to buy eggs as it is to store away pork, poultry, vegetables, fruits and other foods when they are at the low point on the price scale. We have [...]
• Recipe Hit List: Homemade Pizza Recipes: his week’s collection features over two dozen recipes for homemade pizza, homemade pizza dough and pizza sauce recipes. Lots of goodies in this week’s Recipe Hit List, enjoy! Homemade Pizza Recipes *Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites Roasted Garlic-and-Spinach White Pizza: (As seen in picture) Recipe from Every Day With Rachael Ray. Pizza With Caramelized Onions, [...]
• Guide To Cooking Fresh Fish: ish is an excellent food that if cooked the right way, soon becomes a favorite menu item. Tips For Buying Fresh Fish Buy when in season. Smell should be fresh or have no odor (not fishy), look for firm elastic flesh, bright eyes and gills, and sheen on scales. Fillets and steaks should have a fresh cut [...]
• How To Make Dandelion Syrup: Recipe: oday’s feature is from 5 Orange Potatoes with this recipe tutorial, Dandelion Syrup: We made dandelion syrup this week for a pick me up to a very rainy day. It is very easy to make, but a little time consuming. You need to put at least 12 hours aside to let the dandelion tops steep and then [...]
• Baking Soda In The Kitchen: Timeless Wisdom Collection: ere’s an assortment of vintage tips advising how to use baking soda in food preparation and cooking. Many are pretty original, I haven’t come across them before and usually I have to sort through these old tips carefully since many times they’re mentioned frequently in a variety of sources. These come from a recipe booklet [...]
• Recipe Hit List: 12 Zesty Mexican Recipes: hese may be too late for Cinco de Mayo, but it’s always a good time to enjoy Mexican inspired dishes! Plenty of fresh ingredients (and some cheese) make these awfully tempting. Here are my latest recipe picks found around the net. Zesty Mexican Recipes *Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites Creamy Chicken Enchiladas: (As seen [...]
• Baking Powder Biscuits: Recipes & Tips For Success: uccess in making flaky baking-powder biscuits is a matter of a few simple rules: Measure dry ingredients and sift into mixing bowl. When soda is used, it is sifted with dry ingredients. Uneven distribution of leavening causes yellow or brown flecks. Cut in shortening with pastry-blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add all the liquid; stir only [...]
• Smart Tip: Bulk Freezing With An Empty Can Funnel: o you find funnels awkward to work with, especially when filling freezer bags with sauces and soups? Here’s a smart tip sent in by Maria: I make big batches of spaghetti sauce, chili and soups to freeze and store them in plastic freezer bags that seal shut since I can stack them flat and they take [...]
• Baking Secrets Of Success: Timeless Wisdom Collection: hese baking tips come from a booklet published in 1937 that provides quick tips for baking success (for a variety of baked goods). The Timeless Wisdom collection is a regular feature on Tipnut where we take a look back at the advice given and techniques used decades ago–many are still useful to know in today’s kitchen. Secrets [...]