Archive Category: 'Food'

• Recipe Ingredient Substitutions & Equivalents Chart: Continuing with last week’s first attempt at providing a series of free downloadable kitchen charts, here is one for recipe ingredient substitutions. Ingredient substitutions are mainly used when baking or cooking dishes and you realize at the last minute you’re out of stock of the necessary food item. There may be a taste or texture change [...]
• How To Make Your Own Cheese Whiz: Here’s an easy recipe to make your own cheese spread like cheese whiz. Try spreading this over nachos with all the trimmings, yum! Homemade Cheese Whiz Recipe Ingredients: 1 lb medium cheddar cheese (shredded) 1 can evaporated milk (425 ml) 1 TBS sugar 1 TBS flour 1 TBS vinegar 1 tsp dry mustard 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp garlic salt 1/4 tsp Worcestershire Sauce 1/4 tsp molasses Directions: Cook [...]
• Substitute For Whipped Cream Recipe & More: Whipped Cream Substitute 2 large ripe bananas, sliced 3 tsp sugar 2 egg whites Directions: Whip all ingredients together just like you would regular cream. Add some flavoring if you like. Flavoring Ideas: Almond Extract Vanilla Extract Flavored Liqueur Brandy or Rum Lemon or Orange Zest Instant Coffee Sifted Cocoa Cinnamon Real Whipped Cream Recipe 1 tsp gelatin 4 tsp water Combine the above until thick; Microwave 25 to 30 seconds until clear; [...]
• Kitchen Measurements Equivalent Conversion Chart: Here is a printable copy of a recipe measurements equivalent and conversions chart that I designed to have at my fingertips when baking and cooking in the kitchen. There are Liquid Measures equivalents, Dry Measures, U.S. to Canadian, Recipe Abbreviations, Oven Temperatures, Fahrenheit to Celsius oven temps, and a bit more. Some of the numbers were [...]
• Homemade Stove Top Stuffing Recipe: This recipe is based on a recipe from an old email group I once belonged to for do-it-yourself and frugal recipes. I’m one of those cooks that just can’t seem to turn out a great poultry stuffed stuffing, but can whip together a mean stove top dish . Homemade Stove Top Stuffing Ingredients 6 cups dried Bread Cubes 1 [...]
• How To Make A Barbie Doll Cake: Today’s feature tip is from the Sun-Sentinal with their instructions on How to Make a Barbie Doll Cake Here are Dale Koppel’s step-by-step instructions for creating a Barbie Doll Cake at home. Eight steps that make it all look so easy! For inspiration, don’t forget to check out the gallery. Beautiful!
• Homemade Popsicles Recipe: Ingredients: 1 pkg. Kool Aid (any flavor) 1 pkg. Jello (same flavor as Kool Aid) 3 cups cold water 1 cup boiling water 1 cup sugar Directions: Pour boiling water over jello and stir well, add 3 cups of cold water, Kool Aid and sugar, stir again, pour into popsicle forms and freeze.
• Homemade Sweet Refrigerator Pickles In Three Easy Steps: These pickles are so easy to make that anyone can do it! Homemade Sweet Refrigerator Pickles Brine Ingredients: 4 cups sugar 2 cups vinegar 2 TBS pickling salt 1 tsp celery seed 1 tsp turmeric 1 tsp mustard seed First Prepare: Ice cream pail about 3/4 full with thin sliced cucumbers (washed & cleaned) and some pearl onions tossed in (as many or as little [...]
• Pink Popcorn Recipe: Anyone else remember this treat as a kid? Pink Popcorn 2 cups sugar 1 TBS butter 1/2 cup water red food coloring 2 cups unpopped popcorn Directions: Preheat oven to 200°. Pop popcorn and place in oven to keep warm. Boil the rest of the ingredients for 3 minutes then pour slowly over the popcorn. Mix well then let dry.
• Sponge Candy Recipe: This treat is something I loved to gobble up when I was a child. Good times. Now it would probably pull my teeth out! Sponge Candy Recipe Ingredients 1 cup sugar 1 cup corn syrup (dark) 1 TBS vinegar 1 TBS baking soda Directions Using a heavy saucepan, stir everything but the baking soda over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Now let [...]
• Preserved Lemons: Recipes: When using preserved lemons in recipes, rinse off the wedges and discard seeds. The rinds are added to dishes while the pulps can be mixed into sauces. Preserved Lemons Recipes Recipe #1 2 Lemons 1/2 cup lemon juice (freshly squeezed) 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1/3 cup Kosher Salt or Coarse Sea Salt Optional Additions: Peppercorns, Dill, Allspice, Cloves Directions: Scrub lemons clean then [...]
• How To Make Beef Stock: Today’s feature tip is from Kalyn’s Kitchen and her tip How to Make Beef Stock: There is no comparison between soup or stew made with canned broth and one made with homemade beef or chicken stock. Homemade stock has a richness of flavor that takes the finished dish to a whole different level. Besides the incredible [...]
• How To Bake Potatoes Fast + Recipe: Two different tips for cutting the time needed for baked potatoes. First scrub and clean potatoes as you normally do, then: Parboil the potatoes by boiling them in water for about 5 – 7 minutes. Drain, then dry with a clean tea towel. Bake in the oven as usual, you’ll find the cooking time cut in [...]
• How To Remove Corn From The Cob: Have a shoe horn tucked away in your kitchen gadget bag of tricks? First shuck the corn then use the wide part of a shoe horn to remove kernels from the cob pushing from the top down. If you don’t have a clean, not used for footwear shoe horn on hand, Martha Stewart has perfected the [...]
• Make Your Own Hamburger Helper: Today’s feature blog is Milehimama with the tip Make Your Own Hamburger Helper: Today, a recipe: Make your own Hamburger Helper. It’s so easy, and you’ll be kicking yourself for spending $2-3 on those little boxes of chemicals all these years! You can also make this gluten free by using chinese rice noodles and cornstarch. I’m sure [...]
• One Pot Cooking: Recipes & Tips: Today’s feature tip is from Earth Easy and their information on One-Pot Cooking: One-pot cooking used to be the exclusive domain of bachelors, campers and college students just moved away from home. Meals were quick, simple and often right out of the box. The concept was great – just one pot to wash, but the meals [...]
• How Much Meat In A Half Pig?: Today’s feature blog post (with apologies to Tipnut’s vegan readers) is from Sugar Mountain Farm, What is a Half Pig Share: Short answer: About 23 pork chops from a half pig, 2 roasts, 1 fresh ham, 8 lbs of fresh bacon slab, 3 lbs of spare ribs, 9 lbs of ground pork, etc totaling about 75 lbs [...]
• How To Roast Garlic & Recipe Tips: Roasting garlic is quite easy to do and it’s so delicious when slathered on french bread, mixed with cooked vegetables and pasta or added to any number of dishes. This is a great way to enhance every day meals, you can even mix it with ground meats or rub over roasts. Very delicious! Tip: Prepare a few bulbs [...]
• Superbowl Dip Recipes & Snack Ideas: Superbowl Dip Recipes Here are a few tasty dips you may want to try, what’s a Superbowl party without plenty of dip? Caution: cholesterol counts will likely skyrocket! Sun-Dried Tomato Dip 3 (8 oz) packages cream cheese 1 cup finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes 3/4 cup plain yogurt 3 TBS chopped fresh chives 3 tsp Tabasco sauce Directions: Mix all ingredients until well blended. [...]
• Edible Dip Container Ideas & Spinach Dip Recipe: Bell Peppers: Red, Green and Yellow. Wash and prepare peppers as you would if you were stuffing them. Cut out the top and remove seeds from inside. Fill with your favorite dip, cover with top until ready to serve. Broccoli: Cut the stem evenly with the bottom so broccoli will sit flat and sturdy. Wash broccoli [...]
• How To Make A Gourmet Cookie Bouquet: Gourmet Cookie Bouquets are such a treat to receive–but they can get pretty expensive to buy. Here’s a sugar cookie recipe plus instructions for putting together a cookie bouquet–they make great gifts and it’s fun to make your own! Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe 4 cups flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup butter* (room temperature) 3/4 cup sour cream 2 tsp [...]
• Tip: Freeze Bananas (Plus Banana Bread Recipe): Can you freeze bananas? You bet! Once a fresh banana is too ripe to eat don’t throw it out, you can freeze it in a number of ways: strong>How To Freeze Bananas Peel the banana and place it whole in a freezer bag Leave the peel on and freeze in a freezer bag Mash a ripe banana and place [...]
• Quick & Easy Recipe For Rasberry Butter: Ingredients: 1 pound butter (unsalted) 1 cup raspberry jam Directions: Set butter on counter until at room temperature. Then blend jam and butter until it’s well mixed. Seal in an airtight container and store in refrigerator. Optional: You can also blend in mashed, fresh raspberries to the above recipe Alternative Preparation: First melt the butter over low heat, mix in raspberries [...]
• How To Skin Tomatoes: Some recipes call for first removing the skin from tomatoes. Sounds a bit messy and may be intimidating for the less experienced cook, but the process is really quite simple. Skinning tomatoes is common for sauce recipes and the reason you want to peel the skin off a tomato first is to avoid having strings [...]
• Ice Cube Ideas for Punch & Recipes: Here’s a great tip when preparing your favorite punch recipe: Prepare punch as recipe instructs, then ladle the liquid into each section of a muffin tin. Freeze, then add to rest of punch just before serving. The thick round ice blocks won’t melt as quickly since they’re larger than regular ice cubes, plus the added benefit of [...]