Archive Category: 'Food'

• Homemade Shake N’ Bake Recipe: Ingredients: 2 cups flour 2 cups ground crackers (unsalted, or use salted crackers and skip the salt below) 2 TBS salt 1 TBS sugar 1 TBS garlic powder 4 tsp paprika 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp pepper For Chicken Add: 1 TBS Sage 1 TBS Thyme Directions: Mix well until all ingredients are thoroughly blended. Store in an airtight container or large ziploc bag. Brush meat lightly with [...]
• 10 Tasty Popcorn Seasoning Ideas: Freshly popped popcorn drizzled with melted butter, then choose a gourmet seasoning idea from below: Grated Parmesan Cheese Herb Shake: Oregano, Basil, Parsley Salt & Vinegar: Spritz popcorn lightly with vinegar, sprinkle salt to taste Lemon Pepper Tabasco Sauce (mixed into melted butter then poured over popcorn) Creole Seasoning Lime Juice Spritz & Lemon Pepper Dill Weed & Celery Salt Garlic sauteed in butter [...]
• Gourmet Popcorn Recipes: Vanilla Popcorn 3 quarts popcorn (popped) 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup butter 1/4 cup corn syrup (light) 1/2 – 1 tsp vanilla (to taste) 1/4 tsp baking soda Chopped nuts *optional, amount to taste Combine all ingredients except for the vanilla and the popcorn in a saucepan, and boil for 2 minutes on medium heat–stir frequently. Stir in the vanilla and pour [...]
• Bulk Bouquet Garni Recipe: Makes 12 sachets. Bulk Bouquet Garni Recipe Using dried herbs: 2 TBS parsley 2 TBS celery leaves 1 TBS thyme 1 TBS marjoram Mix together then divide evenly onto 12 cheesecloth squares (approx 4″ square, 1/2 TBS herb mix per square); add a couple peppercorns and one bay leaf (dried) into each sachet; tie the sachets closed. Store in an airtight container [...]
• Homemade HP Sauce: Today’s feature tip is a yummy one from Kansas A. with her HP Sauce Recipe: The original recipe called for 4 1/2 cups of sugar but I found it too sweet, almost like that “Tutti Fruiti” HP Sauce so I cut the sugar back to about 3 cups and it’s now more like regular HP Sauce. [...]
• How To Make Homemade Fruit Rollups: Today’s feature tip is from EasyFunSchool with their instructions on how to make Homemade Fruit Roll Ups: Making your own fruit roll ups is easier than you would think. “Fruit Roll-Ups” is actually a commercial name for a disappearing practice of food preservation called fruit leather. You might ask, if I can save time and energy [...]
• How To Tell If An Egg Is Fresh: If you have an egg or two sitting in the refrigerator for awhile and you’re not too sure if they’re still fresh enough to eat, here are a few easy ways to help you determine freshness… How To Tell If An Egg Is Fresh If an egg is held in the palm and shaken gently and a [...]
• Perfect Fluffy Pancakes: Today’s feature tip is from Minnesota Mama with her Instructions For Making Perfect Fluffy Pancakes–every time! I found a recipe for ‘Perfect Pancakes’ in a favorite cookbook of mine so I gave it a try. We didn’t know what we were missing! The recipe calls for you to separate the egg whites from the yolks and [...]
• Homemade Non-Stick Spray Recipes: Simple & Easy Cooking Spray Fill a pump spray bottle with olive oil or vegetable oil and use as you would commercial non-stick spray products. Homemade Non-Stick Spray 1/2 cup vegetable or olive oil 4 TBS liquid lecithin (found at health food stores) Mix ingredients well and store in a pump spray bottle. Recipe can be made in batches [...]
• 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 [...]
• 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 [...]