Archive Category: 'Food'

• Make Your Own Frozen Dinners: Today’s feature is from Bohemian Revolution with Make Your Own Pre-Cooked Frozen Dinners: Even though some frozen dinners are less unhealthy than others, they’re still pricey. You pay for that convenience. There’s a better option: make your own frozen dinners. The advantages to making your own are: you can control what goes in them, there’s no need [...]
• Recipe Hit List: A Medley Mix Of 12 Tasty Recipes: Nothing too structured with this week’s Recipe Hit List, I have homemade breads, rolls, biscuits, cakes, and a lasagna and pot roast tossed in as well. Quite a mix this week but they all look delicious! A Medley Mix Of 12 Tasty Recipes *Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites Sausage Roll Tutorial: Mouth watering, flaky, tender, [...]
• 26 Cooking & Baking Tips: Timeless Wisdom Collection: These tips for cooking and baking are from a large collection of tips I’ve gathered together from a variety of cookbooks and magazines, most are from the 1940’s through the 1960’s. Homemaking was serious business and a lot more difficult to manage in those days so every little trick was greatly appreciated. Many were provided by [...]
• How To Make The Best Chicken Stock In Your Slow Cooker: Today’s feature tip is from The Cottage Smallholder with How To Make The Best Chicken Stock In Your Slow Cooker: This stock works with cooked chicken bones or a fresh carcass. The latter makes better stock, I think. If you remember to remove the chicken when it is cooked (1-1.5 hours depending on size) you [...]
• Recipe Hit List: 14 Valentine’s Day Sweet Treats: This week’s Recipe Hit List is a collection of online recipes that have caught my eye–they’re perfect for Valentines treats and many would make great homemade gifts. You’ll find cookies, cupcakes and plenty of chocolately goodness for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy! 14 Valentine’s Day Sweet Treats *Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites Chocolate-Raspberry Fondue: You don’t [...]
• How To Make Green Tea: Since I began enjoying green teas, I learned there’s an art to making it and it’s a bit different than brewing regular tea. Once you start dabbling with good quality loose teas, you become very particular about how your tea is made. First some tips: In general use 1 level teaspoon of green tea per cup [...]
• Tipnut’s Guide To Green Tea: Did you know that when tea was first discovered, it was mainly used for medicinal purposes? Over time tea became better known as a daily beverage (it’s second only to water). I’m a coffee lover and never had much luck finding a satisfying tea, but after hearing so much about how good tea was for [...]
• How To Freeze Bread Dough: You love homemade bread but you don’t have the amount of time it takes to make. You can buy a bread maker, but if you prefer baking bread in an oven, here’s a way you can enjoy freshly baked homemade bread each and every day. It’s cheap to do and much healthier since your family isn’t [...]
• 150+ Superbowl Party Recipes: I usually publish weekly Recipe Hit Lists on Thursdays, but I’ve changed it this week since I know you’ll want time preparing your party menu and picking up food supplies for Sunday’s big game. If you’re not into Superbowl, these are great party foods for any occasion and I’m sure there’ll be a recipe or two [...]
• Herbs & Spices: Storage Tips Guide: How To Tell If Spices & Herbs Are Good To Use If you have no expiry date listed on the package and you’re not sure when you purchased the seasoning, here are a few tips to help figure out whether or not your herbs and spices are stale or still good to use: Look at the color, [...]
• 12 Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes: Homemade salad dressings are a nice luxury, they’re made with fresh ingredients, tastier than what you can buy and chances are–they’re a lot cheaper than ready-made. Here’s a list of what’s caught my eye around the net, each of them look so good! Also check out How to Make Vinaigrette: Recipe & Tips for how to [...]
• How to Make Vinaigrette: Recipe & Tips: Here’s a grocery bill buster: Homemade vinaigrette salad dressing. It’s very easy to make, ingredients couldn’t be cheaper and it’s one of the most popular dressings to top a salad with. Luckily, it’s super easy to make with the main two ingredients being vinegar and oil. Standard Ratio: Vinegar & Oil The standard ratio is 1 part vinegar [...]
• How To Make Skittles Vodka: Today’s feature is a fun one from Mix That Drink with Skittles Vodka Tutorial: Infusing vodka with Skittles is a very popular trend right now. There are a couple of different ways to do it. My way involves separating all the Skittles into their separate flavors and making five different bottles of Skittles vodka. This actually couldn’t [...]
• 10 Satisfying Salads: Recipes: This week’s Recipe Hit List is all about salads, I’ve had too many heavy meals over the past few weeks with the holidays and new year and I’m ready to focus on some crisp veggie goodness. The salad recipes below aren’t all about slim and trim, but each implements fresh produce and that’s appealing to [...]
• Quick Tricks With 7-Up: Here’s a tip page from a vintage cookbook using 7-Up in a variety of ways you may not have thought of. Freeze 7-Up in ice cube trays. Use the tangy “ice” cubes to spark party drinks. A thrifty New England style dinner is smoked pork butt with tangy maple glaze. Cook the meat as usual, then glaze [...]
• 14 Scrumptious Pancake Recipes: This week’s Recipe Hit List was a real treat for me to put together. Until I began searching for pancake recipes, I had no idea how many different, delicious ways you could make them. I’ve included my favorite picks found around the ‘net below, you’ll find everything from Gingerbread Pancakes to Cornmeal-Cranberry Pancakes to Whole-Wheat [...]
• Pancakes & Waffles: Tips And Recipes: The Secret of Tender Pancakes Or Waffles Stir the batter with a whisk or fork just until dry ingredients are blended. The batter will be lumpy. Overmixing the batter will make the pancakes or waffles tough. Use a heavy frying pan or griddle for pancakes. Preheat the griddle in advance, the griddle or waffle iron is hot enough when [...]
• 12 Breakfast Casseroles: Recipes: I usually post Recipe Hit Lists on Thursdays but I wanted to post this list in time for Christmas brunch. Most of these can be prepared the night before then cooked Christmas morning, a perfect solution to busy holiday mornings! It’s going to be hard choosing just one, each of these recipes look delicious [...]
• Free Gifts In A Jar Recipes + More (Updated): Gifts in a jar typically include all the ingredients to make or bake something that are stored in jars (like mason jars or jam jars, etc.) and presented as gifts. They can be cookie mixes, cake mixes, bath & beauty ingredients (like bath salts and foot soaks), hearty soup mixes, bread, buns, pastry ingredients, seasoning mixes, [...]
• 10 Holiday Beverages: Recipes: This week’s Hit List rounds out the holidays with a selection of festive beverages. For more holiday recipes, see 30 Holiday Cookie Recipes and Squares, Slices & Tarts For Holiday Baking. There’s also a bonus recipe at the bottom for a green holiday punch I found in an old magazine. 10 Holiday Beverages *Note: Descriptions below are [...]
• How To Shape & Decorate Holiday Breads: Shape Breads These Ways Stollen–This homey loaf starts with a big oval of dough folded over to resemble a jumbo Parker House roll. Almond Sugar Twist–Rolling dough, jelly-roll style, then winding, round and round, are the only tricks needed here. When making the coil, it’s easy to handle if you place one end of roll on cooky [...]
• Gifts From The Kitchen: 30 Gift-Worthy Recipes & Mixes: Infused Vinegars Cranberry Vinegar Recipes Raspberry Thyme Vinegar Recipe Homemade Rose Petal Vinegar Recipe Lavender Vinegar Recipes Multipurpose Herb Vinegar: Recipe Homemade Liqueurs & Alcohol Lavender Liqueur Recipes Homemade Cranberry Liqueur Homemade Irish Cream Recipe Make Your Own Apricot Brandy Mug Mix Recipes Homemade Spiced Mocha Mix Homemade Instant Flavored Coffee Recipe – Cafe Viennoise Homemade Flavored Instant Coffee Recipe – Mocha Amaretto Mocha Recipe Mix Homemade Instant Cappuccino Recipe Homemade Extracts Homemade [...]
• Squares, Slices & Tarts For Holiday Baking: Recipes: Last week’s Recipe Hit List for holiday baking was 30 Holiday Cookie Recipes, this week it’s Holiday Baking Part II with a big batch of recipes for squares, slices and tarts–perfect for gifts and baking trays. Lots to choose from, many traditional favorites but also some new ideas to try. There are 9 tart recipes and [...]
• Baking Gifts: Creative Container & Filler Ideas: Container Ideas Decorative Holiday Cookie Jar Baskets: Wicker, Wire or Plastic Biscuit Tins Cannisters: Glass or Tin Wide Mouth Jars Small Bucket Decorative Holiday Plate or Platter Decorative Holiday Bowl: Ceramic, Glass or Plastic Large Mug or Tea Cup Styrofoam Trays Chip Tubes (like Pringles–good for cookies) Milk Carton: Wash clean and cover with wrapping paper Repurposed Boxes (chocolates, tea, crackers, etc.): Wrap boxes in holiday paper Cellophane Bags DIY [...]
• Chicken: Tip Sheet: Estimating Quantity To Buy Chicken Wings: Two to Three servings per pound. Number of wings will vary according to size. Breasts & Legs (thighs and drumsticks): 1/2 to 3/4 pound depending upon how prepared and what else is served with them. Small Chickens: 3 to 3 1/2 lbs. usually halved for broiling or barbecuing. Four servings per bird. Whole [...]