Archive Category: 'Food'

• Kitchen Gift Idea: Cranberry Vinegar Recipes: Cranberry vinegar is simple to make and it’s a lovely homemade gift from the kitchen. You can use cranberry vinegar as a salad dressing, a meat marinade or drizzle over cooked poultry and meat for a nice flavor. You can also cook it down as a reduction sauce to spoon over meats and side dishes. Here are [...]
• 30 Holiday Cookie Recipes: I’ve been busy collecting recipes for holiday baking, this week’s Recipe Hit List features cookies that will fill festive trays quite nicely (and make great homemade gifts too). Many traditional favorites included but lots of new ideas too (for me at least). Watch for Holiday Baking Part II on next week’s hit list! Holiday Baking – [...]
• Holiday Baking Tips: Cookie Assembly Line: It’s that time of year again when we’re baking up a storm, filling dainty trays and gift boxes with fresh homemade baked goods to give as gifts. Here are a few tips I have for making the most of your time when baking several dozen cookies at once. Cookie Assembly Line Tips Get Prepared: Before you get started, have [...]
• Lavender Liqueur Recipes: Homemade liqueurs make lovely gifts, but lavender liqueur is something I’ve yet to try. Here are a few recipes I’ve had stashed away for awhile just waiting to be made. If you’ve sampled this kind of liqueur before, I’d like to know what you think of it. Lavender Liqueur Recipes Recipe #1 6 TBS Dried Lavender Petals 1 Fifth [...]
• 14 Turkey Leftover Recipes: What else could this week’s Recipe Hit List be about! Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S. with lots of folks eating lots of turkey. And around Saturday or Sunday the dilemma will hit: What to do with all that leftover turkey! Here are a bunch of recipes I picked up around the net to help [...]
• 12 Homemade Bread Recipes: Freshly baked homemade bread, still warm with real butter and topped with some homemade strawberry jam or slices of thick cheese, delicious! Homemade bread is not only heavenly, it’s a frugal treat made with wholesome ingredients and no added preservatives. This week’s Recipe Hit List is a collection of a variety of breads: White, Oat, [...]
• Baking Homemade Bread: How To Shape Loaves: Rolled Dough Method Step 1 With rolling pin, roll dough out to uniform thickness, stretching by hand to form rectangle approximately 9″ x 12″. Make certain to break down all gas bubbles in the outer edge of the dough. Step 2 From upper edge, roll dough toward you, jelly roll fashion, sealing dough with heel of hand after each [...]
• Gifts From Your Kitchen: Recipes & Gift Tags: Today’s feature is from Whole Foods Market with recipes and free printable gift tags & cards to accompany each one–Gifts from Your Kitchen: Wrap up your holiday shopping without leaving the house! From flavored sugar and spiced oils to candied nuts and herbed salts, our crafty elves have cooked up tasty gift ideas for the foodies [...]
• Recipe Hit List: 12 Veggie Sides To Try: I find myself making the same boring vegetables prepared the same boring way since my guys are so veggie-fussy, but occasionally I get in the mood to mix things up. Sometimes that means a new veggie fave is found, or at least one that everyone will eat just fine. So this week I went on [...]
• Mashed Potatoes Tip List: To Prepare: Cut potatoes into small even pieces so that they cook quickly & evenly. Small pieces of cooked potato mash up easier than large pieces. Cover potatoes with cold water then place on stove to cook. Add salt once the water starts boiling. Starting the potatoes in cold water will help them cook evenly (if you [...]
• 14 Grilled Sandwich Recipes: This week’s Recipe Hit List is all about warm, toasty grilled sandwiches. They’re perfect for both lunch and dinner and they’re a definite comfort food on cold nights. So easy to make too! Here are my picks from around the web… 14 Grilled Sandwich Recipes *Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites Bombay Grilled Double Decker [...]
• 18 Dainty Party Sandwiches: How To: Fancy Shaped Simple Sandwiches: (1) Make ordinary sandwiches using thinly sliced bread, butter and fillings. Cut into small triangles, diamonds, squares and fingers. (2) Cut thin bread slices with small, shaped cutters to make circles,flowers, stars, hearts, crescents, etc. Spread with butter, then spread one half with filling and cover with matching buttered slice. Rainbow Ribbons: [...]
• 25 Tempting Meatloaf Recipes: I love meatloaf! It’s one of my favorite main dishes to make since it’s super easy to put together, and bonus! it’s my son’s favorite meal too (with buttery mashed potatoes of course!). Is it possible to have only one favorite meatloaf recipe? There are too many delicious ways to make it for me to [...]
• 10 Tasty Meatloaf Tips & Tricks: Mixing It Up Helpers: Some say meatloaf HAS to be mixed with your bare hands. Others say a thick wooden spoon or even a potato masher will do the job just fine. You could also put all the ingredients in a large ziploc bag, seal, then mash all ingredients together without getting your hands messy. [...]
• 15 Comforting Homemade Soup Recipes: Chilly fall mornings and cold winter evenings–nothing brings comforting warmth straight to the bones like a piping hot bowl of homemade soup. Here are my top picks of soup recipes that I found around the net this week. I enjoy all kinds of soups but prefer regular home fare so this list of soup recipes [...]
• 12 Tips For Tasty Homemade Soup: Keep soup slowly simmering for hours rather than at a boil. This helps draw out the most flavor. Use dried herbs rather than fresh since they hold their flavor during long cooking periods. If you wish to use fresh, add the herbs at the end of cooking time. Add salt toward the end of cooking time rather [...]
• Tipnut Mailbag: Crush Herbs Fast & Easy: I’m just about caught up with my email backlog (woohoo!), here’s a kitchen tip quickie Josee Meehan sent in to share with us all: This from my husband (who is a chef): Herbs, like basil and oregano, can be quickly and easily crushed when frozen. The trick is to take them out of the freezer seconds [...]
• 12 Pasta Recipe Pleasers: I know I’m not the only one with a weak spot for pasta . Creamy & cheesy dishes, chunky pastas with bites of sausage or lightly flavored noodles–they’re all delicious to me. Lots to choose from in this week’s Recipe Hit List, many are simple to prepare and fuss free. Here’s what I found [...]
• 5 Simple Tips For Cooking Perfect Pasta: I admit I’m a bit of an elitist when it comes to pasta. It has to be cooked “just right” and if it isn’t, no matter how great the sauce or other ingredients are–I find the dish just isn’t that great. If you love pasta but when you cook it the results are disappointing, it’s probably [...]
• 12 Family Favorite Pie Recipes: We’re heading into the holiday season and pies are not only a favorite on the menu, they’re expected. Store bought pies are ok (some even pretty good), but there’s nothing really like homemade pie! Here are my top 12 picks of pie recipes found around the net, each is a traditional favorite–some with a tasty [...]
• Trims For One-Crust Pies: How To: Fluted Edge of crust is double. Use your index finger or the handle of a knife to make the indentations. The thumb and index finger of your other hand are a wedge to push against to make the scallop around the knife handle. If definite points are wanted, as in the picture, rather than rounded fluting, [...]
• 12 Marvelous Muffin Recipes: For some reason I seem to crave freshly baked homemade muffins in the Fall. They’re a warm comfort food on chilly mornings, great for breakfast or snacktime and not fussy to make. Here are 12 different recipes I’ve found online this week that caught my eye, a few are even healthy! I hope you enjoy [...]
• 10 Tips For Baking Muffins: When preparing the ingredients, first mix the wet ingredients in one bowl and the dry ingredients in another. Next make a well in the dry ingredients to hold the wet ingredients and mix everything together. Some recipes may instruct a different method of mixing, follow those directions and make sure to add ingredients in order [...]
• How to Clean and Chop Herbs Quickly: Today’s feature is a video showing how to wash bunches of herbs quickly and then how to chop them: Basically the tip is to hold onto the stems then dunk the bunch of herbs up and down into a bowl of water and swish around like a washing machine. Shake off excess water then stick the [...]
• Storing Garden Crops: Cold Storage Tips: Home storing of the less perishable vegetables for winter use has almost become a lost art. Cabbage, turnips, radishes, beets, carrots, Brussels sprouts, celery, potatoes and apples may be stored in cool and moist surroundings. Onions require a cool and dry atmosphere; and pumpkins, squash and sweet potatoes need a dry place where it is relatively [...]