Archive Category: 'Food'

• 20 Canning Tips – Timeless Wisdom Collection: These tips for canning are collected from the 1940s and 1950s, most are quite practical but one is truly a piece of old-timer wisdom that I couldn’t resist including (you’ll know which one when you see it!). I’ve also included a section “Canning Arithmetic” from that time period, it provides a guideline for what canned [...]
• Recipe Hit List: Cool Summer Treats: The weather’s been very hot here this past week so all I’ve been interested in is cool, refreshing summer treats…here are the recipes I’ve found around the net that caught my eye (there are some neat ideas found in this bunch): Limonada, Lemonade or Limeade: If you love freshly made homemade lemonade (or limeade) but hate [...]
• Mayonnaise Plus: 19 Quick Recipes: Add some zip to mayonnaise with these 19 Quick & Easy recipes…use as dressings for vegetable or fruit salads, many would be good for veggie dips too. Feel free to lighten the load by using low-fat mayo! Mayonnaise Plus Into 1/2 cup ready-to-use mayonnaise or cooked salad dressing, stir one of these: For Green or Vegetable Salads: Cheesy Mayonnaise: 1/4 [...]
• Recipe Hit List – Tasty Main Dishes: Here are this week’s recipes found around the net that have caught my eye, enjoy! Summer Eggs: Quick & easy meal with a half dozen green, red and yellow peppers forming the basis of this dish, from Have Pinny Will Cook. Pizza Breadstick Casserole: Use a box of Pillsbury’s refrigerated Parmesan breadsticks to make this easy hot [...]
• Green Goddess Dressing – Recipe: According to Wikipedia, Green Goddess Dressing was possibly the most popular dressing before Ranch dressing was invented. Here’s the recipe I have for it from an old community cookbook: Green Goddess Dressing Ingredients: 1 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup sour cream 3 TBS tarragon vinegar 1/2 cup heavy cream 1 clove garlic, crushed fine 2 TBS parsley 1 TBS lemon juice salt and freshly grated pepper [...]
• 25 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 books and magazines from the 1940s and 1950s…most of these are quite unique I think since I don’t recall coming across them before. 25 Cooking & Baking Tips Sift flour as it is being emptied into the [...]
• Recipe Hit List – Assorted Goodies: Judging by the page views, last week’s Recipe Hit List was a hit with readers here on Tipnut. I’ll be sticking with a once-a-week list format to feature recipes that catch my eye and since I normally don’t have a lot of room on Tipnut to feature all the fantastic and oh-so-tempting recipes I come [...]
• 2 Tasty Recipes To Shake The Salt Habit: Salt Free Seasoning Shake Recipe #1 1 TBS garlic powder 1 tsp basil 1 tsp thyme 1 tsp parsley 1 tsp savory 1 tsp mace 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp black pepper 1 tsp sage 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper Salt Free Seasoning Shake Recipe #2 2 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp basil 1 tsp oregano 1 tsp lemon peel powder Directions For Both: Simply mix together the ingredients from either [...]
• 10 Strategies to Masterful Food Preparation in Minimal Time: Today’s feature is from Dumb Little Man with 10 Strategies to Masterful Food Preparation in Minimal Time: Many people feel swamped with the immensity of their daily tasks, and often cooking is seen as a ‘luxury!’ The good news is that sitting down to a home cooked meal even on the busiest of days, isn’t impossible. [...]
• Recipe Hit List: Tasty Frozen Treats: Here’s a selection of frozen & fruity treat recipes that have caught my eye this week, each of them are guaranteed to be welcome on a hot summer’s day! 30 Days of Summer Drink Recipes: Good Housekeeping’s list of 30 different special frozen drinks and smoothie recipes to sip this season (found via Lifehacker). Easy Homemade Slushees: [...]
• Party Punch Ice Ring Directions: Here’s an easy way to jazz up the punch bowl with a fruit filled and flavored ice ring. Make sure to use a mold which can be placed in the freezer. Directions: Fill mold half full with half a 6 1/4 oz. can of frozen orange juice, thawed, and half a can of water (mix the juice and [...]
• How To Make Strawberry Jam: Small Batch Making For Beginners: Today’s feature is a nice video that walks you through step-by-step how to make a small batch of strawberry jam–this is perfect for beginners! But that’s not all, the site that created the video also has plenty of pdf downloads to get your preserve-groove on (good for both beginners and pros)! If you love the idea [...]
• Cookbook Lingo: 101 Cookery Terms & Definitions: Bain-marie: A French double boiler or a large open vessel half-filled with hot water in which saucepans are placed to keep contents nearly at boiling point. Bake: To cook by dry heat in the oven. Baste: To moisten food while cooking with juices from the pan or other liquid. The liquid is ladled over the food to [...]
• 34 Handy Kitchen Measurement Hacks & Tidbits: Do you find yourself always scrambling to find out how much one stick of butter is? Or how many eggs you need to make a cup? Do you know how much 1 cup of uncooked rice makes? Here’s a handy chart you can print off to include with your other kitchen chart goodies (see: Recipe Ingredient [...]
• Summer Fruit Platter: Ingredients: 1 Whole Pineapple Assorted fruit pieces, ideas: Strawberries Watermelon Cantaloupe Pineapple Honeydew Melon Grapes Cherries Kiwi Orange pieces Dip: 1 jar marshmallow cream topping 1 cup sour cream 1 cup Cool Whip Directions: Cut a pineapple in half lengthwise and hollow out one half. Use this half as your fruit dip bowl and set in middle of platter. Cut the rest of the pineapple into chunks for serving. Make the dip by [...]
• How To Make A Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes: Today’s feature is a fun tip from Dizzy-Dee with Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes! Not sure if this is a good thing to know how to do since it’s soooo easy to whip up (and then gobble up) a sweet little cake whenever you crave some chocolate . Ingredients: 4 Tablespoons cake flour 4 Tablespoons sugar 2 Tablespoons [...]
• Infused Water Recipes: Refreshing Non-Alcoholic Summer Drinks: Today’s feature tip is from Bohemian Revolution with Infused Water Recipes – Refreshing Non-Alcoholic Summer Drinks. If you caught my tips earlier this year for How To Beat The Soda Pop Addiction–you’ll find these suggestions a great way to increase your water intake while cutting the soda without even missing it: Spanish cuisine brought us aguas frescas, [...]
• Monkey Munch Recipe: If you watch the tv show Jon & Kate Plus 8 on TLC, you know what monkey munch is . If not, this is a snack that both the kids and parents just love. Here’s the recipe for it: Monkey Munch 9 cups Chex cereal (any variety) 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup butter [...]
• How To Cut A Whole Chicken – Video: Today’s feature is a YouTube video showing how to cut a whole chicken. Save money on your grocery bill by buying chickens whole then carving them up yourself–and it’s really not that hard! Here’s the video, it’s nice & quick yet covers the details well: Chicken Butchery 101 Butchery Basics: Cutting A Whole Chicken Into Parts Each [...]
• Stuffed Mini-Pitas: Recipe: Pita Filling Ingredients: 1 cup sour cream 1 cup mayonnaise 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1/2 cup onion (minced) 1 can chopped water chestnuts (sliced) 1 package Knorr Vegetable Soup Mix Directions: Mix filling well. Store in refrigerator overnight. Cut small pitas in half & stuff with chilled filling, serve.
• Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole Recipe: Today’s feature is from The Pioneer Woman Cooks with a recipe for Sleepin’ in Omelette, if you’re on a diet or concerned about your arteries–keep moving and don’t look back! From the page: This is a delicious breakfast-or-shower-or-brunch-or-luncheon casserole that is not only flavorful, it’s disturbingly easy to prepare AND can be made up o 24 [...]
• Margarita Ice Pops – Recipe: Today’s feature is from Epicurious with a recipe for Margarita Ice Pops: For this clever riff on the “frozen” Margarita, try to use natural lime pops (sold at natural and specialty foods stores) rather than artificially colored and flavored varieties. Servings: Makes 6 servings Using ready made popsicles, all you need is 1/2 cup tequila, 6 tablespoons [...]
• Java Mop – Grilling Recipe: Coffee perks up many meats, including grilled pork chops, smoked pork picnic, and beef skirt steak. Ingredients: 2 cups strong brewed coffee 1/2 cup cider vinegar 1/2 cup water 2 to 4 TBS vegetable oil 2 TBS tomato based bbq sauce or ketchup 1 TBS smoked or sweet paprika Directions: Combine all ingredients, use a saucepan to heat the mop to a simmer. Use warm. [...]
• 15 Tips For Leftover & Surplus Food Items: Here are 15 Quick Tips for stretching out and using the last little bit of a food item instead of tossing the extra bit out. This is not only less wasteful–it saves cash! This page is a compilation of individual Quick Tips previously published that will be deleted from the Tipnut blog–they’ve been moved here all [...]
• Use The Finger Test To Check The Doneness Of Meat: Today’s feature tip is from Simply Recipes with a neat How To – The Finger Test to Check the Doneness of Meat: This is one of those things that gets easier with practice. The next time you cook a steak, even if you are still planning to rely on a meat thermometer, press on the meat [...]