SUMMER GRILLING: FUN FOOD SIDE-KICKS
Funny thing about cook-out meals, we get the featured item on our plates, a burger for example, and immediately look around for other foods to add on. Read more
Posts tagged ‘preparation’
Jul 2
Hearty Versatile Soups are Great In An Emergency
I’m sure I speak for many when I say that I’m truly sick of ice and snow—especially ice—this winter. We’ve been lucky so far. We haven’t had a power outage, but we have been unexpectedly house bound by snow, then ice and finally, downed trees. Read more
Everything You Want to Know About Fondues Recipes
It’s still winter, for most of us it’s still cold and we still crave warming meals. So I’ll haul out my soap box again and do one more post on easy, fun, filling cold weather meals. This may be the most fun and easiest of all; in a word FONDUE. Read more
T.V. RECIPE BYTES CAN BITE
I never watched much day-time T.V. until I had a house guest who was addicted to it, particularly the talk shows. By the time she left, I had a deep respect for several of the programs and the professionalism of their staffs which allowed them to turn on a dime as news unfolded. Read more
Maple Syrup is Both Healthy and Versatile – Maple Syrup Recipes
I send Christmas gifts to people who live at a distance, and though I like the personal touch of wrapping presents myself, I trust the guys in the catalogue business more to ship things guaranteed to arrive in one piece. Read more
Chicken Cooking Safety Tips Plus Tasty Simple Chicken Recipes
There were the recent publicized discussions about rinsing chicken, and then came a salmonella outbreak traced to a poultry processor in California. As a result, there’s a lot of fear about buying, cooking, even eating chicken. Rumors are flying and I’d like to help clear the air, and add a couple of really good chicken recipes, guaranteed for safety, to get you all back in the groove. Read more
Quick Bruschetta Tips and Recipes
I was in a check-out line yesterday, when the man behind me ruefully surveyed his purchases and remarked that he was going to try to make bruschetta. Read more
CHICKEN: TO RINSE OR NOT TO RINSE
About 5 yrs. ago all the chefs began touting “brining” poultry. My family has been “soaking” it in salted water, before cooking, for generations because salt draws the blood. Unlike other meats, residual blood in poultry toughens the meat and taints the taste. Read more
