Are they critical details or just the chef’s preference? Have you ever looked at a recipe and thought, “What’s kosher salt? I only have regular salt” or “I don’t have a lemon, what could I use instead.” Have you looked in your pantry and wondered, “Why do I have five kinds of vinegar?” These technicalities…
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How to Make a Smoothie: You can do it.
I am entirely baffled by the smoothie business. There are websites wholly devoted to making smoothies. Companies that will ship you perfectly proportioned frozen ingredients for a not-so-healthy cost. And $300 blenders that let you can crush ice in an instant. I can’t understand how a whole industry has been created to use up ripe…
Three Important Reasons You Can Change a Recipe
Use this recipe as a guide. Adjust measurements and ingredients as necessary. — Andrea Bemis, Dishing up the Dirt One of my favorite farm-chef bloggers finishes each recipe with these words. And I love her even more for them. The acknowledgment that recipes are meant to be changed to suit your needs is not talked about…
Simple Storage Advice to Reduce Vegetable Waste
Where do you put your produce when there are no directions on the package? There is probably nothing worse than an inexperienced cook that wants to eat better, takes the time to seek out a box of vegetables from their local farm, and then unknowingly has them wilt away in a matter of hours. I receive…
A Seasonal Perspective to Inspire Your Cooking
When you need encouragement, take notes from the weather and what is available. When I cook at home, the seasons and the weather come into my decision of what to prepare for that night’s dinner. This combination comes into play because of my home’s temperature and the produce available during that season. For each vegetable,…
Kimchi: You can write your own American-Korean recipe
If you are paying even a little attention to what you are eating in the last five years, you have probably heard of probiotics. These are the good (pro-) bacteria (-biotics) that humans have been eating for the past several thousand years. Since the age of refrigeration and sanitation, we have consumed fewer probiotics. Our…
Making Cleanup Easy: Cooking the meal is only half of the job.
There are very few items I consider essential in the kitchen. As a minimalist, I kept my kitchen equipment to the bare bones when I was single. My husband, on the other hand, now finds something that I must have and purchases it for me for birthdays and Christmas gifts. Some women get jewelry. I…