Festive Sides: Classic Cranberry Sauce
This is your classic festive Cranberry Sauce for Turkey and Ham feasts… It’s quick and easy to make, but requires a little patience and constant attention towards the end of cooking. (Hint: What you’re really making, here is Cranberry Jam!)Read More →
Perfect Pumpkin Pie!
There’s nothing that says Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner Dessert better than a luscious homemade Pumpkin Pie! It’s not as hard as you might think, and there’s no danger of a watery pie or a soggy crust with my fail-proof recipe!Read More →
Cooking 101: Versatile, venerable Ground Meat!
What’s more representative of good old Western comfort food than the classic Meatloaf? (Maybe Mac and Cheese, but we’ve already done that!) But… With a few simple embellishments, you can create a great go-to ground meat mix that can be customized into a different entrée for every night of the week.Read More →
Healthier Caffeine? Maybe…
We’ve already heard, from the medical community, that Coffee and Tea aren’t as bad for us in some ways) as we were led to believe through the 1990s. Diet Soft Drinks are another source of caffeine that we’ve traditionally been told to avoid. What can we do to manage our caffeine and still get our jolt? Read More →
Common sense re.- Fat in Foods
So, I read this online article recently about how you can make fried foods healthier, see? And I got to thinking, isn’t this all, pretty much, common sense? And I asked myself if part of the problem with people not eating healthfully these days has more to do with lack of knowledge than lack of caring…Read More →
Buttergate Update: Paula’s Back, Y’All!
Yep, Y’All! Southern cooking doyenne Paula Deen recently made her first public appearance following a season of scandal over claims of racial discrimination by a former employee at her Savannah, GA, restaurant… And she came back to thunderous applause!Read More →
Cooking 101: Tortillas!
Hola, amigos! Time to tackle one of life’s little cooking mysteries… How to make your own Tortillas! And I mean both Wheat Flour and Corn Masa styles. You’ll be ready for anything! And it’s easier than you think…Read More →
Cooking 101: Basic Bread
!f there’s one thing everyone who’s interested in cooking should know, its the basics that go into making a good loaf of bread. It’s not complicated and it’s not hard – especially if you have a stand mixer with a dough hook!Read More →