I don't make recipes any more that have a lot of ingredients. I was quite surprised to find a program on the Food Network called 5 Ingredient Fix. It is only on on Saturday at 9:30 am Central time. I have gone to that site and find myself spending a lot of time there.
Link: Sites for Healthy Eating
These are my favorite sites that provide information and resources to help plan healthy meals. These will save you money and time. Enjoy!
Link: Sites that Build Recipes Based on What You Have
These sites let you type in/check off ingredients you have on hand and work a recipe around them. Great for days when you have a couple things on hand, but not everything you need to cook what you wanted to make.
Link: Vitacost.com For Healthy Foods
www.vitacost.com is a fantastic site I just found out about. They offer a flat shipping and handling fee of $4.99, and have lots of healthy, organic foods available at a fraction of the cost found locally!
This information comes from the makers of Domino Sugar and provides answers for almost any question you can ask regarding sugar, what it does, types of sugars and how to use them.
Ever wonder how long your favorite food or beverage will stay safe and tasty or the best way to store it? Get the answers for thousands of items!
Link: Cooking Light's 25 Most Common Cooking Mistakes
In the March issue of Cooking Light magazine, there was an article detailing the most common cooking mistakes and how to prevent them.
I'm in my early 60's and smart enough to know that if I took a course at my age, it would take me longer to catch on now than when I was younger. I made up my mind to learn at my own pace. I found numerous cake decorating videos on YouTube.
I've always simply cut the stems off of artichokes and boiled them in water until tender but I came across this "how to prepare artichokes" link and it would be so much easier to eat them hot by preparing this way before cooking!
Link: SHARE Volunteer-Run Food Buying Club
SHARE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people save money on groceries. Through volunteer service SHARE is able to help families 30-50% off grocery store prices. Available in Wisconsin and other states.
Link: HometownFavorites.com for Old Fashioned Candy
I have a site that I thought you might like to take a look at with a lot of the old time candies that we grew up with in the 50's, 60's, etc., and, in most cases, we can not find any longer.
Link: All About Foods - Copycat Recipes
I often read requests for copy cat recipes and today I received a link for just that - so I thought I would share it.
I wanted to share a site that was shared with me:
Finding and Organizing Recipes from Websites
When I open your daily tips at the end of the week I simply print out what interests me. I put it into a folder and take it to my daughter's home the next week.
Link: Food Tips and Recipes at the Utah State University Extension
I've just found the most fantastic site and wanted to share. It's the Utah State University Extension site. Family and Consumer Sciences (under Families and Communities) was a great section for home hints...
Recipes for What You Have in the Fridge
Here's a site that utilizes what you have in your fridge and pantry to create delicious recipes.
Allrecipes.com For Video Tutorials
Want to master cutting a fresh pineapple and different ways to use it for serving, or the proper way to cut a watermelon, or how to neatly and safely cut an avocado? Then check out allrecipes.com. They actually have video clips to show you how to do these things.
Lindsay Olive Information Webpage
Here's a link to a Lindsay olive webpage. If you mouse over the pictures of the olives, it will tell you about that olive, it's properties, and what it goes best with.
This is for the person who's looking for Indian recipes. Here are some web sites to check out:
I have been a dieter only for the past 2 years but was astounded by the cost of "losing weight". I had to pay a fee each week for someone to show me how to lose weight...
Mother Earth News Chicken and Egg Page
Mother Earth News has done testing on free range chicken eggs vs. the normal store bought eggs and the differences are remarkable. Their new chicken and egg page has test results and information on raising chickens. Basically free range chickens are chickens that are allowed to walk around, peck, eat grass, weeds and insects plus chicken feed as opposed to those that spend their lives in a tiny pen. How many of you out there have your own chickens?
Cook It Quick is brought to you by University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension. "Helping you prepare healthy foods in a hurry." This site has a lot of useful information and recipes with new infromation added every month.
Once-A-Month-Cooking Plans and Recipes
Here are some great plans put together for Once-A-Month-Cooking: "The following links are plans and recipes that I love to use at almost every OAMC session that I do. I have developed these plans myself utilizing recipes that I've received from websites, mailing lists and friends. I hope that you enjoy these plans as much as I do!"
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