I am looking for your ideas to use potatoes. Besides mashed, french fries, and oven-baked. What are your favorite ideas in using potatoes? Thanks in advance.
I am planning a very special anniversary dinner for my wife. We are planning on having red wine and chili. What is a good chili recipe to serve with red wine?
Converting a Stovetop Recipe to a Crockpot Recipe
Crockpots vary but the low setting is typically around 100 degrees and its high setting is around 300 degrees. Knowing this, it is fairly easy to convert most recipes for use in your slow cooker.
My husband and I both love cooking chile - and have lots of variations on this theme. However we nearly always serve it with plain rice and I wondered if anyone had any ideas of more interesting accompaniments?...I have a pot on the stove at the moment and would love to make something a bit different tonight!
Cure for Soggy Mashed Potatoes
Dry powdered milk added to soggy mashed potatoes will restore them back to perfection.
I am looking for the recipe that used to be printed on the back of the Chicken of the Sea pouches of salmon but is no longer there since they changed the packaging. Does anyone out there have it or one that is similar.
Testing Dishes for Microwave Safety
To determine whether or not a dish is microwave safe, put 1 cup water into a glass measuring cup. Place the measuring cup in the microwave in the dish being tested. Then microwave at high for 1 minute. If the dish being tested is warm and the water cool, the dish is unsafe.
Pampered Chef makes the most wonderful baking stones. Trust me. I've thrown out all my baking sheets. No more hard-on-the-bottom biscuits! The one tip I would give is never put a really hard frozen item on them to bake as this will break them. Allow just a little thawing time before baking pizza.
When Baking, Invest In The Right Tools For The Job
The right tools make all the difference when baking and cooking. I saved for years to acquire the very best kitchen tools I could find, especially for the "luxury" tools that I now consider essentials, such as different scoops for cookies, meatballs, etc. Also the very best baking sheets and pans and parchment paper.
Never trim fat from meat before cooking. Fat helps give meat it's flavor. One can trim their meat before serving or eating.
When boiling corn, add sugar to the water instead of salt. Salt will toughen the corn. By Peggy
Tips for cooking cabbage. Post your ideas.
Less Smell When Cooking Cauliflower
I would like to know if there is anything you can add to cauliflower while preparing it to take away that gaseous smell. I love cauliflower, but hate the smell.
When grilling pork chops, it's very important to have the heat hot enough to be able to hear the meat sizzling over the coals. While steaks need to be cooked on a very hot fire. Let the flames come up around the steak to seal in the natural juices.
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