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Kabobs for a Large Group

Calculating Ingredients When Feeding Large...

Spinach Quiche

Side Dishes That Go With Quiche

Food for a Large Group

Preparing Food for a Large Group

A chunk of stuck together ice cubes.

Keeping Ice Cubes from Sticking

Father and Son Cooking Dinner Together

Saturday Meal Ideas

Lemon Peel

Uses for Citrus Peels

Using Bisquick After Expiration Date

Making Pickles With Burpless Cucumbers

Open can of tuna.

Draining Canned Tuna

Leftover Cookies

Using Leftover Cookies

Chicken Salad

Freezing Chicken Salad

fish sauce

Using Fish Sauce

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Frozen Raw Potatoes

Using Accidentally Frozen Raw Potatoes

Convection Oven in New Kitchen

Convection Oven Tips and Recipes

Frozen Whipped Topping on Blueberries

Using Frozen Whipped Topping

A pot on a ceramic stovetop.

Safe Pots and Pans for Ceramic Stovetops

Sifting flour using a metal strainer.

Flour Sifting Tips and Tricks

Glass stemed dish of apple sauce.

Applesauce Vs. Apple Butter

Party Foods That Do Not Require Refrigeration

Vanilla pudding.

Pudding Tips and Tricks

A bowl of coleslaw.

Coleslaw Tips and Tricks

Muffins in a basket.

Transporting Cupcakes and Muffins

Softening Marshmallows

A bowl of well cooked chicken noodle soup.

Foods I Can Eat After Having My Teeth Pulled

Mint Sauce

Uses for Mint Sauce

Buying Cream of Coconut

3 sticks of butter.

Saving Money on Butter

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Buying Dinner Rolls in Bulk

Cutting Frozen Meat

Uses for Pickle Juice

Uses for Pickle Juice

Sloppy joes for a large group.

Making Sloppy Joes for a Large Group

Mashed Potatoes for 40 People

Bottle labelled Sherry next to a class containing sherry

Dry Sherry vs. Cooking Sherry

Keeping Fast Food Warm or Reheating It Without It Drying Out

Disgusted man doesn't want to eat.

Cooking Advice for Feeding Picky Husbands

Using Wilting Leftover Salad Fixings

Ball of dough on a tortilla press.

Uses for an Electric Tortilla Press

Cloves on a wooded spoon.

Uses for Cloves

Stick of butter on a table with pat sliced off

Woman adding things to a stock pot, man prepping food.

Cooking Chicken Stew for 1000 People

Buffet table full of food.

Cooking for 300 People

A butternut squash being cut in half.

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A bottle of homemade raspberry red wine vinegar.

When Life Gives you Lemons (or Raspberries)

Ham hocks and beans in pot

Cooking Ham Hocks and Dry Beans in a Pressure Cooker

Woman Buying Organic
Tomatoes

Why Are Organic Products So Expensive?

Organic Produce

How to Prioritize Organic Produce Purchases

Terra Cotta Disk for Keeping Brown Sugar Soft and Fluffy

Use a Terra Cotta Disk to Keep Brown Sugar Soft

A ham and cheese calzone with melted cheese.

Preventing Cheese From Leaking Out of Calzones

A winter squash with the seeds still inside.

Tips for Using Squash

Organic Produce in Supermarket

FAQ's About Organic Food

A collection of eggplants.

How to Buy Eggplant

Bowl of Mixed Nuts

A jar filled with chewing gum packets.

Storing Chewing Gum

Green olives smashed to remove the pit.

How to Pit Olives Without a Pitter

Spaghetti

Making Spaghetti for 100 People

Spaghetti Supper

Spaghetti Supper for 300 to 400 People

Fresh Cauliflower

Fresh Cauliflower for 60 People

Frozen Corn

Frozen Corn for 60 People

Raw Hamburger

Amount of Hamburger Needed for 100 People

Health Benefits of Ghee

Tomato Paste

Is Canned Tomato Sauce or Paste Gluten Free?

Gloved Hand Holding Mug of Hot Chocolate

Making Hot Chocolate for a Large Group Inexpensively

Woman Chopping Vegetables

Finding Inspiration for New Foods

Spice Grinder

Using a Spice Grinder

Making a Frozen Pizza Crust Crispy

Making a Frozen Pizza Crust Crispy

Binder For Corned Beef Hash - bowl of corned beef hash

What is a Good Binder for Corned Beef Hash?

Kabobs on a serving plate.

Making Kabobs for a Large Group

An Oreo cookie placed on a fork, being dipped into a glass of milk.

Use a Fork to Dunk Oreos in Milk

Glad Press'n Seal Wrap

Uses for Glad Press'n Seal Wrap

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake - slice of cake 2

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Homemade strawberry ice cream.

Using an Electric Ice Cream Maker

Using a juicer to juice several lemons.

How to Get More Juice Out Of Lemons

Gluten Free Flour Mix ingredients in bowl

Gluten Free Flour Mix

A flight attendant talking at the airport.

Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant

Kanten Jelly

Using Agar-agar (Kanten)

Evaporated Milk

Using Evaporated Milk

Clip hanger used for holding recipe, from cupboard knob.

Using Clip Hanger for Reading Recipes

Placemat casserole dish cover.

Using Placemats to Make Casserole Dish Covers

Sliced Pound Cake

Uses for Leftover Pound Cake

A jar of sugar that has been flavored by vanilla beans.

Vanilla Bean Sugar Recipes

A man wearing swimming goggles while cutting an onion.

Cut Onions Wearing Swimming Goggles

A pan of tomato sauce for spaghetti.

Should I Saute Onions for Spaghetti Sauce?

Corn Tortilla

Recipes Using Corn Tortillas

A Danish aebleskiver pan on a stove.

Aebleskiver Pan Keeps Sticking

A woman with an upset stomach.

Beano Substitute

Plastic Food Containers

Keeping Bugs Out of Plastic Food Containers

Canned frosting being spooned into a bowl.

Thinning Canned Frosting

Banana Pudding

Banana Pudding for a Large Group

A spool of green colored fishing line.

Using Fishing Line as a Cake Cutter

Hickory Nuts

Roasting Hickory Nuts

An orange zester with zest and a curly orange peel on a white background.

Using Orange Zest

Powdered Milk

Save Money Using Powdered Milk

A pie plate being used as a makeshift pot lid.

Makeshift Lids for Pots and Pans

Turkey dinner on a plate.

Keeping Turkey Hot and Juicy After Cooking

A pile of clothespins on a white background.

Use Clothespins as Chip Clips

Medium rare filet mignon steaks.

How Much Do Filet Mignon Steaks Cost?

Serving Chicken and Noodles

Preparing Chicken and Noodles for a Large Group

Two sandwich wraps using spinach tortillas.

Making Flavored Tortillas for Wraps

A serving of apple crisp on a plate.

Keeping Apple Crisp Topping Crispy

book cover

Making 'Green Eggs and Ham' Breakfast

Brightly colored plastic grocery bags against white background

Using a Plastic Bag for Messy Food Preparation

Cubes of clarified butter.

Using And Storing Clarified Butter

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baggie for cereal treats

Tip for Making Cereal TreatsCereal treats can be quite messy to make, especially when you are pressing them into the pan. The next time you make cereal treats, put a sandwich bag over your hand and spray it with non-stick spray.

supplies for sprouted

Make a Seed Sprouter for SaladsSprouting jars are about $20 in your local healthfood store. Instead, pick up either a sheet or a pre-cut plastic needlepoint canvas from your local dollar or craft store and cut them to fit the top your Mason jar and screw on with the canning ring.

Lucky Charms shamrocks

Lucky Charms ShamrocksMake your Lucky Charms treats even better by cutting them into shamrock shapes. These make greats treats for a party!

open container with rice and chop sticks

Chinese Take-Out Containers Are PlatesDid you know that the reason the Chinese take out boxes are shaped the way they are is because they are meant to be used as plates?

marker on cup

Clothespin Cup MarkersWe have a huge dilemma in our house! The kids misplaces their cups throughout the day, which means there are at least 8 cups scattered about by the end of the day!

dirty lid

Keep an Extra Ketchup Bottle LidIn a house with kids, the ketchup bottle lid inevitably gets gross. I kept a lid from a previous bottle and ran it through the dishwasher. Now whenever the current bottles lid is too yucky, I switch out the lid.

Videos

Pickling Vegetables

Pickling VegetablesThis video by the Alaska Cooperative Extension Service gives a thorough explanation of the process and benefits of preserving your vegetables by pickling them.

Cleaning and Storing Romaine Hearts

Cleaning and Storing Romaine HeartsHearts of romaine lettuce are a favorite for salads. If they are cleaned and stored properly, they can last a long time. Learn how in this short video.

Lucky Charms ShamrocksMake your Lucky Charms treats even better by cutting them into shamrock shapes.

Clothespin Cup MarkersThis video shows you a quick solution to having less dirty dishes.

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Built in Spoon Rest - wire whisk handle in the hanging hole on a pot handle

Built in Spoon RestThat little hole in the handle of your pots and pans was made to hold a spoon or other stirring utensil!

Cut Squash

Zero Waste for SquashWhen it comes to any of the squashes - you could save the seeds. You can either roast the seeds as a snack or toss over salad, or plant them!

Ricer for Grinding Coffee BeansI recently found that my old coffee grinder was broken. I decided to use something else we have around the house to grind the beans. Years ago I inherited my mother's old ricer. I put the beans in the ricer and used a lot of elbow grease to grind the beans. Tada, it worked.

Questions

Using Accidentally Frozen TomatoesWe froze tomatoes by accident in the refrigerator. Can I slice them for use on hamburgers?

Using Gluten Free Flour to Thicken Tomato RelishCan I use gluten free flour to thicken the tomato relish? The brand I have is Woolworths - free from gluten plain flour. It contains maize, tapioca, rice, and thickeners 412, 415, 464, 466.

Measuring ButterI am making a banana cake. I need to know how many Tablespoons of butter are in 2/3 of a cup?

Cooking with a Convection OvenHow do I cook a 3.5lb corned beef in my stovetop turbo convection oven?

Will Freezing Baking Soda Affect Its Use in Baking?Does freezing baking soda affect the soda for future baking?

Making Spaghetti for 300How many kilos of spaghetti would you need to make for 300 persons?

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