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Seasons
, Tricks & Techniques
on April 30, 2010
It's summer time and if you are beach-ready...read on...
The beach is the perfect home for sandcastles, water fun, and E.Coli. As sunbathers do what they do best, bacteria does the same. With m...
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Recipes
, Tricks & Techniques
on April 22, 2010
Add some fruit to your dinner plate with this recipe (found via):
Chicken Breasts with Strawberry-Blueberry Chutney
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients
2 teaspoons canola oil
1/2 cup chopped red...
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Gadgets
, Kitchen & Tableware
, Recipes
, Tricks & Techniques
on March 22, 2010
If you love to cook, you must have tons of cookbooks and recipes in your kitchen. Sure, you have some recipes already etched in your memory, but surely, you have really good recipes that call for seas...
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Ingredient Spotlight
, Recipes
, Tricks & Techniques
on March 16, 2010
How many times have you opened your freezer door, hoping that the contents would inspire you and give you ideas on what to cook for the next meal? If you're freezer looks anywhere like one on the ...
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Did you know
, Tricks & Techniques
, Web Resources
on March 8, 2010
A lot, if not most, of the readers frequenting this weblog are not veteran cooks. Most are just like me, an average Jane, wanting to try out new recipes, on the lookout for useful kitchen gadgets and ...
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Did you know
, Tricks & Techniques
on January 24, 2010
My daughter is going through a phase of picky eating (I hope it's just a phase) and is refusing green veggies at the moment. She'd eat cauliflower just fine, but wouldn't touch broccoli. R...
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Holidays
, Tricks & Techniques
on November 23, 2009
Holidays are coming up and it's again time to bake those Christmas cookies and other goodies! This is an activity that has become a tradition in our home and the kids love pitching in. So bring out th...
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Did you know
, Kitchen & Tableware
, Tricks & Techniques
on November 23, 2009
Preparing a party for a few or many people can be tedious. However, if you stick to easy to prepare party foods that you can just store inside a commercial refrigerator, either before or after the par...
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Tricks & Techniques
on October 19, 2009
Need to cook potatoes for a party of 20 and running out of time? Use your dishwasher to clean the potatoes instead of brushing them one by one. Yes, the dishwasher!
Put them in the top rack and r...
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News
, Tricks & Techniques
on August 6, 2009
What: Gluten-Free Cooking Expo
When: August 15 - 16, 2009
Where: The Wyndham Hotel, Lisle, Illinois, Chicago
Watch the professionals whip up gluten-free meals and learn from them.
A gluten-free die...
