How to Make Mouth-watering Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup: Insider Tricks
Homemade soup is one of the easiest things in the world to make. If you throw a package of stew …Read More
Category Archives: kitchen tips
Hearty Homemade Beef Stock
Three weeks ago I mentioned that an important ingredient of French Onion Soup is a really sturdy homemade beef stock …Read More
Christmas Gifts from My Kitchen–I have a plan!
After a busy week of Christmas events, the low-level angst about Christmas gifts burst into a full-blown plan yesterday. Phew! …Read More
Step Away from that Trash Can; do NOT throw that turkey carcass away!
If you haven’t already figured out what to do with your turkey carcass, here’s a way to get even more …Read More
Don’t forget the cornstarch! (and other last minute warnings)
Have you done your shopping for Thanksgiving dinner? Chances are most of you are like me and have …Read More
Planning a Timeline for Thanksgiving Week
A few years ago I wrote about the timeline I follow for preparing a giant Thanksgiving Feast. This year, I …Read More
Oregano Tea — the secret to making amazing soups and chilis
This weekend I learned the coolest new trick! It’s finally soup weather and I spent the weekend making fabulous vegetable …Read More
Saving Money on Groceries
Sometimes my grocery money disappears so fast it’s almost as if we’ve been gobbling dollar bills and quarters for dinner! …Read More
Planning Food for the 4th of July
When I was growing up, some of our best parties happened on the 4th of July. We’d grill hamburgers or …Read More
A Dutch almond pastry called Banket, Part 2 or What NOT TO DO!
Just to review, Laura has written a great post on how to make banket, the quintessential Dutch holiday food. Christmas …Read More
Thanksgiving Dinner: How to Carve a Turkey and other important details
I have to start with a confession: Dave always carves the turkey at our house and I NEVER personally carve …Read More
Saturday’s Slick Trick: Keeping Fresh Herbs FRESH
Nothing beats cooking with fresh herbs, but KEEPING those herbs fresh until you’re ready to use them can be a …Read More
Saturday’s Slick Trick: Grinding your own spices
At this time of year, all the holiday baking can sometimes sneak up on me and run me clean out …Read More
Saturday’s Slick Trick: Substitutions for Eggs
Just what can I substitute for eggs? Well, lately I’ve found a new favorite – – pumpkin! There are many …Read More
Saturday’s Slick Trick: sorting out unpopped popcorn kernels
This week I learned a nifty little trick to solve a perennial problem. Those unpopped popcorn kernels can break a …Read More
Saturday’s Slick Trick: Saving time making stock
We all have them…little tricks that we do to make life easier. Usually, we don’t think much about them until …Read More
Another home remedy: Char’s Amazing Soup to help you leap over a cold in a single bound
Nothing tastes better than soup when I’m fighting a cold or the flu. My friend Char makes an amazing soup …Read More
Homemade Cough Syrup
This week I posted about my son Nate’s home remedy for a cold and my friend Char’s Power Soup . On another …Read More
Home Cold Remedy
Ugh. It’s THAT time of year again at our house. Every year when the weather changes, we all seem to …Read More
Preparing your pantry for a cross-country move
I’ve been thinking lately about how to prepare, food-wise, for moving. That’s because my family will be moving from Minnesota …Read More
