Archive for the 'Cooking' Category

good place to start Learning to cook

Learning to cook? Cooking potatoes teaches you many basic cooking techniques C a good place to start!
If you’d like to learn to cook, but don’t know quite where to start, cooking potatoes is an inexpensive way to get you feeling comfortable in the kitchen, while teaching you basic cooking methods which you can use to [...]

An elegant, yet simple shrimp Scampi recipe anyone can make!

With so many convenience foods available at the supermarket, many people have become a little rusty on basic cooking techniques. Cooking rice is a case in point. At the grocery, I was astonished to find cooked rice and veggies in the freezer aisle, all bagged up, with a cheery label declaring, ready in 4 minutes! [...]

Tuna fish recipes and tips to transform this inexpensive canned

staple into a family treat
Canned tuna has been a staple of the American pantry for decades. Most often, it becomes the standard tuna sandwich on white bread, packed into lunch bags as a once-a-week regular. When tuna is on sale, most shoppers stock up, with that sandwich in mind. However, served too often, tuna sandwiches [...]

4 simple recipes for romantic, candlelight dinners

In the finest traditions of cooking, you’ll find that some of the best dishes you’ll ever taste are made of just a few simple ingredients, simply prepared, of the highest quality and as fresh as can be found. If you don’t see yourself as a gourmet cook, think again. Take a look at these four [...]

Five quick, easy, nutritious and economical canned salmon recipes

Pasta is a staple in most households. It’s economical, nutritious and filling. Pasta is also a versatile menu item, which can be served as a side dish, an entree, or even used in a salad, such as macaroni salad. You might think that all that’s needed is to toss it into boiling water, wait the [...]

Try some of these imaginative quiche recipes to debunk that myth!

Quiche recipes are made for the non-cook. The French version of the Italian Frittata, quiche is a dish that allows you to roll up your sleeves and let your creativity flow! If you can beat eggs, you can make any number of delightful quiche recipes. As a matter of fact, once you’ve followed a couple [...]

Kids Cooking Recipes

Cooking is something that everyone should know how to do. Those that grow up without these skills can be in for a life of takeout and frozen meals until the day they find someone to marry who does know how to cook. You do not have to spend a lot of time teaching your children [...]

Cooking vegetables properly to get the maximum nutritive value on your table

We’ve all heard so much about eating those 5-9 servings of produce each day. Smart physicians have been promoting this for decades, but it’s only been in the last few years that the government has made this healthy recommendation official. Many of us gasped at the idea, wondering if it were even possible to consume [...]

What are the 10 Healthiest Foods?

Cheesecake is an acquired taste C like so many things that exist in this wacky world of ours, it is not for everyone. But to the many converts, and those few born with a palate smart enough to appreciate the finer things, cheesecake is high art, the greatest dessert every conjured by man or by [...]

Food quality determines the success or failure of every recipe!

healthy snack
Garlic bread is now a beloved side in many American households. We serve it with spaghetti, lasagna, pot roast, with chili and as a nice ‘dipper’ for soups. So popular is this wonderful Italian staple, it’s now available in already prepared loaves in the bakery section, or even in pre-sliced boxed versions in the [...]