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How To Care For Wood Spoons

April 10, 2013
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Although most of us have at least one in our kitchen, not everyone knows how to care for wood spoons. Rather than gleaming, our wood spoons start to look dull and dry, then shaggy, and then they splinter and crack while we’re cooking. But here’s the thing: these aren’t just great cooking tools, they’re economical, [...]

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How To Substitute Common Cooking Ingredients

January 30, 2013

It’s been a busy day, the kids are driving you nuts, and you’ve got to come up with something for dinner. You rummage around in your pantry and fridge and… Oh, no! You’re out of onions (or tomato sauce or fresh herbs or one of any number of ingredients). Don’t chuck your plans — and [...]

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How To Make A Salad That Lasts All Week

September 19, 2012

The men in my family do not like most vegetables but, oddly enough, they’ll eat salad without complaint. As a vegetable-lover myself, this used to frustrate me: I’d laboriously wash and chop vegetables and put together a lovely salad, only to find that any leftovers looked and smelled horrid the next day. Then I learned a [...]

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Five Steps To Making Dinner Prep Easier All Week

September 18, 2012

You’ve had a long day. The kids are cranky. Your feet hurt. There’s a show starting in an hour that you want to watch. Oh, and your family wants dinner…now! Sound familiar? If you’re tired of the pre-dinner headaches, here are five things you can do this weekend to make dinner prep easier all week. [...]

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Recipe: Homemade Taco Seasoning Mix

August 20, 2012

 I love, love, love tacos! They’re an easy weeknight meal that has all the food groups, and since a “taco bar” lets everyone customize their meal to their preferences, there’s no whining! But rather than shell out for packets of stale-tasting seasoning mix that contain too much sodium and preservatives I can’t pronounce, I keep [...]

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Saving Produce: The Master List

June 20, 2012
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If you know how to freeze produce, you know the trick to saving money when fruits and vegetables are in season. Right about now, Farmer’s Markets, grocery stores and gardens are bulging with fresh produce. That includes our garden, too. Fortunately, I know how to can stuff and I enjoy doing so … except when [...]

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How To Eat More Vegetables: 10 Ideas

June 14, 2012

We all know the importance of eating vegetables, and that few of us consume even the recommended minimum of 3 to 5 servings a day. Most of us also know that a veggie-heavy menu is diet-friendly and during the summer it’s budget-friendly, too. But, even when faced with those gorgeous displays of produce at the [...]

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How To Make Berries Last Longer

June 7, 2012

I adore summer berries: whole, sliced, frozen and plunked into lemonade, crushed in a cocktail, blended into a smoothie, simmered into a jelly or jam. With all the ways to use them, I’m amazed at all the times I’ve had to throw moldy berries away. Until I learned this trick.

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Peel Hard Boiled Eggs Easily

February 13, 2012

Peeling a hard boiled egg can be annoying, whether you’re peeling just one or enough hard boiled eggs to feed a crowd unless you know these three tips. Use older eggs, not ones that just came from the store (or the chicken). The fresher the egg, the tighter the egg white clings to the shell’s [...]

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