KitchenNutIn the interest of frugality, I’ve got to use the veggies that I’ve in my house—before they spoil! Among them included a bag of locally-grown sweet potatoes and locally-grown asparagus. I happen to love sweet potatoes, and have had dishes which I’ve liked with asparagus, but I needed something fast. Using my favorite kitchen tool, […]
I had a serious craving for cake (no surprise there), but I decided to have a nice carrot cake, so I could pretend I was being healthy. In my quests of late to cut back on sugar, I’ve continued my intrigue with older recipes (pre-1950s) when cakes/muffins/cookies weren’t quite as sweet as they are now–at […]
There are many arguments as to why (or why not) to eat local, but I propose to do so for this: straight-up and selfish satisfaction. Yesterday, though only 47º outside, I headed to the local farmer’s market to see many vendors who are proud, passionate, and dedicated to their foods. As they should be—they’re beautiful! […]
Another rockin’ app for the iPhone (or iPod Touch) has been released that will bring joy to the kitchen—Amazon’s Kindle App for the iPhone (or iPod Touch) — free!! I’ve observed the Kindle for a while, and loved it, but I don’t need to haul another electronic around with me. However, with the app, you’re […]
Love it! Love it!! Love it!!! I’ve always been a “paper girl”—I would have stacks and stacks of paper of recipes that I was dying to try. However, eventually, they become a frightening mess. Despite my efforts to recycle, I saw that effort being undone by my waste of recipe printing. (note photo—yikes!) I’ve tried […]
Keeping in line with temperatures…it’s extremely important to heed one important fact: all ingredients must be at room temperature. In order to more perfectly define “room temperature, it refers to about 68º F (unless otherwise stated in the recipe). If you take a combination of ingredients, such as flour, butter and eggs, then try to […]
Now that you’ve got your rack in the right place, your oven set to the right temperature (lesson two) and your oven preheated correctly (lesson three), we are ready to put something in the oven!! Unless otherwise stated in your recipe, your should always be baking on the middle rack—directly in the middle of the […]
Ironically, this is probably the one thing that everyone feels is the easiest part of baking—however, great failures occur in this simple step. Now that you’ve got your oven thermometer (lesson one) and you’ve calibrated your oven (lesson two), it’s time to combine the two and learn how to preheat your oven! When your oven […]
Now that you’ve got your handy oven thermometer (what?? not yet? Well, hop to it—lesson one: get on the perfect baking bandwagon!), you need to be taught how to use it! Okay, yes, it really is as simple as the package says: 1. open package, 2. place on oven rack. Now that we’ve got that covered, […]
After you go through the effort of pain-stakingly making your cookies and cakes from scratch (from a box is okay, too), to have the goodie fail in the oven is just more than most beginner bakers can bear. It really can be terribly discouraging. The incorrect oven temperature is the leading cause of: burnt […]
With the new year comes new resolutions, and in the spirit of recycling, I’ve decided to recycle some resolutions from last year, too–maybe I’ll actually do them this time! My list seems to be growing in my head of what I want to do, but I think they each deserve their own post, with progress […]
I am intrigued by the article by Mark Bittman today, of how to cook in a tiny kitchen Click here to read the awesome article! When I first learned to cook, I did so in the best of environments (AllClad, Wolfe, Sub-zero). Truly, it was fantastic! While visiting some families home, at which there were […]
Is craving the cake zoebakes posted!
Ugh–I ate way too much! However, it was delicious. :)
Mmmm…homemade pizza (whole wheat crust) with homemade marinara (see site for recipe) that I had previously “put-away.” Fantastic!