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Quick and Easy Salad Dressing

This quickly rose to my absolutely favorite salad dressing! I’ve made loads of homemade recipes, but hubby still wanted store-bought Italian. Annoyed, I refused to give-up! There had to be a dressing that made salad-haters excited to eat their leafy greens. And, voila! I have found it! It is fantastic on steamed broccoli, too! Honey-Dijon […]

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Ooh…I just found a recipe fo…

Ooh…I just found a recipe for pumpkin brownies! Heaven.

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Substitution Chart for Pan Sizes in Baking

It’s frustrating when you don’t have the exact pan that a recipe calls for. Or, what if you want to halve the recipe, or quarter it? What size pan do you use? Well, I’ve spent so much time calculating this (repeatedly), I finally got smart and made a chart! I decided to share. Isn’t it […]

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Now-and-Later Marinara (Simple Tomato Sauce)

A few years ago, I would watch Giada de Laurentiis faithfully. When I became scathed that her show’s time changed, I bought a Tivo. In general, her recipes are hit or miss (which, I attribute to using the same ingredients that she uses), but the best one ever: her Simple Tomato Sauce. It is absolutely […]

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I just taught a group of teen-…

I just taught a group of teen-girls how to make salsa. :) I love teaching about food.

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More fun with corn syrup…

As a fun addition to my previous post about the liars–er, marketers–trying to convince you that corn syrup is good for you (clickety here), my brother sent me this website from the Consumist: clickety here Watch the commercials, then read some comments. There are lots of funny ones (and several that could use an edit […]

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My results on the AOL Cereal Quiz

I can identify 18 out of20 cereals, just by site. Really. Have I ever mentioned I ate a lot of cold cereal growing up? AOL Cereal ID Quiz How did you do?

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Making some broa, pulled pork,…

Making some broa, pulled pork, homemade bbq sauce (made with homemade ketchup, of course) and deciding which brownie recipe to make.

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Corn syrup is trying to make a health claim status

My sister sent me an interesting link today, followed by my view of an interesting advertisement in a magazine. Both claiming that corn syrup is healthy, because it’s derived from corn. Well, I’ve got a few things to say about it, too (heh. When don’t I, though?) As stated in “In Defense of Food,” (and […]

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How to green-up your kitchen

I don’t have a terrible amount of waste leaving my kitchen/house (to me, my kitchen is my house), but I still find that there are more opportunities to “green-up” my kitchen! If you’ve been looking for a few options to cut-down on the waste your house has been producing, here are a few of my […]

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When mistakes bring joy

Most of the time, when baking, the slightest mistake will bring total devastation. Especially when you’re trying out that new, complicated recipe for company! However, sometimes you can have what my hubby refers to as “happy accidents,” when something goes wrong, but it gives you the benefit. I like those. Last night, while making a […]

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Why didn’t somebody warn me??

Those were the thoughts running through my head when I bit into my long-time enslavement of making a tres leches (three milks) cake for hubby. The cake looked lovely, all glistening from it’s multiple layers of soaking in three milks and it’s 24-hour rest in the fridge. You think the smell would have been a […]

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Ugh–I’ve eaten too much chocolate!

I don’t think I could ever have uttered all those words in my entire life. In the past few weeks I have sampled more chocolate than I care to admit to. I have tasted, melted, dipped, tasted more, waited a few days, tasted again…and then again, to just be sure! Of course, it was all […]

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RSS Forward Test Post

If you’ve got this blog on an RSS Feed, please be sure it is pointing to the new location, blog.KitchenNut.com

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Lots of changes in the future…

Hooray! The blog seems to have migrated well, and the new essence of KitchenNut is beginning to unfold! It has been a long time coming, but only recently finally began to cement. But, I’ll outline the basics here, then point you in other directions for more detail. Hubby and I would love to have children of our […]