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How To: Cut Up a Whole Chicken
Did you know you can save a mint if you know how to cut up your own chicken? I’m determined to learn how to do this. Once in a while. Check out Culinate’s post on the cost breakdown HERE, or just...
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Tip: Tomato Paste
I’ll bet you use tomato paste. And why wouldn’t you? It’s thick tomatoey goodness in a can, and the glorious undertone of many a tasty dish. The thing is, how can you get all that #(%&#% out of the...
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How To Peel An Apple
It’s the little things. Like peeling and slicing a pile of apples for pastry or just for a snack. How to peel an apple? Here’s an easy way you not have thought of. I love, love, love baking. Have you...
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How To Cook Quinoa
Ever wondered how to cook quinoa? It’s a tasty little seed that fills in for rice, and makes an easy protein filler for all kinds of salads and side dishes. Best news is, it’s easier than you think....
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How To: Kitchen Spice Reboot
Kitchen spices breed like overactive rabbits in my dark kitchen cabinet. Who won’t stay in place. It was time to organize, simplify and reboot my kitchen spice cabinet. No really, what’s WITH the...
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How To Make Iced Tea
Sometimes only the classics will do. In the summertime, I want iced tea, and I don’t want to heat water to do it. Summertime is time to relax, hopefully by some kind of body of water. With lots of...
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Adventures in Canning
Summer, canning, and enjoying it all. These are the adventures of putting food in jars this year. I need a nap. Man, I’ve been burning the midnight oil in the kitchen. Summer’s end is here, and the...
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My 8 Favorite Canning Tools
Canning. Pickling. Preserving. Putting food in jars. With the right canning tools, it’s easy to get started. Earlier this week, I covered the canning recipes I’m trying out this year. Canning may seem...
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How To Roast Coffee at Home
There’s nothing quite like a fresh cup of coffee. It’s even better when the beans were roasted yesterday. Ever wondered how to roast coffee at home? It’s easier than you think. That smooth black elixir...
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{Tip} Measuring Spoons in a Jar
When ingredients are flying, recipes being tried, and food being made in the kitchen, supplies need to be ready to go. Keep your measuring spoons handy with this tip. I loooooove to bake, but I don’t...
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Real Food Kitchen Essentials Gift Guide
Let’s say I’ve convinced you that real food is the way to go, and you’re ready to get in the kitchen. What do you need? I’m glad you asked. Which Kitchen Essentials do you need? I’ll tell ya. You’re...
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How To Organize Your Freezer: 4 Simple Steps
This year, we got an extra small freezer. Yesterday, it was out of control, and I couldn’t take it anymore. So I did something about it. I was so very thrilled when I got my new freezer. I could...
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Organize Your Kitchen With Evernote [LIVE Event]
Evernote can do lotsa things. Did you know you can even organize your kitchen with Evernote? Yeah baby. Join Lauren Atkins (the Home Cooking Evernote Ambassador), and myself (the Organization Evernote...
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Index of Ina Garten’s Recipes!
My mom and I were sitting around, talking… and loving EVERY BITE of the brownies she made from Ina Garten’s Recipe, “Outrageous Brownies”. I was telling her how cool it would be if there was an index...
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Thanksgiving: Easy Meal Planning
Thanksgiving is around the corner, and first things first, we’ve gotta have a menu. 1. Make it easy on yourself, make a plan. The menu used to completely stress me out. Beyond.Freaked.Out. Here’s my...
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Thanksgiving Day Timeline Planner
It’s possible I’m not normal. Ok, it’s highly likely. But I like to have things in front of me, where I can see them. So, Thanksgiving is a big ol’ time planning nightmare if you don’t think about the...
View ArticleEvernote Food 2.0: My Favorite Three Features
So when I went out to visit the Evernote World Headquarters recently, I was SO EXCITED when I saw the newest Evernote Food. I thought I might die of anticipation. Then today, BOOM, there it was as an...
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Now THAT’s a Knife
Simplicity is beauty, and shows up if you look for it. Like a good kitchen knife. I’ve been pining over a new knife for a while. I’m reading a book, where the author recommends one brand, and have seen...
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My Favorite Cookbooks
I love cookbooks. They are handy to have around, especially the all-purpose resources. You can make almost anything with the right cookbooks on the shelf. There are soooo many recipes on the internet,...
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Things I Use Everyday in the Kitchen
I reach for certain things over and over in my kitchen. I’ve talked about some of my favorite tools extensively here, but there is also a short list of thing I use everyday. Sometimes multiple times...
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