Kitchen Canister Sets - How to Beautify Your Kitchen (27 Jun 2006) Kitchen canister sets are a great way to accent your kitchen and give you more storage space. Canister sets of today come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Finding the right kitchen canister set depends on your individual tastes and what theme, if any, the kitchen is. Many manufactures including All-Clad, Calphalon and Fleur Rouge have a wide assortment to choose from.
Once-A-Month-Cooking: How to Make Your Plan Work (27 Jun 2006) As one of the oldest children in a family of nine, I know that cooking for a crowd can almost be a full-time job. Once-a-month-cooking has been a lifesaver for our family. In the beginning though, when we first heard of cooking 30 meals in one day, it sounded rather impossible. It was not until we had tried it, though, that we found it is not only possible, but it can even be quite simple and fun!
Vegetarian Cooking - Three Basics (27 Jun 2006) Wherever you are on the continuum of vegetarianism, you
want your food to taste good, be satisfying, and provide
good nutrition. Here are some methods for cooking
vegetarian to meet those basic requirements.
Eat your Veggies! Simple Cooking Methods (27 Jun 2006) There is no reason in the world not to eat 8-10 serves of vegetables a day given the number of ways they can be prepared. Simple preparation methods for fresh vegetables, hopefully from your garden.
Old-Fashioned Taffy Pull Party--How to Host Your Own (27 Jun 2006) Here's a unique idea for your child's next birthday party or sleepover. With a little preparation, you'll even avoid some of the inevitable mess!
About Baking: Eight Tips for Perfect Pancakes (27 Jun 2006) Get the griddle hot enough. Set the griddle on high or medium-high heat. When the griddle is hot enough, water droplets will dance on the surface. After putting batter on the griddle, turn the heat to medium.
Make-up or Mixing Methods for Muffins (27 Jun 2006) When muffins aren't perfect, the first reaction is to change the ingredients in the recipe. Rather than changing the recipe, try a different mixing method.
Is Cooked Food Really All That Good For Us? (27 Jun 2006) In nature all animals eat living foods as yielded up by Nature. Only humans cook their foods and only humans suffer widespread sicknesses and ailments. Those humans who eat mostly living foods are more alert, think clearer, sharper and more logically and become more active. Best of all, live food eaters become virtually sickness-free!
Fine Tuning Bread Machine Mixes (27 Jun 2006) Fine tuning may be required either because the mix does not perfectly match the machine or because of environmental conditions in your kitchen—humidity, temperature, or altitude.
Using Bread Machine Mixes in Your Oven (27 Jun 2006) You don't have to own a bread machine to enjoy the variety of bread machine mixes. And you don't have to make blocky, square loaves with holes in the bottom. You can make wonderful rolls, traditional sandwich loaves, and artisan loaves with or without the aid of a bread machine. In this article, we will tell you how to convert any bread machine mix into great breads by hand, with your stand-type mixer, or with your bread machine.
Better Breakfasts Ideas (27 Jun 2006) Nutritionists tell us that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. With breakfast, we are replenishing our bodies from the night before and charging them for the day ahead. How we will perform during the day is affected by what we eat in the morning. Yet, breakfast tends to be rushed and routine-—more so than any other meal. Here are dozens of ideas to help you build better breakfasts.
Emergency Bread: Can you Bake Bread Without an Oven? (27 Jun 2006) What would you eat if you were stranded without power? It could happen; it does happen. A natural disaster, a breakdown in the delivery system as the Northeast experienced recently, or a terrorist strike against the infrastructure could leave you without power.
Understanding Baking: How Yeast Works (27 Jun 2006) Did you ever wonder why flour tastes like sawdust but a French or Italian bread made with that same flour and little else has a pleasant, sweet taste?
Troubleshooting Cookies (27 Jun 2006) If your cookies are too tough you may have used too much flour or a flour with too high of a protein content. Unless you want a chewy cookie, do not use bread flour. Check your measurements--the cookies may not have enough fat or the amount of sugar may be wrong.
Baking Bread and Your Freezer (27 Jun 2006) The secret for quality bread from your freezer is starting with the freshest loaves possible. If you freeze the bread as soon as it is completely cooled, it will taste as if it came from the oven when thawed.
Whats a Pan Dowdy? (27 Jun 2006) Cobblers and dowdies, crisps and crumbles, buckles and betties—what are all these desserts?
Storing Fats and Oils (27 Jun 2006) Fats should be stored in cool or cold conditions--never in a warm pantry-in the dark, and sealed so that they are not exposed to air.
