I had a coworker bring a bunch of grocery bags of recipe cards that her mother had passed along down to her, and this is only one of the over 300 cards that I picked out.
This is a special for more elegant dining, yet so easy to prepare and to cook. A very impressive dish with a unique taste and still fairly inexpensive.
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These crispy and flavorful appetizers require almost no work, leaving you with plenty of energy to be the life of the party
The Best Frozen Hors d’Oeuvres
Burcu Avsar
Do you ever find yourself all geared up and ready to make a favorite recipe but then discover you’re staring at an empty container of a needed ingredient? Ugh. You don’t want to run out to the store right now. So what do you do?
Well, that’s when emergency kitchen substitutions come in handy. I’ve printed out the following list and keep a copy taped to the inside of my pantry door at all times.
Although these substitutions will work in a pinch, I don’t recommend always substituting ingredients in your recipes. The recipes will technically work with substitutions, but often the finished product won’t be exactly the same as when you use the original ingredients called for in the recipe.
Also, be sure you don’t make more than one substitution in a particular recipe at once. The more ingredients you substitute, the more “off” your product will be when you’re finished.
Not the healthiest thing to eat, but definitely a hard hitter even with those that don’t like ‘french fries’
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Yummy-ummy recipe. Makes two loaves versatile dough which adapts well to use for rolls, coffee cake, and braids.
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This wonderful make ahead of time mashed potatoes can be made up to a week in advance. Serve this dish at your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. Saves the last minutes hassle of mashing potatoes.
15 medium (5 pounds) potatoes, peeled and quartered (Russet potatoes make the best mashed potatoes.)
NOTE: These mashed potatoes can be made up to a week ahead.
Makes 12 to 25 servings.
One of the most common questions I hear from people who are interested in freezer-meal cooking is: “How do I know what will freeze well, and what won’t?”
If you’re unsure of how well something will freeze, freeze a single serving when you prepare the dish for a regular family meal. This way you can check on how well the item holds up to freezing and reheating.
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It’s no fun trying to decide what to make for dinner every night. Planning your meals ahead of time often saves you time as well as money.
There are many different ways to plan your meals. How you plan yours depends on how much time you want to spend now to save yourself time later.
Pantry: A room or cupboard for storing food, usually dry goods. Most foods to be stored will be dried, packaged, bottled, canned, foods that do not require refrigeration.
Organic food has grown into a $14 billion market and represents the fastest-growing segment of the grocery industry. That’s heady stuff for a movement that champions sustainable, small-scale food production and rejects industrial agriculture.
I was raised in the SouthWest, so have always enjoyed the local cuisine, and since I have moved away the only way to enjoy it is to make it myself.
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Modern pressure cookers are a far cry from earlier models, which emitted smelly vapors that condensed on everything in sight. Even worse, they could be dangerous. Our updated speed cookers are models of efficiency and safety, with lids that remain locked until after the steam is released. They reduce cooking times by as much as 70 percent for most foods—and without the loss of nutrients. Beans, which ordinarily require hours of cooking, are tender in fewer than 15 minutes; a pot of chili, in 20 minutes. In some cases, pressure cooking is actually faster than microwave cooking: Cooked under pressure, artichokes are done in only 10 to 14 minutes, compared to 40 to 45 minutes in a microwave.
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