Welcome to our kitchen that truly is the heart of our home! One of life's greatest pleasures is enjoying good food with family and friends. Here you will find recipes, tips for frugal cooking, how-tos for food preservation especially canning and anything else food related. Tea is brewing and warm cookies are fresh from the oven. Please sit a spell and enjoy your stay.
I am a wife, mother and grandma who enjoys the many aspects of homemaking. A variety of interests and hobbies combined with travel keep me active. They reflect the importance of family, friends, home and good food.
Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using. --Bobby Flay
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[March 19, 2020] - Effective Mar 17, this blog will no longer accept advertising. The reason is very simple. If I like a product, I will promote it without compensation. If I don't like a product, I will have no problem saying so.
[March 17, 2020] - A return to blogging! Stay tuned for new tips, resources and all things food related.
[February 1, 2016] - An interesting report on why you should always choose organic tea verses non-organic: Toxic Tea (pdf format)
Sticky Post - Warning: 4ever Recap reusable canning lids. The reports are growing daily of these lids losing their seal during storage. Some have lost their entire season's worth of canning to these seal failures! [Update: 4ever Recap appears to be out of business.]
There are so many great ingredients to work with when creating great foods to enjoy. Have you ever wondered how some of them are made? The Food Network has a show called Unwrapped that I love watching just to see how various foods are made. While many of the foods shown are done on a large scale commercial operation, many of the methods can be modified to do on a small scale in the home kitchen. I thought it would be fun to run a series of how its made food videos throughout 2011.
Chocolate is a wonderful ingredient to work with. It's the top selling confection for Valentine's Day and Easter. Molded chocolate like Easter eggs and bunnies are made in two pieces then melded together. Melting chocolate, finishing chocolate and molds are available for making chocolate confections at home in stores like the Bulk Barn and Michael's. Here's how they make molded chocolate Easter bunnies on a larger scale. Enjoy!
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food lovers commented:
LindaG
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Sometimes the History Channel runs shows on how things are made, too. I've seen things like gummy bears and jelly beans. They're always interesting. Thanks! :-)
2 food lovers commented:
Sometimes the History Channel runs shows on how things are made, too. I've seen things like gummy bears and jelly beans.
They're always interesting.
Thanks! :-)
I love watching the Food Network for this very reason! It blows my mind sometimes how certain things are made!
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