Tools

Kitchen Essentials: Pepper Grinder

August 19, 2010

Today’s kitchen essential is a simple one. You can easily find it for around ten dollars at almost any store that sells kitchen and housewares type items. Yet, this item makes a big difference in your kitchen and how your food will taste. It is a simple pepper grinder. If you have not tried fresh ground [...]

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Kitchen Essentials: Kitchen Tongs

April 21, 2010

Today’s kitchen essential is a simple one, but one I use all the time. This is an item that you can easily find for around $10 at just about any store that sells kitchen items. The kitchen essential I am talking about is kitchen tongs. Some of you may be wondering why exactly I consider [...]

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Kitchen Essentials-Wooden Spoons and Spatulas

January 19, 2010

Last week I posted on why I love my kitchen knives. This week my kitchen essential is several tools that are used all the time in my kitchen, but are much less expensive than my knives. Today I want to talk about wooden spoons and spatulas. If you haven’t guessed by now, I love kitchen gadgets, but I [...]

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Kitchen Essentials: Quality Kitchen Knives

January 14, 2010

When I started thinking about the most used tools in my kitchen, I immediately thought of my knives. There are many days that I do not use my mixer, my blender, or my crockpot, but rarely is there a day that I do not use my kitchen knives. I don’t even know how many times [...]

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Kitchen Essentials

January 8, 2010

This year I hope to do a series on my favorite kitchen tools or what I consider my kitchen essentials. I thought this would be a fun way to give you a look into my kitchen. It will give you an idea of what I love and use most. In reality I know most of [...]

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Taking Care Of Your Cast Iron Pans

November 24, 2009

Last week when I posted on cast iron I recieved lots of comments and emails. I had no idea it would be such a popular subject. Because there were so many questions, I decided to do a second post on cast iron. First, let me say I am not a cast iron expert. I [...]

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Cooking With Cast Iron

November 17, 2009

When it comes to cooking I often think that modern is best. We have so many new things and gadgets. These items must be better than what cooks used to cook right, right? Well, I have found that I am often wrong and that we can learn a lot from how previous generations cooked. My [...]

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Panini Grill

September 22, 2009

When I posted about my tuna panini I received a question about panini grills, so I decided it was a good time to post my thoughts on it and why it works for me. Quite a few years ago my mother in law gave me a George Foreman grill. I used it quite a bit, but after [...]