Kitchen Tips

Kitchen Tips {Beating Eggs}

February 17, 2012

Often times recipes call for beaten eggs, or for you to beat the eggs, before adding them to a batter. Beating the eggs before adding them to the batter is very important. This step is often skipped though because many people think it is a waste of time. They just crack the eggs right into the [...]

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5 Simple Ways To Save Money In the Kitchen

January 6, 2012

Last January I joined a great group of bloggers to bring you 5 Simple Ways. We each offered 5 simple tips to start the New Year covering various subjects like money, decorating, fashion, organizing, healthy living, kitchen life, and more. (Don’t forget to pick up the free ebook we put together from last year’s [...]

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Saving Time Making Mashed Potatoes

November 19, 2011

Today’s kitchen tip is such an easy tip, but it will save you so much time in the kitchen on Thanksgiving Day. This is a tip I learned from a friend at church quite a few years ago. This friend makes that best mashed potatoes. She brings a large bowl of them to almost [...]

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Kitchen Shortcuts That Work For Me

October 13, 2011

I love to cook and bake. I love to make things from scratch, but the reality is that I am a busy homeschooling mom, with three kids. I live in the country, we have three dogs, and we raise hogs. I help with my husband’s office, I take kids to piano lessons, the library, doctor [...]

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Soaking Beans In Salt Water

September 19, 2011

Last year I posted a video on how I cook dried beans in my crock pot, and I still love making them that way. It makes it so easy to cook up a large batch of beans and freeze them for use in soups and Mexican food. I recently learned a new tip for soaking [...]

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Tips For Summer Cooking

July 22, 2011

Summer time means hot weather for many parts of the country. Here in Oklahoma we are going on over three weeks of triple digit temperatures. I don’t know about you, but I do not like to do a lot of baking, or turning on the oven, during the summer. We do not need anything extra [...]

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What To Do If You Do Not Have Ramekins

June 30, 2011

When I post recipes like custard and other foods that require ramekins, one question I’m often asked is, “What do I do if I don’t have ramekins?” Ramekins are simply small oven safe dishes that are the perfect size for a single serving. Ramekins are used for things like custards, puddings, and many other dishes. [...]

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Kitchen Disasters Into Something Special

June 6, 2011

We all have an occasional kitchen disaster or recipe gone wrong. Today I want to encourage you to think outside the box when this happens. Many times our instinct is to throw the disaster out, but often with a little thought, a cooking disaster can be fixed and used in a different way. This [...]

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Preventing Rotten Potatoes

May 6, 2011

Do you remember that saying, “one bad apple ruins the bunch”? I know the saying has different meanings, both in real apples and in other areas of life, but today we are going to apply the main principle to potatoes. Because it could also be said that one rotten potato can ruin the whole bag. How [...]