Food Bites - April 27
Posted April 27, 2007 – 9:01 pm in: African, Beverages, Coffee, Condiments, Diet, Herbs and Spices, How To, Low Fat, Main Dish, Oriental, Pork, Poultry, Thai, Tips, Vegetable2 Ingredients, 2 Recipes, 4 Meals – Here’s a couple of recipes using pork and green beans.
Curry pastes – A necessary ingredient in a Perfect Pantry.
Honey Glazed Lemon Roast Chicken Recipe – A simple and delicious recipe for roast chicken.
What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like? – Pictures to give a visual sense of what a 300 [...]
Watch Cooking Videos Online at FoodTV.ca
Posted April 2, 2007 – 7:42 pm in: How To, Tips, Tools and EquipmentWatch your Food Network Canada hosts prepare recipes, learn tips and techniques or catch show episodes with new online videos.
Video - Food Network Canada
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Food Bites - March 9
Posted March 9, 2007 – 12:37 pm in: Coffee, How To, Indian, Italian, Learning, LinksRecipe: Lemon Chicken…Italian style
Recipe: Cranberry Curry Chicken Pie with Leftover French Bread Crust
Free Starbucks Coffee – March 15 from 10 a.m. – noon
Sneak Up on Freezer Cooking – Tips to make the most of your freezer and your cooking time.
Organized Pantry: A Beginner Guide to Pantry Pride — Organize your pantry
Gordon Ramsey – Scrambled eggs [...]
How Do I? Freeze
Posted March 3, 2007 – 3:40 pm in: How To, TipsGeneral Information
Blanching Vegetables
Animal Products
Apples
Apricots
Artichokes
Asparagus
Avocados
Bacon
Bananas
Beans: Green, Snap, or Wax
Beans: Lima, Butter, or Pinto
Beets
Blackberries or Dewberries
Blueberries or Huckleberries
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Butter
Cabbage or Chinese Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Cheese
Cherries: Sour
Cherries: Sweet
Citrus Fruits
Clams
Crab
Fresh Coconut
Corn
Cranberries
Currants
Dates
Eggplant
Eggs
Figs
Fish
Gooseberries
Grapes
Grapes: Muscadine
Greens (including Spinach)
Garlic-in-Oil
Guavas
Fresh Herbs
Ice Cream
Kohlrabi
Lemon Curd, Freezer
Lobster
Loquats
Mayhaw Juice
Meats
Mangos
Melons
Mushrooms
Okra
Onions
Oysters
Edible Pea Pods
Blackeye or Field Peas
Green Peas
Peaches or Nectarines
Pears
Bell or Sweet [...]
30 Minute Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
Posted February 28, 2007 – 7:11 pm in: 30-Minute Meals, How To, Italian, Main Dish, Pasta, TipsThe Simple Dollar offers five tips for preparing home-cooked meals, with minimum effort at the end of a busy day.
Prepare meals in advance.
Discover the crockpot.
Have regular “leftover” nights.
Use lots of items that require minimal preparation.
Eat extremely simple meals
The Simple Dollar » “I’m Too Tired To Cook” - At-Home Dining Solutions For The Overworked Family.
I find [...]
Food Bites - February 16
Posted February 16, 2007 – 10:59 am in: Bread, Coffee, Dessert, European, Holiday Recipes, How To, Indian, Main Dish, Mediterranean, One Pot Meals, Oriental, Pasta, Pork, Poultry, Slow Cooker, Tools and EquipmentArroz Con Pollo Recipe – the classic Spanish chicken and rice dish.
Chocolate-covered cars – a waste of good chocolate.
No-Knead Bread – A bread recipe that requires no kneading, but takes plenty of time.
Love is a big rare roast – Lynette creates one of her great sounding meals for Valentine’s Day. Lucky Cakes!
The Fundamentals Of Running [...]
Which Cheese is Which?
Posted February 4, 2007 – 6:48 pm in: How To, LearningFrom soft and semi-soft to hard and semi-hard, there is a world of choice in the world of cheese. Real Simple offers a chart listing the various types available.
There are as many categories of cheeses as there are categories on Jeopardy! To create a cheese plate, try choosing one from the five listed below. Or [...]
The Power of Leafy Greens
Posted January 25, 2007 – 12:30 pm in: Diet, How To, Salads, VegetableMost people have heard about the importance of including leafy greens in their daily diet, but many of us admit to confusion when it comes to the choice, taste, storage and preparation of the less familiar, but vitamin-loaded leafy greens like kale, collards, dandelion greens, and Swiss chard.
This short video clip, The Power of Leafy [...]
Can You Cut the Cheese?
Posted December 29, 2006 – 12:05 pm in: Definitions, How To, Learning, TipsAmerican Cheese Styles
The types of cheeses produced in the Americas continue to grow and expand, fuelled by market demand and knowledge gained by cheesemakers. The numbers of new cheeses being offered, from speciality, artisanal, and farmstead cheesemakers, have dramatically increased over the last decade, resulting in literally hundreds of cheeses being available in supermarkets, speciality [...]
8 Foolproof Methods for Organizing Your Recipes
Posted December 29, 2006 – 10:42 am in: How To, TipsIf your place is anything like mine, you’ve got cook books, recipe binders, Internet printouts and much more. Finding a recipe is as much or more work than preparing the dish. Real Simple magazine has put together eight tips for organising and finding your recipes.
Mark the page efficiently.
Make your own index.
Create a kitchen book [...]