All Aspects of Life are Rooted in Style
Usually, over cooking a chicken will result in dry chicken breast. This can come down to prep, tempature, and cooking time. That's if the chicken still had skin and bone. If it's skinless, like many prefer to prepare today, it's very easy for anyone to accidently dry chicken breast out. You see, The skin helps... Continue Reading →
Sometimes, I have a taste for lasagna, but don't feel like making it. My shortcut is baked ziti, think of it as deconstructed lasagna. You get the flavor without the layers. I grew up eating this occasionally and it's one of my once in a blue moon dishes. Even though it's time consuming, most of... Continue Reading →
As far as I'm concerned, it's officially pumpkin bread season! I love baking it yearround. During the fall, I make it for friends and family. Sometimes, I add it to the dessert menu for Thanksgiving. Although I've baked pumpkin bread for over a decade, I've only used Jenn Segal's recipe for the last five years.... Continue Reading →
During the 90s, I used to flip through cookbooks to figure out what I was going to make. Sometimes, I'd cut the suggested recipes off of food packages. I didn't have a great filing system. So, they were scattered throughout the spice rack and cookbooks. In the early 2000s, I started searching the web for... Continue Reading →
Cooking daily can be cost effective and time consuming. Over the years, companies have created products that can cut that prep time down to the point that they are considered kitchen basics. Things like toasters, blenders, slow cookers fall into that group. These tools help you conserve energy and save time. Thats part of the... Continue Reading →
When Kuerig debuted the Hot & Cold Single Serve Coffee Brewer, I was excited. I stopped ordering hot medium roast coffee years ago, but I was getting the occasional frozen/iced coffee for errand days. They were a nice way to treat myself, but felt like something I could make at home. So I swapped out... Continue Reading →
Over the weekend, I decided to finally attempt Puppy Chow, also known as, Muddy Buddies. Typically, you'd use whatever flavor Chex Ceral that you want. Then you'd bind it with melted chocolate and peanut butter. Lastly, it's time to coat it with powdered sugar. Pretty simple, right? Well, what do you do when you used... Continue Reading →
Raise your hand if you only deal with two types of grapes and colors. For me that green or red seedless grapes. Growing up, we rarely got seedless grapes. Size varied from jumbo to tiny. As an adult/mother, I usually get seedless for my family. I hated munching on regular grapes because the seeds are... Continue Reading →
It's not Throw Back Thursday, but we got two days till Thanksgiving. For those that gather together on the Fourth Thursday of November, let's make sure we didn't forget anything. Many stores are putting their foot down about last minute shopping on Thanksgiving Day. So, you've got two days to figure it out. Let's make... Continue Reading →
Cooking and baking are my acts of service. They are one of the many ways I show my family how much I care about them. During the holidays, I like to make a variety of food. Since Thanksgiving and Christmas are so close, I like to prepare a simple menu that can be finished by... Continue Reading →
