Kitchen Tips

How To Bake Fresh Red Currant & Orange Cake with Diva Dan

August 9th, 2010 at 11:04am Under Famous Faces+ Kitchen Tips+ Simply Recipes+ Sweet Stuff+ Tutorials

I’m so excited that Daniel is making videos for RecipeLion! You know Daniel - he’s Diva Dan of Diva Dan’s Kitchen Show on YouTube. You’ve just GOT to check him out!  His latest video is here, How to Bake Fresh Red Currant & Orange Cake:

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Guest Post: Turning Your Picnic from Everyday to Fabulous!

June 29th, 2010 at 10:20am Under Guest Posts+ In Season+ Kitchen Tips

As I have mentioned before, I am the princess of picnics…the queen of all that is frou-frou…the diva of dining outside.  My picnic baskets stand ready at attention for our next outing.  I’ll let you in on a little secret, though….it’s actually quite easy!  You really don’t even have to cook, or at least cook [...]

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Chilly Veggies: Freezing Fresh Vegetables

June 28th, 2010 at 10:31am Under Kitchen Tips

The best time to buy vegetables is in the summer and fall months when they can be grown locally and are both cheaper and fresher.
Whether you have bought  a surplus of vegetables from a farmer’s market or grocery store and don’t think you can use it all, or you just want to stock up for [...]

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How to Ripen and Skin Tomatoes

June 15th, 2010 at 03:41pm Under Kitchen Tips

Have you ever come across a recipe that requires you to skin a tomato?  Well I was stunned. Skin a tomato?  I had never heard of such a thing.  Well it turns out that it is something that some recipes require, and it is actually really easy!  We lay out the exact steps towards skinning [...]

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Mmm…The Best Lasagna Recipe!

June 7th, 2010 at 11:40am Under Delicious Dinners+ Kid Friendly+ Kitchen Tips+ Tutorials

OK, there are lots of ways to make lasagna, and there are lots of recipes for it.  My favorites are the EASY lasagna recipes, of course (don’t you agree?).
If you want to know how to make the best lasagna recipe, you should really follow the one we have posted on RecipeLion courtesy of [...]

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Tips from a Pro: Cooking with Peanuts

March 12th, 2010 at 03:19pm Under Guest Posts+ Kitchen Tips

Since we are in the throes of National Peanut Month, we wanted to get some advice from a professional.  Enter:  Chef Monika Sudakov from the Chestnut Street Inn in Sheffield, Illinois.  Chef Monika’s tips come to us courtesy of BnBFinder.com, and she tells us:
Tip #1:  Use unsalted peanuts whenever possible. You can always add salt [...]

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What To Do With Leftover Crumbs

February 18th, 2010 at 05:17pm Under Budget Cooking+ Kitchen Tips+ Quick and Easy

We’ve all been there before, stuck with the crumbly leftovers of our favorite foods. From accidentally pouring the powdery remains of your cereal into your breakfast bowl to scrounging around the bottom of a bag of chips hoping to find a complete one, crumbs are the pits.
Don’t let crumbs get you down. Here are some [...]

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Pressure Cooking Beef Stew: Easy and Delicious

November 9th, 2009 at 12:50pm Under Delicious Dinners+ Kitchen Tips

For some younger folks, the idea of pressure cooking beef stew might yield a “Huh?  What’s that?” as a response.  Well, it’s something easy to do, and pressure cookers have been around for ages.  My grandmother had one, my mom did, and when my husband and I were getting married, we registered for one.  He [...]

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Retooling the Pantry: 6 Kitchen Staples with Surprising Uses

July 29th, 2009 at 09:00am Under Kitchen Tips

Every kitchen pantry is stocked full of non-perishable staples, items that do not go bad that we buy for those rare occasions when we need them in a recipe. For most people, the pantry is full of canned goods, non-perishable items and other food stuffs, and those food stuffs mostly dormant and unused. Don’t let [...]

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6 Cooking Tips for Beans

July 23rd, 2009 at 11:14am Under Kitchen Tips

Whether with a plate of hot dogs or on top of a steaming pile of rice, beans are a tasty addition to any meal. Full of fiber, protein and nutrients, beans are tasty and good for you too. Often, beans get a bad culinary rap because most people often think of beans in its canned [...]

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