What Are Your Holidays Missing?
There’s a lot of giving and receiving during the holidays, but in the Age of Stuff, it’s important to include purging as part of the holiday ritual–especially in the kitchen
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Another January Giveaway: Control of Your Kitchen!
How many times have you wished your kitchen life could be more in control? Check out this giveaway to the first to claim it.
Kitchen Tip: Miracles with Baking Soda
I may be the last one to the baking soda party, but I’m solidly there now. After buying a new box the other day, I happened to notice all the uses listed on the package. The stuff worked beautifully–easy, pretty shine and nothing that will harm our health or the planet’s health. And lest I … Read more
Dried Beans–More Cooking Tips
Two helpful tips for cooking dried beans.
Onion Googles–They’re for Real
Crying a lot over onions? Maybe onion goggles are for you.
Kitchen Essentials: The Humble Storage Container
Food storage containers don’t rank in the A-list of kitchen gadgets like sleek Kitchen Aid stand mixers and shiny All-Clad cookware. But hear this: If you are interested in meals with any of these attributes–healthy, efficient, affordable, stress-free and/or tasty–then you need decent storage containers. The yogurt cups and take out tubs can (mostly) be recycled so get a set of sturdy containers that will last for years. Read more on the benefit.
Best Practice Secrets of Good Every Day Cooks
For a recent magazine article, Martha Stewart was asked how often she orders take out. Her response was something like a couple times over the last 15 years.
Fact is, there are people “out there” who make healthy, good-tasting meals night after night like it’s no big deal. What do they know that most people don’t?
6 Reasons to Love Tupperware Cupboard Organizers
Never thought I’d have a kitchen full of Tupperware, but I’m a convert now that I’ve seen how these containers make it easy to find, access and cook with the healthful ingredients experts are telling us to eat.
Immersion Blenders: Economical Alternative to Food Processor for Creamy Soups
Food processors can be expensive, not only in terms of dollars but also in terms of the counter space they consume (a “cost” that runs especially high in small kitchens.) But don’t let these barriers prevent you from experiencing the comfort and warmth of creamy winter soups. An immersion blender is a much smaller and … Read more
Satisfy Your Primordial Harvest Instinct
I’ve discovered a long-dormant instinct that derives immense satisfaction from even the smallest autumn harvest activity. Why not indulge your harvest instinct? It’s cheap and can even save money. Find lots of ideas for tapping into this kind of completely illogical joy.