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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Hearty and Healthy Clam Chowder
Yes, you read the title correctly… hearty AND healthy clam chowder. Clams pack a surprisingly high nutritional punch. The amount of iron is actually higher than the amount you’d find in beef liver and iron is essential for good health. … Continue reading
Posted in How To
Tagged beef liver, Broth, celery, Clam, Clam chowder, Cook, Cream, Home, Milk, nutritional punch, omega 3 fatty acids, soup pot
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Dicing Onions
Don’t let dicing onions reduce you to tears…. I have some tips that will help you make quick work of this less than ideal task! Sorry, for the bad humour, I just couldn’t resist! The first step when preparing to … Continue reading
Time-Saving Knife Tips
I’m pretty sure if I ever tried one of the televised competitions, the celebrity chef judges would cringe or even throw me out of the kitchen when they saw my knife skills, but I DO have some good tips to … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Terms, Handy Skills
Tagged carrot sticks, celebrity chef, celery sticks, chef knife, cooking, Cutlery, cutting, Cutting board, dicing, dull knife, Knife, knife skills, knife styles, meat cuts, prep, prep time, slicing
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Slurry
Slurry: Throughout many of my recipes and tutorials, you’re going to see the word “slurry”. A slurry is flour or cornstarch mixed with cold water and used as a thickening agent. A general rule of thumb is to use roughly … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Terms
Tagged Beef, Cook, corn starch, cornstarch, Flour, food, Gravy, mason jar, rule of thumb, Sauce, slurries, Slurry, starchy flour, thickening agent
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Simple and Delicious Italian Dinner
What can be better than a homemade Chicken Parmigiana meal? Ordering one in a restaurant can be very pricey, and often you end up with a very small, fairly dry portion of chicken, and watery spaghetti. For roughly the price … Continue reading
Posted in How To, Recipes
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