Baby Food
Posted on January 31, 2006 - Filed Under lessons | 1 Comment
Did you know that the typical ice cube tray holds about one ounce of food? Or that one pear makes roughly 4 ounces of pureed food? You wouldn’t believe all the baby food tidbits I could spew at you these days.
When I was pregnant with my son I heard about homemade baby food and started [...]
Wash Well
Posted on January 24, 2006 - Filed Under lessons | 1 Comment
I never thought about pesticides or anything like that on my produce before I had Will. And while I thought it was odd that apples in the store were so shiny and glossy, and broccoli had that white patina, I just didn’t put one and one together on it.
But while I was pregnant I began [...]
And . . .
Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under beef, pasta | Leave a Comment
. . . the bread turned out GREAT!
Yesterday was a cooking day for me. Butternut squash for the family, pasta, bread, chocolate chip cookies, green beans for the baby . . . Of course, some of the cooking spilled into today. I made the filling for raviolis today and it is awesome. I had to [...]
Ooooh Lavander
Posted on January 15, 2006 - Filed Under spices/herbs | Leave a Comment
I am so excited.
I found Grey Sea Salt with Lavander at Williams-Sonoma yesterday. Today, that is going into some homemade bread. I hope it’s as good as it sounds. I’m had the white sea salt before, and sea salt with jasmine, but this one is new to me.
I’ll post later on how it turns out.
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Read More..>>Spicy Turkey
Posted on January 14, 2006 - Filed Under dinner, turkey | Leave a Comment
Well, Carole wanted a recipe for this weekend, so here it goes. If you don’t like food to be too hot, then omit the cayenne pepper as my husband thought this was rather spicy for his tastes. I liked it just the way it was though.
Spicy Turkeyserves 4
1 14 ½ oz can diced tomatoes¼ cup [...]
How to . . .
Posted on January 11, 2006 - Filed Under lessons, potatoes, rice | 5 Comments
Soften a stick of butter or two – place on a microwave safe plate in a microwave and cook on high for 20 seconds for 2 sticks, 15 seconds for one.
Defrost a ice cube of baby food – plate in microwave safe bowl and cook on high for 25 seconds. Immediately remove from microwave and [...]
Tip of the Week
Posted on January 11, 2006 - Filed Under lessons | Leave a Comment
Never cool a hot pan in cold water or on a cold surface.
Why?
It causes thermal shock. Because rapidly lowering the temperature of a pan like that causes it to warp. Warping makes it so that the pan won’t sit flat and can “pop” when heated back up.
(Gosh, I wish I knew that last year! [...]
