Cooking Tips & Recipes

Fudge Recipes

By Jill Seader · 17 years ago

This is one of those fudge recipes that my mom has made ever since I can remember. When I was lucky and none of my other siblings were around, she would let me eat the ...

I remember getting excited whenever we would get a box of Velveeta because that meant we would be getting one of mom’s refrigerator cookie recipes. She would always put the refrigerator cookies in the Velveeta ...

How to Make Paneer / Indian Cottage Cheese

By Jyotsna Shahane · 17 years ago

Home made paneer / Indian cottage cheese is so different from what you buy at the market. For reasons of taste, you should try making your own paneer if just once in your life. Sliced ...

Spicing Up Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

By Christine Steendahl · 17 years ago

Grilled cheese sandwiches are the least cumbersome meal to make. Kids can even learn to make it themselves. The ones I used to make contained regular cheese and white bread with margarine to cook it. ...

How to Cook Crab Legs

By James Bacon · 17 years ago

People assume that crab legs are difficult to prepare, but surprisingly crag legs are not difficult to prepare at all and can be prepared within minutes. But most likely, the frozen crab legs you have ...

10 Great Uses for Baking Soda

By Lesley Dietschy · 17 years ago

Baking soda is affordable, widely available and great for many uses. It is commonly used for deodorizing your refrigerator, but did you know that you can also use it for heat rash and as a ...

Nourishing Recipes For Little Ones

By Christine Steendahl · 17 years ago

One of the things that parents spend much time thinking about is creating and preparing healthful recipes for their little ones. While it can sometimes be cumbersome to always prepare healthful recipes, especially when you ...

Not Again! I Don't Have Any... Cooking Substitutions To Help When You Can't Get to the Store

By Christine Steendahl · 17 years ago

For a lot of cooks, there are times when we do not have the right ingredients in the cupboard to make our intended recipe. However, don’t despair, you probably have a suitable substitution on hand, ...

The Real History of Salsa

By Michael Sasaki · 17 years ago

History of Salsa The word "salsa" is the Spanish word for sauce. The salsas that many of us think of are salsa frescas or salsa cruda, fresh sauces served as a condiment aside a Mexican ...

Bar Recipes and Stories

By Jill Seader · 17 years ago

These two bar recipes are two of my favorites. They are both fairly easy to make. If your kids like peanut butter, the Peanut Butter Bars recipe is almost sure to be a hit with ...

Dust That Crock Pot Off!

By Michael K. Sasaki · 17 years ago

What's slow and steady and will fit right into your face-paced life? Would you believe cooking with that old crock pot?! Going slower in terms of cooking can actually help you go faster in the ...

Cinco de Mayo Is Party Time - Ole!

By Donna Hager · 17 years ago

Cinco de Mayo Recipes - Celebrate Cinco de Mayo With Fantastic Food And Drink Cinco De Mayo, the 5th Of May, is recognized as a good reason to have a party in some parts of ...

If You Love Cream Cheese, This Is For You

By Christine Steendahl · 17 years ago

Cream Cheese Uses Cream cheese is a kind of fresh, un-aged cheese derived from cow’s milk. It was invented in the United States in the late 1800’s and is widely popular today, adding texture, delicious ...

Easter Baking and Cooking Tips (Plus a Bonus Easter Recipe)

By Jill Seader · 17 years ago

If you’re hosting Easter this year, I’d like to share a few tips with you that have helped me keep my sanity when I have hosted this holiday. 1. Cook and bake as many dishes ...

A Comprehensive List of Food Safety Tips

By Josh Stone · 17 years ago

Whether you have a career in food preparation, entertain privately, or just cook for your family, food handling has some science to it that you should know. What with hearing a story in the news ...

Dessert for Breakfast

By Jill Seader · 17 years ago

I loved Saturday mornings as a kid. I remember getting up at the crack of dawn to watch cartoons while the smell of something sweet and delicious wafted through the air. On special days, mom ...

Not Sure What To Serve For Easter Dinner?

By Donna Hager · 17 years ago

Make These Easter Treats Your Easter Feast! Easter Day and the Easter recipes we choose to cook play an important role in our lives. Easter is about life; it's about springtime and welcoming back the ...

Spiritual Cookery

By Bob Makransky · 17 years ago

“I then asked (Dr. Steiner), ‘How can it happen that the spiritual impulse, and especially the inner schooling, for which you are constantly providing stimulus and guidance bear so little fruit? Why do the people ...

Baking Traditions - What Happens to Lost Recipes

By Jill Seader · 17 years ago

Do you having baking traditions in your family? Is there one thing that you always bake together during a holiday? Is there one recipe that has been handed down from generation to generation? Have you ...

Crock pot; so easy, so tasty!

By Michael K. Sasaki · 17 years ago

Do you remember coming home from school and smelling a delicious dinner stewing in the crock pot? I do. Little did I know that delicious meal only took, at the most, 15 minutes to prepare. ...