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Updated: 2009-07-31 13:10:45
As many of you may know, we buy “ugly” homes, fix them up and make them beautiful so we can sell them.
Whenever we start on a new project, I’m in charge of organizing and opening up the kitchens!
Firstly, I knock all isolating walls down - walls that “isolate” the chefs from the rest of the [...]Bar Stools are So Stylish in a Kitchen is a post from: The How To Cook Online Blog
I had Woodchuck Pear Cider for the first time last night at the Fox & Hound Pub & Grille in Dallas, Texas.
My husband told me about it and we had it draft-style.
I mean WOW!!! That is one of the tastiest beverages I’ve ever had!
It’s alcoholic, yes, but is really not overbearing, and no, it doesn’t [...]Woodchuck Pear Cider Review is a post from: The How To Cook Online Blog
When it became my turn to choose the cookbook for our monthly cookbook club, I decided to take full advantage of having professional chefs on hand to make my meal. San Francisco has many wonderful bakeries and cafes and Tartine Bakery is one of the most well known. The owners have published a cookbook with [...]
Not too long ago, tomato tart recipes started flooding the world of food blogging. To say the least, I was intrigued, but I really hadn’t planned on making this dish… That is, I hadn’t planned on it until my next-door neighbor dropped off a huge box of home-grown tomatoes. At that point it became more than a desire, it became a pressing need.
I had originally thought of just making…
Home About Contact My Other Blogs Buttermilk Chocolate Cookies Reviews Subscribe Celebrate National Panini Month with Sargento Cheese for Delicious Results by Joi on July 28, 2009 Joi’s Newest Obsession : Vermont White Cheddar Cheese from Sargento As you know , I have an admitted obsession with Paninis AND cheese and I’m delighted by the fact that the two hook up so beautifully . Come on,really , does anyone even approach a panini that isn’t wearing cheese If they ever did , it was probably just to . laugh Thanks to the economy and the fact that we all want to serve our family more healthy meals , Paninis are hugely popular . With nearly 82 of consumers listing natural cheese among their favorite filings in hot grilled sandwiches panini , Sargento has declared August as National Panini . Month As part of the celebration , Sargento has partnered with Jason Denton , professional chef and author , to offer consumers new panini recipes for each day in August with an online National Panini Month Calendar at www.sargentocheese.com I preach so much about buying quality ingredients that many people mention it in e-mails . One cook from Louisiana recently told me about a cookie mishap she
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As the blissful summer days packed with ice cream, Italian ices and barbeque come to an end, your readers will be thinking about starting their kids off right when they return to school by packing delicious, but nutritious lunches.
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I’ve been loving the Sargento Reduced Fat Pepper Jack cheese in paninis, on cold sandwiches, and (of course) on Ritz Crackers. I’ve also found it to be outstanding in omelettes and shredded up in scrambled eggs.
It has a bit of a fiesty side, so be sure you’re ready. Personally, I think it’s sheer perfection.
The Pepper [...]Post from: Recipe Blog and Food Blog With a Southern Accent
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Many of you know, I really don’t like cake much, but bake them because everyone else does and they’re gorgeous works of art too! LOL
However, I do love 3 obscure cakes in this world:
1. Angel Food Cake - My mom’s is thee BEST!
2. Dirt Cake - which is really more like an oreo custard pudding.
3. [...]July 30th is National Cheesecake Day! is a post from: The How To Cook Online Blog
I’m not sure about you and your experience with Dr. Oetker baking mixes…but I recently just tried my very first lava cake from Dr. Oetker! Um…yeah…soooo delicious!
It was super easy - much easier than I had anticipated, that’s for certain.
Okay, so Dr. Oetker has now made baking even easier with their Shaker mixes. All you have [...]Dr. Oetker Makes Baking Even Easier is a post from: The How To Cook Online Blog
Now, I’m a fan of Arizona’s Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey…not sure if I’ve ever done a review on it, but it’s a staple for me when I travel!
Being down south in Texas, they are serious fans of sweet iced tea, which is fabulous because, as you know, I love love love tea!
Arizona has [...]Arizona Southern Style Real Brewed Sweet Tea Review is a post from: The How To Cook Online Blog
Olive salad is a thing of beauty. Often it’s comes in jars as bits and pieces of olives and pickled veg, the very thing to gild a Muffaletta (a large round sandwich piled with ham, provolone, salami, mortadella, and Swiss, topped with chopped olive salad). Recently the Louisiana Restaurant Expo beautifully showcased a lot of [...]
I really like tuna salad - it’s tasty, refreshing and it makes a great lunch! I have made tuna salad many times and finally settled on this - it has the crunch element from onion and celery, a subtle kick from mustard and a fresh herbal element from parsley. Enjoy!
This recipe makes enough tuna salad [...]
Organic, raw dog food contains no preservatives or chemicals. When buying organic raw dog food, ensure it is USDA inspected.
Organic raw dog meat should have no added chemicals or hormones, and should be of the free range variety. Organic vegetables are great for dogs also beacause they are an excellent addition to the diet [...]What Is Organic, Raw Dog Food About?</a is a post from: The How To Cook Online Blog
Grapes. Specifically the grapes growing on a vine that’s overtaken a manzanita tree in my back yard. These are just one of the surprises that our new home has given us. This one is a California foodie’s dream, considering that the leaves can be used for so many wonderful things as well as the fruit … [visit site to read more]
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. Home About Contact My Other Blogs Buttermilk Chocolate Cookies Reviews Subscribe B . Smith Cooks Southern Style And You’re Going to Love It by Joi on July 24, 2009 I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced copy of B . Smith Cooks Southern-Style The actual cookbook will be available later this year November 3 to be exact . The timing couldn’t be better , because there are countless recipes in this wonderful cookbook that you’ll want to make during the holidays PLUS it will make the ultimate gift for anyone on your Christmas . list You might want to bake a few Sweet Potato Pies With Brown Sugar Pecan Topping page 285 While you can use store-bought pie shells , you’ll never buy one again once you try her Butter Pie Dough page 286 Other recipes you’ll embrace during Autumn and : Winter Pumpkin-Pecan Cake with Caramel-Cream Cheese Frosting Deep-Dish Apple Pie Candy Apple Grits Creme Brulee Yeast Rolls Sweet Potato Spoon Bread Whole-Wheat Potato Rolls Hoppin’ John Macaroni and a Plethora of Cheese features mozzarella , cheddar , Monterey jack , Swiss , and Parmigiano-Reggiano Cinnamon-Spiced Carrots Southern Spiced Catfish Roulade with Black-Eyed Pea Gravy Ham Steak with Red Eye
As a student, I feel like my summers last about as long as a three-day weekend. With that in mind, it surprised me how many people are making plans for their Labor Day weekend. Trips to the mountains or the lake may not be in everyone’s budget but a “stay-cation” party right in your own [...]
Today’s recipe ideas, you won’t eat…You’ll smell. You may be carried away to a time past, or be energized by a wonderful smelling future. At any rate, you’ll be in the kitchen, mixing and blending your way to happiness.
* Disturbing Fact: When you buy a bottle of perfume at a store, most of [...]How To Make Your Own Perfume is a post from: The How To Cook Online Blog
That’s right…
It’s made from real rice and has a fabulous flavor, and has so many different uses in so many dishes I make.
Take this Salmon Salad for instance…
Salmon Salad with Tomatoes, Capers and Dill Vinaigrette
2/3 cup NAKANO Seasoned Rice Vinegar Roasted Garlic or use the “Original”
2 cloves crushed garlic
1 1/2 tsp dried dill weed - [...]Nakano Rice Vinegar Salmon Salad Recipe is a post from: The How To Cook Online Blog
Lately, a lot of people have asked me how to make pesto. Actually, pesto is easy to make, all you need is a blender and pesto ingredients.
A classic pesto to me is basil pesto, but this time I had both parsley and basil, so I used the equal amounts of basil and parsley. Parsley [...]
Summertime means family gatherings, barbecues, picnics and at least around here, any of the above combined with a trip to the lake. At almost any of these events you’re sure to find a version of the ubiquitous pasta salad. It’s a perennial favorite, loved by young and old alike. Often taken for granted, but a sure crowd pleaser nonetheless.
This particular version was crafted by the lovely and ever-talented Mrs.…
I felt like an international cocktail recipe this month, and I wanted it to be unusual. So I called up the product reps for Averna to see what they had in their archives. Averna has several quality spirits I’ve tried before, such as the limoni, grappa and sambuca mentioned in this international cocktails post.
This [...]
Home About Contact My Other Blogs Buttermilk Chocolate Cookies Reviews Subscribe Fruit Tart Pizza Recipe by Joi on July 17, 2009 RECIPE : INGREDIENTS 2 Cups all purpose flour 1 2 tsp . salt 2 3 cups oil 2 cups plus 2 TBS milk 1 kiwi peeled and sliced 1 15-1 4 oz . can sliced peaches , drained 2 TBS sugar 1 4 serving size box Instant vanilla pudding fresh blueberries fresh strawberries FRUIT TART PIZZA RECIPE : INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 400 degrees . In a large bowl , combine flour , sugar , and salt . Mix . well In a small bowl , whisk together oil and 2 TBS milk . Pour into the flour mixture . Using a fork , mix until dry ingredients are moistened . Using your fingers , press dough evenly over the bottom and edge of a rimmed 12 inch pizza pan . With a fork , prick the dough all over . Bake 10 12 minutes or until golden . brown Remove crust from oven and allow to cool . completely In medium bowl , whisk together the pudding mix and the remaining milk until thickened . spread evenly over the cooled crust . Arrange fruit in a circular pattern over pudding . Begin with the kiwi in the center , then continue with the peaches and the blueberries . End with a border of . strawberries
Chicken has become a staple for the all-American diet. From the anti-chicken ‘chicken mcnuggets’ at McDonalds to chicken added as a pizza topping, recipes including chicken are by far the most popular. I recently found out that chicken recipes are the most searched genre of recipes on the Internet. So with this in mind, I [...]
Home About Contact My Other Blogs Buttermilk Chocolate Cookies Reviews Subscribe Swanson’s White and Wild Rice Pilaf Recipe by Joi on July 15, 2009 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onion , chopped about 1 cup 2 large carrots , chopped about 1 cup 2 stalks celery , sliced about 1 cup 2 cloves garlic , minced 3 1 2 cups Swanson® Vegetable Broth Regular or Certified Organic 1 2 cup uncooked wild rice 1 cup uncooked regular long-grain white rice 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley Heat the oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat . Add the onion , carrots , celery and garlic and cook until the vegetables are . tender Stir the broth and wild rice in the skillet and heat to a boil . Reduce the heat to low . Cover and cook for 25 . minutes Stir in the white rice . Cover and cook for 20 minutes or until the rice is tender . Sprinkle with the . parsley : Tip Wild rice is a relatively expensive ingredient , but a little goes a long way . The 1 2 cup in this recipe lends texture and a rich nutty . flavor I love cooking with chicken broth it adds more flavor to a recipe than you can even imagine . Next time you make rice , use chicken broth instead of water and I promise you’ll be .
Looking for fun food gifts this summer? Here are some interesting gifts - give them as birthday food gifts, “just because” gifts, or, better yet, buy one of them as a gift for yourself to enjoy this summer.
1. Oster 4093 Classic Beehive Blender
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Travelers’ Tales has collected over thirty unique tales from around the world in their 2009 edition of The Best Women’s Travel Writing, edited by Lucy McCauley. Three samples of note?
Where the Roads Diverged. Catherine Watson recalls a magical trip to Ecuador when she hears two other tourists reminiscing about Easter Island.
Al Ajnabiya. Stephanie Chaban’s trip [...]
“Cage matches? Yeah, they work, how could they not work? If they didn’t work, everybody would still be in the cage.” Unless your idea of team building is as new and fresh as Michael Scott’s in The Office, it probably needs an upgrade. Many people dread extracurricular office activities, especially team building. Team building activities [...]
Home About Contact My Other Blogs Buttermilk Chocolate Cookies Reviews Subscribe Matcha Green Tea Powder : Green Tea on Hyper Drive by Joi on July 14, 2009 What is Matcha Powdered Green Tea Matcha is premium green tea powder from Japan used for drinking as tea or as an ingredient in recipes . While other green teas are grown throughout the world , matcha is unique to Japan . It is the heart of the Japanese way of tea and has been celebrated in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony for hundreds of years . MatchaSource.com I am , as I’m typing these words , enjoying an amazing Iced Green Tea Latte . No , I haven’t been to Starbucks not today , anyway I made this beautiful and delicious green drink at home using Matcha Green Tea powder from Matcha Source It’s the first time I’ve used Matcha , but it most certainly won’t be the . last In preparing for this review , I actually brewed two hot Matcha Green Tea Lattes one for myself and one for my daughter Emily she LOVES hot tea but is proving to be a hard one to win over to green tea don’t know where I went wrong with this girl I also made an Chilled Matcha Green Tea Latte because I’m addicted to Starbucks Green Tea fraps and have always
Bruschetta is one of my favorite summer appetizers - the combination of tomatoes, garlic and herbs just says “summer” to me.
Many recipes that I have read only use garlic to rub the toasted bread. I like a stronger garlic flavor, so I add chopped garlic to the tomatoes. If you prefer less of a [...]
Home About Contact My Other Blogs Buttermilk Chocolate Cookies Reviews Subscribe How to Freeze Strawberries From Oregon Strawberries by Joi on July 9, 2009 Janie Hibler , berry expert and author of The Berry Bible : With 175 Recipes Using Cultivated and Wild , Fresh and Frozen Berries offers three simple steps for freezing : strawberries 1. Rinse strawberries and pour them onto a baking sheet lined with a paper towel . Pat dry with another paper . towel 2. Put baking sheet in freezer until strawberries are completely frozen about 2 hours depending on freezer temperature 3. Transfer strawberries to self-sealing plastic freezer bags and place back into . freezer According to Janie Hibler , it is important to freeze strawberries in exact portions , such as pints and quarts . This is because strawberries become condensed when thawed , rendering them impossible to measure with accuracy . Hibler also recommends consuming frozen berries within a year for maximum freshness . After that , ice crystals will start breaking down the berries’ flesh , and eventually they will lose their flavor , adds . Hibler Frozen strawberries can be used in many ways , from smoothies and pies to jams and
As society begins to manifest itself in digital form (i.e. Kindle, newspaper and magazine online subscriptions, iTunes, etc.), cookbooks and the culinary world have not been left untouched. Looking for a quick and easy recipe for dinner or a sassy new take on chocolate cake has me paging through epicurious.com, not my grandmother’s old “Joy [...]
As you can tell from my previous post, I have had lunches on the brain. In particular, I have been thinking about sustainable (and cool) ways to pack lunches for my kids. After falling in love with a huge variety of Japanese Bento products, I started to worry about the controversy of storing foods in [...]
Home About Contact My Other Blogs Buttermilk Chocolate Cookies Reviews Subscribe A Site and Blog to Go NUTS Over by Joi on July 8, 2009 You pretty much know my culinary passions by now coffee , chocolate nuts , cheese , buttermilk cream cheese , coconut , tea , onion rings , salads , paninis , and dessert all desserts , thank you very much Sure there are plenty of others I adore , but the group I just named I live for . them Something I’ve always noticed about this group , however , is this : Quality matters . Whether it’s coffee beans , chocolate , cheese , or cashews know this , you almost always get what you pay for . If you’re serious about what you cook and feed your family , then you HAVE to be serious about where you get your ingredients and staples . from To that end , I want to tell you about a fantastic site for those of you who love nuts as much as I do : Superior Nut Store.com I’m the sort of nut fanatic who stands at the counter eating walnuts out of the bag as she crumbles them into her cookies , bread , fudge , or whatever . This sort of passion for all things nutty pretty much identifies me and I love Superior Nut Store’s dedication to making a nut lover’s world go
I recently took a series of cooking classes while on vacation in San Miguel Mexico. My first cooking class was so much fun that I left wanting more. I chose a class in the home of a local San Miguel resident named Reyna.
Reyna picked me up at my hotel and drove me to her [...]
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If you’re all about the Cheeseburger, I have a website to tell you about that’ll flip your buns. It’s called Cheese & Burger.com and it pays tribute to its namesakes beautifully.
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I am always looking for the best potato salad recipe, and this recipe is one of the best ones I have tried. For a long time now I have been meaning to try to grate onions instead of chopping them into the salad, and doing that seems to have made a huge difference. Also, I [...]
Last week, when I attended a lunch for bloggers about packing lunches for kids, I got inspired. I was expecting to walk away with ideas for irresistable packed lunches for my children. But instead, I left the restaurant with a desperate desire to shop.
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