Sometimes it’s nice to come up with new comfort food staples in the recipe box. Keeping those meals within a frugal budget is nice as well. One of the best ways to do this is to create a scrumptious casserole. There are some easy tips to keep in mind when trying to create [...]
Take a chance at a new gadget in the kitchen. Try making your own ice cream! My newest passion started as almost a joke from my husband. After repeatedly questioning, “How much ice cream can you eat?” I randomly threw out that I would like to have an ice cream maker at home. Little did [...]
Once again, winter blues call the need for warm, comfort food. However, watching one’s calories after the Christmas gluttony can prove an annoyance when choosing that perfect bowl of “comfort.”
One great solution - a bowl of soup! Soup can take on many different personas, but all in all a great winter comfort, in the form [...]
This is a great resource on cooking healthy chinese. Every wonder how they do it at the restaurant and why yours isn’t as good at home? Find out by visiting the site! Here’s what they have:
38 low carb recipes
289 low fat recipes
356 low calorie recipes
118 fruit, vegetable and vegetarian recipes
22 tofu (bean curd) recipes
10 rice, fried recipes
65 beef recipes
82 chicken recipes
69 pork recipes
65 seafood recipes
21 noodle [...]
We live in a very busy world. It is often hard to keep up with the laundry and daily house chores after working all day, let alone try to prepare a good meal for your family that is not just quick, but nutritious for them as well. Semi homemade cooking can allow you to [...]
Filet mignon is French, of course, with filet meaning “thick slice” and mignon meaning “dainty.” Filet mignon comes from the small end of the tenderloin (called the short loin) which is found on the back rib cage of the animal. This area of the animal is not weight-bearing, thus the connective tissue is not [...]
How much money you spend on food is one of the biggest things that you can really control. For most people, housing costs remain fairly stable from month to month. And while there are things you can do to decrease your utility costs, most of those things are just small amounts that add up over [...]
This time of year, amidst the winter blues, take a chance in the supermarket and bring back memories of summertime. Instead of going for the large oranges, go for the smaller, juicier, sweeter versions found in the clementines and tangerines.While these citrus snacks aren’t prevalent in the summertime, they comfort us throughout the holidays and [...]
