Category Archives: Food Safety

Dust Off the Forgotten Kitchen Appliances

When my husband and I got married, we combined all of our kitchen appliances.  Both of us had accumulated a kitchen full of various gadgets in the years since college.  I thought everything I contributed were "must haves" for any cook, and looked quite skeptically at many of the items my husband contributed.  What in the world was I ever going to do with a silly George Foreman type grill that I'd only seen on infomercials?  I thought you only
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Slow Cooker Conversion

Check out these guidelines for slow cooker conversion:
  • Use the manufacturer's instruction booklet and locate a recipe similar to the one you enjoy. Use it as a guide. Pay attention to the quantity of the ingredients, heat setting, cooking time and liquid measurements.
  • Food has a tendency to become watered down in the slow cooker. Recipes should include some liquid. If your recipe doesn't have a liquid ingredient, add a 1/2 cup of broth or water. If it has several cups of
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Making Over Your Leftovers

Growing up in a large family, with three older brother, leftovers were non-existent. When I married, I continued to cook for a large number, which meant my husband and I had more food then the two of us could consume in a day or two. My options to eliminate waste: freeze the leftovers for future use, consume the food within a day or two, or learn how to use the food in a different way. It took me while but over
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