If you’re in the kitchen a lot, you’re probably washing your hands a lot, and your hands probably feel dry from time to time. You could buy expensive hand creams to alleviate that, of course…or you can use the oils and minerals you already have to make your own products.
Not only is making your own [...]
Hey, we’re all hanging onto our pocketbooks for dear life nowadays, so why not make the most of your groceries? Fresh beets are the perfect example of a food that has hidden potential — namely, two ingredients for the price of one. No sense in throwing away the tasty greens when you can use them [...]
Limes have a certain pizazz that lemons just don’t. Grapefruit doesn’t, either…in fact, not even tangerines can match up to a lime’s potential to play a sweet/sour role as a keynote flavor or background blend. A squirt of lime juice also lends a dish a Mexican or Caribbean flavor that an orange simply can’t provide. [...]
Even though most stovetops have four burners, why not do some creative subtraction and just use one? (Assuming you have a big enough pot.) Dishes based on starches, grains, and vegetables are prime candidates for honing your math skills: just figure out how many minutes each item takes to cook and then subtract them from [...]
Just before I slipped off to sleep last night — a surprisingly sound one considering that I’d just watched another two episodes of my new favorite show, True Blood — I had a culinary ephiphany: the term “leftover” needs to be revamped. (Pun intended.)
“Leftover” sounds distinctly unappealing, doesn’t it? I mean, who wants what’s left [...]
Looking for easy and inexpensive ways to spruce up your kitchen decor? Try your hand at glass painting! Plates, jugs, vases, glasses–your inner Monet might just be clamoring to get out. Now that it’s summertime and garage sales are in full swing, it’s easy to pick up champagne glasses for ten cents apiece or serving [...]
Windowsills are a great place to grow kitchen herbs and sprouts. If you have an unobstructed east- or west-facing window, whatever you choose to plant will have a very happy home; if you give your plant some toothsome kitchen scraps, it’ll have an even happier home. (In my case, whenever I use eggs, I add [...]
Leftovers can be magic–especially versatile leftovers like roasted red pepper and chicken. Just add a bit of pasta and olive oil, sprinkle with parsley, and poof! you have a delicious meal. With a bit of purposeful overproduction, in fact, you can create your own healthy freezer meals/leftovers. (But be sure to stick with your original [...]
At times, a kitchen can seem like a place of chaos–there are bubbling pots on the stove, you have three glass pans of vegetables roasting in the oven, meat waiting to be filleted, and bread rising in the sunny patch in the corner. And don’t forget about dessert! (Granted, this scenario might only take place [...]
Rather than being a daily chore, cooking can be a daily stress-reliever: you can use your time in the kitchen to express your creativity, to unwind after a long day, to gain immediate satisfaction from serving healthy food to yourself and others…or all three! Here are some tips to help you enjoy your [...]
