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 [...]
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 culinary adventures. [...]
The power of lemons in the kitchen never ceases to amaze me: they tenderize meat, keep cut fruit from browning, and bestow zing upon virtually any dish, whether it’s sweet or savory. A glass of cold water and ice with a twist of lemon is a very refreshing and simple drink, and a few small [...]
It’s the moment we all dread: we’re starving, we reach for the jar of spaghetti sauce to make a quick pasta dinner…and the top third of the jar is speckled with mold. So much for that idea. Or for the applesauce, yogurt, or anything else that’s stored in a mold-prone container. There’s an easy way [...]
“Fusion cuisine” is the latest trend–it’s innovative, intriguing, and embraces all the foods that the world has to offer. It’s also astonishingly simple to create using leftovers. Don’t think you have anything in the fridge for dinner? Craving flair instead of humdrum? Try mixing and matching what you already have. How’s this idea: chicken satay [...]
