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Organize Your Kitchen and Simplify Your Life
Our kitchens are usually the busiest room in our homes. From cooking and entertaining, to a place for kids to do homework, play board games or work on arts and crafts projects. It
can easily be overrun with art supplies, outdated spices and unused or damaged utensils. With the kids back in school, cooler weather and holidays quickly approaching, it is a great time to
organize our kitchens. Depending on how long it's been since the last time you organized your kitchen, it can ...
Extending Summer Fruit Into Fall
The best thing about summer is the wonderful variety of fresh fruit and vegetables. A few of the most flavorful summer treats include berries, peaches, tomatoes, pears, citrus and melons. Here are four options you can use to extend summer fruits well into fall.<< MORE >>
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January is National Soup Month
Leftover pot roast makes a quick and easy beef stew. Simply thin leftover gravy with some beef broth, add leftover pot roast cut into small chunks, a couple of bay leaves, a few potatoes, carrots and any other vegetables you have on hand. Simmer until vegetables are tender. Season with a handful of fresh herbs, remove bay leafs and serve.
Instead of serving in bowls, try making individual bread bowls. They are simple to make with canned refrigerated biscuits. Using a Spray Mister, spray an inverted muffin pan with olive oil. Roll out each biscuit and shape over inverted muffin pan. Bake in 350oF oven for approximately 10 min. or until golden. Allow to cool slightly and then remove to wire cooling rack to cool completely. Fill with soup and garnish with a sprig of your favorite fresh herbs or chopped green onions.
If you have members of your family who refuse to eat vegetables, try this trick. After the vegetables are tender, place in them in a blender with some broth and blend until smooth. Add the mixture back into your soup. Season as usual. The result will be a thicker, more healthful soup and your family will never know. This trick also works well when making gravy.
Be adventurous when preparing soup. Soups are a great way to try vegetables you've never tasted before. Substitute asparagus for green beans or turnips for potatoes. Sweet potatoes are filled with nutrition and make a flavorful addition. Try adding pureed beets for rich color and flavor. Experiment with different herbs and spices to reduce the need for salt. Soup always tastes better the next day, so be sure to make enough for leftovers. It also freezes well for times when you need a quick meal. Preparing soup does not always require a specific recipe. It is a matter of personal taste and experimentation. If you have a suggestion or favorite soup that you have created, please share it with us. We'd love to try it!
Here are a few items you may find useful when preparing your favorite soup.
This Spray Mister Spray Mister is ideal for preparing
your own flavored oil. Also great for
lemon juice.
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Tips for Planning the Perfect Holiday Dinner
Hosting the main Holiday dinner can be quite stressful, especially when it's your first time. Careful planning is the best defense to reduce or eliminate undue stress. Another way to reduce stress is to be flexible and don't expect everything to be absolutely perfect. Anticipate the un-forseen and when something doesn't go as planned, place the experience in your precious memory file. It will most likely be a humorous story to recreate at future dinner parties. Many times you can use the incident to offer empathy for someone else who will be hosting their first Holiday dinner. You are ...
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Plump Sweet Blueberries
July is National Blueberry Month. If you have never had the experience of visiting a Blueberry Farm and picking your own blueberries, you owe it to yourself to
try it at least once. It makes a great family outing; children love choosing their own berries and discovering how various stages of ripeness affect the taste of berries. Select berries that
are plump, firm with tight skins and dark blue in color. You can eat your fill of berries ...
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Sleek and Slender Asparagus
The sleek, slender asparagus adds a colorful, delicious and nutritious addition to any meal. It takes only minutes to prepare and is packed with vitamins and minerals. View recipes and<< MORE >>
Delightful Strawberries
A Simplified Look at Composting
Every year at this time I find myself motivated to start a new compost pile and prepare my soil for another crop of home grown vegetables. If you have never experienced the rewards of finished compost, you don’t know what you are missing. << MORE >>
How The First Chocolate Was Enjoyed
From my earliest recollection, chocolate has been my favorite food. In fact, a childhood secret no one has known until now, I used to hide chocolate cookies in my sandwich. I was one of six children ...
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