Category: How To
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How to Make Chicken Broth – or Turkey Broth
I like to freeze some broth in 1 and 2 cup portions for recipes, and in quarts for making soup.
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How to Cook Dried Beans
Dried beans are a great money-saver, but using them means you need to plan ahead a bit and have a few hours to cook the beans. If you make your menus ahead of time, you can plan this out fairly easily and just cook them on the weekend or start a pot of beans while…
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Save Money by Packing Lunches
Whether you’re packing lunch for yourself or your children, you probably end up running out of ideas and getting bored with your lunches at some point. I know I have. The sandwich, cookie and piece of fruit idea gets stale pretty quickly. Using leftovers from your dinner expands the horizon a bit, but packing them…
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A Collection of Easy Recipes
When you’re first starting out to cook, some recipes can be pretty confusing! I’ve gathered together a few of my favorite easy recipes here. None of these require fancy kitchen equipment and all of the ingredients are pretty cheap where I live. Easy Chicken Recipes Roasting a whole chicken is pretty easy but cutting it…
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How to Roast a Chicken
If you learn how to roast a whole chicken, you will have lots of meal options open up. There are lots of ways to roast a chicken. You can vary the cooking times and temperature, stuff it or not, rub butter under or over the skin, sprinkle various herbs on it or in it. The…