Category: How To
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Grind your Own Meat
If you’ve got a KitchenAid stand mixer, adding a KitchenAid Food Grinder Attachment for Stand Mixers lets you easily grind your own meat so you know what you’re getting. Essentially, you cut the meat into cubes or strips that fit into the feeder. It can be easier to cut if it’s partially frozen. Run the…
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Crock Pot Chicken Broth
Do you make your own chicken broth? You should! It’s so easy and almost free if you would otherwise throw out the chicken bones. You can also save the ends of carrots, celery and onions in the freezer until it’s time to make broth. If you want clear broth it’s best to make it on…
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Fastest Way to Shred Beef
This is the fastest way yet I’ve found to shred beef for enchiladas, tacos and so forth. I had some leftover pot roast and decided to make beef enchiladas. Usually I would use two forks to pull the beef apart into shreds or I would get lazy and just chop it up. But I do…
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Bread Crumbs: How to Make Your Own
The other day we had two families over for dinner. As part of the feast, we had bought a couple of baguettes to serve up with spinach dip. We didn’t eat them all up of course. I ate a few slices toasted with sliced tomatoes for breakfast the next day but baguettes go stale fast! …
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How to Cook Artichokes
I’m often asked how to cook artichokes. I grew up mostly in California and we ate a lot of artichokes. I only remember my mom boiling them in water and serving with mayonnaise and lemon juice, which is still a favorite of mine. We love artichokes–so much so that I have 3 plants of my…