Category: How To
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When Menu Plans Change, Save the Produce!
It happens to all of us. You make a menu plan, you do the shopping, and then something happens. I had a recipe I wanted to try that called for a red and yellow pepper but then I didn’t get to it. No way was I going to waste those peppers so I washed them,…
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Making Fudge: Substituting Chocolate Chips for Baking Chocolate
My eldest wanted to make fudge today. I was going to the store so picked up the marshmallow fluff and evaporated milk. I was SURE we had those squares of baking chocolate at home… Not! Uh oh. Found this table for substituting different kinds of chocolate. Yay! So we used 2 1/4 cups semi sweet…
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How to Cut up a Chicken
Trying to learn how to cut up a whole chicken into nice looking pieces? Here’s a great video on YouTube I found today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW5BFvCmV7k
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Eggs Benedict: When Life Gives You Eggs
Two of my hens are laying regularly again finally, with the third just getting over her broodiness. They’ll likely slow down for the winter but I had 18 eggs in the fridge after gathering the two new ones today! I hard-boiled up a few and decided to make Eggs Benedict for dinner. I used the…
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How to Clean your Coffee Maker
Periodically, my coffee maker starts running very slowly. We live in a hard water area. I’ve learned that if I run a few cups of distilled white vinegar through it, then follow by running 3-4 pots of plain water though it, it clears up and runs like new again. Anyone have some other tips on…