Category: Cooking
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Toasty Guide: Toaster Oven Hacks
Cooking in a toaster oven saves a lot of energy and space compared to the large conventional ovens. There are many types of meals you can prepare in a toaster oven-which is made to toast, bake, broil, roast food economically. You can cook many variety of dishes on this nifty little appliance without making a…
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Secret Formula for Baking Chocolate Chip Cookies
The Chocolate chip cookie is America’s favorite kind of cookie, with 7 billion of it consumed annually. And half of those cookies are home baked! Did you know that a slight change to your cookie recipe and baking time can make the difference between a soft and chewy cookie versus a thin and crispy one?…
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The Golden Ratios of Baking
Does it make you angry when you follow everything on the recipe and when the baking of the bread is completed, the bread not only looks way different than the one on the recipe book, but tastes bad too? When creating bread, we often concerned with just the key ingredients; flour, eggs, butter and sugar,…
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The Canning Process for Food Preservation
Canning is a process of preserving foods which are placed in mason jars or cans and heated up to a high temperature to destroys enzymes and microorganisms. High acidic foods like fruits and pickles can be safely canned with the boiling water bath method in a pressure cooker. All low acidic foods like red meat,…
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18 Edible Plants in the Wild that You can Eat for Survival
Foraging for edible wild plants is an important skill to learn in a survival situation. Indentifying the right plant to harvest and eat will help you survive if you’re starving in the middle of a forest, jungle or wilderness. Native delicacies like dandelion, sorrel, green seaweed, herb robert and miner’s lettuce can be found on…
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How to Grill Your Favorite Veggies
One of the best compliments for grilled meat is a freshly grilled vegetable. Yes, you can grill veggies. Grilling enhance the natural flavor and sweetness of many vegetables. Look at this handy cooking guidelines along with a few recipes for your green grilling. See also the 20 Best Sources of Plant Based Protein and Vegetable…
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9 Easy Homemade Spice Blends
Spices, taken from the plant’s root, bark, flower, seed or fruit, have been used as a flavoring agent and coloring ingredient for food for thousands of years. The possible combinations or blends of spices are overwhelming. With so many spices and herbs available, why not produce your own homemade savoury and sweet mix? Start with…
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How to Stop Wasting Food and Eat It Instead
The next time you chop fruit, vegetables or meat to prepare a meal, don’t dispose the leftovers. Keep your leftover food and put them on other dishes. You’re not only reducing your household garbage, you’ll also save the environment. See also How Long can Food Last in the Fridge? and What’s Good to Add to…
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Wedding Cake Design Ideas
Thinking about baking and designing your own three tier wedding cake? Some cakes doesn’t requires neither culinary expertise nor design skill. Stack the different sizes of cake with whipped cream and make each layer stand out with fancy icing and frosting. From cake shape and type of fillings to decoration and other toppers, here are…