Duck a’la Orange – A Simple Duck Breast Recipe
A Simple Duck Breast Recipe Unfortunately for ducks, I am a duck fan - that is I like eating duck. I really think it is one of the most superior tasting meats available. Of course, pretty much anything with crispy skin and tender meat is going to rank pretty high....
Easy Snacks That Are Perfect for Holiday Traveling
More so than any other time of the year, November and December is filled with holiday traveling. And if you have kids, that means keeping them satisfied and full through hours and hours of plane, train, and car travel. One thing that can help you keep your sanity is...
Pantry Raid: How to Cook Duck
Chicken, pork chops, steak, and fish can get a little old - even when you're swapping them out regularly for dinner ideas. If you've run out of ideas for dinner meats, you only need to venture as far as duck to get something that's delicious, easy to cook, and...
What Can I Use as a Sour Cream Substitute?
We're back to helping you avoid kitchen disasters by being prepared - with common ingredient substitutes, of course! Today we're talking about sour cream and what other common household ingredients (or combination thereof) you can use as a handy substitute when you're...
Choux Pastry With Cheese – The Path to Cheese Puffs
Choux Pastry With Cheese = Cheese Puffs Who doesn't love cheese puffs? Or as the French call them - gourgères. They are always a hit, especially at parties. They are a perfect snack for just about every holiday. A hot batch of cheese puffs can even make a Valentine...
Carrie in the Kitchen: Warm Lentil Salad with Tuna and Kale
Carrie in the Kitchen is a new monthly column by our friend Carrie Havranek who runs The Dharma Kitchen. Each month, she’ll take on the challenge of creating a dish out of a few things left over in her pantry in an effort to show how to get creative in the...
Pantry Raid: How to Cook Grits
Sometimes you just get a hankering for Southern cooking. And when that craving hits, nothing is better than whipping up a bowl of hot grits. Grits are a way of life in the Southern states of the U.S. In fact, they're eaten for breakfast along with eggs and bacon, and...
What Can I Use as a Brown Sugar Substitute?
Any time you head into the kitchen to embark on a baking frenzy, there's one ingredient that you'll undoubtedly need and that's brown sugar. And if you're anything like us, the moment you realize you need brown sugar is also the moment you realize you're out of brown...
Delicious Roasted Eggplant
Delicious Roasted Eggplant Eggplant is one of those vegetables that often gets passed up in the grocery store. It used to be that the only way most people ate it was in the form of a greasy egg plant parmesan, maybe a capponatta (the Italian cousin of ratatouille), or...
4 Ways to Help the Less Fortunate This Thanksgiving Holiday
Thanksgiving is a time to spend with friends and family around the kitchen table, enjoying good food and good times. But not everyone is as fortunate, and while it's great to reflect on the things and people we're thankful for this upcoming holiday, we also want to...
