Pantry Raid: How to Cook Japanese Eggplant
If you've ever come across a Japanese eggplant in the supermarket, you've probably stopped and stared for a moment. As far as fresh produce goes, it's a pretty stunning vegetable. It's deep purple color and long, slender shape can be eye-catching. Don't believe us?...
What’s a Baking Soda Substitute?
We're back to talking about substitutes, because there's nothing worse than getting halfway through a recipe and realizing you're out of an ingredient. Earlier this month, we talked about what to use as a substitute for eggs. Today, we're going to talk about baking...
Easy Pasta Recipe – Pappardelle With Peppers and Chorizo
Easy Pasta Recipe - Pappardelle With Peppers and Chorizo On a night where simple is needed, I turn to pasta. It really does not take much to make a great pasta dish. Many times, whether it is a pasta with a cream sauce or just a plain tomato sauce, the ingredient list...
Garbanzo Beans Recipe – The Chic(k) Peas!
Garbanzo Beans Recipe It is strange to me when foods have 2 names but are the same thing - sauce and gravy, soda and pop. The same confusion reigns when I think about garbanzo beans and chick peas. Is this some kind of alter ego thing? Can they not decide between...
3 Unusual Food Based Thanksgiving Traditions
Thanksgiving is chock full of food traditions, from roasting a turkey to serving squash and cranberry sauce on the sides. Thanksgiving food traditions are about as American as apple - er, pumpkin - pie. But not all Thanksgiving traditions fall within what most people...
Pantry Raid: How to Cook Garbanzo Beans
Garbanzo beans, or as they're also commonly known, chickpeas, are legumes that originated in the Middle East. Some people have dated them back 7,500 years, making them one of the oldest known types of legumes to have been cultivated and eaten by humans. They come in...
What’s the Best Method for Freezing Meat?
As much as we like the idea of popping over to the butcher and the fresh grocer every day for fresh ingredients to cook, that's not always an option. In fact, it's rarely an option in lots of cities that have a limited choice of supermarkets to choose from. So...
A Very Tasty Pumpkin Bread Recipe
A Tasty Pumpkin Bread Recipe Autum has arrived! When the chill comes and pumpkins start showing up at the store, it starts to get exciting because heartier eating is right around the corner. It also means that we start cooking and baking with all those "warmer"...
Edamame Beans and Quinoa – Super Duper Tasty
Edamame Beans and Quinoa - Soy Tasty! What is with our thing for super foods? Will edamame beans really save our lives? Are blueberries rich in antioxidants in our bodies, as well test tubes? Is there actual human data to prove this? I have to be frank and say that I...
4 (Pinterest Inspired) Halloween Treats For The Neighborhood Kids
We've still got a few weeks before Halloween hits, so you've got plenty of time to stock up on Halloween sweets for trick or treaters. If, however, you forget to prepare and end up scrambling for last-minute candy, try one of these halloween treats that can easily be...
