Cooking Basics

Perfectly cooked pasta is easy to make. Spaghetti provides a quick, low cost weeknight meal which can easily feed a family on a budget. You don't need to serve your family overcooked piles of...

It can be very tiring to come home every day and slave over the stove. As the female in the house you probably feeling like it is up to you to do the cooking, but this is not the way that it has...

This a great healthy light salad that the whole family will love.

Storing food properly will save you money by preventing food waste. Different types of food require different storage techniques to ensure the best quality. Whether you are freezing foods or just...

Many gardeners preserve their harvest in sterile glass jars. Low-acid foods like beans are canned under pressure to resist bacterial invasion, and high-acid foods like jellies are sealed in...

Frozen seafood requires careful handling. Appropriate safety measures for cooking and storage ensures that it is safe to eat and prevents illness.

Cocoa powder and unsweetened chocolate are different ingredients, although they are somewhat interchangeable in baking recipes. Both come from chocolate liquor but are processed differently....

The documented use of vinegar dates back to over ten thousand years ago. Vinegar was used to flavor foods as well as preserve them. The medicinal virtues of vinegar are also longstanding....

This I think is the longer version on how to make dressing.

After working all day we all dread the idea of coming home and working a few more hours because we must cook and clean for our families. This is something we cannot avoid. Since it is mandatory...

Can an apple a day keep the doctor away? Probably. Apples contain no fat, no sodium, no cholesterol and natural sugars. And, better still they are abundant, low calorie and high in fiber. One...

Rotisserie chicken can be very good, however not everyone has the necessary equipment to cook one. Here is a little guide on how you can cook a rotisserie style chicken in a crock-pot. This is a...

Salsa verde is the perfect accompaniment for chips, enchiladas and a host of other dishes that can benefit from the flavor enhancement it offers. Whether you've prepared your own, purchased or...

Sun drying produce has the benefit of preserving them and concentrating their taste. Their texture also adds interest to the food that they are prepared with. Sun dried zucchini, while not quite...

As kitchen technology has advanced, so too has your ability to keep and organize recipes. Gone are the days when recipes could only be found in books, magazines and your grandmother's cherished...

If are not vegan then cooking for that vegan in your life can be pretty of nerve racking. However, if you do a little research and pay close attention to recipes and ingredients vegan cooking can...

It's never safe to cut a potato while holding it in your hand. But, that is usually what happens. When you lay it on a cutting board the potato has a tendency to slip and roll. At a fun cooking...

Both top chefs and good traditional cooks know that some of the most useful ingredients in fine cooking are the parts that other people throw away. Stop wasting and start cooking better today by...

Salmon is type of fish that can be eaten raw or cooked. Atlantic salmon are 95 percent ocean farmed. Wild caught varieties are Pacific salmon. They have distinctive tastes and textures. Both are...

Hard salami, a type of sausage that contains either beef or pork, is made by seasoning the meat with garlic and then curing the salami instead of cooking it. The resulting salami is harder and...

Two main ways that the body gets energy are through sleeping and eating. It's vital to consume foods that will give your body good energy to stay healthy and fit.

When it comes to eating fish, the Sucker has not historically been among the first species to come to mind. However, in recent years this fish has become a delicacy of sorts in regions from the...

When you have extra baked chicken on hand, freezing the baked chicken may be a good way to keep the chicken fresh and provide a fast and easy meal in the future. Baked chicken freezes well and...

Most cooking classes, books, magazines and shows stress the importance of seasoning your food. However, with soup, it's only necessary to season the soup itself, not the individual ingredients....

Storing food for long periods of time for emergency supplies or other reasons must be approached with some common sense. Some foods are perishable whereas others are not, and the shelf life and...

Every organic product can be turned into a useful oil product for cooking, cosmetics or aromatherapy. Vegetables have varying utility and processes of extraction, making some better for you than...

A sprinkle of shredded cheese makes any meal better: pizza, salad, tacos, pasta and even soup. However, shredded cheese can be more expensive than block cheese. To save money and have access to a...

Many gardeners find themselves with an overabundance of zucchini squash during the last half of the summer. After eating and preparing as much zucchini as possible, most people decide to shred and...

Whether you're looking for a new way to prepare zucchini or preparing it for someone on a soft food diet, pureeing is a simple way to give an old flavor a new texture. Purees aren't just for baby...

When cooking pasta it's important to remember to serve pasta with complimentary sauces. The National Pasta Association suggests thin pastas be served with thin sauces, thicker pastas with heavier...

Zucchini are a variety of summer squash that, according the the University of California, regularly over-produce, making these squash abundant in the mid- to late-summer months. Because summer...

Any Honey in storage will crystalize. This does not mean that the honey is ruined or spoiled. Honey will always crystalize, this is sometimes called granulated honey, turned to sugar or...

Hard boiled eggs are versatile. You can make egg salad sandwiches, potato salad, deviled eggs, eat them whole with salt...or my favorite, decorate them for Easter!

Let's say you are not the chief chef in your house. Or put another way, you only enter the kitchen to eat. Cooking is actually a relaxing exercise that builds skills and even relationships if...

Trying to find out how to poach an egg without any instructions? It is actually very easy to poach an egg. After all, this isn't rocket science. Anyone can boil an egg using the right...

If you are going to try our How to Make Bread Machine Pizza Dough, you'll probably need a Sauce. Here's one we've fine tuned over the decades. It's not only quick and easy, it even tastes...

As we all know pizza is pretty expensive, so is bread for that matter. If you have a bread machine then you know how much money you can save by making your own bread. Try this easy recipe for...

Charcoal grills are a great way to slow down the pace of a barbecue. As with all other types of grills, the proper safety precautions should be taken to ensure that no one gets hurt.

Chopping, mincing and dicing are all cutting techniques. Chopped pieces of a given food are larger than diced pieces, and minced pieces are smaller and more irregularly shaped than diced pieces.

From cakes to colas and even medicine caplets, all of these items are artificially colored. Food coloring touches many facets of things that people consume on a daily basis.

Coarse pickling salt and kosher salt are very similar. Both are large-grained, coarse salts which contain little to no additives. Kosher salt is made without additives because of Jewish dietary...

Whether for cooking, aromatherapy or cosmetics, almost every organic vegetable can be made into a useful oil product. Different vegetables have varying uses and extraction processes, making some...

Cc is an abbreviation for cubic centimeter, which is a unit of volume similar to an ounce. Both are used to measure the volume of a liquid or fluid, often in the medical field or by mechanics. At...

Almonds can be divided into two types: bitter and non-bitter, or sweet. Sweet almonds are the type commonly used in cooking and eaten by hand. Bitter almonds contain a toxic substance that makes...

Xanthan gum is used as a thickening and binding agent, an emulsifier and a stabilizer. This powdered food additive comes from the fermentation of a carbohydrate, usually corn. It's used in such...

Fudge puppies are a vendor food sold at fairs and carnivals. They are chocolate covered waffles rolled in different toppings. Like many fair foods, they are served on a stick.

Smoking fish is different than cooking fish; the temperature and preparation differs significantly. Smoking fish can bring out flavors that don't surface in fully cooked fish. In order to smoke...