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Scrambled Eggs with Crab
This elegant crab scramble can make scrambled eggs into a meal masterpiece. To make your crab scramble a downright beautiful low-carb egg breakfast, decorate the plate with some colorful fresh fruit and [more…]
Barbecue Ribs the Right Way
Pork ribs need long, slow, indirect grilling to create a rich barbeque flavor. The following is a summary list of important points to consider before heading out to barbecue pork ribs. [more…]
Huevos Rancheros
Huevos rancheros, a classic Mexican breakfast for two, adds a decidedly Mexican flavor to traditional breakfast eggs. If you make all the huevos rancheros ingredients [more…]
Country Ham and Red-Eye Gravy
Country ham and red-eye gravy is a traditional part of a Southern breakfast, often served with biscuits and grits. This red-eye gravy served with ham has been a favorite breakfast food for over a hundred [more…]
Measuring Ingredients for Baking
You probably know someone who bakes a lot, and it seems like she just tosses this in and that in and presto, out come cookies or a pie or something delicious. It seems like magic, so you may wonder how [more…]
The Essentials of Making Sushi at Home
You don't have to go to a sushi bar to get great sushi. By following all the essentials of making sushi at home, you'll discover all the tips and tricks you need to make restaurant-quality sushi in the [more…]
How to Roast Meat
Roasting is a simple way to cook large, tender cuts of meat. Roasting meat calls for the "dry heat" method of cooking, where the food is uncovered and you don't add any liquids [more…]
How to Grill, Broil, and Sear
Grilling and broiling require high heat. With a barbecue grill you can cook meat, fish, seafood, poultry, and vegetables. Broiling requires a broiling pan but cooks the same foods. Regardless of recipe [more…]
How to Trim and Cut a Pineapple
If you buy a whole pineapple, you need to cut and trim it. Trimming and cutting a pineapple may seem like a daunting task, but a pineapple cuts up pretty easily: [more…]
How to Store Fresh Vegetables
Most fresh vegetables need to be stored in the refrigerator to stay fresh for very long. Store vegetables at room temperature only if you’re using them that day. Vegetables differ in how long they stay [more…]
Pumpkin Waffles
These gluten-free pumpkin waffles will delight your entire family. The cooking time for these pumpkin waffles assumes you’re making them all at the same time. You may opt to feed your family in shifts [more…]
How to Roast a Chicken
Knowing how to roast a chicken gives you control over the seasonings — especially the amount of salt. Buying a roast chicken from the supermarket is a timesaver, but if you're watching your salt intake [more…]
Sweet and Sour Meatballs
People just can’t seem to get enough of these tasty little sweet and sour meatballs. The sweet and sour sauce makes these slow cooker meatballs something special. [more…]
Measurement Abbreviations and Conversions
Recipes are full of culinary codes like abbreviations and weird measurements (how big is a pinch?). You can find common abbreviations for measurements here, as well as conversions of various ingredient [more…]
Cocktail Franks in Spicy Barbecue Sauce
Cocktail franks in barbecue sauce are a party favorite, and there are plenty of variations. This recipe for cocktail franks in spicy tomato barbecue sauce can go straight from the slow cooker to the buffet [more…]
How to Roast Vegetables
Roasting vegetables is an easy way to bring out the flavor of the vegetables and is a healthy way to eat them. You can roast vegetables either alone or in combination with others. You won't need much [more…]
How to Brine a Whole Chicken
Brining chicken in salty marinade makes juicy, flavorful poultry. Cutting a whole chicken, marinating it in a brine recipe of salt and other seasonings, and cooking it brings out the flavor. When you're [more…]
Perfect Pot Roast
Beef pot roast gets a bad rap as being tough, dry, and stringy. This recipe gives you the secret to a tender, fall-apart-at-the-touch-of-a-fork pot roast. First, select a roast that has consistent marbling [more…]
How to Pit and Peel an Avocado
You can easily peel and pit an avocado without making a mushy mess. To peel and pit an avocado, you need a sharp chef’s knife and a spoon. Use the silky, subtle, edible part for salads, appetizers, in [more…]
How Long to Cook Foods in a Pressure Cooker
You can’t test foods for doneness while pressure cooking, so here’s a handy table that shows how long to cooks foods in a pressure cooker. The cooking times in the table begin when the pressure cooker [more…]
How to Make Fried Chicken in a Cast Iron Pan
Fried chicken is delicious and easy to make in a cast-iron skillet. Cast-irons skillets are especially good for frying chicken (you can even find some cast-iron skillets called “chicken fryers”). Get your [more…]
How to Use the BRAT Diet When Your Toddler Is Sick
Doctors have recommended the BRAT diet for years, which helps when a toddler has an upset stomach. With the BRAT diet, you increase your child’s fluid intake and offer foods that naturally help with the [more…]
Cooking Beans in Your Pressure Cooker
Your pressure cooker is an ideal place to cook dried beans and legumes. Always start with the shortest pressure cooker cooking time in this table for a particular bean; you can always continue cooking [more…]
Classic Chinese Sauces and Condiments
Chinese cooking encompasses thousands of sauces and condiments, and thanks to your supermarket’s Asian food aisle, many classic Chinese sauces and condiments are readily available. Some of these flavors [more…]
How to Peel and Devein Shrimp
Deveining shrimp means taking off the shrimp shell and the vein that runs along the back. This video shows you how to devein and peel shrimp with a deveiner and a tiny fork. [more…]
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