For various reasons I won't subject you to, I'm in the process of equipping a new kitchen. Among the basic tools I need is a proper ladle; the plastic ones I've seen claim to be safe to 400°F/200°C. I make a lot of my soups in a covered glass dish in the microwave, and I understand that a microwave is capable of superheating liquid beyond the 212°F ( Read more... )

Like, short term we are fine, she's having gluten free pasta and gluten free cookies, but she's always been super picky about food and we know this won't last forever ( Read more... )

Hi all! So it has been suggested by my doctor that I try to do a dairy free diet for a while. I kinda thought that was no problem until I looked through my recipes and found dairy in 90% of them. Wow! Need new recipes ( Read more... )

What's your favorite way to jazz up ramen noodles?  I know there are a bunch of websites that give 'recipes' but after trying a handful… um…  well let's say they were wanting ( Read more... )

A few days ago I tried to make my first pickled anything, which were radishes because I grew far too many of them. I tried this easy recipe from Epicurious and while they were ok, they were too sweet, and not salty and sour enough for me. Does anyone have a fool-proof recipe they like for salty sour pickled stuff? Am I using the wrong kind of ( Read more... )

This is a time of year when many of the green chile and bell peppers at my local groceries show touches of red and yellow; I've discovered that they will continue ripening even in the refrigerator. Green peppers* plus time equal red peppers--at considerable savings, since ripe peppers are far more expensive than the corresponding green varieties ( ( Read more... )

Is there a good formula for how to figure out cooking time if, instead of making one large thing, you're making many small things ( Read more... )

Today I was making spaghetti and meatballs and realized I only had 1/3 of a jar of sauce left.This was problematic because I brown my meatballs on two sides and then let them simmer in the sauce to finish. In a flash of brilliance, I decided to drain a can of diced tomatoes and added my leftover sauce and managed to make a pretty tasty concoction ( Read more... )

Will you share your favorite recipe that is good as leftovers? My husband works nights until 3-4 am and so I make his dinner during the day and he reheats it when he gets home.

Thanks :D

so, don't ask me what happened because i have no idea. Maybe it's because I had run out of those muffin paper cup thingies (name escapes me now) and made a citric muffin last year, but this year, when I recently made some banana ones (this time with the greased paper cup thingies in place), after i washed it it just... disintegrated into rust ( Read more... )