I work with a woman who is always bringing in food for the rest of us to eat. I think she just loves cooking, so she often spends time over the weekend cooking up one dish or another and she brings in the extra leftovers for us to enjoy. She’s quite a good cook too, so what’s not to like? Since she is always so thoughtful, a few of us have decided that it’s time we bought her a thank you gift . We know just what she needs too. She usually brings in her food in containers covered in foil and wrapped between a couple of pot holders to keep in the heat. So we found her the perfect gift, a Pyrex Portable Glass Baking Set. Continue reading “The Perfect Portable Pyrex Set”
This classic Kaiser Mini Bundform Pan will produce 12 unique individual desserts that are portioned to your guest’s appetite. Similar pans offer unique shapes but excess portion sizes and when serving, the design must be cut and your beautiful presentation is lost. Like all of the La Forme baking pans, it is constructed with commercial-weight steel, which is nearly 3 times thicker than most other bakeware brands. This quality ensures even and gentle heat distribution and gives you consistent browning and baking results. The excellent pan heat conductivity actually results in a 10% shorter baking time compared with other bakeware. And the convenient two-layer interior coating even eliminates the need to flour the pan. Continue reading “A Classic Mini Bundform Pan”
Turkey is a good value on a budget, and shouldn’t be just a fond memory. The trick is to serve turkey that is somewhat different than you made over the Holidays. A crock pot turkey recipe that mimics the traditional holiday meal, but doesn’t duplicate it, is just what the family ordered. How about just adding three little ingredients to set this turkey dish apart from just another roast turkey? By adding cranberry sauce, orange juice, and dry onion soup mix, you’ve just bumped the flavor up a whole heap. That tangy, sweet, and savory flavor will have you wondering why you don’t have turkey every week. Continue reading “3 Little Ingredients Turn Ordinary Turkey Into Extraordinary”
I do most of the cooking in our home and I love it! I like coming up with new dishes and dinners to experiment with and I really enjoy eating the food with my family. One thing I don’t enjoy though it not having the right pot or pan for the job. On more than one occasion in the past I had to switch my meal plans due to inadequate kitchenware. One of the issues I used to run into was not having a big enough pot to make my homemade soup stock or a large batch of marinara sauce for a big family meal. To make sure that I wouldn’t run into that problem anymore I recently went ahead and purchased a Revere Stainless 8 Quart Stockpot. Continue reading “A Multi-Purpose Stainless 8 Quart Stockpot”
We usually spend holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter with my husband’s extended family and the meat of choice is ham. There are always plenty of leftovers and we’re usually sent back home with several bags of various pieces of ham. I try to use them in different dishes from ham sandwiches to soups and stews. My favorite is this lima bean and ham stew. It makes a really good hardy, flavorful dish. It’s really good on a cold fall or winter day and the perfect way to use up leftover ham. Continue reading “Using Up Leftover Holiday Ham”
I have a great family baked bean recipe that turns out fantastic whenever I use my stoneware bean pot. The stoneware keeps the beans from cooking too quickly, so the beans stay nice and firm, while absorbing the flavors. Plus, because the pots are stoneware, they don’t impart any tangy metallic flavor to the beans. I also appreciate that they keep the mess to a minimum – I can simply prepare the beans and stick it all in the oven to slowly cook instead of having to keep a constant eye on a stove top pan. Continue reading “Lovely and Durable Stoneware Bean Pot”
