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“Ya gonna make soup with that?” people would ask for years as I trimmed the last remnants of meat from a roasted turkey, leaving bones and bits of meat that could not be removed. And for years I answered “No,” and I simply threw the carcass out. Keeping it just seemed like a lot [...]
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I have wanted to make my own pizza dough for awhile, but I always end up buying it from my local Italian deli or Trader Joe’s. 99 cents and so easy, and pretty tasty. I had made pizza dough many years ago (pre-kids, when I had more time and more patience) and I knew it [...]
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A stir-fry meal is a surprisingly easy, and has always been one of my favorite weeknight family staples because you can usually get from cutting board to plate in about 30 minutes; much less if you use frozen vegetables.
And, it’s fairly healthy — mainly just meat and vegetables, and the sauce should not contain too [...]
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Home-made whipped cream is amazingly delicious, rich and flavorful. It really tastes much better than store-bought and you can make it quickly with just 3 (or 2 in a pinch) ingredients in 2 steps.
To ensure success, it helps (especially on a warm day) to chill the crream, bowl and mixer attachments you are using. Put [...]
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Could anything be more basic than cooking food on a stick over heat? According to Wikipedia, shish-kebab is a Turkish phrase which translates into “skewered grilled meat”, but kebabs are prepared in various ways all over the world from Malaysia to Africa to India. The first historical reference to cooking shish-kebabs is from 800 B.C. [...]
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I use my grill at least once a week in good weather, and I have pizza at least once a week in ANY weather — so why have I never put the two together? I think I suffered from an irrational fear: FOPFTTG — or Fear Of Pizza Falling Through The Grates. Losing a hot [...]
