Cooking Tips and How-To’s

Everything you need to know about the most delicious way to cook beans.

Cook your breakfast in your sleep.

Low-water simmering is a technique for cooking vegetables that retains a great deal of flavor and nutrients. It uses less water and heat than does boiling and steaming, and vegetables end up looking more vibrant.

Not only is quinoa easy to cook, but it’s ultra versatile too.

How to cook brown rice so it’s always tender and fluffy.

Chop or dice? Beat or mix? What’s the difference? Understanding what exactly the directions in a recipe are telling you to do with an ingredient is helpful. Following is a list of terms that you may come across in a recipe.

Knowing how to understand and follow a recipe can mean the difference between disaster and success.

Proper measuring techniques can mean the difference between recipe success and recipe fail.

Before you invest in a blender, check this out to make sure you buy the right one for your needs.

There are thousands of slow cookers on the market. Here’s how to choose the right one.

Will a food processor save me enough time in the kitchen to justify its purchase?

A food processor and a blender are two very difference appliances, and which one you use depends on what you want to do. Here’s a clear explanation of what each does – with pictures.

How to make your own dried apples – a delicious sugar-free treat.

Basic instructions for making your own home-canned applesauce.

I love smoothies! And frozen bananas make thick, rich, frosty smoothies.

There are several ways to pit fresh cherries, but, in my opinion, this is the easiest. I can pit hundreds of cherries in one hour this way.

These instructions make cutting a butternut squash so much easier.