How To - Soft Bread Crumbs

I like using soft bread crumbs because I often find that hard ones are too crunchy for what I have in mind. I find that the bread crumbs at the store are often very expensive, also. So I have been making my own for some time now.

How To - Store Celery to Keep it Fresh

Keeping Celery fresh and crisp is essential to keep from wasting food and to avoid flying to the fridge when you are in a great hurry to make supper only to find that the nice, crisp celery you need to whip up your fastest recipe is a rubbery mess or pithy or worse yet, rotten.  The simple answer

How To Cook Link Sausage

I find link sausage to be much easier to fry than sausage patties or bacon because it does not stick nearly so bad.  So if you want to learn to fry up breakfast meats, I would recommend beginning here.

Sausage links are available in many options

How To - Brown Hamburger

Browned hamburger is a core ingredient in many recipes, so knowing how to brown it is an important part of a cook’s repertoire. This method also works for any other ground meat. Whether using ground beef or some other meat, consider it’s fat content. While meats lower in fat content are healthier, those with higher fat contents are much

How To Cook Bacon

Bacon in our house is largely my Dad’s purview. I am a rather short person, and when I was younger, I was petrified that the grease would spatter in my face. I have overcome that fear and now know how to keep from being burned, but the tradition was set and so it remains – if he is home, he fries the bacon. So here

How To - Boil Pasta or Noodles

Pasta and Noodles are both quick to prepare and are indispensible for fixing quick meals. They are usually available cheaply and toppings and sauces can also be prepared cheaply making them an economical choice. They are popular because they have practically endless variations—Learn to boil pasta and noodles well, and

How To - Freezing Leftover Mashed Potatoes in Individual Servings

I do not even remember where I heard this idea, but it is fabulous. It provides you with perfectly sized portions and does not take a gazillion little containers to buy and then bounce around in your freezer. Incidentally, the edges of frozen plastic containers are very sharp and are best not dropped on bare arms – you may imagine for yourselves