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Cooking Disasters and Ugly Soup

6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, Uncategorized

What Not to Do When Cooking Opportunities for humility are never in short supply.  In a recent class, a participant brought up the perennial problem of cooking failures.  My response began with the reassurance that cooking disasters don’t really happen that...

Scrubbing Vegetables: “Veggie Scrub” Makes It Easier

3-Get Vegetable Friendly, Herbs & Spices, The Right Equipment for Healthy Cooking

Check out this great new 2-for-1 find:  A vegetable scrubber + fresh herb colander for just $3.50 Although I’m a still big fan of my $2.50 nail scrubber from the cleaning supply store, I put the “Veggie Scrub” to the test on Jerusalem artichokes...

Herb and Spice Resources—A Beginning List

Herbs & Spices, Resources--Buying & Info, Uncategorized

Over the week of this posting, a couple of resources have come to my attention that might be helpful for an herb and spice adventure. In particular, these sites have recipes that are indexed by spice, making it easy to find new uses for those herbs and spices on your...

Using Herbs and Spices: Continue the Adventure

Herbs & Spices, Uncategorized

Previous posts talked about taking the plunge and using herbs and spices outside our comfort zones.  Lot’s of tips and tricks were given to make it more comfortable and less agonizing to take that plunge. It may take a little time and effort to get going, but...

Getting Adventurous Using Herbs and Spices

Herbs & Spices, New Ingredients, Uncategorized

Ready to start using herbs and spices more adventurously, or just at all? Yesterday’s post talked about how this isn’t hard or difficult. More than anything, it just takes a little courage and gumption. In other words, you just gotta take the plunge. Start by finding...

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