Jun 02, 2018
Food Tip – Keep your herbs fresh for up to a week!
A quick and easy way to save your refrigerated herbs – they’ll keep for a week! We depend on the excellent flavor of our herbs to enhance our cooking. I have many friends who wait until the day before they...
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May 26, 2018
Food Tip – The best croutons for your summer salads!
Add a kick to your salads with home-made croutons – and it’s so easy. I love crunchy carbs, don’t you? The specific carb that’s on my mind right now are croutons. Okay – so not exactly health food. I think...
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May 12, 2018
Kitchen Safety Tip – avoid food borne bacteria and clean that sponge!
Kitchen sponges can be as dirty as your toilet! So clean or replace them regularly. I like smart people, but intelligent kids make me smile. Even when the smile is a tad uncomfortable. My friend and I were sitting in...
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May 04, 2018
Kitchen hack: Save your leafy herbs, chop them the right way
How to chop leafy herbs AND keep all that wonderful flavor for your recipe. Open a recipe and you’ll find a call for a leafy herb – chopped. To be honest, unless you’re just using the herb as garnish (or...
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Apr 28, 2018
How to pick olive oil – read the labels!
Want a great olive oil? Here are 6 tips for reading labels and looking for signs. I went to dinner at one of my favorite Italian restaurants in Beverly Hills with a group of friends. My history buff friend was...
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