Cooking from the heart, and from bare essentials

Posted on : 06-08-2010 | By : admin | In : Cooking Basics

You do not have to go by the book to create tasty, easy, sociable food. Easy meal preparation is all about stripping cooking down to its bare essentials using little techniques and conveniences to make the most of your recipes. It is so simple: Skip the fuss and follow your heart.

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Crockpot – Slow Cooking

Posted on : 03-08-2010 | By : admin | In : Appliances

Many of your favorite recipes can be successfully adapted to the crockpot or slow cooker if you follow a few simple rules. You’ll find a basic time/temperature guide for converting recipes, some do’s and don’ts for specific ingredients and a few tips for making your slow cooker dishes more flavorful.

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All about Cuban cuisine

Posted on : 21-07-2010 | By : admin | In : Cuban

The East Caribbean island of Cuba has a rich cultural heritage from which has arisen culinary traditions that are as vibrant and varied as the variety of cultures that have contributed to the growth of this distinct and delicious cuisine. In addition to the ancient influence of the native peoples of Cuba, the Spaniards brought their own culinary styles, tinged by those of the Moors who held huge parts of Spain inasmuch as tons.

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Perfect Scrambled Eggs

Posted on : 17-07-2010 | By : admin | In : Eggs

The truth is that scrambled eggs are easy to make. Unfortunately, they are also the easy to make WRONG. At a root level, scrambled eggs are simply beaten eggs which are fried and – for lack of a better word – scrambled. But like most things that are simple (take love and martinis as examples), people have found ways to make them needlessly complex.

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8 Simple Common Sense Cooking Tips

Posted on : 06-07-2010 | By : admin | In : Cooking Tips

Do you get lumps in your white sauce? When making white sauce or any sauce that requires sluggish cooking to thicken use an egg whisk and you can improve the temperature (not an excessive amount of though) to hurry the method up.and you wont get any limps in it.

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