Cooking Tips & Tricks

Pomegranate: How to Eat & Serve (+ Smoothie Recipe)

October 25, 2009

Pomegranates are on sale this week at Meijer! A lot of people avoid them, because they just aren’t sure how to serve them or what to do with them. Instead of sticking with the same old fruits like apples, bananas, and orange, you should definitely pick up a pomegranate and give it a try. Especially, [...]

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Cooking Parties & Meal Exchanges

September 10, 2009

With the final post coming out next week, we’re wrapping up our Freezer Series with a fun event to help you have many meals on hand quickly. While many of us have participated in a cookie exchange around Christmas time, the idea of a meal exchange has never crossed our mind. OAMC may sound appealing [...]

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OAMC & Freezer Cooking

September 3, 2009

For those of you who don’t enjoy cooking, OAMC can sound like a nightmare and a lifesaver all tied into one. What is OAMC? It stands for Once-a-Month Cooking. The theory is that you spend one or two days a month and cook an entire month’s worth of meals, so you don’t have to cook [...]

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Making Meal Kits for Freezer Cooking

August 27, 2009

Sometimes, it makes more sense to freeze a meal in parts, instead of freezing an entire meal. For example, pizzas, spaghetti, and tacos freeze better in a kit then after fully prepared. An example of a taco kit would be:-Pre-cooked seasoned hamburger or chicken-Cheese-Taco Shells You could put each of these items into a separate [...]

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How to Freeze: Vegetables

July 9, 2009

Fruits and vegetables are a bit trickier to freeze than meats. Mainly because they won’t thaw out and be beautifully fresh and ready to eat raw. Instead, I recommend, only freezing fruits and vegetables to use in meals you’re going to prepare. By freezing fruits and vegetables, you can significantly increase the shelf life and [...]

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Go Vegetarian (For a Meal or Two)

January 1, 2009

The average American consumes more meat then recommended on a daily basis, because we tend to make it the center of our meals. Meat just happens to be one of the most expensive grocery items, so save some money by cutting it out now and then. Vegetarian meals can be both healthy and delicious, and [...]

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