In a perfect world, we’d shop for fresh ingredients every day and whip up artful meals according to thoughtful recipes, but let’s be real! When it comes to getting food on the table, some of the best meals of the week are our tried-and-true standbys that rely on pantry, fridge and freezer staples. Ingredients as [...]
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Go-To Meals Using Kitchen Staples
Gifts from the Kitchen
This holiday season make a feast of gifts and delight others with homemade treats. From Marinated Olives and Spicy Wine Mustard to Tangerine Sugar and Lemon-Ginger Streusel Bread, we’ve been in the kitchen whipping up 42 tasty gift ideas for everyone on your list, including a little something for your four-legged friends. We’ve even created [...]
Turn Your Kitchen into a Beauty Cabinet
Kristen Arnett is an internationally renowned, celebrity makeup artist focused on enhancing beauty without the need for harmful chemicals. Kristen is also the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of GreenBeautyTeam.com, a site offering natural and organic beauty advice. Running out of shampoo, toothpaste or another beloved beauty product has happened to the best of us. Here are [...]
Keeping Kids in the Kitchen
Anyone with children fears the witching hour, the most frightening time of the day. No, I don’t mean a dark hour in the middle of the night, I’m talking about that time when bellies are empty, spirits are cranky, and dinner is not yet on the table. In my house, rather than resorting to fast [...]
Gene Logsdon: Tasty Meat Comes From The Kitchen, Not the Field
From GENE LOGSDON Furious arguments sweep back and forth over the landscape about whether pasture-raised meat is better or worse than corn-fed meat. I think pasture-raised might be healthier food depending on the quality of the pasture, but when the debate focuses on taste, oh my. Years and years ago, a similar argument was popular: [...]
Get Back in the Kitchen and Save
With many New Year’s resolutions centered on eating healthier and saving money, it’s easy to do both when you learn to cook or cook at home more often. Plus, you get the added benefit of sharing delicious meals with your family, cooked just the way you like them. Why is cooking at home more affordable [...]
Gifts From Your Kitchen
Wrap up your holiday shopping without leaving the house! From Sugared Cranberries and Cinnamon Pancake Mix to Marmalade and Spicy Wine Mustard, we have simmered up 38 tasty gift ideas for everyone on your list. We’ve even created festive gift tags for you to download and print — complete with recipes and suggested uses. Here [...]
Michelle Obama: Video Tour of the White House Kitchen Garden
From Obama Foodorama Mrs. Obama extols the virtues of local produce and first White House corn crop In the video, Mrs. Obama strolls through the dense and greeny crop rows with reporter Jason Schoultz, pointing out heirloom tomatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, eggplant, beans, the very elaborate herb beds–and she explains what’s going on in detail. [...]
Compost Crock: 5 Models That Look Nice In the Kitchen
Once you begin composting at home, you quickly realize that your kitchen is a great source of materials to throw in your compost bin or compost pile. But who wants to make a trip back and forth to the yard every time you make a meal at home? That’s where a compost crock comes in [...]