This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MyGo2Pen #CollectiveBiasIt took me several years into married life to start meal planning. My mom never planned out her meals, so I just wasn’t into it. I had a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of shopping/cooking plan. That can work great…
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How to Make Yogurt
So, why would you want to make your own yogurt when you can just pull a tub off the store shelf and place it in your cart? For one thing, making your own yogurt is quite economical. Yogurt is anywhere from $2-$7 for a tub. I pay $3.25/gallon of milk, so I can make a…
How to Make Perfect Soft Boiled Eggs
I first learned about soft boiled eggs from my grandma. She showed us her special egg cups. She talked about cooking the eggs for the perfect amount of time. Inspired, I decided to try my hand at making soft boiled eggs. To my dismay, it was impossible for me to get consistent results. I threw…
Meanwhile on The Pioneer Woman’s Blog…
I have been SO busy over the holidays that I haven’t even had time to share the posts that I’ve done for Pioneer Woman recently. Let’s get up to date! HOW TO MAKE HASHBROWNS It’s a livin’ shame when hashbrowns turn out mushy or undercooked. In this tutorial, I show you how to get crispy…
How to Grill Pizza
This post, entitled “How to Grill Pizza” was originally published on July 19, 2010 on Cooking for Seven. Our family loves homemade pizza; but when the days grow more hot and humid, I just don’t feel like turning the oven to 500° for an hour or more. The solution: grilled pizza! Here’s the method I…
How to Eat a Grapefruit
I have enjoyed a good grapefruit for as long as I can remember. The way my Dad taught me to eat it was to slice it in half, run a knife around each section, sprinkle it with sugar and scoop out the juicy innards with a spoon. It’s a great, clean way to eat a…
A Quick Lesson in Food Photography: Lighting
It’s amazing what lighting can do for the feel of your food photography. One way you can easily manipulate the mood of your subject is to change the source of your light. Let me show you some examples! Side Lighting In the first photo above, the light is coming from a window to right of…