VELVEETA it Kitchenista – Wednesday’s Waste Not, Want Not

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Last year I had the honor of working with Kraft Velveeta creating the winning recipe, Shrimp Stroganoff Casserole and this year I’m honored to say I’m a VELVEETA it Kitchenista!  Me and 4 other bloggers were asked to take part in a campaign to bring you Velveeta recipes and tips & advice to help make… [Continue Reading]

Tuesday’s Tips – Pan Sizes

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First and foremost, the winner of the chili twister is………….HOLLY!  Congrats Holly, I told my son to pick a number between 1 and 26….my son picked number 11 and that’s your comment #!  Contact me with your mailing address please. Now for today’s tips!  Some may find this useful and some won’t.  It’s been handy… [Continue Reading]

Tuesday’s Tips – Baking

Today’s tips will revolve around baking. I LOVE to bake but hate the clean up;)  BTW–I give tips every Tuesday!! If you like to use insulated baking sheets, don’t run out to the store to buy them; you can simulate them by stacking one regular cookie sheet over another. Be especially careful when you take… [Continue Reading]

Tuesday’s Tips – Simplifying the Clean Up

With the holiday season around the corner, baking will be overtaking the kitchen.  A couple of thing you can do to make the clean up a breeze are: Use those nonstick liners for your baking sheets!  Most of them are reuseable but because I’m lazy, I just use them and toss them.  It saves me… [Continue Reading]

Cooking Tips Passed Down

Here are a few tips that will make things better or easier. These have been passed down through generations so you know they work;) Bacon – Minimize bacon shrinkage by running bacon under water before frying. Beans – A tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda in a large pot of beans while soaking them, the ‘flatulence’… [Continue Reading]