Rich, savoury, tasty chicken stock adds instant gourmet to soups and risottos. This homemade version is made using chicken bones or carcasses from the kitchen – as a result, it costs next to nothing. Use a crockpot or saucepan to create delicious stock from scratch with minimal effort.
Getting Started with Canning — Canning Equipment Checklist
Canning is the best way to preserve all of your fruits and vegetables that are so plentiful in the summer and fall. Whether you are canning your own produce from your garden or buying in season fruits and vegetables from a CSA or farmers’ market, you will save money by canning when the produce is plentiful and cheap rather than buying it off season. Plus, by canning produce from your own garden or from a trusted source, you will not have to question the ingredients and quality.
Easy Chicken Dinner Ideas to Stretch a Dollar
Make a simple roasted chicken work overtime by buying one store-bought, shredding it to make multiple meals, then using the bones to make a chicken stop for soups and cooking.
The Delicious and Nutritious Chocolate Cake
Chocolate cake with vegetables and fruit? Believe it or not, vegetables can actually make a good cake taste even better!
How to Make Vegetable Stock From Scratch For Free
Homemade stock is nutritious and adds a depth of flavour to soups and sauces. By making it from vegetable trimmings from the kitchen, it can also be nearly free! Here’s how to make and store stock at home.
How to Freeze Berries
There is nothing like fresh, succulent berries to jazz up a smoothie or dessert during the summer months. But what do you do when you long for that flavor come January? The produce aisles have an abundance of berries during the summer months, why not take advantage of the fresh fruit at a great price and freeze them to use for later? Freezing berries is extremely simple and leaves you with a supply of summer’s goodness to get you through a long winter.
How to Make Freezer Jam
Got your jam supplies ready? Here are some easy instructions to lead the way as you create freezer jam from fresh or frozen berries.
Supplies for Freezer Jam
It’s easy to make freezer jam! Collect these simple supplies, and you’ll be ready to turn fresh berry crops into delicious jam this summer.
Seasoning and Caring for Cast Iron Skillets
Cast iron skillets are great to cook in because they retain heat well and do not have the chemical worries that Teflon and stainless steel pans have. In fact, cast iron skillets leach small amounts of iron into your cooking which is actually good for you. The only drawback of cast iron skillets is that prior to use they must be seasoned, and they require special care between uses.
Dad’s Diner: Salsa Time!
I am addicted to salsa…
There, I admitted it. I think I’ve made some progress today!
Unfortunately, salsa from a jar just doesn’t cut it. It’s hard to eat the pale, flavorless brand name picante that lines the shelves at the local supermarket, when I know that with a bit of tinkering, a delicious medley of flavor is awaiting.
So, I started the great salsa experiment.
Cooking with Cream Soups
Using cream soups in your dinner recipes can help you create meals that are quick, easy, economical, and of course delicious. Generally, these recipes contain ingredients that are already in your pantry, so they make for great meals on busy nights. These tried and true recipes may come in handy when you need to whip up a good dinner, and fast.
Cake Baking Made Easy
Growing up, I remember the wonderfully intoxicating aroma of breads and cakes wafting through our home. And it is this memory that inspired me to learn and master the craft of baking. Most people I come across seem surprisingly daunted by the thought of baking cookies or cakes themselves. However, it is quite easy and great fun to bake the lightest of pastries, or a divinely delicious chocolate cake, all on your own.
