helping you cook better, smarter, faster
While you might think you need a big set that covers all sizes and shapes of pots and a whole bunch of pans, what do you REALLY need? Examining these cabinets once again had me purging and questioning…What are the most essential pots and pans?
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If you’ve ever thought “Cooking’s too hard” or “Cooking takes too long,” or “Eating healthy is too expensive,” THINK AGAIN. What if I told you my supper last night was Whole 30, took 35 minutes to prepare and cost under $1.75 per serving??? Does this change your mind?
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I spent years trying to figure out how to budget for groceries when meat prices were SO high. Of course I saw the sales. And I would buy whatever meat was on sale IF it was what I wanted that week. But what if I needed shrimp this week instead of last week when it was on sale? Then it hit me…only buy your favorite meat when it’s on sale…but buy a lot! It seemed crazy at first, but then it seemed crazy I hadn’t thought of this before.
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Don’t you love it when a recipe can be used for multiple dishes? I stumbled on using this sauce for other things by accident…I just had it left over, and I don’t like to waste food. So, I experimented and found you can do a lot with just this one easy Korean sauce (thanks nomnompaleo.com!).
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Cooking takes time, yes, but YOU control how MUCH time it takes. Your skills and your choices of ingredients and methods are the “shortcuts” to faster cooking.
My first time through the Whole30 was excruciating. It’s all whole foods so I spent hours shopping, prepping and cooking all new recipes. They were foreign to me and frankly, not to my liking always. Nothing is more frustrating than spending 2 or 3 hours in the kitchen only to not like what you cooked!
So, let’s talk about some things you could do to take “shortcuts” with your own recipes…making something you already know you love but FASTER!
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The key to getting supper on the table each day is being ready. That means planning…menu planning: what you’re gonna have, what ingredients you need, what method you’ll use, and how long it’ll take.
But have you heard the phrase “reinventing the wheel?” Why would you do that if it’s already been done? Same goes for a good menu. If you have ONE, you can use it over and over. How are you at planning a weekly menu your family will love?
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I get it. You want to slice things easier and faster, but also safely. With so many options out there, want to know how to choose the best mandoline slicer? You’ve come to the right place because I’ve just been re-evaluating my own choice. Here are the questions I went through to finalize it.
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Once you start really reading food labels, you find all kinds of things you can’t pronounce and don’t have a clue what they really are (do you really wanna eat that?) AND sugar or sweeteners in EVERYTHING. I mean seriously why would I want sugar in my breakfast sausage?
Several years ago, my son contracted the alpha gal 3 allergy from a tick bite. The doctor instructed me to not feed him any red meat for a calendar year. Oh boy…
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Ghee (or its close sibling clarified butter (see Whole30 book for the difference) is simply a way to get the rich taste of butter without the milk solids. If you have trouble with dairy in general or you’re doing the Whole30 to test for sensitivity, using this allows you to still have “butter” as an option for your healthy fat for cooking and eating.
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I’m amazed how often we forget kids are just little versions of us. Little ones in particular wanna help mom or dad do just about anything, and they learn by watching, then doing. It’s time to make the kitchen fun for your kids with things they can do to help with mealtime.
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