Tag: tips and tricks

Make your own shortcut ingredients
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“Shortcuts” to faster cooking

miss mellie

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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Doing a menu plan? Gather your favorite recipes
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Planning a weekly menu your family will love!

miss mellie

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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How to choose the best mandoline slicer
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How to choose the best mandoline slicer (or any kitchen tool for that matter)

miss mellie

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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Homemade Italian Sausage
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3 winning sausage flavors you can make fast!

miss mellie

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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Unsung hero of the freezer - precooked meats!
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Supper emergency? Cooked meat in the freezer to the rescue!

miss mellie

Ran out of time to load the crockpot, not in the mood to cook, eating out plans changed last minute? Any of these can cause a supper emergency (or maybe you simply need a shortcut cooking night). You need the unsung hero of the kitchen! Cooked meat in the freezer to the rescue!

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Simple Fried Egg
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Enjoy simple fried eggs in 7 minutes flat!

miss mellie

Morning is not the favorite time of day for most people. We tend to stay up late, and wake up with only enough time to grab a quick shower and some clothes, and head out the door.

But breakfast starts your day right with your body fueled for whatever comes your way…particularly if you need the mental capacity to power through big projects that require a lot of thought. And no, I don’t think sugary carbs qualify as a significant morning meal. Been doing Whole30 type food too long to go for that. And why do that when you can enjoy simple fried eggs in 7 minutes?

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frozen blueberries
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Freezing yummy berries – and knowing when NOT to!

miss mellie

So many berries to choose from…and so many with special sales prices. Of course, there’s no substitute for fresh berries during their peak season, but off season, it’s good to have some frozen ones on hand. There are some tricks though to freezing yummy berries – and knowing when NOT to freeze them.

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The easiest, fastest way to cut bell peppers

miss mellie

True story of a text I got this week: “I offered to cut the peppers at the family reunion because I knew how!” I taught this young friend the fastest way to cut a bell pepper, and she felt confident doing it! So, let’s attack the pepper issue. They’re kinda roly-poly and have lots of little bitty seeds that go everywhere. Is there a best way to cut bell peppers?

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