My aim is to remove the intimidation factor that I associate with cooking by finding recipes that adapt to my pantry ...rather than making my pantry adapt to the recipes. Here are some websites that help you find recipes based solely on ingredients you already have on hand.
Make your own nutritional labels to better watch your calorie and fat intake when eating homemade foods.
Big Oven was the first recipe software program I downloaded that was completely new to me, and yet I knew right away that it was the best one for meeting my recipe organization needs. Here's my review of Big Oven, Mastercook, Mealmaster, Cookn, Living Cookbook, and Now You're Cooking.
Learning to cook healthy is just a matter of making a few small adjustments to how you prepare your meals. Here are 10 tips for healthy cooking, plus videos showing how to keep all the nutrients in your vegetables by steaming them in the microwave.
Following is a list of all the virtues of ketchup, including its many varieties, little-known facts, the world's largest, and lots of fun things you can do with ketchup... Yep, everything you want to know about ketchup... and more!
Various points of view on whether you can safely boil water in the microwave or not.
Here's a helpful guide on how to buy food storage bowls for your kitchen. I've learned the hard way, and now I only buy glass bowls. See why. Plus, the features you should look for when buying food storage containers and tips for keeping them organized in your cabinets, pantry, and refrigerator.
I love these Quik Top lids. They're plastic caps for canned beverages. Among other things, QuickTop lids make it easy to keep an opened beverage fresher longer. See all the reasons I like these reusable lids for soda cans and water bottles.
See why I think Google Docs is the perfect recipe organizer. Not many people use Google Docs for organizing recipes, but it serves my purpose well. I can save everything from the recipe in just ONE click (recipe title, ingredients, cooking directions, nutrition info, photos, notes, comments). Turns out, Google Docs is a fairly sophisticated way to organize recipes... and it's FREE!
Want an easy banana pudding recipe? I've got the quickest & easiest one ever! I make it ALL the time because it's so simple. See my homemade banana pudding recipe, plus a fun variation: individual banana pudding cups!
