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Buy Potatoes In Bulk? How To Store Potatoes And Prepare Interesting Potato Recipes

It’s cheaper to buy potatoes in bulk, like in 20lb bags or larger sacks of potatoes. This sampler of fun potato recipes shows that no matter what meal you’re preparing, there is a way to include potatoes and make it unique!

5 Reasons To Buy A George Foreman Rotisserie

The George Foreman name is synonymous with nutritious meals, and the George Foreman rotisseries are no exception. Here are the top 5 reasons to own a George Foreman rotisserie oven.

Check Out Our Fun Food Facebook & Twitter Pages!

Get fun cooking & kitchen tips for the everyday cook. Plus find out about new gadgets, ideas, tips & tricks to get the most from your food and your cooking on our fun food Facebook and Twitter pages!

Frozen Yogurt: Is It Healthy Or Is It Hype?

Frozen yogurt ISN’T the perfect healthy treat you may think it is. Here’s why you should stick to eating regular yogurt instead of frozen yogurt.

Easy Clam Chowder Recipe – A Great Soup For A Winter Day

On a cold, blustery day, there’s nothing better than a hot bowl of hearty soup to warm the soul! If you’re looking for a thick, creamy chowder that will stick to your ribs and satisfy a big appetite, this recipe for New England Clam Chowder fits the bill.

Unique Spice Racks + Lots Of Clever Ways To Store Spices In Your Kitchen

Here are several interesting spice racks, plus some really clever ways to store your spices.

Best Mashed Potatoes Debate – How We Settled The Whipped vs Smashed Potato Wars

When it comes to the best mashed potatoes, my wife likes plain and simple whipped potatoes. I prefer hearty flavored smashed potatoes. See how we settled the whipped vs smashed potatoes debate once and for all.

The Best Pantry Organizing Tips I Used To Organize My Own Pantry

Lots of videos and great tips to make pantry organization a cinch in your kitchen!

7 Unique Ways To Seal Potato Chip Bags To Keep Chips Fresh

I’ve found 7 good ways to keep chips fresher for longer. This will save you money too — because you won’t have to go out and buy a new bag of chips when the other half bag goes stale!

Foods That Should Never Be Put In The Kitchen Sink Garbage Disposal

A list of food scraps that cannot be put down the garbage disposal, plus tips for getting the most of that handy disposer in your kitchen sink.

The Best Microwave Uses You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Here are some cool things you can do with a microwave that you might not have have heard before.

Bamboo Cutting Board Facts ~ Pros & Cons Of Bamboo Cutting Boards

If you’re torn between getting a bamboo cutting board or not, here are the pros and cons of using bamboo cutting boards…

Healthy Pizza Recipes: Tortilla Pizza Is Diabetic-Friendly & Simple To Make

Whether you’re a diabetic trying to keep your blood glucose numbers low, or you’re just trying to eat healthier these days… following are lots of great tips & videos for making healthy pizza using tortilla shells.

How To Get Cheap Meals At Popular Restaurants

You can get excellent cheap meals for less than $5 — some for as little as $3.99! Here are the best ways to get cheap meals at popular restaurants.

Kitchen Chopper Reviews ~ Find The Best Food Choppers

These are the best food choppers on the planet. Just check out the reviews! One or more of these kitchen choppers may be just what you need to put that professional touch to your next gourmet dinner.

Everyday Uses For Kitchen Shears & Reasons To Use ‘Em Instead Of Knives

Why risk using large ultra-sharp knives when a good pair of kitchen shears are better, easier, faster, cleaner, and safer?! What’s YOUR favorite way to use kitchen shears?

Simple Tricks To Help You Cook Healthy + 2 Ways To Steam Vegetables In The Microwave

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.

Tips For Ordering From The Secret Dining Menu At Popular Restaurants – All You Have To Do Is Ask

Many restaurants offer a secret dining menu for popular items or substitutions not listed on their main menu. For example, this video decodes In-N-Out Burger’s secret menu, plus tips for ordering other items not on the menu.

Yes, Quick Healthy Meals Are Possible Even When You Have No Time To Cook

With these tips, quick healthy meals can be served up at home — even when you have no time at all! Plus, there’s a video that demonstrates some products that can make it even easier.

VIDEO: Proof That Bottled Drinking Water Is No Better Than Tap Water

As seen in this video, it’s a proven fact that bottled drinking water is no better than tap water. Here are all the reasons you need to stop wasting money on bottled water.

Condiments Recipes – See How To Make Your Own Condiments & Substitutions

Condiments taste so much better when you make them at home without a lot of preservatives. Try these condiments recipes to add some zing your meals!

How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies Using Homemade Fruit Fly Traps

Fermenting fruits, fruit juices, and similar sweet things attract fruit flies to your kitchen. To get rid of fruit flies, you need to eliminate their food source: moist garbage combined with fruity foods. Try these homemade fruit fly traps!

How Restaurant Menu Design Affects What You Order & How Much You Spend

See how restaurants use fancy techniques to trick you into ordering what they want you to order — the highest-priced, highest-profit items on the menu. Here’s how to turn the tables on the restaurants by understanding the basics of restaurant menu design before you order!

Nutrition Labels Hide Bad Facts Behind Confusing Numbers

It’s hard to trust nutrition labels when they hide bad facts with confusing numbers. Serving sizes can be ridiculously small just to make it look good in the percentages. Making your own nutritional labels for food that you prepare at home is the best way to get a handle on what you’re eating and the foods’ nutritional values.

How To Plant Your First Organic Vegetable Garden

Whether you pick a small spot in the backyard for a vegetable garden or you try container gardening, here are some tips for getting a successful harvest from your very first organic vegetable garden.

Best Fried Chicken Recipes & Restaurants With The Best Fried Chicken

A collection of the best fried chicken recipes that you can make at home: pan fried chicken, oven fried chicken, deep fried chicken, and more!

Superfood You Should Be Eating (…If You Want To Be Healthy & Live Longer)

A superfood is one that provides multiple health benefits when it is included in your diet. Superfoods are often overlooked. This video will introduce you to many superfood items from around the world.

Oh No!… You Don’t Make These Restaurant Dining Mistakes, Do You?

You will enjoy your restaurant dining experience even more if you can avoid these 10 common mistakes that restaurant goers frequently make. Plus, here are some mistakes when dining out with children that you don’t want to make either.

Sugar & Sugar Substitutes Both Have Health Issues You Need To Be Aware Of

Is sugar really that bad for us? Aren’t sugar substitutes better? We explore these questions, while touching on the most popular artificial sweeteners used today. Here are 20 things I bet you didn’t know about sugar and sugar substitutes!

Fun Facts About Franchise Donuts I Bet You Didn’t Know

When you need your daily fix of fresh warm donuts, you can find all you care to eat on virtually every corner, thanks to numerous franchise donut shops in the U.S. Want to make some extra money? As a doughnut lover, you might even think about opening your own donut concession stand!

Chocolate Dipped Crickets & Other Unusual Chocolate Covered Foods

Chocolate dipped bugs — including chocolate covered crickets and chocolate covered grasshoppers — are the latest food sensation that everyone’s buzzing about. Here’s where to buy them, and ways to make some unusual chocolate dipped foods yourself.

3 Ways That Dark Chocolate Benefits Health: It’s A Superfood!

Chocoholics rejoice! There are 3 new reasons that dark chocolate benefits health enough to raise it to superfood status. Finally, the chocolate bar with almonds is recognized for all of its health benefits.

Reasons To Avoid Food Products From Factory Farms & Try Organic Instead

Do you know where the food you ate today originally came from? Chances are most of the food you eat comes from factory farms. Here are some reasons to consider buying organic food, or growing your own. It’s healthier, among other things!

Side-By-Side Comparison: Do Restaurants’ Frozen Dinners Taste The Same At Home As They Do In The Restaurants?

Your favorite sit-down restaurant may offer frozen versions of the same meal. Find out from this video how well restaurants’ frozen dinners measure up when compared to the same meals served inside the restaurants.

The Best Kitchen Gadget?… The Egg Slicer, Of Course!

There’s a kitchen gadget for everything these days. However, there are a few that actually deserve a place in your kitchen. This video demonstrates the kitchen gadgets that will help you bring professional results to the dinner table.

Top 10 Foods That Cause Foodborne Illness

This top 10 list of foods, can bring foodborne illness to your dinner table real quick. Food poisoning often starts where the product originated, or along the journey, all the way to your dinner table. If you don’t clean and cook the product properly you’re also responsible.

Cooking Oils Explained – How To Choose The Right Cooking Oil

Oil in moderation is an important part of your diet. Choosing from these 6 healthy cooking oils, you can actually improve your health. This video shows how to pan fry fish to perfection with just a little bit of healthy canola oil.

Food Industry Trends – The Hottest Food Trends In Restaurants & Stores Right Now

See the latest food industry trends. Plus, all the best links to stay on top of the most recent food and restaurant trends.

Got Lots Of Canned Goods? Make Gravity-Defying Artistic Canned Food Sculptures!

Canned goods stacking competitions are the latest rage. Using canned goods to Create works of art is a tool often used by engineering and art schools alike. Break out your supply of tuna and give it a try, you might find a new career from your effort.

Whole Canned Chicken Isn’t As Bad As It Sounds… It’s Great For Homemade Soups!

If you’re tired of Ramen Noodles or Hamburger Helper, try Whole Chicken In A Can. Laugh if you like, but whole canned chicken makes a great soup or stew! It’s fully cooked, just reheat and add some fresh veggies for a wonderful meal.

Here’s The Trick To Removing Burnt Popcorn Smell From A Microwave

This video shows how fast you can burn microwave popcorn. The terrible smell will linger for ever and will be tough to clean. Here’s the best way to get burnt popcorn smell cleaned out of your microwave.

Sometimes Food Mold Is OK – But When Is It Dangerous?

Food mold in some cases only needs to be washed away for the item to be safe to eat. This isn’t the case for Items with high moisture content as they must be thrown out.

Nuts, Berries And Lots Of Other Healthy Snack Ideas

For a healthy snack you can’t beat nuts and berries. They’re packed full of disease-fighting goodness that should be included in your diet every day. Here’s why…

Drunk Food & Popular Food Cravings When Eating Late At Night

Breakfast is one of the 10 most delicious foods to eat when you’re drunk. There are 9 others. What’s your favorite drunk food when you’re eating late?

Titanium Dioxide: A Paint & Food Additive That Makes Things White

The same additive that makes white paint is used to make many foods whiter and more appealing to the eye. What’s appalling is Titanium Dioxide doesn’t get listed on the ingredient label even though it’s classified as a possible carcinogen!

How To Create Your Family’s Emergency Food Supply For Up To A Year Of Survival

When Mother Nature strikes, emergency food and water is YOUR responsibility. Do you have a 3-month supply of food right now? You should. Better yet, this video shows how to start a family survival plan, with up to 1 year’s worth of food & supplies!

Dangerous Cookware Exposed: Teflon, Nonstick, Pyrex, Ceramic – Which Is The Safest?

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Pyrex bakeware can fly apart sending glass everywhere. Non-stick and Teflon coated pans pump poisons chemicals into the air when heated. Watch this video and you’ll be convinced that ceramic cookware is the only safe option!

How To Eat A Banana (I Bet You’ve Been Doing It Wrong!) + Fun Ways To Slice And Peel Bananas

Bananas come in a neat disposable and biodegradable handy wrapper. Here’s how to impress your friends — or your kids — by serving pre-sliced bananas within an unopened banana peel or by making individual bite-sized slices of bananas within the peel. Plus how to peel bananas like the monkeys do!

How Accurate Is The Use By Date On Dry Goods & Canned Foods?

Don’t throw out food just because it’s past the date on the package. Most dry goods will last for years when stored properly.

3-Minute Snack Recipe: Microwave Chocolate Cake In A Cup

Satisfy your desire for chocolate with a 3-minute recipe: microwave chocolate cake in a cup! I bet everything you need to make it is right in your pantry.

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