Alcohol and Cooking: Which Brands Are Best?

Alcohol and Cooking: Which Brands Are Best?

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Have you ever thought about combining alcohol with your cooking? Alcohol actually adds a lot of flavor to your recipes. Just think of vanilla, an alcohol-based extract that provides intense flavoring. By incorporating alcohol into your cooking you can create a palate-pleasing taste. Some recipes require alcohol in order to…

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Easy, Tasty Chicken Wing Recipes

Easy, Tasty Chicken Wing Recipes

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You can serve chicken wings hot or cold, for a meal, or for snacks. They’re great as appetizers at parties, or when you’re just looking for a tasty midnight snack. Try these four easy recipes: Baked Chicken Wings 1/2 c. margarine, melted 1 t. Dijon mustard 3 c. multi-grain flaked…

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Fancy Sauces Made Simple

Fancy Sauces Made Simple

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Many cooks are intimidated by complex sauces with fancy names. Béarnaise, Marinara, Béchamel, Picatta…they all sound complicated, but they’re not! These sauces combine simple ingredients with a little bit of patience and a hot pan to produce tasty results right in your own kitchen. Béarnaise — A Butter-Wine Sauce Béarnaise…

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Tips for Cooking a Healthy Meal

Tips for Cooking a Healthy Meal

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One of the best things you can do for your family is to cook healthy, nutritious and delicious meals. Science is proving what we have long suspected: the food you eat is largely responsible for how healthy you are. In addition, the eating habits you instill in your children are…

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Meals That Fill You Up, Not Out

Meals That Fill You Up, Not Out

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Diets often fail because they leave people feeling deprived and longing for more food. With this in mind, it is important to make hearty, yet healthy meals that fill you up and not out. You want a nutritional meal that isn’t loaded with empty calories. There are many ingredients that…

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Cooking Accessories for BBQs

Cooking Accessories for BBQs

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Grilling is a time-honored tradition enjoyed by many families. Barbequing is great especially during the summer months or whenever the weather outside is warm. Grilling is also enjoyable because it is a relatively fast process (depending on the type of grill you have), and the food tastes great, too! Grilling…

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Eat Up! Quick Chicken Thigh Recipes

Eat Up! Quick Chicken Thigh Recipes

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Winner, winner chicken dinner! Chicken is an all-around crowd pleaser. It’s healthy, relatively inexpensive and the kids will eat it without complaint. Plus, it’s extremely versatile and easy to prepare, making it a perfect main course for busy families. So it goes without saying that mouth-watering chicken thigh recipes are…

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Prevent Food-borne Illnesses

Prevent Food-borne Illnesses

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Food safety is something that every cook needs to take seriously. With 81 million cases of food-borne sickness occurring every year in the United States, it’s important to understand how food poisoning can be prevented. Thankfully, most people who get sick as a result of contaminated food recover quickly and…

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