Emergency Kitchen Substitutions

Do you ever find yourself all geared up and ready to make a favorite recipe, but then discover you’re staring at an empty container of a needed ingredient? Ugh. You don’t want to run out to the store right now.

What a Crock!  Tricks and Tips for Crockery Cooking

If you like the experience of walking in the door and smelling dinner cooking without you slaving away in the kitchen preparing the meal, you’ll love the convenience of a crockery cooker.

Using Up Leftovers

Leftovers. We all have them, don’t we? But what do we do with them? I don’t really like keeping them in my refrigerator until a science project on mold develops.

Make-Ahead Lunch Ideas

Lunches at home can be prepared easily in advance. Many items can be frozen and then included in brown bag lunches, as well.

Meatball Mania

Cooking up a large batch of meatballs in advance to store in the freezer goes a long way toward establishing a supply of quick and easy meals. And if you take advantages of sales on ground beef and stock up, this can be a tremendous boon to your family budget, too!

Crisis Meal Planning

If your home is anything like mine, you’ve probably found that five o’clock each evening is one of the most hectic times of the day.  So, what’s for dinner tonight? Well, your guess is probably as good as mine, and it seems like more often than not, nobody knows. So the whole family hops into the car and heads through the local drive-thru for the third time this week.