Cabbage is amazingly versatile and good all year round. It’s slightly sweet and extremely adaptable. Most cabbage recipes call for shredded cabbage, which leads us into today’s post on how to effectively shred a gorgeous head of cabbage. Once it’s shredded, it’s best to use as soon as possible. If you need to, you can seal…
How to Freeze Leeks
Hi Guys, happy Friday! Not only is it Friday, but it’s also my birthday 🙂 I have a lot of cake coming at me in the not so distant future. Birthdays are always a good time for reflection. This past year has been quite the journey for my family and I. My mother was diagnosed…
Rice and Beans
I have unapologetically consumed approximately 1,473 Pumpkin Spice Lattes in the past week. I’m beginning to turn orange and that’s just fine with me 🙂 My brother and I have been sharing pictures back and forth of all things pumpkin. We’re pumpkin fanatics! We get very serious about our pumpkin consumption. If fact, we cannot consume…
How to Chop an Onion
With fall right around the corner, we’ll all be making lots of soups, stews and casseroles. Most will have a chopped onion or two sautéed in olive oil or butter to start flavoring the dish right. I figured what better time than to brush up on our onion chopping skills. I have VERY sensitive eyes…
How to Cut a Watermelon
Happy National Watermelon Day! Watermelon is my favorite summer fruit. It’s hydrating, refreshing and sweet. It’s a large fruit and can easily get away from you, so in honor of this momentous occasion, I’m going to show you my favorite way to cut one up. Start off by standing on one end, stem side up,…
How to Cut a Pineapple
Even though pineapple is available all year-long, the sweet and tart fruit is in its prime from March-July (right now to be exact 😉 ). Carving this seemingly bulletproof fruit can be quite intimating at first, but once you get it down, you’ll never go back to the canned stuff again. Not to mention, saving your retirement fund…