Nothing is more frustrating to me then wasting food. Whether it be because I burnt something, forgot about it in the back of my fridge, made something less then stellar, or simply bought too much of it. Whatever the case, I hate to throw away food. One of those foods that seems to always go bad before it's eaten in our house is bread. One of my largest hinderances to baking fresh bread is knowing that it will probably go stale before we are even halfway through it. And, since I don't like anything to be a hinderance to me in...
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Whipped cream used to be my arch nemesis. After many failed attempts of over-mixing and under-mixing, I finally caught on and realized it to it's full potential. What helped me the most to learn the proper stages of whipping was practicing by hand. Which isn't nearly the outrageous task that I thought it would be. I recommend you try this if you have difficulty knowing when your whipped cream has reached the proper stage. I still often whip it by hand when a recipe calls for anything under a cup because it saves the hassle of dirtying the mixer and...
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It is becoming nearly impossible to get a good photo these days. The weather is so dreary and rainy that I have to turn on the lights as soon as I get up in the morning and they do not go off until I go to bed. Our house isn't very well lit either so I am beginning to feel like I'm living in a cave. When the sun finally does shine through I just might hobble my way onto the porch, beating my chest, yelling in a garbled language. That may not even be too far from the truth...
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I seriously had no idea that making wonton wrappers was so easy. So many years I avoided recipes that relied on wonton wrappers because my grocery stores didn't stock them. I love wontons and wonton related things so this always made me a little sad. I should have stopped being sad and looked for a recipe! I would have, if I had realized they were so simple to make. In fact, the recipe is so easy and straightforward that I didn't even bother to take step-by-step photographs. They turn out just like the ones that you purchase in the store...
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I eat eggs for breakfast pretty much every morning. Eggs and toast. It's what I do. I like them every way imaginable. But, when I was a kid I was a little pickier. Whenever my mom would make scrambled eggs I imagined all the shapes to be teeny tiny animals. How could my Mom possibly expect me to eat a teensy weensy lamb or puppy? I was horrified and it took me a little while to get over it. Although, I didn't have any trouble eating actual animals (I'm talking chicken and ground beef here, not puppies and lambs), but...
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