Kitchen Tip: Make Ready-to-Use Frozen Pie Fillings From Scratch
Today’s kitchen tip will show you how to make fruit pie fillings from scratch that are frozen, space-saving, and ready to be used as needed.
If you’ve ever found a really good sale in the produce section, you know how tempting it can be to stock up.  Apples, [...]

I just went through the book The Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book by Camilla Saulsbury and can’t wait to share about this great time-saving treasury.   A fan of baking (and especially holiday baking), you can imagine how thrilled I was to receive a new cookbook in the mail dedicated completely to quick and easy dessert baking! [...]

When I was growing up, my Nanny made certain foods every year. I’ve spent countless hours searching, cooking, and trying to come close to recreating the wonderful dishes from my childhood.

Nessa is a full time wife and mother of two, living the small town life in rural Texas. She loves cooking everything from tried and true recipes to her own wonderful creations. Catch her blogging at Ramblings of a Texas Housewife and on Twitter @Nessa_TX.
The only time my family gets to sit down and [...]

How to Cook a Turkey
Everyone should know how to cook a turkey.  The teaching of this basic skill, however, is often neglected in our upbringing! This step-by-step tutorial on how to cook a turkey is designed for cooks of all levels.  Even if you’ve never attempted any major cooking projects before, this will allow you [...]

I decided to share some of my favorite ways to use up all those delicious bits you have left after the big meal is done.

There are so many things you can do with cooked turkey! A good rule of thumb is that if you can use chicken, you can most likely use turkey instead.

Spills and drizzles on the edges of a muffin pan will burn, turn black, smoke and smell bad while baking.  To top it off, baked on burnt batter is hard to clean and often leads to scraping off by hand or soaking.  Avoid the mess altogether and make cupcake and muffin baking clean and easy, [...]

The cooler months seem to make me crave comfort foods. That’s when I turn to these quick, tasty meals. They satisfy my craving for comfort food, without me spending all day in the kitchen.

Usually the holidays are filled with good food, but food that is not necessarily good for you. I set out to find some seasonal dishes to satisfy my family’s sweet tooth without packing on the fat and excess calories. I was pleased with the recipes I found and hope you will be too. Here are 5 guilt-free holiday treat recipes.

My family loves a tasty crock pot recipe using chicken breast, cream cheese, and a few Tex Mex ingredients. I wanted to do something along those lines, but we had no chicken breast. So, I thawed out two pounds of beef stew meat and created a scrumptious dish.