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Even More Cooking Tips

To make simple deviled eggs put your egg yolks, mayo, mustard, salt, pepper, pickles, etc. into a zip lock type plastic bag. Mush it altogether inside, snip the corner of the bag and fill your egg white halves by mashing the filling through the hole cut into the bag.

Did you know that cream that is whipped ahead of time, will not separate if you add a touch of dissolved unflavored gelatin (1/4 tsp. per cup of cream).   

If you store your sour cream and cottage cheese upside down in your r...

A Book and A Dish

Don't forget to visit A Book and A Dish for my latest book reviews and the book author's favorite recipes.

Two Day Caramel Nut Cake - Pulled

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This delicious, 5 ingredient cake has been pulled and moved to the Think With Your Taste Buds - Dessert manuscript file.  Two Day Caramel's flavor can be changed by changing the cake mix flavor.

BeaterBlade for KitchenAid - Chef's Catalog

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BeaterBlade+ for KitchenAid 4.5/5 Quart Tilt-Head Mixer, 6 Quart-5 Plus Bowl-Lift Mixers AND all 5-Quart Bowl Lift Mixers.

The ultimate in hands-free mixing and baking preparation is here. New patented BeaterBlade+ "wing-system" design acts like a wiper blade that continuously scrapes the sides and bottom of the bowl while it mixes. Virtually eliminating hand scraping and batter build-up, thus, cutting your mixing time by as much as 50%. When you're done mixing, B...

Shop Cuisinart Griddler - Chef's Catalog

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The floating hinge makes it easy to adjust this grill for contact or open cooking. Use the flat grill plates as a breakfast griddle or ridged side for grilling or a combination half griddle/half grill. Reverse to the ridged sides for contact or open grilling. Grill/Griddle selector knob and adjustable temperature controls feature a "Ready" indicator light. Features easy slide-out drip tray to collect grease and keep countertop clean. Removable, reversible grill pl...

Egg Poach Pod - Chef's Catalog

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I enjoy poached eggs but refuse to make them.  It seems every time I make them by putting the egg into the water, I end up with ugly eggs.  If I use the little metal trays to cook my eggs in, they always stick.  This gadget just solved both problems.  I want these!

Flexible silicone Poach Pods stay afloat and upright automatically to cook eggs in minutes! Simply add a lightly-greased pod to a pan of boiling water, crack the egg into the pod and simmer. Egg pop...

Freezing Berries

Over the past few weeks the grocery stores have run sales on in-season berries.  I love using them when they are fresh and used to wish I had them during the winter months.  I've tried freezing them before by washing, placing them in bags and freezing.  They were ok but usually mushy when thawed.  Then I found the correct way to freeze berries so I can enjoy them year-round. 

Gently wash your fresh berries (all but blueberries).  Pat them dry.  Arrange them in a single layer on a baking sheet ...

Pistachio Lace Cookies - Pulled

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When I worked with this recipe I eliminated one step that appeared to make no difference in these cookies. The eliminated step called for the dough (which is about the consistency of thick cake batter) to be rolled in plastic wrap, frozen and sliced. By-passing this step has made no difference in the outcome of these cookies. For changes, use different nuts such as pecans or walnuts. Add a little cinnamon, nutmeg or allspice for flavor changes.  These cookies have a wonderfully butt...

Chop and Scoop from Chef's Catalog

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This is a wonderful idea.  I hate to chop my food and scrap it off the chopping block to put it into my dish.  This would do everything at once.  And the price is good too.  Go to Foodbuzz Daily to see for yourself.

Chop and scoop in one fell swoop. This innovative cutting board makes it easy to funnel chopped ingredients into prep bowl or pan, while raised sides help contain juices. Stain-resistant high-density polystyrene cutting surface with easy-grip black Santoprene handle won't absorb...

Pecan Fudge Pie

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This is another wonderful dish from my Think With Your Taste Buds - Desserts Co-Author, Lillian.

I made 2 of these pies but made a change in both. By thinking with my taste buds I decided to use up a couple of ingredients that needed to be used. One was some large flake coconut, the other was a partial jar of dried peanuts. I also had some chocolate chips that needed to be used but not enough for 2 pies. This is what I did. The recipe calls for 3 squares of chocolate, I used 1 cup o...