My mother used to cool off food before refrigeration. But the safety guidelines have changed. Thanks to better refrigerator efficiency, and concerns about food spoilage, it’s best to refrigerate foods immediately after cooking. Apparently this poses no danger to the rest of the food in your fridge. But there are times when you will still […]
Continue reading... July 21, 2011
Cooking with Preschoolers: Distraction or Interaction?
This is the fourth part of a series on cooking with children. Previous posts in the series: 9 Great Reasons to Cook with Your Kids How to Cook with a Baby in the House How to Cook with a Toddler in the House Modeling aprons–you can win one Please welcome Yosefa […]
Continue reading... July 8, 2011
Friday Review #36
It’s time for a review of posts you might have missed on Cooking Manager. Summer Cooking Healthy and Easy Summer Salads. Leora posted even more summer salad ideas. Some Like It Cold: Summer Soups Cool Summer Cooking Tips Prepare Vegetable Salads in Advance Recipes: Beets Marinated with Ginger and Garlic Wilted Red Peppers with Garlic […]
Continue reading... July 6, 2011
Wilted Red Peppers with Garlic
Nothing says summer like red peppers. My group vegetable order featured red peppers a few weeks ago, so I remembered this relish recipe in The Well-Filled Microwave. The microwave cooks the peppers up quickly, with no need to stand over the stove. In the microwave, the peppers retain their shape and flavor. My study group […]
Continue reading... June 29, 2011
Ten Terrific Turnip Recipes
In an earlier post (my most popular), I shared Ten Ways to Cook Turnips. Today, I present this collection of simple, vegetarian recipes made with natural ingredients. This one contains many ingredients but is not as complicated as it looks–Couscous with Seven Vegetables in My Excellent Couscous Adventure. If raw turnips are your thing, try […]
Continue reading... June 22, 2011
Winter Squash Quiche
My husband and my littlest one are out of the country, and who wants to cook for only the four of us currently at home? But I decided to make a quiche, since one would do for all of us. I was out of mushrooms, so I used the fresh winter squash I had just picked […]
Continue reading... June 7, 2011
Some Like It Cold: Summer Soups
This is my third post on summer cooking. See also Cool Summer Cooking Tips and Healthy and Tasty Summer Salads. Most of us have been programmed to enjoy hot soup. Yet there are a few soups that most of us eat cold, and summer is the right time for them. Cold soups that come to […]
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