It’s happened to all of us. We’ll be reading over a recipe and realize that we don’t have one of the ingredients called for. There’s no time (or energy) to run out to the store again…so what do we do? Well, this is where we learn… Today’s Tip: Learning the art of substitution And it’s…
Archives for January 2012
Cooking Tips: Timing is Everything
Sure, sure, you’ve heard the phrase “timing is everything”, but it is SO true when it comes to cooking. You’re thinking to yourself “Duh! Of course timing is important!” But surprisingly, this is one of the biggest gaffes in cooking and even veteran cooks can let time get away from them. Understanding the importance of…
Cooking Tips: the Beginning
It’s that time! The brand new time! The resolution making time! And this year we will focus a LOT more on cooking and photography… So we’re kicking it off with a new section of cooking tips. Learning to cook, becoming a better cook, cooking healthier, all seem to be popular resolutions. Since we both come from…
Oh, the silent majesty of a winter’s morn…
Name that Christmas movie… Anyway, normally on Christmas morning, we get up around 6:00 am, have about 30 minutes of “Christmas” together before we have to run off to our first family event of the day. This year, however, we managed to get the entire morning to ourselves. Oh what to do…what to do. We…
A Christmas Story
So, with Christmas comes traditions. For us, it’s Christmas Eve. Christmas day we are usually jetting off to see everybody in one day with hardly any time to ourselves, so o’er the years we’ve made Christmas Eve “ours”. This year, things were slightly different. We still curled up on the couch and watched ‘Love Actually’,…