Getting your children excited about trying new foods

Getting children familiar with new foods

How to cut and slice bell peppers (any color)

Keeping kitchen knives sharp

Seeding Tomatoes

Freezing Berries (any berry)- so quick and easy

Poaching eggs in the microwave

Pineapple Boats

Multi-purpose egg slicer

More bread pudding ideas - it never ends

Heat resistant spatulas - gotta have one of these (at least one)

Cooking bacon without smelling up the house and making a mess

What exactly can you freeze?

Using lemon and orange rind in your cooking

Tearing into a pineapple

Doughty's doughnut affair (it's in our blood and in our name)

Warming and holding waffles - They're back on the menu!

Two methods for roasting any kind of peppers

Affordable juicer for large or small jobs

Another something you can freeze...milk!

Is there an easy way to peel and cut an apple?

Some Tips on Selecting Citrus

My choice? Homemade maple syrup with variations

If you think your cornbread could use some improvement...here's help

Making your kitchen more user friendly

Storing and utilizing those extra egg whites and egg yolks

Pounding meats in a contained, mess-free way

A bit about saffron

The trick to making a rice soup without having bloated rice

Understanding Beef 101

Caramelized fruit pancakes with cinnamon-sugar and oats (as good as they sound!)

Working with a mango

Mangoes aren't cheap. At least not usually. And so when we do indulge and bring one home it's good to know how to cut into it to maximize the yield.

The technique for one-handed whisking (or in other words – what to do when you wish you had three hands)

Here’s a whisking technique I recommend which lets you whisk anything using just one hand while freeing up the other to pour or add more ingredients.

Finally a simple answer to poaching and frying eggs

How to choose a cookbook that you will use (or reading and understanding recipes)

Working with fresh coconut, making milk and grating the meat

A lettuce Spinner - hard to live without one

If you like to create your own greens for a salad, a spinner is truly indispensable.

Tofu – give it a try!

Most people just roll their eyes when they hear the word tofu but I’ve recently learned a few things about working and cooking with this Japanese food.