Opening your freezer and finding a great dinner there already to place right in the oven with no other prep from you is a wonderful thing. It can put a smile on your face after a long day or supply a hearty dinner in the midst of the unexpected.

I've always dreamed of having an apple tree in my backyard. You know the old saying, "Be careful what you wish for?" Now that I actually have my own apple tree, I stand in my yard watching the apples piling up around me thinking, "Oh no -- What do I do with this mess now?"

You’ve done well all summer with tending and keeping your vegetable garden. Now it’s time to reap the benefits.

Corn is delicious and good for you. Corn is a good source for many nutrients. It is rich in magnesium, manganese, zinc, copper, iron, selenium and phosphorus. Corn also contains Thiamin, pantothenic acid, folate, Vitamin C and fiber among other things. It is also a very important part of American history.

It’s great to have crackers as snack foods around the house. Sometimes I grab them with me to keep the Peanut happy when we’re out and about. Sometimes they fit perfectly in the slot well after lunch and before dinner. But with food allergies and sensitivities I’ve found it’s easier to make my own homemade crackers than rely on what I can find at the grocery store.

Cooking more of your family meals has many benefits. Let discuss them...

If you love baking pies from scratch and have the time to do so, then go for it, but don't feel guilty if you can't.

There are many ways to get that homemade taste without as much work. For example, say your family loves pumpkin pie but every year you notice that they only eat the filling and leave most of the crust. Then, this year, don't put your pumpkin pie filling in a crust. Just pour it into a well greased baking dish or pan to bake. This will save you time and calories.

Learn how a little bit of organization and preplanning saves time and headaches.

For many, the kitchen is the most important room in the house. It is where we chat with friends, eat with family, and naturally where we spend a considerable amount of time cooking up recipes from Italian pasta dishes to Chinese stir fry's to late night ice cream sundaes. As much as we enjoy cooking however, we are always interested in learning new ways to make life in the kitchen easier. This article will give 10 time saving tips for the hurried, or not so hurried cook.

It's easy right? We already know turkey is on the menu. But what else can we serve for a memorable Thanksgiving dinner? Try adding one or all of these three side dishes along with your delicious main dish for a fabulous Thanksgiving meal.

For years I didn’t like the turkey served come Thanksgiving time. I found it to be dry and tasteless. Blech! Then I discovered brining and our Thanksgiving turkey has never been the same. Asking around here are some tips I received from others for making a more tastier bird for Thanksgiving Dinner.

When it comes to keeping your kitchen clean and organized don’t neglect to spend some time taking care of your spices.  Spices add that special touch to a dish. They help to distinguish one cuisine from another. So make sure your parsley doesn’t taste like garlic and other mishaps.

Thanksgiving is over and now you have a ton of leftovers. Either you cooked the turkey or whoever did sent you home with a fridge full.You may have leftover stuffing and potatoes. Even cranberry sauce and gravy.

Since I rarely use the entire bunch of celery available for purchase in the grocery store I often blanch and then freeze the celery for later use in soups and stews. I don’t like to see that large bunch go bad in the vegetable crisper so freezing it makes perfect sense.

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Using a sourdough starter is another way to make a risen bread loaf without yeast. It just takes a little bit longer. It requires leaving your choice of a flour mixture out in your kitchen to capture yeast spores in the air. It takes a couple of days to ferment and get going but once you've had fresh sourdough bread you usually want more.

For a lot of cooks, there are times when we don?t have the appropriate ingredients in the pantry to make our desired recipe. If you find yourself in this situation, don?t despair, you probably have a suitable substitution on hand, saving the cook a trip to the grocery store. Here are a few.