Latest Recipes Articles http://www.theegarage.com/ Articles at ArticleMS en-us What’s for Dinner for a hungry family! http://www.theegarage.com/food/recipes/whata%80%99s-for-dinner-for-a-hungry-family.html http://www.theegarage.com/food/recipes/whata%80%99s-for-dinner-for-a-hungry-family.html Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:13:32 -0500 Okay, I know it’s hard to believe, but there is actually a website called Cookbooks that provides recipes for every occasion and even the worst cook in the world can come up with ideas from this site! It’s true!

 

It’s 6pm and baseball practice is not over yet, homework isn’t done and who even remembers what a bath is! Not enough hours in the day? Understood! So, here’s the age old question: What’s for dinner?

 

My pantry had all kinds of miscellaneous things neatly piled in sections. My freezer had a few frozen tidbits, but what could I make for dinner? Cookbooks.com to the rescue! After having a very successful cookbook fundraiser with Fundcraft Publishing last year for our church mission trip, I learned about Cookbooks.com. Let me tell you – this site is truly amazing. Once you use it, you will always use it.

 

So, I had almost no time to cook and bedtime was approaching and homework wasn’t even done yet. Don’t you just love those kinds of evenings? I think we have all experienced them. And I refused to pick up fast-food for the third time in a week. Voila! I inspected the pantry, found a few ingredients, spices and a little meat in the freezer – had no idea what to do with them or if they would even make a meal – but I knew Cookbooks could help me with the largest recipe database on the market today!

 

I went to Cookbooks and entered “ingredients” in the section provided. Then a plethora of recipes appeared, all of which would make a fantastic meal with the miscellaneous ingredients I had on hand. Fantastic! Moreover, I even had choices!

 

Here’s what worked for me: I had rice, some seasonings, hamburger meat, bacon and a few other little add-ons. I simply entered the ingredients into the ingredient section and an entire list of recipes came up! I was astonished! (and relieved).

 

This recipe popped up that I chose: “Spanish Rice” Fry bacon and hamburger. Cook rice with 1 teaspoon salt and some butter. Mix together and bake 45-minutes. Wow! It was easy and tasted great! My kids gobbled it up and there was nothing left over. It sure did beat the drive-thru burger at a price that no mother loves. We had a home cooked meal, albeit, not fancy – but great tasting, filling and it was prepared, cooked and served in less than an hour, start to finish.

 

 

Thank you Cookbooks! The magic doesn’t stop there. You can get recipes on your cell phone which makes for a much easier grocery shopping trip. You can even enter such entrée names like, pot roast, steak, casserole and more and automatically receive a multitude of varied recipes for that entry. I’ve now learned to cook my family’s favorite – pot roast – about ten different ways! Each recipe is so tasty that we haven’t been able to pick our favorite yet!

 

Think all of that is easy? Make sure to check out their Quick and Easy section where you’ll find a long list of Quick and Easy recipes sure to make even the pickiest of eaters satisfied. And yes, cleaning the kitchen is a breeze with these recipes. Quick, easy and very light clean up – and served in minutes to your hungry family.

 

Happy eating! And enjoy the number one cookbook site with the best options, recipes and choices!

~ Kim G Lain, Marketing Writer and Strategist, and the awesome

Fundcraft team

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]]> Knowing what food ingredients to avoid for healthy cooking http://www.theegarage.com/food/recipes/knowing-what-food-ingredients-to-avoid-for-healthy-cooking.html http://www.theegarage.com/food/recipes/knowing-what-food-ingredients-to-avoid-for-healthy-cooking.html Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:04:56 -0500 When cooking for our loved ones, it is important to provide all the best nutrition from the safest produce and price we can afford. However, it seemed that there are dangers in the chemical additives that are included in today's packed food ingredients. Checking out some healthy recipe videos can help you know what food additives to avoid.

For parents, it is necessary to take note that additives are mostly found in packed and preserved food. Thus food ingredients that are pre-packaged and preserved most likely contain harmful chemicals. Some ready-to-cook meals are also positive on chemical food additives that are not at all safe for our family. Nutritious recipe videos and cookbooks have a list of food additives to stay away from, which includes monosodium glutamate or MSG, sodium nitrate, aspartame, and carmine, to name a few common additives.

MSG or monosodium glutamate is a type of food additive that was developed at enhancing flavors in Chinese food ingredients. But today, MSG is present in almost every snack foods like packed potato chips, sauces, or stocks. MSG is a type of excitotoxin, which is designed to stimulate the taste buds to enhance the food's flavor. Unfortunately, MSG has been reported to cause damage in the nerve due to overexciting the nerves in the body. This is why recipe videos that promote nutrition will not include MSG in their cooking.

Moreover, sodium nitrite is also one of the harmful food ingredients to avoid. This additive is mostly used in packed meat products or in deli counters to add up to red color of meats for a fresher and appetizing appeal. Sodium nitrite is in fact a cancer-causing substance or carcinogen that can seriously damage the body causing brain tumors, leukemia, and other severe diseases. Unfortunately though, this is included in most foods without any warning labels.

Aspartame is also one food additive that is extensively used in soft drinks and deserts. It has even been reported that large consumption of aspartame occurs in children obtained by drinking sugar-free drinks, yogurts, and snacks.

Cochineal, also known as carmine, is one of the dangerous food ingredients that are quite misleading. Carmine is a red coloring additive that is found in a number of food products to give a pretty pinkish color. Some of the products with carmine contents include strawberry yogurt, artificial grapefruit juice, and many more. In fact, carmine is made from dead husks of red beetles that add twist to foods. This can be tricky as some food manufacturers fail to list in their food labels.

Some of these common food additives are negligently included in foods that children love to eat. Unlike healthy recipe videos provided for moms, buying instant and preserved food can potentially harm your children. Using food additives is just a convenient way for some manufacturers to compromise the nutrients found in healthy foods to increase their sales. For parents who want to provide their kids good nutrition, it is important to give them home-cooked meals as much as possible.

]]> Cooking is Fun the Fundcraft Way http://www.theegarage.com/food/recipes/cooking-is-fun-the-fundcraft-way.html http://www.theegarage.com/food/recipes/cooking-is-fun-the-fundcraft-way.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:28:21 -0500 Cooking with Cookbooks.com Makes Every Meal Enjoyable.

Cooking can be a chore. But it doesn’t have to be. Cooking with Cookbooks.com and Fundcraft is fun! Cook the Fundcraft Way!

 

Fundcraft Publishing has been in the cookbook fundraising business for 100-years. They have helped countless groups, organizations and churches raise thousands and thousands of dollars for needed trips, projects and more.

 

Making cookbooks is fun with Fundcraft and they really do sell! And cooking with cookbooks.com makes every meal enjoyable. From detailed recipes that are absolutely delicious to easy as 1-2-3 recipes for the busy working family, cookbooks.com has one of the largest recipe databases in the market today!

 

The new website Cookbooks has features such as recipe ranking, shopping lists and save to cell phone and more! Tired of rummaging through the overloaded purse for the needed shopping list? No worries with Cookbooks.com. Just download and save recipes directly to your cell phone! Visit Cookbooks.com and review the vast amount of recipes and print directly from your computer. Immediately have ingredients listed along with preparation instructions right at your fingertips. No need to fumble for the pen and copy the recipe and strain to read it later!

 

Cookbooks.com also provides healthy recipes for the conscientious eater, as well as, healthy cooking tips along with a little humor to spice the site up. Everyone should visit Cookbooks.com for all of their cooking needs and visit Fundcraft.com to find out more about just how easy it is to fundraise with cookbooks. Cookbooks sell and make money!

 

"She bought the groceries, washed the lettuce, chopped the tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots... diced the onions, cut the garlic, marinated the meat, set the table, lighted some candles & cleaned everything up, but, he, made the dinner."
-Anonymous

 

"I feel a recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation."
Madam Benoit

"When baking, follow directions. When cooking,
go by your own taste."
Laiko Bahrs

"Savory seasonings stimulate the appetite."
Latin Proverb

"I don't like gourmet cooking or "this" cooking or "that" cooking. I like good cooking."
James Beard



_________________________ ~ Kim G Lain, Marketing Writer and Strategist, and the awesome InstantPublisher Team http://www.instantpublisher.com/ Visit us on Facebook! See you there! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Instantpublisher/147911499184

]]> On Hand Pizza Sauce Recipes http://www.theegarage.com/food/recipes/on-hand-pizza-sauce-recipes.html http://www.theegarage.com/food/recipes/on-hand-pizza-sauce-recipes.html Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:35:24 -0500 The wonderful thing about cooking is the unlimited variety you can enjoy. A Google search for italian pizza sauce recipes currently turns up over two million result pages. Are there really two million ways to make pizza sauce?

As it turns out, there is a foundation to making pizza sauce. The more typical recipes use crushed tomatoes, tomato paste with herbs like garlic and basil. The specific amounts and ratios used determine the overall flavor, or the basic foundation of the sauce.

Other ingredients can be added to further deepen the flavor. Some add chili powders or flakes to make the sauce sing hot while others add brown sugar or honey. Some saute onions or even potato slices  and then add them (or just their juices.) Others add fennel and other fresh herbs and some flour to thicken the sauce. And of course, a little salt and pepper go a long way toward adjusting the taste to suit.

One exciting method I have seen recommended is what I call The Experiment. You take your leftover meats, cut them into small chunks or slices and cook them down so they are soft and dripping with juices. Add some fresh herbs that you might have along with a selection of whatever flaked and powdered herbs that you find in your cupboard. Add all this to the sauce and let it simmer to distribute the flavors.

Perhaps your first experiment will be a fabulous success that your family and friends insist that you keep making. Perhaps not - and if not, after tasting it you will have an idea about what more needs to be added or what you added too much of. It is usually best to add smaller amounts of something new and increase them over time to suit your taste.

The best thing about this is that every recipe you create will be yours and yours alone, limited only by the selection of ingredients you have on hand. Over time you will begin to understand that some ingredients work better with others and this may inspire other choices from your pantry or while you are in the grocery store. Once you have a crowd pleaser coming out of your oven, make sure to write the recipe down so you can repeat it.

It is worth noting that other things will affect the flavor of the pizza and how the sauce flavors work with it. You can choose different kinds of crusts and a wide variety of cheeses but also your oven and the heat used will influence the flavor. This is one reason why it is not always possible to replicate your favorite pizza sauce exactly.

And that is a good reason to sometimes let your favorite pizza place do the cooking for you. You just can't get Fritz's Pizza from anywhere else in the world.

]]> Peugeot Mills - Leader of the Pack http://www.theegarage.com/food/recipes/peugeot-mills-leader-of-the-pack.html http://www.theegarage.com/food/recipes/peugeot-mills-leader-of-the-pack.html Wed, 05 May 2010 06:15:45 -0500 As one of Britain's leading cookshops since 1993 our philosophy is to bring you the best kitchen equipment – quality cookware, bakeware, knives, mills and other kitchen utensils and accessories – from around the world.

 

Salamander Cookshop recently featured their Peugeot Mills in the March Issue of Country Homes and Interiors.

We thought we would give you a quick overview on why we like them so much!

 

Peugeot has been making pepper mills and coffee mills since the 19th Century. And for those of you who were wondering - yes it is the same brand that makes the cars!

 

The Peugeot family (namely the two brothers) used their family mills to produce steel related products like tools, steel blades, knives and of course mills. The Peugeot brothers did not start making cars until the end of the 19th Century.

 

Today, Peugeot Mills are renowned for being the best pepper mills in the world. The brand symbol of the Lion symbolises the qualities of Peugeot utensils: the strength of the teeth, the flexibility of the blades and the cutting speed. Although the Peugeot mill designs have changed and improved over the years, the mill has retained its classic qualities.

 

So throw out your old pepper mills and get yourself a lifetime with a lion!

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