Cooking 101

Make frozen peas taste better

Make frozen peas taste better

Frozen green peas are almost always in my freezer as I’m not a fan of the canned ones. Peas are a vegetable that can be ready in minutes and are kid friendly and are difficult to get ‘fresh’ and not worth the time to shell them yourself. They […]

How to Pickle Peppers

How to Pickle Peppers

I love growing peppers in my little urban garden because these plants generally produce so much fruit. It makes me feel good about my gardening skills because they always produce, no matter how bad your skills are! In fact, one banana pepper plant and one jalapeno […]

Getting rid of fruit flies

My husband is pretty much a genius. Don’t tell him I said that. He just seems to know everything. Anyway, we had some fruit flies that hitched a ride home in either the bag of lemons or container of tomatoes I brought home from the […]

Freezing Food

Freezing Food

One of my aunts taught me years ago that you can freeze almost anything, as long as you freeze it correctly. The best way to keep your food from getting freezer burn is to double bag it. Freezing Food and Preventing Freezer Burn Put your […]

What is a Superfood? Sweet Kale Vegetable Salad Kit

What is a Superfood? Sweet Kale Vegetable Salad Kit

On a recent trip to Costco, I found a new vegetable salad kit that looked delicious. On the package, it stated that it contains 7 Superfoods. Evidently, being friends with Melissa has rubbed off on me. I actually wanted to know what a Superfood was, so […]

What is Starfruit?

What is Starfruit?

I recently went to Mexico and there was starfruit on the breakfast buffet. I had only seen it on one of my favorite television shows, Chopped. I really had no idea how it was supposed to be served or used in a dish since the chefs […]