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May 17th, 2013 Blog, Drinks (no alcohol) Comments Off

Fresh and Quick Iced Tea – All in Pictures

Fresh & Quick Iced Tea

All right! The temperature’s finally changing from cool to warm, so how ‘bout we take tea from hot to cold as easily as possible. What you’ll see here is the fastest and easiest way I know to make fresh and flavorful iced tea. The key is warming the water only enough to get the tea bags to steep effectively and then getting the tea in the refrigerator to cool as quickly as possible.

Just click any picture on this page for complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book directions. Read more »

May 5th, 2013 Blog Comments Off

Fresh Apple Pancake – All in Pictures

Fresh Apple Pancake

The hardest part about making this fresh and flavorful apple pancake – that’s nothing like a syrup soaking, sugar high and crash inducing flapjack – is turning it over from fruit-side up to fruit-side down so that the fruit side of pancake can cook in the pan and then turning the pancake back to fruit-side up to serve on a plate. But, no problem. The step-by-step directions you can get by clicking the picture above show how to make those turns as easily and safely as possible using either a pan top or large plate.

April 22nd, 2013 Blog Comments Off

Pickled Pork and Harvest Grains Alfredo Fusion – All in Pictures

Harvest Grains & Pickled Pork Alfredo

All right! Last post was something totally different: pickled pork. If you haven’t tried it yet, I hope you give it a shot sometime soon.

And if you do try it, here’s something very cool to make: Harvest Grains with Pickled Pork Alfredo. if you don’t have pickled pork on hand or don’t even want to make it yet, you can substitute any kind of leftover meat, chicken or fish. The same goes for Harvest Grains, which are a mix of Israeli couscous, baby garbanzo beans and red quinoa and can be substituted with rice, pasta or even quinoa. Easy! Read more »

April 18th, 2013 Blog, Recipe Menu Comments Off

Pickled Pork: Different But Delicious – All in Pictures

Pickled Pork

Now for something completely different – and darn good!

I got a request from a high school student in Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago for pickled meat. I’d never even heard of the stuff. So, I did some research online and put together the step-by-step picture book recipe for pickled pork you can get right here by clicking any picture on this page.  Read more »

April 8th, 2013 Blog, Recipe Menu Comments Off

Microwave Cooked Quinoa Alfredo – Quick, Easy & All in Pictures

Last couple of posts have shown how to cook fantastically flavorful and incredibly nutritious quinoa either on the stove or in the microwave oven. I’ve since heard from quite a few people who’ve said they’ve started to use quinoa and mostly serve it plain. Plain is fine, but here’s a quick and easy way to add a nutritional punch to an Italian favorite by making Quinoa Alfredo in the microwave oven.

You’ll see in the picture below showing what you’ll need that this recipe calls for evaporated milk instead of the traditionally used heavy cream to make Alfredo sauce. Evaporated milk has half the calories and 1/5th the fat of heavy cream though both evaporated milk and heavy cream have similar cooking and flavor properties. I love that!

Just click either picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.

Needed to make microwave cooked quinoa Alfredo

 

April 1st, 2013 Blog Comments Off

Microwave Oven Cooked Quinoa – All in Pictures

Microwave Cooked Quinoa

The last post showed how to cook quinoa on the stove (just click for a direct link to step-by-step picture book recipe). Here’s what you’ll need to cook quinoa in the microwave oven, which eliminates the need to watch a pot. Just click either picture on this page for complete step-by-step picture book directions.

Needed to cook quinoa in the microwave oven

March 20th, 2013 Blog Comments Off

Flavorful, Nutritious and Easy to Cook Quinoa – All in Pictures

How to Cook Quinoa

Quinoa (pronounced “keen-wah”) is a fully flavorful, highly nutritious seed that’s incredibly versatile to use and easy to cook. Now, before you say “Keen-what”, I know it sounds different, and it’s actually something that’s somewhat new to me.  My favorite variety is red quinoa because of its slightly sweet, nutty flavor. But quinoa of any color tastes great and has excellent texture – smooth on the inside with a great mouth pop to it when you first bite on it. And then there’s the incredible nutritional value, which is even more remarkable when you consider the tiny natural package it comes in. Read more »

March 12th, 2013 Blog, How To & Tips Comments Off

How to Ripen and Cut a Mango – All in Pictures

How to Ripen and Cut a Mango

Love the flavor of mangos but don’t know how to check for ripeness or how to prepare them? No problem. What you need is shown below. Click either picture for a direct link to complete step-by-step picture book directions.

Needed

  • Ripe Mango
  • Sharp Short Bladed (Paring) Knife
  • Cutting Board
  • Bowl
  • Paper Bag (if needed – to ripen under-ripe mangos)

What's needed to ripen and cut a mango

March 4th, 2013 Blog Comments Off

The Secret to Tender & Flavorful Pan Cooked Scrambled Eggs – All in Pictures

Tender & flavorful scrambled eggs

Years ago, I asked as many people as I could “What’s the first thing you’d want to show someone new to the kitchen how to cook?” The overwhelming answer was just one word: eggs!

Sure, there are plenty great cookbooks and online resources that provide an incredible wealth of egg recipes. But there’s nothing out there that will no-kidding show you – or someone you’d like to help – exactly what to do with step-by-step picture book and short video directions. At least not until Just Eggs: Quick & Easy “Show Me How” Video and Picture Book Recipes that shows only how to make the most practical and popular egg recipes as easily as possible. Just click either the link above or the book cover picture below for more information about this first of a kind, very easy to use book. The page that comes up has direct links to online sites – Amazon, Google, iTunes and more – that provide the book to work great on any computer, tablet or handheld device you have. All cool stuff! Read more »

February 24th, 2013 Blog, Salads & Salad Dressings Comments Off

Kiwi, Berries and Yogurt with Step-By-Step Picture Book Directions

Kiwi, Berries and Yogurt

The hardest part about making this quick fruit and yogurt combination is peeling the kiwi, which you can see in detail either in the last post or by clicking this link to step-by-step picture book directions. After peeling, it’s all just add and serve. Easy! Read more »

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