I am I getting my kitchen back together, and discovering that I am a hoarder of some things. I don’t buy many canned vegetables, but I have about 20 cans of green beans. I also have a whole shelf of tomato products (infinitely useful) and, even though I rarely eat it, about 10 boxes of… [read more]
Mode Overload: What Do All These Oven Modes Mean?
I’ve always wanted a convection oven, but I’ve always only had a countertop one. I was excited because my new JennAir range, a 48 inch standalone gas range (JGRP548WP ), has a convection oven. As a matter of fact, it has five different convection cooking modes. I didn’t even know that many modes were possible.… [read more]
Flour Power: What Flour Should I Use Today?
There are so many flours on store shelves today: rye, wheat, almond, quinoa, bread, pastry, cake…it’s hard to know which one to use for what. The first quality of flour is what substance it’s made from. There are lots of non-wheat flours these days, due to the gluten free craze. However, many flours you’ll find… [read more]
Refrigerated Cookie Dough and Twine
I felt like breaking in my new oven by baking some delicious cookies for a picnic I’m hosting this Saturday. I baked two kinds of cookies: my favorite chocolate chip cookies and some s’mores sandwich cookies I found on Pinterest. I’ll post a preview of the s’mores ones, but they didn’t work quite right, so… [read more]
Want Prehistoric Cabbage? KALE YES You Do
I wrote a little about the nutritional value of kale before, but I neglected to mention what it even is. Kale is actually a subspecies of Brassica oleracea, the same species that contains broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and other super healthy foods. Foodies commonly refer them as “Brassica.” Kale is genetically closer to wild, primitive,… [read more]
New Kitchen Design, New Blog Design, New Topics
With my new kitchen, I decided my blog needed some sprucing up. I moved it off Blogger and onto it’s own domain with a much nicer design. I used to be a professional webdesigner and I only stayed with Blogger because it’s easy (and free). However, this design is a lot more user friendly and… [read more]
Kitchen Remodel Week 6 – It’s Coming Together
I waited an hour too long to order my appliances last week, so last week and most of this one was a bust. They couldn’t do anything (so they said) because they needed the appliances in before they did anything. I’m not really sure why they couldn’t do the backsplash and some of the… [read more]
Running the Inaugural Dopey Challenge: Day 1
This year, I ran the inaugural Dopey Challenge in Walt Disney World. For the uninitiated, that’s a whole four days of racing. You do a 5k on Thursday, a 10k on Friday, a half marathon Saturday and a whole marathon on Sunday. The fun part of it is that you get to run through all… [read more]
Artichokes: Defeat by Edible Hedgehog
You normally wouldn’t consider a hedgehog looking vegetable edible. That’s why vegetables (and hedgehogs) grew those spikes in the first place. We’re not supposed to want to eat them. Artichokes are supposed to be worth the hassle of getting to them, but are they? I was watching an episode of “Chopped” last week and one… [read more]