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Can You Refreeze Food?

Question:
Can you refreeze food
?
Is it safe to refreeze food?
Once thawed, can you refreeze?

Answer:
Yes, foods may be refrozen, but only if they were safely thawed.

Frozen foods that were properly thawed in a refrigerator may be placed back into the freezer in a timely manner. Although it’s an old […]

By | April 25th, 2016|Blog, FAQ|

What Are Natural Flavors?

Question:
What are natural flavors
?
Ever look at the side panel of your packaged food or prepared food to see “natural flavors” listed as an ingredient?
Did you ever wonder exactly what they’ve actually used for these “natural flavors”?

Answer:
Well, turns out that your guess is as good as mine! As […]

By | April 19th, 2016|Blog, FAQ|

Monday’s Snack – Expired Popcorn

This large container of “expired popcorn” takes up way too much space in the cupboard. I guess at more than nine years past its “best by” date, it’s about time that I used up the stuff anyways. I remember using it last year, so let’s give it one more try for todays […]

By | April 13th, 2016|Blog|

Easy Homemade Butter

Everything’s better with butter… theoretically you may or may not agree, but deep down you know it’s true! What’s even better is that butter is so easy to make at home. Heavy cream is all you need to make easy homemade butter and if you’ve got a blender or food processor then […]

By | April 8th, 2016|Blog|

Menu Planning

Some people are super organized and, although I admire them, I am not one of them. If you are one of them then you probably neatly plan out a menu for the month, grocery shop with a matching list and then cook accordingly with little waste. On the other hand, if that sounds […]

By | April 2nd, 2016|Blog|

How To Grocery Shop

How to grocery shop.

We all have to grocery shop, at least once and awhile… unless you’ve taken to Google Express or one of the many other express shopping experiences that do the job for you. There are tricks that grocers and marketers use to try and get you to buy what they […]

By | March 28th, 2016|Blog|

Two Ingredient Nutella Brownies

Here’s an amazing recipe for 2 ingredient Nutella brownies – well, there’s actually a pinch of salt too – so technically they’re 3 ingredient Nutella brownies. They were fun to watch bake in the #easyreach toaster oven that was sent to us from Hamilton Beach (and they sent an identical oven to […]

By | March 18th, 2016|Blog|

Irish Drinks to Celebrate St. Patricks Day

There used to be a corner pub in town called McGhan’s, it was pretty much a dive for 364 days a year, but on St. Patricks Day that little place really came alive! People drove from miles around to be “Irish for a day” and the regulars showed up in full force to […]

By | March 14th, 2016|Blog|

Egg Boiling Times

How do you like your eggs? Do you prefer soft boiled eggs or hard boiled eggs? There are several things to consider when deciding how long to boil your eggs, and every minute counts. Many people like their boiled eggs at different states of doneness, the time that you boil your eggs changes […]

By | March 11th, 2016|Blog|

What is White Pepper?

QUESTION:
What is White Pepper?

ANSWER:
Whereas all peppercorns are the dried fruit of the pepper plant, White Pepper is made by removing the skins from ripe peppercorns. It is a more delicate flavor than black pepper.

White peppercorns are dried fruit of the pepper plant, […]

By | March 8th, 2016|Blog|

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