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Pressure Cooker Recipes and Tips & Tricks If you don’t have a pressure cooker, you should really look into getting one – they’re very handy and for the most part, you set it and forget it and the food comes out moist and delicious in a relatively small amount of time compared to standard cooking. Below are some pressure cooker… Continue reading "Pressure Cooker Recipes and Tips & Tricks"
Easy To Peel Eggs – Every Time. Guaranteed! Do you want to have easy to peel eggs every time you cook them? Well, here is a tip that will do just that! Guaranteed! Instead of boiling them – steam them. That’s it. For easy to peel eggs – steam them in a steamer basket and large pot. It takes 13… Continue reading "Easy To Peel Eggs – Every Time. Guaranteed!"
Sugar is Poison – Stop Eating It I think everybody knows it but we can’t seem to admit it – the food that we’re eating is killing us. The main culprit is sugar. Sugar is poison. Plain and simple. Study after study proves that sugar is just as harmful as cigarettes, alcohol and some hard drugs. The thing of it… Continue reading "Sugar is Poison – Stop Eating It"
Creamy Broccoli Soup This Creamy Broccoli Soup is an awesome recipe and as always, it’s super easy! Great for cold winter days or anytime of the year! Ingredients: 1/2 cup chopped Onion (finely chopped) 2 – cans (10.75oz) Cream of Broccoli Soup 1 cup Milk 1 – 8oz package Frozen Chopped Broccoli (thawed) 1 – 10oz package Velveeta Cheese… Continue reading "Creamy Broccoli Soup"
Beef Roast in a Slow Cooker This recipe (beef roast in a slow cooker), is a very easy one and it fills you up fast! It only uses 4 main ingredients and takes about 7-8 hours on low. Ingredients: 3lbs Beef Chuck Roast 1 Packet Onion Soup Mix 4 Medium Potatoes (quartered) 2 – 10.75oz cans Cream of Mushroom… Continue reading "Beef Roast in a Slow Cooker"
Vegetable Beef Stew In A Slow Cooker In an earlier post, I mentioned I have a slow cooker (2 actually) and I LOVE them! I am going to try and post a few good recipes that I have that are fairly easy to make and only require the slow cooker (and sometimes a pan to sear meats). This Vegetable Beef Stew… Continue reading "Vegetable Beef Stew In A Slow Cooker"
Homemade Baked Beans in a Slow Cooker Who doesn’t love slow cookers?!? I never put any thought into owning one until my mother-in-law gave me one for Christmas about 6 years ago and I now consider it one of the best gifts I’ve ever received (from her). If you ever scoffed at a slow cooker, reconsider! You’ll be able to… Continue reading "Homemade Baked Beans in a Slow Cooker"
Pasta e Fagioli Recipe When growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania and being Italian, Pasta e Fagioli (Pasta and Beans) was a soup you had every 1-2 weeks and it didn’t matter if it was the middle of winter or the middle of a heat wave in July – it was a common staple. My pasta e fagioli recipe… Continue reading "Pasta e Fagioli Recipe"
Basic Italian Bread Who doesn’t love a nice crusty, chewy and warm slice of Italian bread? Come on! This basic Italian Bread recipe has been in my family for generations. It’s a very easy recipe. Hence – basic Italian bread. Ingredients: 2 Cups Warm Water (about 90 degrees F.) 1 Pkg. Active Dry Yeast 5−6 Cups All−purpose, Unbleached Flour… Continue reading "Basic Italian Bread"
Antipasto Antipasto (“Before the meal”) is a very good appetizer for a bigger meal – but it can be very filling on its own. You can add or takeaway foods that you don’t like. Below is my recipe for a good antipasto that uses traditional Italian meats. You can find most of these meats at a nice local deli or even… Continue reading "Antipasto – A Very Good Appetizer"
Eggplant Parmigiana I’ve been using this eggplant Parmigiana recipe for the past 15 years and I’m always getting complimented on it, so I thought I’d share it hear. Enjoy! Ingredients: 2 Small Eggplants; unpeeled cut into 1/4−inch rounds 2 Eggs; lightly beaten 1−1/2 Cup Bread crumbs 1/2 Teaspoon Salt 1/8 Teaspoon Pepper 1 Garlic cloves peeled and halved 3/4… Continue reading "Eggplant Parmigiana"