Hamburger Gravy

Simple and tasty modification to standard gravy. Goes well with mashed potatoes. This is quite delicious, but I think it serves a better purpose when it is the main dish, as opposed to a side dish. While I prefer powdered mashed potatoes, due to their ease and taste, this addition does better when paired with…

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Flavor Combinations

There are so many flavor combinations, I cannot possibly list them all. These are ideas to combine and create things that you can’t find as a recipe elsewhere or to add to existing ideas: Fruit like apples and bananas with cheese. Crisp, slightly tart apples go well with the soft creamy richness of cranberry cheese…

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Making Food Fit Your Family

For the most part, recipes are only ideas. Once they are in your possession they can change to suit your needs. Though I would say baking is the area that needs the most caution when changing, due to the way ingredients interact. Like amount of baking powder to flour, wet ingredients to dry, or number…

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Food Preparation

Part of food prep is having fresh ingredients. Old slimy veggies are unappetizing and hard to cook, same with dry or slimy meats. Freezing most meat is fine, refreezing on the other hand is not so good. That being said: food prep starts at the shopping list and into the actual shopping. Always make sure…

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