I’m often asked how to use large amounts of meat at once. A few years ago, a friend’s husband got excited at Costco and bought a large piece of meat for an undetermined use. When he got it home, his wife instantly said, “We need to divide that up and Read more…
You can hardly go a day without someone mentioning “good” and “bad” fats (or “healthy” and “unhealthy” ones). There are entire blogs dedicated to which fats are good and which fats are bad. Some even rank them from best to worst, or vice-versa. We have an obsession with fats, especially Read more…
If you’re like me, you regularly look at scraps or expired food and hope there are uses for it. I can hear it now, the chorus saying, “Come on, Lia! Trash is trash!” And they’d be right…sort of. In some cases, spoiled food is just trash, but sometimes there are useful ways Read more…
Who doesn’t love a good family tradition? One of ours is mince pies at Christmas and the New Year, and what decadent treats they are! Traditional mincemeat has beef products in it, so here’s a version that even your vegan cousin Larry can eat! If you need a recipe for Read more…
It happens every fall: beautiful pumpkins carved and going to waste. It’s super great to celebrate tradition, but afterwards it’s even better to cook down that pumpkin into super yummy pumpkin purée! Then it can be used in recipes like this one, where the spices perfectly complement the heartiness of Read more…
For me, it’s always the parties. You’ve got this idea for great cocktails you can serve, so you grab lemons for garnish. But then you get distracted trying to stash the cat in someone’s bedroom before your guest goes into full-blown allergy mode, or you have to pull out the Read more…
We’ve all been there: that gorgeous loaf of bakery-style bread that looked so tempting in the grocery has been forgotten. It’s dry and generally unappealing and making you want to simultaneously weep and kick yourself in the pants. I get it, trust me. Enter the noble crouton! Croutons are, by Read more…
It wasn’t until I started making my own almond milk that I realized I didn’t need to buy almond flour at the bulk food store. It’s quite easy to make your own, especially if you’re already making homemade almond milk! This recipe works to dry any kind of pulp from Read more…
I totally know your pain. You got that cream on sale and you were stoked that you’d be able to make some decadent treat with it, but now it’s sitting in the fridge, well past its best before date, and starting to separate. “How could I let this happen?” you Read more…
It’s the never-ending plight of the foodie cook to have a ton of vegetable scraps lying around. If you don’t want to just throw them away, you can reduce to food waste and make them into a nutrient-rich vegetable broth! I’ve been saved many times by this noble ingredient. It Read more…