Dec
28
Last year, I posted my recipe for Coke Glazed Ham. This year, we (my daddy and I) made it again with a few changes. It gave it more flavor. Try these changes and you will love it. First, we sliced a shallow diamond grid pattern into the outside. Then placed whole cloves in some of …
Dec
27
For Christmas we make a ham for dinner. And when you make a big holiday dinner, you end up with a lot of leftovers. Here is a way that you can get rid of all that leftover ham and it is delicious too. We use the best looking slices for dinner and the other oddly …
Oct
01
Have you ever wondered how to make homemade syrup? Well here is your answer. This recipe has only a couple ingredients and a few simple steps. When my family was camping with friends, pancakes were made for breakfast and one of the families had homemade syrup. It was so good, and easy to make. My …
Sep
22
Who doesn’t like chocolate? Here are a couple of my favorite chocolaty treats to make. These are fast, easy, fun and can get messy. There is a shop in which we get chocolate covered gummi bears. But it is so far away from my house and my mom really likes them. So my dad and …
Sep
12
Here is a video of how to make my delicious and famous Kettle Corn. Try it and you will love it too.
Sep
04
Sometimes it’s easy to get kids to eat their vegetables. Like ants on logs (celery with peanut butter and raisins) or melting cheese on broccoli to make “cheese trees”. But sometimes you got to get creative. One snack you can make is mac and peas where you put peas in mac-n-cheese. This is a yummy …
Jul
18
Tired and bored of cutting a watermelon the same old way? Try cutting a watermelon this new way. It is fun and easy to do. My dad learned how to do this in Afghanistan and he taught it to me. When you cut the watermelon, the rind becomes the bowl so you don’t have to …
Jun
26
Have you ever thrown away parts of the green pepper just wondering “how can I cut this green pepper without wasting parts I can us?” Now you can find out, with this easy to follow video, how to cut up a green (or red/yellow) pepper without wasting parts you can use. This video also shows …
Dec
29
My parents liked teriyaki chicken burgers in restaurants so we decided to make them at home to save some money and we really liked it. In my family there are recipes that my dad makes and recipes that I make. This is a recipe that only I can make. We have a cast iron pan …
Dec
28
This is an easy holiday recipe your family will love. It is as easy as Kettle Corn. This is so easy it can be done year round. For a holiday recipe it has a lot less steps. Usually holiday recipes take a lot of time and have a lot of steps. But Coke glazed ham …
Sep
21
Chiffonade is just a fancy way to say shred. It is something easy that you can teach your kids when they are young so they can help with dinner. My dad taught me when I was four-years-old so I could help him with dinner. You can buy a green lettuce knife at any grocery store. …
Sep
21
I like to peel garlic because it is fun, easy and fast. We use a lot of garlic in our house because it has a lot of flavor and helps balance our food. Because of that we like to use fresh garlic. We also use it to make our own garlic infused oil. I have …
Sep
21
Nobody wants to cut themselves. Putting a wet paper towel or damp dish towel under your cutting board will stop it from slipping and sliding. It is an easy solution to make cutting safer. Click on the link below for the video. Cutting board safety
Sep
19
How to double boil. A double boiler is used when using ingredients that might easily burn in a regular pan. Like chocolate. Using the water to heat the pan will melt the chocolate without burning it. Fill sauce pan ¼ full with water. Rest smaller pan inside or use a metal mixing bowl if it …
Sep
19
Just about everyone knows how to make waffles. Everyone has their own waffle iron and their favorite waffle mix. My favorite is the Snoqualmie Falls pancake/waffle mix. What I want to talk about is variations on the standard waffle recipe. I think it is fun to try new things and experiment in the kitchen. Cooking …