I can’t believe we made it through the Back to Basics cooking series! This final post features my thoughts on cookies, cakes, and other baked goods.
Cookies, Cakes, and Other Baked Goods: Linky and Last Post in the Back to Basics Series!
April 26, 2012 By 2 Comments
10 Tips for Sweet Ice Cream Making Success
April 23, 2012 By 3 Comments
For expert ice cream making advice, I asked fellow blogger Marilyn Beard who writes over at Just Making Noise. She allowed me to share her top 10 tips for making ice cream from her e-book Just Making Ice Cream.
Homemade Ice Cream Tips & Recipes Link Up
April 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Mmmm, homemade ice cream. I remember the first time I tried it – I used raw milk, sugar, and vanilla. It was heavenly. More like iced milk than iced cream, but tasty all the same.
Grilling 101: A Confession
April 3, 2012 By 3 Comments
This week’s theme is grilling, and I have a confession to make: I have never grilled in my life.
10 Things to Do with Stale Bread
January 31, 2012 By 4 Comments
One of the downfalls of baking homemade bread, or getting the really good bread from the farmer’s market, is that it tends to get stale much faster than the preservative-laden, mass produced variety. Don’t throw it out, however–here are some ways you can make use of bread that’s not so fresh. Pin It
Pin ItSalad: Beyond the Iceberg {Back to Basics Cooking Series}
January 2, 2012 By 3 Comments
We begin our Back to Basics Cooking Series with the humblest of dishes: The Salad. It’s the perfect way to turn over a new leaf; to recover from overindulging during the holidays. If making a salad has, in the past, meant opening a bag of iceberg with shredded carrots, drenching in bottled ranch dressing and calling it a day, read on.
Pin It10 Canning Tips I Learned When Canning Peaches
August 30, 2011 By 11 Comments
Last Saturday I canned a LOT of peaches. Even though I’ve canned before, there were a few lessons I learned that I thought I’d pass along so you don’t have to learn the hard way.
How to Peel Tomatoes
September 6, 2010 By 6 Comments
As you can probably guess from the title, it will be a week of canning posts here at The Local Cook! On Labor Day I had a marathon canning session. I made basic tomato sauce, pizza sauce, salsa, bruschetta preserve, and zucchini relish.
Top 10 Tips for Eating Local Food on a Budget
June 1, 2010 By 19 Comments
(the following tips are my own and not from the book pictured above) 1. Participate in a CSA. And use ALL of it. Many people balk at the sight of the up-front costs, but we’ve found it is a deal if you can eat all of it. It does take some preparation and planning (I’ll be posting about how we do it this CSA season starting when our CSA starts next week). Also, take advantage of any U-pick opportunities, and {Read More}
