beef

7 Favorite Do-Ahead Dinners for Winter (recipe: Chocolate-Chip Chili)

by Aimee

A little blogging conference called Blissdom is happening in a few weeks in Nashville and I’m skipping the country to attend. I’ll also be skipping out on four days of laundry, lunch-packing and cooking. Woo-hoo! Hmm, the last time I traveled internationally on my own? It was over a decade ago and included sights such [...]

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Cooking School

Back to…Cooking School: How to Make Brown Stock

by Aimee

To be honest, not all modules in culinary school were captivating. I was an ardent student, for sure, yet I occasionally gave in to daydreaming about my boyfriend (would he just pop the question already) during lectures on calculating recipe costs or a topic equally as stimulating. One subject that snapped me out of my [...]

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Dinner

How to Grill the Perfect Steak

by Elizabeth

Written by Elizabeth Nyland of Guilty Kitchen. Today is more of a lesson in the fine art of grilling meat than it is a recipe, so no long lists of ingredients will haunt you this fine afternoon. One of the most popular questions I get asked by friends, family and readers alike is “How do [...]

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Dinner

Not Just Hot Dogs: 3 Real Food Campfire Meals

by Shaina

This topic is perfect timing for our family, as we’re heading up to the Boundary Waters tomorrow for a much needed family vacation. This is the time of summer when the kids are restless and the parent’s patience is wearing thin. We can only be cooped up for so long before we just need to [...]

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Menu Planning & Batch Cooking

Warmer Weather Batch Cooking

by Aimee

For some, batch cooking tends to go out the window when the thermometer rises outside, because, well, most batch cooking is not ideally suited to hot weather. Who wants to simmer a stew on the stove all day when you’re trying to keep the kitchen cool? And while we’re asking questions, who wants to spend [...]

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