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Here's a butternut squash all prep and ready to be used.

How To Peel Butternut Squash • 2 Easy Ways

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By Francine Lizotte
Here are 2 easy methods to prepare butternut squash.
A delicious savory homemade Chive Butter

Chive Butter

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By Francine Lizotte
With fresh ingredients, this is another delicious and versatile compound butter that is so easy ...
Evenly baked layer cake

Evenly Baked Layer Cake Base

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By Annastiina Salonen
Here I'm sharing the common Nordic recipe for the simple layer cake base but first ...
A nice homemade pizza dough made with green onions.

Green Onion Pizza Dough

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By Francine Lizotte
Delightfully different, this flavorful pizza dough is a great recipe to enhance your pie!
A beautiful medium-rare filet mignon

Filet Mignon • How To Cook Perfectly

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By Francine Lizotte
Use these simple steps to achieve delicious results just like those from a steakhouse.
A bunch of tomatoes, ripe and unripe, on a silk paper.

Tomato Ripening Trick • Indoor

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By Francine Lizotte
At the end of the gardening season, this trick will definitely come in handy when ...
A glass bowl with oranges, limes and lemons on a wood table.

Extract The Most Juice From Citrus Fruits

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By Francine Lizotte
When cooking, you definitely want to extract the most juice & with these tricks, you'll ...
Roasted spaghetti squash on a plate with a pat of butter.

Whole Roasted Spaghetti Squash

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By Kitchen Crew
When brushed with a little olive oil, sprinkled with salt and pepper, and roasted, spaghetti ...
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Roasted garlic with baked Brie and chives.

How To Make Roasted Garlic

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By Kitchen Crew
When roasted, garlic has a much different taste than when it's raw. It releases its ...
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Andy's How To: The Jap Recipe Box

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By Andy Anderson !
Based on a question that I had, I created a video on how to use ...

For Every Thing… There Is A Seasoning

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By Andy Anderson !
Ah, spices… Food always taste better when it’s properly seasoned. Mastering the use of spices ...
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How To Make Homemade Frozen Hash Browns

How To Make Your Own Frozen Hash Browns

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By Bunny's Warm Oven Blog
I don't venture off the sugar trail to often . If I do, it's because ...

How To Soften Butter In 16 To 20 Seconds

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By Sasha Kamen
Don't you just hate it when you've already popped the bread in the toaster and ...
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How To Deep Fry Foods

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By Star Pooley
If performed properly, deep-frying does not make food excessively greasy, because the moisture in the ...
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How to Determine if a egg is fresh

How To Determine If A Egg Is Fresh

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By Dave Smith
Use this chart to find out how to tell if eggs are bad. It's a ...
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How To Clean A Rusty Cast Iron Skillet

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By Becky Graves
Great way to restore old skillets!
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Basic Reheating Of Some Smoked Meats

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By Morcash Sweat
After talking with a friend on JAP, I realized the importance of this recipe's topic. ...
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In Italy candied fruit is given as gifts -- what a great idea!

How To Make Candied Fruit

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By Marcia McCance
I was curious about how to candy fruit and stumbled onto a whole new area ...
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internet picture -- notice the avocado on the left ... see the stem a little sunken in and the skin a dull color? That means it is a little too ripe and should be used right away. The one on the right is perfect -- skin black and slightly shiny, pit shiny

How To Ripen A Hard Avocado

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By Marcia McCance
My mother showed me how to ripen a fruit when I was a child and ...
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a well seasoned pan looks pretty much like this -- but having found this on the internet it is almost TOO perfect (LOL) but it is that gloss that makes it non-stick

How To Re-season A Cast Iron Skillet

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By Marcia McCance
I use cast iron skillets for nearly all of my stove top cooking. If a meal ...
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Lemons dehydrated in my

How To Use A Convection Oven As A Food Dehydrator

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By Susan Cutler
I happen to have 2 convection ovens and I use them over my regular oven ...
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Helpwithcooking.com

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By Susan Feliciano
I just ran across the neatest website, called HelpWithCooking.com. It is a huge menu of different ...
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Tips For Shipping Cookies

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By SK H
Just a few tips on cookies and shipping them if you are interested.
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The 7 Stages Of Candy Making

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By Karla Everett
When making candy this holiday season it's always nice to have a candy thermometer but ...
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