Quick Tips
This ever-growing collection of quick tips will teach you the basics and more of getting in and out of the kitchen quickly, with the best results, and with super efficiency. Bookmark it!
Ten Easy Pieces
These are the ten recipes I rely on when I just don't want to cook. I always have the ingredients for these delicious recipes on hand.
Top 10 Everyday Menus
Everyday Menus has been around for a couple of years, so it's time to pick my favorites! These easy menus and recipes are developed to complement each other and be quick and easy to make so you can feed your family in a flash.
My Favorite Recipes
This large collection of my favorite recipes is a great one to bookmark. From favorite holiday recipes to favorite Pillsbury Bake-Off recipes to Top 10 recipes of the week, you'll find lots of fabulous ideas here.
Top Five Convenience Foods (And The Recipes That Use Them!)
These are the five convenience foods I always have in my pantry, fridge, and freezer. The fifty recipes that use these ingredients are super quick, super easy, and super delicious.
And for more quick and easy recipes that begin with one common, easily stored ingredient, see my series of articles Start With....
Top Crockpot Chicken Recipes
Everybody loves chicken, and it's especially delicious in the crockpot. Your family will gobble up these simple recipes.
Step by Step
Learn how to cook with pictures! These pictoral tutorials are the best way to learn (besides standing beside a chef, of course.) Bookmark this page, because this collection is going to start growing.
Top Ten Small Appliances
These are the appliances I have in my own kitchen: the equipment I use every day. Once you've stocked your kitchen, become an expert at using them!
- Indoor Grill Recipes
- How to Use the Microwave Oven
- Bread Machine Basics
- Crockpot Lessons and Recipes
Top Five Microwave Ovens
The microwave oven has really changed in the last 10 years. From built in cooking times to new safety features, browning ability, and convection ovens, these appliances are a fabulous resource.
Top Ten Best Quick Cook Cookbooks
These ten cookbooks will provide you with comprehensive information and guidance. And the recipes really can't be beat. Once you learn some of the shortcuts and tips in these books, you can expand your repertoire and start inventing your own recipes.
Top Ten Kitchen Utensils and Gadgets
I don't think I could work in my kitchen without these essentials! I own multiples of each of these utensils.
My Favorite Cookbooks
These are the cookbooks I read over and over and turn to again and again. The recipes are all foolproof and failsafe and are delicious and easy as well. And the books are so enjoyable you can read them as if they were novels.
Top Ten About.com Guide's Books
Did you know that many About.com Guides have written books? I've picked the best relating to cooking, the home, and diet.
Top Ten General Cookbooks
Peg Bracken called these books 'Big fat cookbooks', and they are! These are the books that will tell you how to do everything from poach salmon to peel a tomato. You do need at least one of these books in your collection.
Top Ten Memoir Cookbooks
And finally, these are the books I keep on my bedside table for soothing and enjoyable reading. The recipes in them are all wonderful, but I like the books best because they are such fabulous reads.
