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Now that you are getting comfortable with your knife, let’s practice! Get your potatoes out… First- an easy multiple choice question. Is it easier to cut something laying flat on a flat surface, or something rolling around? Yes, that’s right. It’s easier to cut something with a flat surface. So if you’ve been trying [...] Keep reading Technique of the Week (be the Superhero of your Kitchen)- Knife Skills II My food memories run deep. From the homemade apple bread I didn’t like, because it had hidden cheddar cheese … …to the Tortilla pie I did (and so did everyone else at the table- except for my mom- so she made it at least once a week. She won’t touch the stuff now and never [...] Keep reading My mom says I didn’t eat eggs from the first time they showed up on my High Chair Tray. As soon as the first snowflakes fall and the temperature begins to drop, I am in the mood for some good comfort food- and the king of them all at my house is SOUP. Here’s what you can do with all of that awesome turkey stock you have leftover from Thanksgiving (and only if it’s [...] Keep reading Achieve the Perfect Soup! Thanksgiving is here! Thanksgiving is here! It’s my 10th anniversary hosting Thanksgiving… after ten years, I’ve learned a lot about cooking and hosting. But even better, with a bit of age and more lessons under my belt, I’ve become even more thankful for the special people in my life, the fun times we’ve had, and [...] Keep reading Thanksgiving Tips and Tricks Picture this: Weekend morning. Coffee Brewing. English Muffins ready for toasting (at my house, in Great Grandma’s cast iron skillet- ever since the toaster broke a couple years ago, it has not been replaced). What’s missing? My favorite breakfast meat: homemade sausage! Catalyst Cooks’ Breakfast Sausage from Scratch (can be cooked immediately, refrigerated overnight to [...] Keep reading Now that you have that Meat Grinder, Here is a Sausage Recipe Let me introduce you to one of my many favorite kitchen appliances… my meat grinder. The backstory: I won a gift certificate for doing a good job at work in 2005, and coincidentally on the same day made Swedish Meatballs with my favorite meatball combination: half ground beef and half ground pork. Wouldn’t you know [...] Keep reading I have a Meat to Grind: Meat Grinding and Meat Grinders What grills are to summer, The oven is to fall. I’ve officially started the “let’s turn on the oven so we don’t have to turn on the heat, yet” season. Let’s begin with Cabbage au Gratin… a great way to use the late summer produce and have oven heat at the same time! (It’s like lasagna- [...] Keep reading Cabbage au Gratin (or, Fall is Officially Here) If you’ve experimented with the Homemade Pasta Recipe I posted yesterday, you probably want a quick sauce to go with it. I got up this morning and prepared my lunch for this afternoon: I took some bacon out of my freezer and ran it under cool water. While it quickly defrosted, I put a cooling [...] Keep reading And What to Do with that Homemade Pasta? (a Quick Recipe) Homemade Pasta Extra Extra, read all about it! Catalyst Cooks is in the Star Tribune today! To make the best homemade pasta at your house, here is the recipe I use: 1 part Semolina (durum wheat) flour 1 part whole wheat flour 2 parts unbleached All purpose flour 1 part water (give or take) [...] Keep reading Homemade Pasta Recipe – it’s Therapeutic! But we can fix that!!! I’ve been taking some time away from the blog, in order to make my knife a little sharper- literally and figuratively. I’m “getting a taste” of life in the kitchen. I knew how to put together a mean dinner party before… but now I’m learning how to do it the [...] Keep reading Not the Sharpest Knife in the Drawer… |      |
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