I've created these articles to help you maintain your kitchen items at their best for longer. You'll find how-to articles and answers to frequently asked questions including how to care for, store, and use them, about their safety, and other tips and hints on improving performance.
Tips and tricks on cookware and about preparing or storing food for healthy meals
Are you wanting to reduce the amount of fat you use in cooking? Dry heat cooking often depends on fat or oil to cook the food. Here I go over the methods that require little to no added fat or oil as well as the best kitchen appliance or cookware suited for these. What is … Read more
Have you ever found a recipe with different measuring units to those you know? It can ruin a good cooking experience. But if you have a quick reference handy in the kitchen you’re smiling. Here’s my free cheat sheet… If you scroll to the bottom of this page you’ll find my printable cooking conversion chart … Read more
A tea-stained cup looks unsightly, especially when you’re with guests, right? The same goes with mugs stained from coffee residue. There are easy ways to rid unsightly dark stains and then there are the safer options. Here I cover both. To preserve those special ones, you’ll find helpful hints here for removing dark stains from … Read more
Using ceramic pie weights is fairly simple. But a visual helps with confidence in using products in the home kitchen. So if you’re wanting a picture of how to use ceramic pie weights, this is for you. Other names for pie weights: baking beans or baking beads. Four steps for how to use ceramic baking … Read more
What can I use instead of pie weights when blind baking? Dried beans, lentils, rice grains, popcorn kernels, pasta, and marbles are among the list of possibilities. Do they all work? Which is best? This might depend on what you have on hand and what you’re willing to sacrifice. Here’s what I discovered about pie … Read more
