This Chinese Boiled Peanuts recipe makes for an addictive snack Raw peanuts are boiled in water with cinnamon sticks, star anise, garlic cloves and a little salt. Even though there's no sugar in the mix, you'll get a molasses-like sweetness just from boiling the...
How to Chop Garlic
Fresh garlic can add flavor to any dish! It's hard to know where to start chopping garlic with skin and all of the cloves. Keep reading to learn our top tips for the easiest way to chop garlic. Buddha Bowl basics will teach you simple kitchen basics to help...
Asparagus Basics
Choosing the right vegetable can be difficult, especially when they are all the same color! You will be an asparagus pro in no time after reading these helpful tips. Buddha Bowl Basics Buddha Bowl basics will teach you ways to add flavor and save money in the kitchen....
Leftover Turkey: “The Bobbie” Thanksgiving Sandwich
Make the world-famous "Bobbie" turkey sandwich from Capriotti's with your Thanksgiving leftovers! Also, learn one of our favorite hacks for freezing turkey, stuffing and cranberry so that you can enjoy The Bobbie sandwich anytime of the year - from freezer to warm...
Leftover Turkey Cranberry BBQ Sandwiches
I know I'm not the only one who gets bored of eating the same flavors for days after the big Thanksgiving meal, right? Take that leftover turkey and turn it into something completely unique with this recipe for pulled turkey cranberry barbecue sandwiches, and you...
Healthy Chinese Chicken Soup
I'm cooking once a week for a friend whose family is on a No-gluten, No-sugar, No-soy diet, All-organic diet. Their little 4 yr old daughter has cancer. They are going in this diet to try to prolong her life as much as possible. Sugar feeds cancer, and the Soy...
Baja Coleslaw
Baja Coleslaw of SteamyKitchen-TLC 1/2 small head cabbage, washed and finely shredded (about 4 cups)2 small carrots, peeled and shredded 3 green onions, thinly sliced 1 small sweet bell pepper, diced 1/4" 3/4 cup Sun-Maid Natural Raisins or Sun-Maid Golden Raisins,...
Steamed Fish with Black Bean Sauce
My girlfriend and I cheated on our husbands and dated a crazy Gnome, who hosted our trip. Wendy, one of my best friends and I were whisked away to NYC for a 4-day vacation to celebrate NYC Restaurant week, featuring over 200 restaurants in NYC with prix fix $24.95...
Ketchup from Scratch: Indian Spiced Ketchup Chutney
I want you to meet a friend of mine, Aarti -- though you've probably have seen her mesmerizingly happy smile on the Food Network already as she was the winner of The Next Food Network Star last year! Aarti and I used to create cooking videos together with...
Experiments: No Dig Gardening, Square Foot Gardening
I've been hobbling, crawling, sliding and scootin' for the past 3 weeks now - after this fall and a front-jump-kick that ended up as a front-jump-FAIL in Tae Kwon Do class, I needed surgery to replace my ACL and repair a torn meniscus in my right knee. Because of...