The Beverly Hills Kitchen Beef Bourguignon Giveaway

Chef and legendary party host Alex Hitz recently debuted The Beverly Hills Kitchen’s Beef Bourguignon, the first entrée from his new line of prepared gourmet food on QVC.  Mr. Hitz’ s life-long passion for cooking and hosting elaborate parties for his famous friends, inspired him to start a chef-prepared food line that combines restaurant-quality [...]

Pumpkin Agave Bread with Cinnamon Butter

Pumpkin Bread

Yields 2 medium loaves

Oven 350°

INGREDIENTS:

3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 15-ounce can pumpkin (unsweetened) 1 1/2 cups light agave 3/4 cup vegetable oil 3 eggs 1 [...]

STAR Olive Oil Contest Info And Giveaway

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STAR® Olive Oil Launches Nationwide “Flavors of the Mediterranean” Recipe Contest September 20

STAR Olive Oil is encouraging cooks to try olive oil in place of butter this season and is looking for creative new recipes in its “Flavors of the Mediterranean” Recipe Contest. Contest runs thru Dec 20 with [...]

Sun Crystals All-Natural Sweetener Review

I have “sweet” news! There’s a new option among sugar substitutes that’s 100% all-natural with nothing artificial. SUN CRYSTALS All-Natural Sweetener is the first sweetener made from two simple, natural ingredients: the stevia plant and pure sugar cane. SUN CRYSTALS is available in packets and the only granulated blend of its kind for a naturally [...]

Menu Plan Monday 10/26/09

Hello everybody, Happy Monday! Halloween is this Saturday, why not whip up a batch of Betty Crocker Frankenstein Brownies, Chocolate Mummy Cookies, or Jack-o’-Lantern Pizza? I’m hoping to be able to make something Halloweeny for the kids, if I can get everyone healthy first. Ryan is finally better, and then yesterday, Nathan started coughing! [...]

Recipes from Freshman in the Kitchen

The following recipes come from Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef, by Max and Eli Sussman. The book assumes that the reader is a beginner in the kitchen, and includes information on kitchen supplies, shopping lists, and online resources. The binding makes the book easy to lay flat on the counter, [...]

Menu Plan Monday Oct. 19

This could be a hectic week, my husband’s car is going into the shop for body work which could mean my driving him to and from work each day, and he works an hour away. I’ll need easy dinners that can be fixed quickly. I haven’t actually gone to the grocery store yet either, [...]

Four Foods on Friday 92

Here are this week’s questions from Val at Fun, Crafts and Recipes:

1. Name something you like with pumpkin in it. 2. Name an orange food you like. 3. What’s your favorite color/flavor of licorice? 4. What’s your favorite hot beverage at Halloween?

My answers:

1. I like pumpkin bread, pumpkin cake, pumpkin muffins. I [...]

Review of Carnation Evaporated Mik – The Cooking Milk

When I visited the Nestle Culinary Center for their blogger education event, our first stop was the Baking Kitchen where we got an overview of Nestle’s baking products, including Carnation Evaporated Milk. We learned that Evaporated Milk is made with fresh milk that is carefully heated to remove half the water, making it rich and [...]

Book Review-Fix, Freeze, Feast

Cover via Amazon

Do you shop at Sam’s Club or Costco, or somewhere else that sells “warehouse packages” of meat? If so, you need Fix, Freeze, Feast: Prepare in Bulk and Enjoy by the Serving – More than 125 Recipes by Katie Neville and Lindsay Tkacsik. With more than 125 recipes, this is [...]