You know Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, right? Why not make a batch of brownies, from scratch, using this easy brownie recipe?! Picture this: your sweetheart is at work and discovers the brownies you tucked in as a Valentine’s Day treat. Next thing you know, you’ve melted their ...
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This ginger tea with lemon and honey recipe was given to me by my Nana. I love how comforting the smell and taste of this delicious drink is (and how it tickles my tongue!). Ginger has amazing healing properties (there’s a reason flat ginger ale helps settle upset stomachs) so ...
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This week I was on Breakfast Television Toronto cooking up delicious mussels in a Pernod cream sauce. Mussels are easy to cook, inexpensive, and perfect for a Friday night. Did you know that in Belgium, the Netherlands, and France, mussels are consumed with french fries and beer! Sounds like the perfect Friday night to me. ...
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Steven and Chris wanted me to develop a meatloaf recipe for them. More specifically, they wanted a mini meatloaf recipe. So I scoured the net for inspiration. I knew what I wanted was basically a really juicy, well-seasoned, tender, and oversized meatball, brushed with a slightly sweet sauce and covered ...
Read More »Nuts stay fresher longer when stored in the freezer. Storing Nuts is published on 2012-10-21T21:37:10-04:00 and last modified: 2014-02-13T17:40:33-05:00 by Kary Osmond
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Utensils are the tools of your kitchen and are usually needed at a moments notice to stir, whisk, grate, pound, and open. You don’t want to waste time searching through a messy drawer trying to find a tool you know you have. Helpful Hint: Keep your cooking utensils handy and ...
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A lot of recipes will call for a pound of something – a pound of potatoes, a pound of carrots, etc. This can easily be figured out if there’s a scale handy. However, if you’re grabbing produce at the farmers market, a scale may not be around. When guesstimating a ...
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Helpful Hints For Working With Store-Bought Pizza Dough: Room temperature dough stretches way easier than cold pizza dough. When using store-bought pizza dough, allow it to sit, covered, on the kitchen counter until it’s room temperature. If you try to roll/stretch it out and it still won’t stretch, let it ...
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With spring comes an abundance of fresh herbs. But, do you understand how to use fresh herbs in cooking? Take rosemary, for example. If you chew a sprig of rosemary, it tastes pungent and bitter and also leaves an irritating numbing sensation on your tongue. However, if you rub ...
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Hard-boiled (or hard-cooked) egg yolks will have a greenish outer layer if they are over-cooked. To avoid this, follow these steps: Kary Osmond Hard-boiled Eggs Cook Time: 15 minutes Serving Size: 1 Egg per serving IngredientsEggsInstructionsPlace eggs in a single layer in a pot. Gently cover eggs by 1 inch ...
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I learned the hard way that wax paper and parchment paper are not the same thing. One summer afternoon, I was making 2 big pizzas for lunch. I couldn’t find any parchment paper, so I decided to experiment with wax paper. I knew that you could use wax paper to keep a ...
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The other day, I received a great question from an old skating friend. I feel it’s a question and answer worth sharing. “I like making beef stew for my family in the slow cooker (Crock-Pot). However, I find that even when I buy Angus stewing beef, it doesn’t turn out ...
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Kary Osmond Easy Recipes and Helpful Cooking Tips
