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Sometimes there is a term or technique you’d like to know more about — it happens to Rita and Rosie too! Just learning a new way to prepare an ingredient can make all the difference between complicated and simple. Here are links for tips to make cooking easier, faster, and more fun! Check our Kitchen Essentials page for some basic kitchen tips.
We will add to this list as we find more resources we like. Feel free to send us your favorites via a comment — we’d love to share with others!
http://www.cuisineathome.com/main/oe-videos.php Short, really good how-to videos for lots of cooking techniques.
http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking-101/techniques/ More cooking techniques and videos. Eg: how to sauté chicken; how to make tomato sauce; ingredient taste test comparisons too.
http://www.stilltasty.com/ Information on food shelf life from several sources, USDA included, all compiled in one place.
www.projectfoodie.com We think this is the best one-stop search site for recipes from most popular food magazines. This is an excellent site to save recipes from these publications in your very own recipe box.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR18/nutrlist/sr18list.html USDA nutrient data for gazillions of foods. Free downloadable software for searching ingredients. For example, if you want to know protein, calories, sugar, fat or salt content of a food, this makes it easy.
www.nutritiondata.com Resource for ingredient and fast food nutrient data. Also has a free downloadable recipe analyzer.
Note: results for any nutrition data are the responsibility of the user, not the owners of this blog.
http://elmstreettrends.blogspot.com Elm Street Economics is a consumer trends blog with frequent posts on all things related to consumer spending, dining, and lifestyle. We use this kind of information in when we create products and recipes for clients.