If you want the truth, I’m hoping I’ll be able to cull my first cookbook from these posts. They’re all about the techniques that will help you put a tasty and reasonably healthy dinner on the table after a long day of work or whatever in a minimum of time.
Surviving the Grocery Store
We have a grocery store near us that we absolutely love, yet we generally refer to it as The Gates ...
Menu Planning Made Easy
Let's look at menu planning today. There are lots of reasons not to cook for yourself. Certainly, there are tons ...
Making Lentil Chili
A friend of mine recently hosted a large number of her relatives at her place thanks to a death in ...
When a Good Recipe Goes Bad
Or How to Read a Recipe and Get Something Good Many years ago, I made a dinner from a good ...
Why No Recipes
As I noted years ago when I started The Dark Side of the Fridge, you're not going to find a lot ...
Real Home Cooking
I forget when Master Chef premiered on Fox, but it was a number of years ago, back when I was ...
What to do With Leftovers
So, the Big Holiday Dinner was a raving success. Only now there is a pile of protein in your fridge ...
Timing Your Big Holiday Dinner
Welcome back to my special series on how to cook a delicious Big Holiday Dinner even if you've never done ...
Cleaning Up Tips for the Holidays
Let's be real. Cleaning up is the absolute worst part of cooking. And after a full-on holiday feast, the last ...
Green Beans Amandine
Welcome back to my series on how to make your own Big Holiday Dinner, even if you've never done it ...
How to Make Mashed Potatoes
Welcome back to my series on making the Big Holiday Dinner. If you're just joining us, you may want to ...
How to Make Soup
Welcome back to yet another installment in my special series on how to make a delicious Big Holiday Dinner even ...
How to Roast a Bird
Another part of the big dinner you might want to practice is roasting your main course, part of my series ...
How to Make Gravy
How to Make Gravy remains one of my more popular posts. It started as part of the series on how ...
The Big Holiday Dinner: What You Do and Don’t Need
Welcome back to my series on how to make a delicious Big Holiday Dinner even if you've never done this ...
A Checklist for Your Big Holiday Dinner
This is part of a multi-part series that will help you make your own delicious Big Holiday Dinner, even if ...
How to Make the Big Holiday Dinner
This is Part One of a special series that I'll be posting all this month and next to help you ...
Cleaning Up
One of these days, when I get around to writing my cookbook, the first chapter will be about cleaning up ...
Creating a Skillet Casserole
Few dinners can compete with a basic skillet casserole. You've got tasty flavor. It cooks quickly. You can use healthy ...
Six Reasons For Cooking Your Own Meals
A few weeks ago, I got a flyer in the mail for a home meal delivery service. This seems to ...
How to Make a Fast Pasta Sauce
Sometimes you just want an easy dinner. A fast pasta sauce will get you there, especially if you keep the ...
Sharpening up Your Knife Skills
Yes, it has been a while since I've done a Dark Side of the Fridge post. I thought I'd bring ...
How to Chop an Onion
Wow. It feels like forever since I've a done a Dark Side of the Fridge post. And it probably has ...
Stocking Your Fridge and Pantry
Now that we're finally past the panic buying part of this pandemic (I hope), maybe it's time to take a ...
My Fried Chicken Waterloo
I know - it's been a while since I've done a cooking post. Too busy trying to sell books and ...
How to Roast a Turkey Redux.
This is a post redux from my series on how to cook Thanksgiving Dinner. Thanksgiving Day may be on Thursday, ...
I Have a Lot of Cookbooks
Every time I want to get a new cookbook, I can almost always predict my husband's response: "You don't use ...
Organizing Your Kitchen
It has been a while since I've done a Dark Side of the Fridge (how to cook) post. But I'm ...
Cooking with Wine
So last week, my kid asks me about cooking with wine. Namely, she was trying to figure out how to ...
From the Dark Side of the Fridge: Salad Basics II
Some years back, I read a cookbook which started with the author being asked for a recipe for egg salad ...
From the Dark Side of the Fridge: Salad Basics I
It's summer. It's hot. Salads are a great way to get dinner on the table without cooking and a minimum ...
From the Dark Side of the Fridge: On the Making of Meatballs
For a good many years, I simply did not get meatballs. I got the attraction. You can combine a variety ...
From The Dark Side of the Fridge – Tacos, Gringo-Style
Please do not look for any recipes here. I don't generally use them. The point of this little blog is ...
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