Archives for The Dark Side of the Fridge

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. 

How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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 ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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 ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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 ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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, ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

Making Lentil Chili

A friend of mine recently hosted a large number of her relatives at her place thanks to a death in ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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 ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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 ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

Surviving the Grocery Store

We have a grocery store near us that we absolutely love, yet we generally refer to it as The Gates ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

Menu Planning Made Easy

It’s been a while since I’ve done a cooking blog post, but I’m still very interested in teaching folks how ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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 ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

Cooking with Wine

So last week, my kid asks me about cooking with wine. Namely, she was trying to figure out how to ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

Timing Your Thanksgiving Dinner (a Dark Side of the Fridge Special)

Welcome back to my special series on how to cook a delicious Thanksgiving Dinner even if you’ve never done it ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

Green Beans Amandine (A Dark Side of the Fridge Special)

Welcome back to my series on how to make your own delicious Thanksgiving Dinner, even if you’ve never done it ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

A Mashed Potatoes Primer (A Dark Side of the Fridge Special)

Welcome back to my series on making your own delicious Thanksgiving Dinner, even if you’ve never done it before. If ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

How to Make Soup for Thanksgiving (A Dark Side of the Fridge Special)

Welcome back to yet another installment in my special November series on how to make a delicious Thanksgiving Dinner even ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

How to Cook a Turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner

We’re coming down the wire for my series on how to cook your own delicious Thanksgiving Dinner, even if you’ve ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

How to Make Gravy (A Dark Side of the Fridge Special)

This week’s post on how to make gravy is part of my month-long series on how to make your own ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

Thanksgiving Dinner: What You Do and Don’t Need

Welcome back to my month-long series on how to make your own delicious Thanksgiving Dinner even if you’ve never done ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

Checklist for Thanksgiving Dinner (A Dark Side of the Fridge Special)

This is part of a multi-part series that will help you make your own delicious Thanksgiving Dinner, even if you’ve ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

Five Weeks to Thanksgiving Dinner (A Dark Side of the Fridge Special)

This is Part One of a special five-week series that I’ll be doing to help you make your own delicious ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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 ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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 ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

From the Dark Side of the Fridge: Cleaning Up

Cleaning up is easier when you leave everything on a cutting mat or board It may seem a little counter-intuitive ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

From the Dark Side of the Fridge: Why No Recipes

As I noted in an earlier post you’re not going to find a lot of recipes here. That’s mostly because I ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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 ...
Read More
How to cook, cooking for beginners, cooking without recipes

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 ...
Read More