Category: The Kitchen

  • Basic Cream Cheese Frosting | Allrecipes

    Basic Cream Cheese Frosting | Allrecipes

    Gave this frosting a whirl today, ran the mixer on high for a good few minutes and it’s better than most store bakery versions. Was excellent on spice cake!

    Cream cheese frosting in mixer bowl

    You can find the receipe here: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/8379/basic-cream-cheese-frosting/

  • Smart Shopping for Vegetables, Fruit, Spices and Herbs

    Smart shopping starts with you, and you can help set the standard for grocery chains when looking for vegetables, fruit, spices and herbs. Too many mass chains are selling perishables with no concern for freshness, ripeness or quality. Some places dump produce into bins, others stack new product on top of old, etc. This is a very poor practice, although not always commonplace as there are some grocers who value freshness.

    Sometimes when I shop people look at me funny while I am inspecting berries, or checking for expiration labels. There is nothing worse than buying berries or a potato and having it go bad in two or three days. I ran across this siteĀ  (more…)