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Cooking Advice Cooking is definitely a hands on, trial and error thing. With all of my success there have been failure........HUGE failures. Just this past Christmas, while trying to perfect my very own, not found in any cookbook, cookie recipe I flopped, not once, not twice but FOUR TIMES...

1. I shop with a list. Always! My DH bought me one of those electronic grocery lists last year for Christmas and I love it. 2. I always use coupons...and I scan the store flyers to see where I'd get more bang for the buck using them. Not too many people know this... but If you cut a coupon...

Have you looked into Agave Nectar. It's a natural sweetner. Here's some info here. It tastes great...I use it in tea and coffee instead of sugar. " The Awesome Agave The agave (uh-gah-vay) plant has long been cultivated in hilly, semi-arid soils of Mexico. Its fleshy leaves cover the...

Hi to All! My name is Laurie and I am definitely a foodie and come from a long line of home cooks. I thought the gene skipped me for awhile and then one day... Wala... I woke up with it. I took on baking about 4 years ago and that intensified a year ago when I finally took the cake...

I know it adds and extra step, but I also heat my canned pumpkin (with all the spices) in a pot until just over warm to the touch. I find that it takes the tin-taste away.

I used to have the same problem.... then someone told me if I add one tablespoon of flour while beating the mixture it would help. I did and it did. It sets up perfectly now, and really helps with the cutting and serving. And I don't taste the flour at all.