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I am going to a Easter party tomorrow and I want to bring a jello mold. I have jello and fresh strawberries, but I don't know how to mix the two to result in a nice looking result. Does anyone have a good reccomendation for how much water I should use?

They freeze well so you can make a full recipe. Let the extra ones cool down then layer them with wax paper and keep then in a gallon size freezer bags in small batches that you can defrost and reheat in a low oven.

It also matters which sweet potatoes you buy. Jewel or Beauregards (orange) are much sweeter and better for pies than Jersey (yellow).

I use honey instead of sugar and that makes a very soft chewy cookie. Honey is sweeter than sugar so I use however much honey as the recipe calls for brown sugar and no white sugar.

I don't think that cream of tomato soup starts with a white sauce base, I think it is a tomato soup that is thickened with cream. If you want to start with a white sauce base, I would use tomato puree. Add it in until the soup is the right color. I would think that with 2 cups of white sauce...

If you have a gas stove you can go to an aisian market and get a round bottom wok and a wok ring. If you remove the grill from your burner and put the ring so that the small circle is down you can arrange your wok so that the fire is actually touching your wok. And then crank up the heat. This...

I have 365 No Repeats, but so far I have only made 1 or 2 of the Recipes. I just got it for Christmas. But I have made Meatloaf Muffins a bunch of times (not in the book) and I love that idea. Basically it's a baked meatball, but I would have never thought to do meatballs with the same recipe...

Sometimes a fruit IS a vegetable. Botanically speaking olives are fruits. But so are many other things that by their usage are considered vegetables. (This was my major in college). A fruit is a matured ovary. So a pumpkin is fruit. And an olive, and an avocado, and a tomato. Vegetable is a...

Hi, I am rhiandmoi and I love food (but hate doing dishes ;)). I am always looking for new quick recipes for during the week and more adventurous or intense recipes for the weekend. One of my biggest cooking inspirations is Rachel Ray. I only have one of her cookbooks, but I am always doing...