By Jeanie Rose | Food Profiles , Tips
You’ve probably noticed that free-range organic chickens have drier meat than their more commercially processed counterparts. Here’s the scoop. The giant chicken processors brine their chickens before sending them to market. Brining is rather like marinating. With brining, the chicken soaks in a salt water bath for a couple of hours. During that time, the […]
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By Amanda Rose | Food Profiles , Tips
Most things are simple once you think of it. This one is embarrassingly simple but if you are like me, you like to over-stuff everything. If you over-stuff a freezer bag you have to use fewer of them, right? That may be the case but you will also use more freezer space and end up […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Food Profiles , Tips
You may have a favorite dish that calls for thinly sliced beef: paper-thin sliced beef. In cases like this the meat is usually a tougher cut, like bottom round or London broil. Slicing these cuts so thinly considerably reduces the amount of cooking time required to get the meat tender. This is the case with […]
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By Amanda Rose | Food Profiles , Tips
I have consumed more nopales this summer than I have in my entire life, primarily in smoothies like this one. It is a hydrating and nourishing vegetable. This vegetable portion of the cactus helps regulate blood pressure in addition to the nourishment it provides. Supplement companies are popping up with products centered around this food […]
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By Amanda Rose | Food Profiles , Tips
I was walking through the kitchen and noticed my mom putting potatoes on to boil — whole potatoes that will end up cut up in a potato salad. For my part, I figure if I am going to cut up the potatoes anyway, I would rather cut them raw (and cold) and boil them in […]
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