How To Keep Costs Down While Making Recipes You Love

Saving money is a topic that most people are getting more and more familiar with and this applies to all sections of the budget including food. Food can be one of the largest expenses of a family budget that is trying to eat healthy and delicious tasting meals but it doesn't have to be. Using a few simple tips you can increase the quality of food that you and your family are eating while at the same time keep costs down. These tips include: buying the groceries that you can in bulk, keeping a well-stocked supply, clipping coupons, buying the items that are on sale, and cooking the copycat

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Do all foods really taste like chicken? Add Spices!

The variety that you can get from cooking chicken by just changing the spices is astonishing. Spices bring variety, flavor and excitement to your recipes and your taste buds and body will thank you; as it turns out spices can be quite good for your health. Taking a bland chicken or vegetable recipe and adding a little flavor with some spices is easy and convenient way to create an amazing tasting meal. But with so many different spices how do you know which ones to use? We will give you an idea of 5 of the healthiest spices that you can use and then once you feel confident you can branch out

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Slow Cooker Recipes Worth Trying

Everyone has a favorite slow cooker recipe. One of the more popular slow cooker recipes is the roast, nice and tender like Grandma used to make. But now you too can be a cooking star with these fine meals.       Awesome Crockpot Roast With Gravy It only takes 15 minutes to prep and should be 7 hours in the crock pot. Chef Shapeweaver says "sometimes you just can't help but adding your own

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Five Steps To Better Cooking

We all want to be a better cook. For some people being a better cook just means waking up and knowing how to make that perfect dish even more extravagant and tasty. For others, becoming a better cook takes practice and effort. Here are some tips to help you in your journey to becoming a greater master of dishing up some amazing recipes. Kitchen Essentials Every great cook has an arsenal of tools to ensure that they can do the job right. You do not have to have a restaurant grade kitchen, but having certain things does help. A few good utensils such as stirring spoon, scrapers and

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Five Things that Make Meals on a Busy Schedule Easy

We all have been there. We have all experienced the panic of coming home from a very busy day at work while the kids are screaming, the spouse is laying out all their frustrations of the day on the table, the dog has to get fed right this instant or he will bark louder so your headache feels extra painful, and the in-laws are calling to get an immediate response to the question: Are you coming for Sunday dinner, and there is nothing in the house prepared to eat. No, you have not experienced that? Well, good for you. You still need a quick meal from time to time anyway! So, what makes a

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