http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...-are-healthier Cooking is crucial to our diets. It helps us digest food without expending huge amounts of energy. It softens food, such as cellulose fiber and raw meat, that our small teeth, weak jaws and digestive systems aren't equipped to handle. And...

if i were to pre cook a big batch of dried beans, Could i freeze them to use in recipes later? Does freezing alter the texture much? trying to find more ways to batch cook or cook and save larger quantities of foods. With just two adults and a toddler ,we could not eat a lot of cooked beans...

I have some cod that I had steamed but the texture was wrong. It was kind of rubbery. I put it in the freezer a couple weeks ago. Now I'm wondering, if it is undercooked, could I just thaw it, saute it a little and make a soup out of it?

Not one to really look or follow directions....I just put the squash in the crockpot with seasonings (down south that includes bacon grease) and added hot water. Turned it on high and let it go...... you can tell a difference from fresh, but it was still good and hubby ate it. That's the test...

I got some chicken breast on super duper sale at the grocery store. Because it was at its sale date, I popped it in the crockpot this morning, along with some diced potatoes, onions, and fresh mushrooms. Came home tonight and divided the crockpot contents into six containers, approx 2 cups...

I am trying to clean out the fridge and these are two things I have for dinner. Do you have any tries and true recipes using these ingredients??? I need it right away.

Does anyone do this? What is the estimated shelf life? I wanted to preserve some pasta sauce (which I am currently making with ground turkey) for my stockpile. I am also thinking of doing the same with chili, soup, etc. But if people haven't had good luck with preserving it, I'll resort to...

Warning -- add no salt. this recipe smells gross when initally cooking-- hang in there! wash a sack of lentils, put lentils and water in crock on high. add tomato products (canned tomatoes, small can of tomato paste), onions, carrots. cook all day until lentils are soft, and vegetables have...

Home Cooked Meal http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?WVSZH 17 August 2008 Home Cooked Meal The vegetables were pulled from the garden, washed, and baked in a Dutch oven at 400F for one hour and served. The lentil soup and dried beans were cooked previously and stored in the refrigerator. The frozen...

http://www.rawfoodhowto.com/raw-food-vs-cooked-food.cfm ENZYMES: The tiny and enormous difference between raw and cooked foods Virtually all chronic degenerative diseases are caused or aggravated by digestive problems. After the most extensive study on nutrition ever undertaken by the...

We love macaroni salad :chef2: during the summer but our apartment gets to be a humid sardine can once it gets to be about 75 degrees. I got to thinking about ways to cook ahead for the summer. Has anyone frozen cooked macaroni successfully to later thaw and use in a salad or for anything...

We get a ham for Christmas every year and I always freeze some of the leftovers (for sandwiches, soup, casseroles, etc), but can you freeze a whole ham to have a meal later? Do you just thaw in fridge and then heat up as usual? TIA

We had ribs done in the crockpot on Sunday. I've done leftovers sandwiches from them, and am so over having them. There is still a portion left on the bone and I was wondering if I could just freeze it on the bone to use to make a stew with later. I would go ahead and make a stew, but in the...

I have been searching for days now for a recipe to pressure cooked jojo potatoes and all I can find are ones that are either fried or baked. I go to a farmers market and when I go I usually get some jojo potatoes, one day I asked them "Are these fried or baked?" he said they are pressure...

Ground turkey seems to so much more fragile than ground beef that is cooked outdoors on the BBQ grill. Is there something that I should add to ground turkey before making burgers out of them, so that they do not fall apart on the BBQ grill? Thanks in advance for all replies. auntie

In case it matters, my normal meatball recipe includes egg, oatmeal, fresh onions. Also, should they be in a sauce when frozen? If so, what type of sauce?

Meijer, as part of their Labor Day sale, is having 10# bag of potatoes on sale for $1.49. I am thinking of buying a couple and then cooking and freezing up some premade stuff. I've heard on other sites women doing this. Do you have any good recipes that you've used or advice on making this...

Heathers post about how to fold a shirt reminded me of this site I posted at homekeeping101.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLMlvPszwQA&search=peeling

HEY ALL! I DID IT! I DID IT!:applause: :applause: :applause: I cooked 22 different entree's but the over all count of servings is approximately 136 servings of food. Some meals we will have twice because we like them so much. So I know that we could eat more than 30 days without me...

Ok, this is a basic question, I know, but I'm recently divorced and I cooked up a couple of pork tenderloins over the weekend. Well, I'm tired of eating from them, can I freeze the cooked pork? This is a first for me, because when I was married, there was never anything left over! LOL Next...