5 of the Best Natural Foods Gifts

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Need a list of thoughtful gifts for the natural foods lover in your life? Start with some of Foodal’s favorite ideas in this simple, succinct article.

How to Wet Brine Your Thanksgiving Turkey

Brining a Turkey for Thanksgving locks in those juices | Foodal.com

Do you look forward to moist meat year after year, only to find that your Thanksgiving turkey is dry and disappointing? Try brining! We share our tips for making a concoction of salt, sugar, spices, and water to seal the moisture into your bird, with delicious roasted results. Read more on Foodal now.

5 Simple Steps to Great Tasting BBQ Ribs

5 Simple Steps to Great Tasting BBQ Ribs - Foodal

Are your ribs turning out dry and tough? Have you been reading that you should parboil prior to finishing in order to get your ribs tender? Don’t do that! Parboiling removes a good deal of the flavor. Instead, use Foodal’s recommended method that involves dry rub, a slow cooking process wrapped in aluminum foil, and then a wet sauce added towards the end. In five easy steps, you can have ribs that literally fall off the bone and melt in your mouth.

Tips for Cooking in a Crockpot

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Receive a crock pot or a slow cooker and unsure on how to use the dang thing? Read Foodal’s tips on how to use a slow cooker for simple & easy meals.

Preserve Summer’s Freshness with the Nesco Gardenmaster FD-1040

Nesco FD-1040 1000-watt Gardenmaster Food Dehydrator Review | Foodal

The Nesco FD-1040 Gardenmaster pack some serious drying power for a budget machine. Although only four are included, optional trays allow it to scale up to 20 trays in one batch! With 1000 watts of power this appliance with dehydrate a season’s worth of jerky or apples in short order. Read more about it now…

Guide To Kitchen And Cooking Lingo

A cook examines a book containing cooking terms, lingo, and definitions.

No matter whether you cook frequently for fun or you’re an aspiring cook to be, you’ve probably realized that there are tons of terms that can get downright confusing in the kitchen. Over the years spent researching recipes and cooking at home, I’ve learned a ton of terms that I previously wouldn’t have understood. Here are …

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The Secret To Cooking With Hot Peppers

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Many of us love to add hot peppers to our recipes. But how many times have we added too much or learned the hard way that a particular pepper was simply too hot? There are few solutions other than to dilute your perfectly crafted dish or start over. If this has ever happened to you, …

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3 Easy Ways to Prepare Salmon in a Crockpot

photo of of salmon demonstrating methods for cooking slamon in slow cooker or crockpot

We occasionally link to goods offered by vendors to help the reader find relevant products. Some of these may be affiliate based, meaning we earn small commissions (at no additional cost to you) if items are purchased. Here is more about what we do. Most crockpot recipes call for adding salmon towards the end of the …

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The Health Benefits of Coffee

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Have you heard that coffee is bad for your health? Recent evidence shows that people should drink more coffee, and that it’s good for you. Read more now.