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How to Approach Unfamiliar Cooking Recipes to Get Great, Stress-free Results the First Time

New recipes can pose a challenge to even the most experienced chefs, but these ten tips will help you approach a new recipe right, and get great results on the first try. As anyone who’s tried to expand their kitchen repertoire knows, new food concoctions can leave you feeling hassled or stressed in the kitchen …

Add Edible Flowers to Your Cooking

How To

Edible plants usually conjure up images of fruits, vegetables and herbs. A salad is made up of greens, lettuces, veggies and perhaps a sprinkling of nuts or seeds. If you want to make that salad really pop, try adding some blossoms. Edible flowers are gaining popularity in the culinary world, but adding these brightly colored …

Use the Whole Loaf of Bread

How To

Don’t Throw Out the Heels. You Can Use Them in Tasty Ways. I’ve always wondered why many people seem to discard the heels of a bread loaf. They taste the same as the other pieces, and you paid for them too, so why not use them? I have found several ways to use to the …

Growing and Canning Your Own Food Grandma’s Way

Preservation Methods

Gardening and canning your own food used to be commonplace. Learn the old ways of food preservation, just the way grandma used to, right here at Foodal.

Is Your Kitchen Toxic?

Cleaning Tips

Did you know that cleansers can make you just as sick as improper hygiene? Read our tips to reduce chemicals and bacteria in your kitchen for better health.

10 Herbs and Spices Everyone Should Have in the Pantry

Herbs and Spices, Knowledge

Trying to figure out the basics of spices for your cooking? Nothing brings a dish to the peak of perfection like proper seasoning. Read our top picks of suggested spices to get you started off right in your culinary pursuits.

12 Surprising Household Uses for Citrus

Cleaning Tips

Save a bundle on stain removers, air fresheners, dishwashing products, and more by using citrus instead. Learn about the power of these fruits right here.

How to Dehydrate Chilies

Canning/Drying/Preserving, Herbs and Spices

Dehydrate your own chilis! Not only are they beautiful but they last forever and are a necessary part of many recipes. Learn how here.

How to Can Applesauce – A Year’s Supply at a Time

Canning/Drying/Preserving, Preservation Methods

Canning healthy applesauce saves a lot of money, and provides local fruit all year round too. It may seem a daunting process, but it’s actually easy.

Water Bath Canning Made Easy

Preservation Methods

Canned Peaches with a water bath canner on counter.

If you’ve always thought canning your own food would be difficult, labor intensive, time-consuming, and expensive, you’re wrong! Pick up simple tips here.

Should We Can or Freeze Our Fruits and Vegetables?

Preservation Methods

Three big jars of canned tomatoes, stewed, sauced, chopped. Home food canning and crafts or homemade style tomato recipes.

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. This is the time of year when gardens and fruit trees are …

Putting Up: Preserving More Than Just Food with Home Canning

Preservation Methods

Three old glass mason jars on windowsill with rusty tops.

There’s a joke in our family that my great-grandmother kept her canning jars handy while traveling from southern Texas to California during the Dust Bowl era, just in case she needed to stop by the side of the road and “put something up.” But I wasn’t aware of my matriarch’s legacy when I started home …