It depends on what I'm making, but I tend not to peel. Unless my husband is in the room, then I have to peel. He would freak out if he knew he was eating non peeled carrots ALL THE TIME.

I second the Alton Brown method. So tasty.

I just got about 15 big tomatoes at the Farmers Market today for $5. I'm going to make pasta sauce and freeze it. Next weekend, I'll go get more and do the same. Also, tomatoes and co...

Until this round of budget cuts, Minnesota allotted extra funds to people receiving one of our welfare grants based on special need diets. Gluten free diets got one of the highest extra amounts if ...

The key to baked potatoes in the microwave is to finish them in the oven for at least 10 minutes, otherwise they don't taste right. I make large portions of rice on weekends and freeze...

tomato soup with grilled cheese.

In a watermelon salad. They taste great together and the yellow gives it an added color.

A good friend of ours is from Laos and she calls MSG "Salt." It goes in almost everything. I love MSG. So tasty.

I bought this cookbook as soon as it came out. It is so wonderful. An interesting aside... The cookbook talks a lot about the chicken soup that mothers eat as their first meal after g...

We get excellent grass fed all beef hotdogs from a local producer. I like one of those with mustard, onions and sauerkraut.

Koozies are required for drinking on the boat at my parent's cabin. I'm going to get them some personalized ones for up there. This is great.

Perfect for backpacking.

The only thing better on a Grilled Cheese is Velveeta.

I agree w/ everyone who said freeze it. I also like it with milk, sugar, and cinnimon as breakfast cereal.

I have given the Uff Da Its Lutefisk print on a Trivet as a wedding gift. I love his stuff.

Juaritos! Or other fun fruit flavored pops or juices. Not really a side dish, but fun and authentic. I also really like radishes as a side.

I went backpacking last weekend and they were everywhere. I didn't get any because we didn't have enough water to clean them and there were people who were just day hiking with us who wanted them. ...

I didn't know you could buy cheese curds that WEREN'T deep fried until I was well into my 20s. They are the essential State Fair food in Minnesota. We get them every year at the fair and sometimes ...

My pots are on a hanging pot rack. The lids slide on to their handles. The ones without long handles are all over the kitchen.

When I ask my husband what he wants for dinner it is ALWAYS either baked chicken and rice or spaghetti. And he would eat those two things every single night, with cereal for breakfast every morning...