Zippy Tips - Part 6

How to Peel, Core and Slice an Apple

By Sherry K on November 20th, 2012

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

When I was a kid, I was fascinated with the way Andy Griffith peeled an apple while sitting out on his front porch. I thought it was so cool that he could do it in one strand!

Now as a […]

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Make Your Own Chili Powder

By Sherry K on November 13th, 2012

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

One day on my Facebook page, my friend Amber suggested that I show how to dry fresh chile peppers and turn them into chili powder. I thought that was an excellent idea; especially since the process is so easy, and the flavor is TONS […]

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How to Toast Nuts

By Sherry K on November 6th, 2012

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

I remember the first time I tasted toasted nuts.

They were pecans in butter pecan ice cream, and I remembered thinking, why in the world would anyone NOT toast nuts in ice cream? Or in anything else, for that matter! The toasting […]

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Snip those Plastic Bag Handles!

By Sherry K on October 30th, 2012

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

I switched to reusable grocery bags years ago.

All it took was for me to see a video of a bird who had gotten a plastic bag handle stuck around its neck at a landfill, and I quit cold turkey.

Well, not exactly […]

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Tailgating Ideas

By Sherry K on October 23rd, 2012

Zippy Tip Tuesday!

It’s football season, and you know what that means–

snacks!

Admittedly, I was never much into football before I met my S.O. But when I realized there could be food and libation involved, I was all over it!

So I thought it’d be a […]

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Easy Ways to Peel Garlic

By Sherry K on October 16th, 2012

(And premiere of the Garlic Peeling Dance!) It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

Some of my friends and I were sitting around the kitchen table a few weeks ago, and they were lamenting the perils of trying to peel garlic. So today I thought it would be fun to show […]

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Make Your Own Chicken Stock

By Sherry K on October 9th, 2012

Nearly every week during the fall and winter months, I buy or make a rotisserie chicken and we snarf down the dark meat (our favorite part!). Then I pick the meat off of the rest of the chicken and make stock with the carcass.

I load the […]

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How to Prepare Spaghetti Squash

By Sherry K on October 2nd, 2012

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

My S.O. introduced me to spaghetti squash years ago, when I wanted to find ways to replace carb laden pasta in my diet.

Now, I use it in any way that I would use noodles:

with meatballs and marinara,

with olive oil, […]

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts

By Sherry K on September 25th, 2012

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

I always used to think that I hated Brussels Sprouts. The only kind I was ever exposed to as a kid came frozen in a box. Mom used to boil them until they reached the texture of watery mush balls. Seriously, if you had no teeth, you […]

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