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It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! Have you ever enjoyed fish grilled on a wooden plank at a restaurant and wished you could get that same smoky taste at home? I used to think that same thing! Now I cedar plank a salmon or trout nearly once […] Continue reading Grill Fish on a Cedar Plank            
September 11th, 2012 | Tags: fish, grill, grilled, salmon, smoke, soak, wooden plank | Category: Fish, Zippy Tips | Leave a comment |  Email This Post |  Print This Post
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday (and trivia contest)! If you’re an ice cream nut… uh, fanatic?… er, AFICIONADO! (like I am), you might be interested in seeing these tips on making, storing and eating our favorite frozen treat. Continue reading Ice Cream Tips 
September 4th, 2012 | Tags: eat, freeze, ice cream, make, store | Category: Zippy Tips | One comment | Email This Post | Print This Post
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! Long about midsummer to early fall, I find myself with an abundance of fruit flies in the kitchen. The season’s bountiful harvest seems to set the scene for those pesky little critters, which can become so annoying. A quick and easy way to rid […] Continue reading Get Rid of Pesky Fruit Flies 
August 28th, 2012 | Tags: apple cider vinegar, dishwashing liquid, fruit flies, plastic wrap, rubber band | Category: Zippy Tips | Leave a comment | Email This Post | Print This Post
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!
If I were stranded on a desert island and could only have one item, I would choose peanut butter. Granted, there might be an issue with the whole stick-to-the-roof-of-my-mouth-without-water problem, but I guess I would take my chances. My favorite kind […] Continue reading Make Your Own Peanut Butter 
August 21st, 2012 | Tags: chopper, honey, oil, peanut butter, peanuts | Category: Zippy Tips | Leave a comment | Email This Post | Print This Post
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!
True story: My mom and aunt are members of the local Red Hat Society chapter (now you know that’s gotta be a fun bunch!), and they recently attended a dinner at a popular Amish restaurant. At the end of their meal, they […] Continue reading How to Make Fresh Whipped Cream 
August 14th, 2012 | Tags: chilled, cold, whip, whipped cream, whipping cream | Category: Zippy Tips | One comment | Email This Post | Print This Post
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!
If you’ve ever seen any tutorials on roasting bell peppers, 99.9% of them say to roast the the pepper whole, remove the blistered skin and take it from there. Well, never being one to take the conventional route, I choose to cut them […] Continue reading Roasted Peppers 
August 7th, 2012 | Tags: baking sheet, bell peppers, caramelized, olive oil, roast, sweet | Category: Zippy Tips | Leave a comment | Email This Post | Print This Post
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!
Without a doubt, my favorite way to consume blueberries is straight off the blueberry bush. Not only are they tasty, but they are so darned good for us too. So rather than depriving myself of these precious little blue gems the rest of […] Continue reading Freezing Blueberries 
July 31st, 2012 | Tags: baking pan, blueberries, freeze, freezer, plastic bag | Category: Blueberries, Fruit, Zippy Tips | Leave a comment | Email This Post | Print This Post
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! There are few things more utterly aromatic than peaches. The smell of a beautifully glowing, golden reddish blush-colored, perfectly ripe peach is enough to raise many a serotonin level. They need to invent scratch ‘n sniff computers, so that we can all […] Continue reading How to Peel a Peach 
July 24th, 2012 | Tags: blanch, boiling water, ice bath, peach, peaches, peel, skin | Category: Zippy Tips | Leave a comment | Email This Post | Print This Post
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! She slices, she dices, she even juliennes! And now for the low low price of zero, zilch, nada, you can watch this video of The Jazzy Gourmet showing how to julienne a carrot. But wait! If you act […] Continue reading Julienne a Carrot 
July 17th, 2012 | Tags: carrot, julienne | Category: Zippy Tips | Leave a comment | Email This Post | Print This Post
It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday! Want to make angel food cake? How about meringue? Need some yolks for noodles? Or maybe homemade mayo? Many recipes call for separating an egg, but it can be a bit tricky to keep the bright yellow yolk from oozing into the […] Continue reading Egg Separation 101 
July 10th, 2012 | Tags: egg, eggshell, separate, shell | Category: Zippy Tips | Leave a comment | Email This Post | Print This Post |
    
 
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