Tag: time-saving tips
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Get to Love Leftovers!
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: If you’re a Hater, Get to Love Leftovers! Ok, typically, I don’t like leftovers. Many meals do NOT reheat well, plus I’d just prefer to have something fresh every night. But HELLO, I hate cooking, and my hate far outweighs my need to have something new every single…
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Semi-Prepared Foods
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: If you’re a Hater, buy semi-prepared foods! Ain’t no shame in my game!! As a follow-up to the menu planning post from a couple days ago, I mentioned picking “easy meals” to make… Easy GOALS, in general, is a solid step in the right direction for any Hater.…
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Menu Planning. Get On It.
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Menu planning. Get on it. Yes, Haters, I’m talking to YOU. It’s not as fancy as it sounds, I swear. It just means deciding what you’re going to eat for dinner for the upcoming week, buying the stuff, and cooking it before it rots in your fridge. Even…
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Last Minute App Ideas
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Last-minute app ideas! Do you need a last-minute, hater-friendly app idea for the weekend? If you’ve been charged with bringing an app to the party, and you’re a HATER, it can be hard to come up with something… Sure, you can buy a jar of salsa and some…
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Mini Frittatas
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Mini Frittatas (here’s Giada’s version, AWESOME, but you can make these in a zillion variations!) http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/mini-frittatas-recipe OK, I’m clearly a breakfast junkie. Long before I could cook 5 good dinners, I could make a mean breakfast. But since I had my baby girl? WHOA, mini frittatas shot WAY…
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Blue Apron? Hello Fresh? Plated?
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Blue Apron? Hello Fresh? Plated? What say you? I’m a big fan of this concept, although I haven’t tried any (yet). If these types of companies existed when I was first getting into cooking, I woulda been all over it!! And if you’re just getting into the cooking…
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MmmmmMeatloaf Muffins!
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Meatloaf muffins, CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP ? My friend passed along this Rachael Ray recipe many years ago, and it gave me new love for meatloaf, muffin-style, that is ? http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/meatloaf-muffins-with-barbecue-sauce-recipe My problem with old school meatloaf made in a 9″ X 5″ pan is that the edges would…
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Spice Packets
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Spice Packets! So maybe you’re a cooking newbie. Or maybe you want to branch out a little, but don’t want to buy $20 worth of various Mexican spices. A rookie mistake is to spend money on spices that you buy for one recipe and never use again. That’s…
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PSA: I Don’t Measure Stuff
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: PSA: I rarely follow recipes exactly. Sometimes I add things, sometimes I omit things (for personal taste as well as allergy reasons). And sometimes the recipe is actually a hybrid of a few recipes for the same dish (and the one I reference on here is simply the…
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Veggie Pesto Lasagna
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: I never thought I could love a meatless lasagna until I met YOU, Veggie Pesto Lasagna! ? Thank you Neely’s!! ? ? ? Vegetarian never tasted so good! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/patrick-and-gina-neely/veggie-pesto-lasagna-recipe OK, so I’m a little obsessed with pesto and make HUGE batches of it. But YOU certainly don’t have…