Kitchens are a vital part of every home. Ovens, refrigerators, sinks, and cupboards come standard. However, in addition to your ability and willingness to cook, making the most of your kitchen ultimately depends on the gadgets, utensils, and additional appliances you own. Coupled with the fact we’re spending more time in our kitchens than ever due to…
Bread baking is not rocket science. The loaves of bread displayed in shops and you regularly eat don’t happen in one snap. In fact, bread baking is one of the most elaborate preparations to pull through, especially if you don’t have enough baking experience. While passion for baking can be a driving force for success,…
A double boiler is one of those pieces of kitchen equipment that I've just never been able to bring myself to buy. I have a variety of pancake pans, an electric grill, and even an outdoor offset smoker, but not a double boiler that many people have. It's not that I don't need one from…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: Grilling Wild-Caught, Frozen Fish When I was growing up, my dad would spend some time in the early autumn on a fishing trip. He'd head north with his uncle and cousins, searching for cold, clear water right on the border between…
The kitchen is one of the most central and used rooms in any home. Food prep, dining, and entertaining are all regular occurrences within any kitchen. The issue with this is that it leads to overuse and lots of mess. Keeping a kitchen clean can seem like an uphill struggle, but this doesn’t need to…
If you have been searching for the perfect type of coffee machine to suit your needs as a beginner, you can't do better than a French press. This will be all the more true if you have a family that loves a good coffee cup in the morning or afternoon. A large French press is…
I get a lot of offers to review various products. Honestly, I turn a lot of them down, and I accept the ones that I think would be genuinely useful or interesting to Life Your Way readers, even if I don't plan to keep the review item. But when I got an email from Blendtec…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Storing bulk food the (easy? cheap? green?) way Buying food in bulk and preserving it from your garden and farmer's markets is as an awesome way to save money and capture maximum nutrition. Still, there's even one more reason to love those frugal habits: they reduce…
Cooking food in the kitchen is very time consuming and tedious when all the work is done manually. Hence, many people prefer to purchase kitchen appliances like food processors, juicers, blenders, choppers, and smoothie makers, which reduce the time and effort required for preparing food and beverages in the kitchen. While there are many kitchen…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: Last week, Jessica shared five sources to find produce when you don't grow your own, so I thought I'd follow up with a few things you can do know if you do grow your own or are planning to in the…