Sarah's Test Kitchen

How To Cook Pumpkin

SarahB — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:08:34 +0000

I have a confession: I don’t know a thing about gardening. It’s usually hit or miss with me and luckily pumpkins have been a huge hit. Last year I planted my pumpkins in early August and they didn’t ripen until mid January. This year I planted them in April. I tend to go from one [...]

Corn Tortilla Recipe

SarahB — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:45:06 +0000

When I first learned how to make corn tortillas, I was very surprised at how easy they were. I started adding olive oil to a basic corn tortilla recipe because it gives them a flavor boost. With only 5 simple ingredients, you’ll have delicious Mexican corn tortillas in no time. Corn Tortilla Recipe 4.0 from [...]

9 Foods That Don’t Freeze Well

SarahB — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:35:52 +0000

I love Costco. I go about twice a month with a simple list in hand but end up coming out with cases of this and bags of that. I particularly like shopping there because the great deals I get on our staples. I usually end up with way too much to use before it goes [...]

All-Purpose Homemade Cleaner Recipe

SarahB — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:47:45 +0000

It’s scary what these companies put into our cosmetics and cleaning products these days. Trying to figure out which ingredients are safe and which are not can become a cumbersome task. After a few months of trying different versions of all-purpose homemade cleaners, this one provides the consistency that I like. Here is what I [...]

How to Freeze Tortillas

SarahB — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:00:53 +0000

I have to admit: as much as I love and prefer homemade flour tortillas, I simply don’t have the time to make them from scratch every time we want one. You probably don’t have the time either, so I’m going to walk you through the steps on how to freeze tortillas. I’ve always see frozen, [...]

Chocolate Pancake Recipe

SarahB — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:21 +0000

I love to add the dry ingredients together in a plastic container in advance so when it’s time to make them in the morning, I just have to add the egg, buttermilk and oil. Chocolate Pancakes Recipe 5.0 from 1 reviews Print Recipe type: Breakfast Ingredients 3/4 cups AP Flour 3/4 cups Whole Wheat Flour [...]

Slow Cooker Carnitas Recipe

SarahB — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:24 +0000

I’ve been searching for the perfect carnitas recipe and have been coming up short. That’s until I decided to get in the kitchen and come up with my own version. My only criteria is that it had to be tender, moist and slightly crisp. I love this recipe for carnitas because it is inexpensive, easy [...]

5 Simple Variations to a Chewy Chocolate Cookie Recipe

SarahB — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:30:52 +0000

When you find or create a recipe you really like, why not experiment and, as Ina Garten would say, “turn up the volume?” I’ve been using this Chewy Chocolate Cookie recipe for some time now and have tried it many fun and creative ways. Chewy Chocolate Cookies Print Recipe type: Dessert Serves: About 2 dozen [...]

All About Herbs

SarahB — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:33 +0000

When I first moved out on my own several years ago, my mom gave me a spice rack as a housewarming gift but the problem was that I didn’t know anything at all about herbs or even spices. So I set out to find what the difference is between the two and how to use [...]

Grandma’s Fluffy Flour Tortilla Recipe

SarahB — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:34 +0000

About once a week or so, I’d wake up to a distinctive clanking noise in the kitchen. Most other disturbances to my sleep would probably have put me in a bad mood for the better part of the morning, but not that noise. You see, that noise was my Grandma’s rolling pin hitting the cutting [...]