The Kitchen Sink

Roasting Vegetables, Common Sense is the Key to Perfection

Roasted Carrots and Spring Onions

One of great additions to any meal, especially a roasted chicken, turkey or a grilled steak is a medley of roasted vegetables. Roasting the vegetables brings out their natural sweetness and goes well with simply seasoning them with salt and black pepper. There are few constraints on which vegetables are best for roasting except the …

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Jalapeno Brined Roasted Chicken

Whole Chicken in a Pot of Brine

To brine a chicken or a turkey is nothing new or revolutionary when it comes to adding additional tenderness and flavor to the bird. Hundreds recipes available on-line provide the basic ingredients (sugar, salt, water and seasoning) and the steps required. What I have learned is that to brine a chicken is very simple and …

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How to make homemade butter in a jar

Step 4 - Enjoy spread on bread

I was going through the fridge and noticed that we had part of a carton of heavy cream that wasn’t going to be used any-time soon, and rather than just throwing it out, I wondered if there was something I could do with it other than using it for desserts. In the back of my …

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Houston’s Best Burgers

Bubba's Buffalo Burger

The Houston culture website 29-95, has a poll at the moment to find out what is the best burger in Houston. Coming from a country where the only burgers are McDonalds and frozen pub burgers, I was amazed at the choice and quality of burger joints in Houston. I have to say my all time …

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Roasting a Whole Chicken is Easy

Roasted Whole Chicken

Roasting a Whole Chicken must be one of the four primary purposes for which a modern electric oven was intended to achieve. The other three being; baking a pie, cooking a casserole and roasting a cut of beef. Roasting a chicken, yet alone a turkey seems to strike fear in most people. The truth of …

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