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Learn the basics, master new skills, and feel more confident in the kitchen with my step-by-step how-to guides. Whether tackling a new technique or just wanting to sharpen everyday cooking know-how, these practical tips are here to helpโ€”no fluff, just real results.

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Some of my readers’ favorite how-to articles include how to remove hard water stains, how to make your own acai bowl, and one of my personal favorites is how to make bone broth.

The five types of pork chops (rib chop, boneless chop, sirloin chop, shoulder chop, and loin chop) on top of brown butcher paper.

Pork Chops: A Complete Guide to Cuts, Cooking Times, and Temperature

Perfectly golden brown and crispy chicken tenders being lifted from a large pot of sizzling oil in a spider strainer with text overlay reading " Tips and Recipes: Deep Frying 101"

Deep Frying 101: How to Successfully Deep Fry Anything

White bowl filled with perfectly cooked green lentils.

How to Cook Lentils

Five white bowls each filled with a different type of lentil: red, brown, beluga, French green, and green.

Popular Types of Lentils (and How to Use Them)

White bowl filled with lentil soup and topped with diced red tomato, shredded parmesan cheese, cream cheese, and chopped parsley.

Lentil Soup Recipe

Dutch oven filled with chopped root vegetables and topped with a perfectly juicy golden baked chicken.

Roast Chicken Recipe

A raw, uncooked spatchcock chicken on a large cutting board flattened with breast-side-up.

How to Spatchcock a Chicken

White bowl filled with creamy, rich, and fluffy mashed potatoes and topped with melted butter and minced parsley.

Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Two glasses filled with warm mulled wine garnished with a cinnamon stick, orange slice, fresh black berries, and cranberry.

Mulled Wine

Hand potato masher resting in a large pot filled with creamy mashed russet potatoes with whole cloves of roasted garlic.

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Whole bulb of roasted garlic with golden caramelized cloves on foil.

Roasted Garlic Recipe – How to Roast Garlic

Sauce whisk set inside a skillet filled with dark brown roux.

How to Make A Roux (Easy Roux Recipe)

Shallow white bowl filled with various different seasonings mixing together.

Taco Seasoning Recipe

One corner dinner roll removed partially from a pan filled with perfectly baked yeast dinner rolls with golden tops.

Yeast Dinner Rolls Recipe (Soft & Buttery)

White plate filled with cooked, peeled, and sliced red beets garnished with chopped parsley.

Instant Pot Beets

Golden juicy baked chicken breast sliced horizontally into thick strips and resting in its own juices.

Oven Baked Chicken Breasts

Round plate filled with crispy baked chicken leg drumsticks seasoned with dried herbs, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and black pepper.

The Best Crispy Baked Chicken Legs

Shallow white plate filled with partially combined mixture of garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cayenne, black pepper, celery salt, and ground thyme.

Cajun Seasoning

Wide shallow serving bowl filled with white fish ceviche and small diced pieces of tomato, shallot, and bell pepper, garnished with fresh minced parsley.

Ceviche Recipe

White shallow serving plate filled with shrimp ceviche made with chopped shrimp, sliced onion, chopped bell peppers, and tomatoes in citrus juice with chopped cilantro and chopped jalapenos.

Shrimp Ceviche Recipe (Ceviche de Camaron)

Image of golden crispy homemade croutons on white parchment paper.

Crouton Recipe

Small white serving bowl filled with homemade tzatziki sauce recipe drizzled with olive oil and garnished with fresh dill.

10-Minute Tzatziki Sauce Recipe

Prepared baba ganoush (eggplant dip) in a shallow serving dish,

Baba Ganoush Recipe

Homemade Harissa Paste in white bowl.

Homemade Harissa Paste

Homemade tahini being poured out of a large blender into a smaller glass container.

Tahini Recipe

Small glass jar filled with homemade hollandaise sauce with a small spoon filled with hollandaise sauce hovering above.

How to Make Hollandaise Sauce

White plate with toasted white bread and three poached eggs seasoned with pepper.

Poached Eggs: How to Poach an Egg

Bowl filled with perfect hard boiled eggs with creamy yellow yolks.

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

Large skillet filled with cooked ground beef with onion and diced potatoes.

Ground Beef and Potatoes

White bowlful of homemade cream of mushroom soup topped with two slices caramelized onions and placed on a large cutting board with a soup spoon to the left.

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Glass mason jar filled with homemade cream of chicken soup.

Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup

Small white bowl filled with fried rice.

Fried Rice Recipe

Large white plate filled with chicken and vegetable chow mein.

Chow Mein Recipe

Homemade salsa in a small white bowl served with tortilla chips.

Salsa Recipe

Overhead image of guacamole in a white serving bowl garnished with chopped white onion and tomato.

Guacamole Recipe

Four roasted acorn squash halves.

Roasted Acorn Squash – How to Cook Acorn Squash

Baked Sweet Potato

Perfect Baked Sweet Potato

White platter filled with simply seasoned delicata squash

How to Cook Delicata Squash

White bowl filled with cooked and fluffy coconut rice.

Coconut Rice Recipe

Overhead image of a large white pot filled with homemade spaghetti sauce made with onions, ground beef, garlic, and tomatoes.

Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

White baking dish filled with red bell peppers stuffed with rice and spaghetti sauce and baked.

Stuffed Peppers Recipe

Cooked quinoa in a large saucepot.

How to Cook Quinoa

White bowl filled with cooked jasmine rice.

Jasmine Rice

Overhead image of grilled jerk chicken on a white plate with Jamaican rice and peas.

Jerk Chicken

A mason jar of homemade marinara sauce

Marinara Sauce

Tartar sauce in a small white serving dish on an aluminum pan.

Tartar Sauce Recipe

A glass of mojito on a table

Mojito Recipe

3 glasses of Bubble Tea on a table, with Boba at the bottom of the glasses

Bubble Tea Recipe

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