Essential Skills

Homemade Cherry Pie Filling

Homemade Cherry Pie Filling is so easy and delicious and bursting with cherry flavor, you will wonder why you didn’t make it before!

There really and truly isn’t a comparison with Homemade Cherry Pie Filling and what comes out of a can.

Homemade Cherry Pie Filling is bursting with cherry flavor. It’s so easy and delicious and so much better then store bought, you will never buy premade again. The results are just sweet enough to satisfy with a smidge of tart, but overwhelming cherry flavor. A hint of vanilla and almond really enhance the cherries.

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The BEST Teriyaki Marinade

The BEST Teriyaki Marinade – Quick and easy, asian-inspired marinade that will tenderize the toughest cuts with all the flavors of soy, ginger, garlic, sesame, and chili, sweetened with a little brown sugar.

Teriyaki Marinade is of Japanese origin, but in my house, Teriyaki always brings to mind The Great One. The Great One is my Grandpa, but my kiddos gave him this rather grand title and it has stuck.

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Simple Chicken Brine

This Simple Chicken Brine is so easy and will make your chicken ridiculously moist and flavorful.

Why brine you might ask?

The process of soaking a chicken, or many other kinds of meat, in a salt water and herb solution causes the meat to become infused with seasoned, flavorful moisture that will be retained along with it’s own natural juices through-out the cooking process. The leaner cuts, like the breast will always be more moist and juicy and have more flavor then if they were not brined.

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How to Roast Red Peppers

How to Roast Red Peppers. Quick and easy, and the results are delicious!

Roasting Red Peppers is one of those things that everyone should should know how to do. Roasting these beauties intensifies the red pepper flavor, adds smokiness, and just a touch of tanginess.

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How to Roast Garlic and Why You Should

How to Roast Garlic and why you absolutely should.

Maybe a better question, is why wouldn’t you want to? Roasting garlic is such a simple process. It takes a spicy, pungent, but oh so delicious flavor and transforms it into a sweet, caramelized, mild and soft little bite of heaven.

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Homemade Red Sauce in Less then 40 Minutes!

Everyone should have a go-to, high quality red sauce, sometimes called marinara, in their recipe box. A good red sauce that doesn’t have to simmer for hours is such a versatile element in so many recipes, especially if you want dinner on the table in under an hour.

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