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Cooking a Turkey Today

Submitted by Steve on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 15:38

Today the house is filled with the fantastic aroma of a turkey cooking in the oven. Ohh, it smells great. Is it Thanksgiving or some other celebration? No. We cook a turkey about once each month (except for the super hot months of July and August, when we rarely use the oven). Tonight we'll serve a turkey dinner and then freeze the left-over meat to be used in other meals which will be prepared on our once-a-month cooking day.

Grocery / Cooking Tips for Singles and Empty Nesters

Submitted by Steve on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 07:43

We're working on two new books!

The first one has a working title of "ACF 2 - Groceries"

It is going to be one of the most comprehensive manuals on how to maximize your savings in the grocery arena that has ever been written.

Freezing limits

Submitted by Steve on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 09:13

Question: I took your advice and bought a couple of sale turkeys before Thanksgiving. How long can a frozen turkey be stored without going bad?

Tips on freezing/defrosting meat

Submitted by Steve on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 07:55

Question: How do you freeze filet mignon, and keep it from getting dry and tough? We recently purchased filet mignon from Costco, ate two of them (they were delicious) and froze the others. When we defrosted and cooked them, they were awful. Is there is a better way to store them to preserve the flavor and texture?    

Too late to learn to cook?

Submitted by Steve on Sat, 12/20/2008 - 23:27

Question: My husband and I are both in our 30’s and vegetarians — eating no meat at all. Most of the food I buy is pre-packaged because I don’t know how to cook. The only thing I can make from “scratch” is spaghetti. Is there any hope for me?