This article will teach you how to soften cream cheese for use in your recipes to ensure no there are no lumps in your mixture and that your cream cheese blends easily. Yet another cooking 101 post today. I’m a self-taught baker, and I never had anyone to teach me. My mom doesn’t bake, and my grandmother didn’t do a… Read More
Make an Aluminum Foil Sling for Your Instant Pot
You can make getting pans out of your instant pot a lot easier by making an aluminum foil sling! This DIY instant pot accessory is such a simple hack. Want to make a pressure cooker lasagna or an instant pot cheesecake? Ever wonder how you’d get the pan out of your instant pot? Making an aluminum foil sling for your… Read More
Pantry Staples: The Essential Basics for Your Kitchen Pantry
When I first got married and moved to this town, I made a friend of someone who was a much better cook and baker than me. She even taught cooking classes at one point. One day, she had a mini-cooking class for me at her house and she introduced me to the idea of having pantry staples. She went… Read More
How to Roll Out Cookie Dough Evenly
Learn my tip on how to roll out cookie dough evenly for uniform sugar cookies! I discovered the joy of cookie making two years ago. I have been a baker for years, and love baking, but never gotten into the world of rolled cookies. The reason I never did is that I actually don’t like sugar cookies (I know – I’m… Read More



