Now That's A Mouthful

We all learn to cook in unique and different ways. Our recipe testing community shares how they learn, and what they've learned from the recipe testing experience.

It's a fun conversation worth having.

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The squeeze of a lemon is as good as a dash of salt to bring out the flavor of just about any food. There are endless uses for the wonderful lemon in the home kitchen.

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We all bring something unique, different, and important to the table.  And it's worth talking about.

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As we wrap our first season of Now That’s a Mouthful, we take a look back and revisit some of the best cooking experiences, recipes and learning that this podcast gave us.

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Everyone has, or should have, a handful of “back pocket” recipes.  These are the recipes that are tried and true in your kitchen; these are the recipes that consistently cook-up great and taste delicious.  We’ve found a few new recipes that our testing community loved that just might be worthy of “back pocket” status!

It took 7 months but we finally hit upon an all-star line-up of recipes!  We tested 15 new recipes from 5 very different cookbooks and all but one recipe rated 4.0 or higher.  We even had our first 5-star rated recipe.  We loved every minute in the kitchen this month but that didn’t stop our testers from asking questions and trying different ways of doing things.

We’ve cooked caramel three times with three very different approaches.  Is there an easy or foolproof way to make caramel?

Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Vegan and the whole host of dietary preferences along with common food allergies can send any one into meltdown.  Whether you eat within specific dietary parameters by choice or by need, today’s modern kitchen is (and possibly should be) more ready than you think to handle a variety of eating and dietary parameters.

The good recipes and the bad recipes both teach, inspire, and help you focus on the ultimate goal – being a better cook in your kitchen.  This month our testing community – you might say – had their share of both.

There are lots of ways to shortcut a recipe that help you save time, and maybe even streamline your prep.  We just don’t want to sacrifice flavor or the end result by doing that.  We’ve got some ideas, tips and even ingredients to share that will help short cut recipes so you can still have those delicious meals but in less time.