Holiday Tips

Tips to avoid a stressful Holiday

Keep it Simple!

Sometimes taking a few great ingredients and mixing them up just write, produces the most excellent explosion of flavors.

First Get a plan.

Organize! Plan your meals with similar ingredients so you will not have to purchase extra products.

If you know you need gumbo twice in the same couple days make a double batch and freeze the rest.

Smart Shopping

Watch the weight of the item you are going to purchase. Beware one brand may be cheaper but it has less product in it.

Only buy what you need if you end up with too much left over how much did you really save?

Support your local farmers and shop as close to home as possible. When you shop close to home the money stays closer.

Wine may get expensive during the Holiday season but instead of buying chef wine to cook with keep left over bottles wrapped tightly in the fridge.

Finding you bird

Always pick a nice size bird that look clean and fresh if not visible push on the plastic to ensure Ice crystals have formed between the skin of the bird and the plastic.

Large birds may get tuff and small ones may leave you with less meat then expected.

Three days before the big day place it in a drainable pan and ice lightly with fresh ice daily.

Be careful not to place the raw meet under fresh vegetables or any other ready to serve food.

Featured Recipe

Rhubarb Pie is a medium difficulty recipe for a dessert pie. It is fairly sweet but is also quite tangy since rhubarb is its main ingredient. The pie is made with a flaky pie crust, and takes 45 minutes to prepare and 1 hour to bake.

Featured Ingredient

Chayote is a gourd-like squash that is about the size and shape of a very large pear with green and smooth skin and white flesh. Chayote is grown in several parts of the United States, but it is native to Latin America. Our chayote recipes include Gado-gado and Sayur Asem.