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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

The Best and Easiest Homemade Pasta Sauce Recipes Anyone Can Master

Do you think you need a pasta sauce recipe to make a great pasta dinner tonight? I promise you that if you learn three of the most commonly used (and so called) culinary mother sauces, you will be creating all kinds of dishes with a never-ending variety of options. You might even find a new favorite pasta sauce recipe to claim as your "signature." Even if you just want to get some great new ideas for everyday dinners, these three sauces provide endless opportunity. Become a Master of the Marinara Sauce Recipe

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

10 minutes to change your cooking without any experience at all!

It’s time to eliminate the idea that you have in your head that you don’t know how to cook and possibly can’t even learn how to cook! In fact, I say that you already have some cooking knowledge and I’m going to prove it to you. How? Well, you are eating something at home right? We all have to feed ourselves at some point, even if it’s opening a can of soup and heating it up.

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Pumpkin Tarts Means Fall Food Starts!

Pumpkin tarts are always the first thing I make when I have access to the fresh ingredients of Fall. I know it’s time to start enjoying Fall foods when the colorful assortment of squash come to my local farmers market.

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

It’s Angel Food Cake Hell If You Mix It Wrong!

No, you’re not. You’re not looking for another Angel Food Cake recipe. The recipe really doesn’t matter as much as the procedure. So, rather than look for a new written set of instructions, how about scrutinizing the steps that professionals take in creating this fat free dessert? When you perfect the procedure for mixing cakes, all your recipes will come out better. I’ve told you before that it’s not the BAKING of cakes that causes problems, it’s the MIXING of cakes that cr

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

The Eight Steps of How To Braise from Culinary College

Knowing how to braise is a cooking skill that’s widely misunderstood. Knowing WHAT to braise is even more confusing to most home cooks. Now, it’s time to end any confusion about this ignored way of cooking because I’m presenting the information to tomorrow’s chefs at culinary college. Our braised food will be served by the companion hospitality class in the school’s dining room in an ‘a la carte’ style. This means they’ll be bringing us restaurant tickets like real waiters and waitresses.

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Summer Cooking: The Simple Steps for Cooking Perfect Steak

Cooking perfect steak might mean different things to different people, but by using the same - very simple procedure, everyone can achieve their own personal definition of perfection right on their own BBQ grill. The process begins with choosing and preparing your own beef tenderloin and ends with knowing exactly when that steak has finished cooking to the exact doneness that you want it to be. And all of this happens without disrupting the steak's beauty with knife gashing and checking that center for "pinkness." Intrigued?

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

A Chef’s Potluck Party Tips to Make Them Jealous

A potluck party can be a food nightmare. As a professional Chef and caterer, few things offend my culinary senses more than the holiday potluck party. With hot items going cold, badly portioned and picked-through platters, nacho dip next to brownies, and unidentifiable entrees all sharing the same table, it’s no wonder that this random buffet will impugn all the work you’ve put into your dish. To be a stand out in this noise of nourishment, this cafeteria of chaos, you need a plan. The best potluck party has home chefs that keep the following in mind:

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

A Quick Dinner Recipe Frees You From the Kitchen Faster

Stir Fry is the best way to create your own quick dinner recipe using ingredients you have on hand. It’s also a great way to create healthy meals using fresh ingredients and free yourself from the kitchen faster than following a written recipe would ever allow. In the video that accompanies this recipe, you’re able to look directly over my shoulder as I create Chicken Stir Fry Over Quinoa, using just two pans, one for the quinoa and another to steam and then stir fry the ingredients Here’s what you’ll need to follow along:r

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

10 Romantic Dinner Ideas From a Chef Who Loves His Wife

It’s easy for me to share 10 romantic dinner ideas with you, because I cook this way almost every night. I only cook what I’m inspired to create, and my wife, Heather has always been the muse behind my creativity, from culinary college until today. The most romantic meals have three elements; they are visually appealing, they are pleasing to the palate, and they include aphrodisiac ingredients for their effects, or just for conversation value.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

7 Tips for Healthy Eating at Home

I’ve devised my 7 Tips for Healthy Eating at Home because I feel like crap. What the heck is going on? I’m a healthy guy, I’m not overweight. I exercise more than most people. I was the Executive Chef at a large hospital, so I know about nutrition and I can cook. Why do I feel lousy? Why am I exhausted by the television at 9:00 pm? Why do I sleep 8 full hours and wake up tired? Why do I feel like I need a nap in the afte oon? Why is my attention-span shortening? Why does my memory seem to be duller? Why am I irritable sometimes? Why is this happening to me?

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

7 Skills You Must Have to Cook Food Consistently

I know you’ve said this before, because it’s happened to many a restaurant – • “Their food used to be great, but the chef left”. • “They’re inconsistent. You never know if the food is going to be great or not.” While having all of your meals taste exactly the same is probably not your goal, understanding cooking techniques that allow you to cook like a chef will help you to be more consistent. Being able to KNOW that your meals will consistently be good will reduce stress, eliminate fear of cooking and increase your creativity and joy in creating new meals.

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Spoiled Food Is Stinking Up Your Ability To Cook On a Budget

Food is a constant expense. Every day, three times a day, whether eating out or cooking at home, you have to spend money on food. If you have to cook on a budget, you’re probably very careful about what you bring home from the grocery for everyday cooking, but how do you protect this investment once it’s in your cabinets or refrigerator?

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Why Eating Healthy Food is Easy with Paris Cuisine

Since I’ve been on my Paris tour, I’ve discovered that eating healthy food is much easier tha I imagined with Paris cuisine. I’m also noticing that everything I’ve eaten tastes incredibly good, so fresh, amazingly flavorful without being overly filling. For someone who already studies food like it’s art, my Paris tour is bringing more questions to my mind than answers. What is it that makes eating healthy food in Paris so easy?

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

A Quick Dinner Recipe Frees You From the Kitchen Faster

Stir Fry is the best way to create your own quick dinner recipe using ingredients you have on hand. It’s also a great way to create healthy meals using fresh ingredients and free yourself from the kitchen faster than following a written recipe would ever allow. In the video that accompanies this recipe, you’re able to look directly over my shoulder as I create Chicken Stir Fry Over Quinoa, using just two pans, one for the quinoa and another to steam and then stir fry the ing

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Cooking With Steam and Gin Blossoms

I’ve said it before, “the Food Network is the MTV of cooking.” MTV used to play music, now they’re entertainment about music. Food Network is entertainment about food. They don’t teach anyone to cook. Last week, I was listening to my favorite band, The Gin Blossoms on my iPod while cooking with steam when someone reminded me of my cynical quote about MTV and Food TV. “Huh”? I said as I removed one ear-bud.

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Seafood Paella is a Quick Easy Dinner Made in One Pan

What is a quick easy dinner I can make in one pan? is a question most often asked of me. While I know the expected answer is a recipe, they’d be asking the wrong person for a recipe. I’ve been urging people to “Burn Your Recipes” through my online cooking classes and DVDs for years now, motivating them to cook with basic cooking methods over written instructions, and Seafood Paella is no different.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

9 Steps to Great Low Carb Cooking From Home

You don’t need a written recipe to achieve great low carb cooking from home. One basic cooking method and the ingredients YOU desire are all it takes. Earlier this week, I showed you a low carb chicken recipe using sauté method. Today’s inspiration will follow the same procedure with different ingredients.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

A Great Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipe by Burning Peppers? How?

A great Thanksgiving appetizer recipe can be the start of any reason to celebrate. Whether a holiday dinner, birthday, or weekend party, offering attractive and delicious yet simple appetizers can get any gathering off to a great start. Appetizers, or “hors d Oeuvres” are small bites of food to stimulate the eye and palate. “Hors d’ Oeuvres” in French means “outside the meal”. These appetizers were originally prepared by the wait staff in early banquets, using the leftovers

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

Christmas Dinner Ideas Start with Appetizers Too Fancy For You.

Christmas dinner ideas come easy. Turkey, Ham, or Beef with potatoes and vegetables. However, how you START your meal can be a more perplexing problem. There are infinite choices of holiday appetizers to choose from. How do you find the right recipe? You don’t FIND the right recipe, you create one. And you can create any holiday appetizer you’d like once you discover the secrets behind Pate’ a Choux. This is a basic puff pastry dough, often called éclair paste, but it makes

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Ethnic Profiling Is The Key to Cooking With Spices

Cooking with spices is an aspect of cooking that frustrates many people. The questions I receive all highlight a confusion over which spices to buy, how to use them, and how much of them to use. All of those questions can be answered with a simple change in thinking. Use ethnic profiling.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

Ethnic Profiling Is The Key to Cooking With Spices

Cooking with spices is an aspect of cooking that frustrates many people. The questions I receive all highlight a confusion over which spices to buy, how to use them, and how much of them to use. All of those questions can be answered with a simple change in thinking. Use ethnic profiling. First, don’t over-think it. Herbs and spices are best used to accent the natural flavor of a particular ingredient. They won’t make or break your dish in the end. A quarter-teaspoon too lit

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Fast Dinner Ideas From Your Kitchen Cabinet

Fast dinner ideas come from the combination of quick cooking methods and the ingredients you have on hand. Planning and cooking meals for your family can be frustrating when you depend on written recipes that command specific ingredients. Sometimes you have the items, sometimes you don’t. A quick dinner recipe frees you from the kitchen faster, but a mastery of just a few basic cooking methods will give you endless dinner ideas.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

It’s Angel Food Cake Hell If You Mix It Wrong!

No, you’re not. You’re not looking for another Angel Food Cake recipe. The recipe really doesn’t matter as much as the procedure. So, rather than look for a new written set of instructions, how about scrutinizing the steps that professionals take in creating this fat free dessert? When you perfect the procedure for mixing cakes, all your recipes will come out better. I’ve told you before that it’s not the BAKING of cakes that causes problems, it’s the MIXING of cakes that creates the biggest mistakes.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Your Butter Cake Recipes Will Fail Without The Creaming Method

Butter cake recipes will always be disappointing if you don’t use the correct mixing method. While most people blame the oven for cake faults, the problem is not in the baking. The most common cake faults stem from mistakes made during mixing. Mixing methods are the most important step in creating a great cake, no matter what the recipe.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Easy Family Dinners Are Closer Than Thailand

Easy family dinners can come from your own kitchen but have the flavors of far away. I mean that you don’t need to cook like the greatest Italian Chef to make an Italian inspired meal. You don’t need to study in Thailand to use the characteristic flavors in a simple cooking method. Basically, if it’s good to you, it’s good. I’ve had some commenters on the internet tell me that “You didn’t make the crepes in the authentic way.” Or, “real beef bourguignon isn’t made that way”. What they don’t realize, was I was just trying to make something that appealed to me.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

The Farmer’s Secret to Growing Tomatoes in Winter

The trees are bare, the ground is frozen, and if you want the best and freshest ingredients, where are do you go? Well, there is someone growing tomatoes in the winter! If you understand the science of cooking and you want the freshest ingredients even when they’re out of season, then you’re in the right place to learn.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

Fast Dinner Ideas From Your Kitchen Cabinet

Fast dinner ideas come from the combination of quick cooking methods and the ingredients you have on hand. Planning and cooking meals for your family can be frustrating when you depend on written recipes that command specific ingredients. Sometimes you have the items, sometimes you don’t. A quick dinner recipe frees you from the kitchen faster, but a mastery of just a few basic cooking methods will give you endless dinner ideas. In today’s video, I’m going to let you look o

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Poaching is the Path to More Quick Dishes

I’m so happy to share more quick dishes for everyday cooking with you. Earlier this week, I caught a Taco Fish and helped you discover the simplicity of a basic breading procedure you can use on any ingredient in your pantry. In the time it takes most people to just FIND the right recipe, I can apply a basic cooking method to the ingredients already found in my kitchen. In the time it takes most people to go back to the grocery store because the recipe told them to, I’ll have cooked, eaten and done the few dishes left.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrNov 3, 20111 topic

Diagnose Your Cake Problem with Dr. Bakegood

It’s time to solve that cake problem once and for all! You know the one I’m talking about. It’s the dark crust on your layer cake that you carve away with a knife. It’s the chewy or dry texture that you’ve tried to overcome so many years now, but haven’t. Stick out your tongue and say “ahhhhh”. Yes, I see a case of cake-envy. You’ve seen cakes in magazines, on television and even appearing in the local bakery and you want to know how YOUR cakes can be so high, fluffy and moi

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Easy Healthy Recipes Left on My Doorstep!

Want to make some easy healthy recipes and ensure that your kitchen is only producing healthy cooking? Then you are going to love the idea that I’m going to share with you today. I just received my first Produce Box! The Produce Box is filled with healthy, fresh ingredients that practically guarantees that I will be cooking light recipes all week. Why The Produce Box?

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

Cake Mixing Like the Pros with the Two-Stage Method

Cake mixing techniques are always more important than cake baking temperatures. I demonstrated this in an earlier blog by using a butter cake recipe to demonstrate the creaming method. This method combines butter and sugar to trap air, then uses egg yolks to form an emulsification. The limiting factor of the creaming method is that butter is not 100 percent fat. Butter is composed of 85 percent fat, about 10 percent water and 5 percent milk solids. With less fat, butter will

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrMay 13, 20111 topic

How To Create a 6 Course French Dinner Without Recipes

Would you break into a sweat if you had to create a 6 course French dinner for friends? Most people would, it can be intimidating cooking for other people. What makes this cooking stress even greater is trying to follow written recipes. Cooking is fun. Referring back-and-forth to written instructions is not. I avoid recipe stress entirely by ignoring recipes and using the basic methods I know to be successful along with the ingredients I desire. I call it “living a no recipe

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrAug 3, 20121 topic

Beware That Different Potatoes Cook Differently

Different potatoes DO cook differently. Most people think a spud is a spud; one is no different from the other. But this isn’t true; all varieties of potato are not the same. Using the correct type for the dish you’re making is important for excellent results. In today’s culinary college class, we’re examining the potato because it can be cooked in so many ways. The class is meant to focus on cooking methods, but there can be no better example of a food item that can be stea

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

What Everybody Should Know About Preparing Your Kitchen for Daylight Savings Time

If you have a love of cooking like I do, you’re excited about the days getting longer. Honestly, with the exception of cooking for the holidays, cooking in the winter seems more like a chore to me. However, cooking in the spring and summer is cooking for fun. In fact, I can’t wait to start grilling outside! But, before we all explore our love of cooking in the spring and summer, we need to address the art of cooking and prepare the kitchen.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

10 Romantic Dinner Ideas From a Chef Who Loves His Wife

It’s easy for me to share 10 romantic dinner ideas with you, because I cook this way almost every night. I only cook what I’m inspired to create, and my wife, Heather has always been the muse behind my creativity, from culinary college until today. The most romantic meals have three elements; they are visually appealing, they are pleasing to the palate, and they include aphrodisiac ingredients for their effects, or just for conversation value. For centuries, many foods have

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Don’t Leave Shirred Eggs Off Your Menu For Brunch

If you’re writing a menu for brunch, don’t forget Shirred Eggs. They’re extremely simple, can be made well in advance, and make a great table presentation. People love foods in individual serving dishes. In my many years of Catering, I’ve seen the trends come and go, but high visual appeal never goes out of style. Individual appetizers in a flat-bottomed Asian spoon are always a hit. Hors d’ oeuvres served in martin glasses or desserts in chocolate cups are delicious to the eye.

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

The Essential Cooking Tips for Gas Grills

When preparing food for the grill, the greatest challenge for home cooks is that grilling is an intense form of direct heat cooking, and controlling the heat can be tricky. Although most people see it as easy, grilling is actually one of the most challenging of the basic cooking methods. If cooking is like driving a car, grilling is like being strapped to a rocket ship! Now more than ever, creative home cooks are looking for the best cooking tips for gas grills.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrAug 16, 20121 topic

How To Cut Vegetables Using The Tip Fulcrum Method

I know how to cut vegetables. Trust me, I do. Early in my career I was a lowly prep cook. I was part of a very large system, at a very large kitchen, that fed 15,000 people TWICE a day! My job was to cut vegetables, all day every day. I did this for months! From six in the morning to five in the evening, nothing but onions, carrots, celery, peppers. I spent HOURS cutting. When you spend that much time with a knife in your hand, you start to find the methods that work efficie

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Can’t Cook On a Budget? It’s Grandma’s Fault.

Cooking everyday at home is a great way to cook on a budget. But sometimes, the habits that we picked up as a kid can be detrimental to saving money on food. Let me explain what I’m talking about – remember the end of most family meals when grandma would push the serving platter at your already loosened belt and waist-band? “Eat it or it’ll go to waste” she’d always say.

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Summer Cooking: Cooking Shrimp for Unlimited Uses

Cooking shrimp at home is a wonderful, casual alte ative to a night out at a restaurant. But that's only if you know how to handle shrimp and produce those beautiful professional results yourself. Unfortunately, most people have trouble with shrimp for a couple of reasons. First, there is the cleaning of the shrimp. This can be a bit challenging, but with the right technique and a little bit of practice, it's a lot easier than you think. The second main obstacle that many face in preparing shrimp at home is not handling shrimp correctly and ruining a great ingredient.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

What Are Some Tips for Healthy Living? Chef Todd Asks the Experts.

I really need some tips for healthy living. The New Year is in full swing, and like I said earlier this week during my 7 Tips for Healthy Cooking, I feel like crap. Perhaps it’s not JUST the food I eat. Maybe there are items in my environment that could be affecting my mood, health and wellness. I’ve got the food and nutrition part covered, being a former Executive Chef at a large hospital, but I wonder what other tips for healthy living I can incorporate into my daily lifes

Primary topic: Health Education

Health Education

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

The Best Homemade Pizza Recipe Delivered in 7 minutes or It’s Free!

I’m back from Sunburst Tomato Farm in Momeyer, North Carolina. What a great trip! While I was learning about growing tomatoes in the winter, I was thinking about making a homemade pizza recipe to add to my cooking classes. But then, I thought, what does the local tomato farmer like to make with his fresh tomatoes? Tim Bass of Sunburst Tomatoes says he prefers the raw, natural flavor of his tomatoes in a Tomato Sandwich, “two slices of bread, some mayonnaise and a slice of tomato” is his favorite homemade tomato recipe.

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

3 No Recipe Uses For The Season’s Best Strawberries

No recipe will tell me what to do when it’s strawberry season. It’s one of the great seasonal joys in fresh food, and I take full advantage of the short time. The best strawberries come from your local farm, local farmer, local rain and soil. I celebrate the beginning of strawberry season with a visit to DJ’s Berry Patch and speak with Jessica, the owner/farmer.

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

Tea Types Scandal Uncovered!

I had never heard of “Tea-M-Z”, but they believe they’ve uncovered a tea types scandal. Their cameras followed me around all week and finally confronted me with their accusation. “Did you say you liked black better than white”? they probed. These celebrity tabloid TV shows are always looking for the next big scoop, even if they have to create one themselves. I told them that I prefer black tea in the morning and white tea in the evening, that there is nothing scandalous about

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

How To Cut Vegetables Using The Tip Fulcrum Method

I know how to cut vegetables. Trust me, I do. Early in my career I was a lowly prep cook. I was part of a very large system, at a very large kitchen, that fed 15,000 people TWICE a day! My job was to cut vegetables, all day every day. I did this for months! From six in the morning to five in the evening, nothing but onions, carrots, celery, peppers. I spent HOURS cutting.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Cake Mixing Like the Pros with the Two-Stage Method

Cake mixing techniques are always more important than cake baking temperatures. I demonstrated this in an earlier blog by using a butter cake recipe to demonstrate the creaming method. This method combines butter and sugar to trap air, then uses egg yolks to form an emulsification. The limiting factor of the creaming method is that butter is not 100 percent fat. Butter is composed of 85 percent fat, about 10 percent water and 5 percent milk solids. With less fat, butter will hold less liquid during an emulsification. This means a drier, tougher cake.

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

9 Steps to Great Low Carb Cooking From Home

You don’t need a written recipe to achieve great low carb cooking from home. One basic cooking method and the ingredients YOU desire are all it takes. Earlier this week, I showed you a low carb chicken recipe using sauté method. Today’s inspiration will follow the same procedure with different ingredients. Written recipes won’t teach you to cook any more than having sheet music will teach you to play piano. Recipes have inherent flaws and variables that make them difficult t

Primary topic: Cooking and Recipes

Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrApr 13, 20111 topic

Mixing is More Important Than Baking in Christmas Cake Recipes

Have you ever taken the results of your family’s Christmas cake recipe out of the oven and been disappointed? How can the same recipe created year after year always come out differently? “Why didn’t my cake BAKE correctly?” I’m here to tell you that the problem with most home baking mistakes isn’t in the BAKING, it’s in the MIXING of your cakes that most mistakes are made. There are three goals in cake mixing, whether it’s a Christmas cake recipe, or any other baked good at

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Whats the Best Way For Cooking Brown Rice?

Cooking brown rice can be very confusing if you pay attention to a written recipe or package instructions. There’s more than one way to cook brown rice, just like there’s more than one way to cook chicken, beef, or vegetables. Brown rice is whole-grain rice that is less processed than white rice, giving it greater nutritional qualities than processed rice. Because brown rice has its outer hull left in tact, it is a more wholesome and natural grain.

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Cooking and Recipes

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By Chef Todd MohrRecently published1 topic

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution IS The War On Drugs

I’m not sure why Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution has returned to television. Does the former Naked Chef want to cure obesity? Does he want to reduce diabetes? Does he want to remove additives from our food? Is it fat? Is it sugar? Is it children? Is it adults? Is it a war on drugs? Why would anyone want to stop doing drugs if they’re hooked? If it feels good, tastes good, releases endorphins, or gives you a buzz, logic will not motivate you to stop.

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