When people imagine living in a tiny house, often the initial vision of the experience skips over the minutia of day-to-day living and how an ultra-small space makes many things- like cooking- a little more complicated. In this article, I wanted to talk a little bit about tips and methods I use when cooking…
Living in Seattle on a grad school budget means having to sometimes settle for a lifestyle very different from the one I lived in Missouri only a few years ago. With Seattle’s booming tech industry, housing on a grad school budget usually implies lots of roommates or ultra-tiny studios (some of my fellow students even…
One frustrating thing about cooking for just one or two people is that most prepackaged food items come in 4 to 6 person serving packets. Although I try to minimize the amount of prepackaged or processed food that I eat, sometimes it’s just easier to cook from a mix- especially when it comes to baking.…
Cleaning a pan can be challenging, especially when the pan has burnt bits deeply embedded in the non-stick surface. In this tutorial, I will be showing you my method for cleaning my Scanpan Skillet. “Scanpan” is a high-end line of cooking cookware with a non-stick finish that has a lifetime guarantee. I realized after I downsized…
5 years ago, when I heard “pressure cooker” I thought only of canning produce. When I unwrapped this pressure cooker on Christmas Morning in 2012 I was less than thrilled. Truthfully, I immediately calculated just how much store credit I would get for returning it. Eventually, however, my mother convinced me to give it a…
A spoonful of a product you probably already have in your cabinet can prevent (or reverse) the crystallization of honey as it ages. Honey is the only food product that never goes bad, though, if you’ve ever discovered a jar of honey forgotten in the back of a cabinet, you might doubt it based on…
I stopped drinking soda in January of 2013. I’d tried a few times before, and learned a lot, but it wasn’t until 2013 that I was ready to kick the habit for you. Like most behavior changes, it’s nearly impossible to just “stop” doing something, but replacing behaviors comes much easier. Instead of giving up…
