Cooking Mama

five. I save myself several crucial hours a month by planning out my meals in advance. It also helps my budgets spread further. Another benefit of meal planning is the ease of making healthy meals. Meal planning saves time, money, and makes healthy cooking easy. I set aside a couple of hours every two weeks. I use this time for planning the meals and food I need to prepare for the upcoming weeks. First, I start by checking all the local grocery store ads so I can see what is on sale. Next, I…

Throughout the years I slowly gathered information regarding why the recipe the way was and where my grandma learned how to make them. “It is a trial and error process when it comes to cooking, you throw a little bit of this and a little bit of that in there. The best part is that it never really tastes the same cause nothing is ever really measured it is just eyed and added till it is desirable,” she would always say when I asked where…

Food is the foundation of our lives; it 's more than mere substance. Food provides us with nutrients, allows us to communicate with others. People can use food as a Segway to tell someone some important information. To tell them they love them, Tell them they want to business with them. There are so many facets of food that run so deep in our society as Americans. Whether that changes in other cultures, I 'm sure. But the connection between food and family is one that can always be made. If we…

I am going to discuss some habits, skills and way of life that can generally apply to everyone, but are especially important for college students who wants to be successful at college and beyond. So I will give you advice on how to spend your college years. After all, a college is about learning and implementing some useful habits and skills or life hacks which are as important as learning the material. Shelter: I don 't know whether you will be living on campus or not. However, I would advise…

In 2004, Chef Claus Meyer, and Chef Rene Redzepi opened a Danish restaurant named NOMA, in Copenhagen. The name NOMA is a contraction of the Danish words for “Nordic” and “Food”. NOMA is currently the most important restaurant in the world. Together Chef Rene Redzepi and Chef Claus Meyer popularized, and invented the idea of Nordic cuisine. They populated their menu with items such as wild berries, musk ox, and sauces made with beer rather than wine. NOMA’s success has empowered other…

Future Plans One might consider graduating high school an ending to a part of their life, but I would consider it the beginning. This will be the first time most high school graduates will be able to make their own life changing decisions. There are things that I know I want to accomplish to achieve my future career goals; most likely not doing all these things right after high school but sometime in my lifetime. Attending culinary school, and college is what I am thinking of doing right after…

Culture is a kind of behavior between the interactions of people, groups or individual. It can be differentiating in religion, language, habits, arts and food. In this multi racial society, it is an advantages to get to understand cultural diversity. Interactive between people would help us to improve our communication in order to minimize the conflict between us and the other races. There are different elements of culture, for example: arts, gastronomy, celebrations, and performing arts etc.…

ready-made meals they prepared and encourage them on how it tastes or teach them how to sauté up some garlic and shallots in a couple minutes that can be used to elevate store bought spaghetti sauce. Whether it’s been a long day or a planned afternoon of cooking this is a great time to take time to reset everyone’s day, have fun, and provide…

When it comes to food, the question as to whether we eat to live or live to eat has long been raised. Although it is a fact of life that humans need food in order to survive, society has managed to progress and evolve enough that our impulse to eat is no longer just rooted in survival. In reality, we as individuals do simultaneously eat to live and live to eat to a certain degree but we cease to crave food merely for the nourishment it offers. If we as humans were only driven by hunger then the…

Dear Subway Management for Store #33739-0: I eat over at Subway Store #33739-0 multiple times a week. I have my sources, and it has come to my attention that after some bad reviews, management of the aforementioned store has come under fire. As stated previously, I eat at that Subway store frequently and I have never encountered any issues. My sources have indicated to me that the reviews/complaints have to with the food. As a regular customer, I ask that you (Franchise Management/Corporate) do…