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Karen B's is a great foodie site filled with easy recipes, wine reviews and helpful tips to enhance anyone's culinary experience ;) enjoy!

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Aug 16

Easy Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles

My Family has made these wonderful crunchy Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles for years. I have taken the liberty to make them a tad bit healthier for you by adding less salt and sugar. Side by side 1/2 liked the original version and the other 1 (read full article)

canning, vegetables

Aug 12

Cedar Plank Grilled Pesto Wild Alaskan Salmon

This Pesto Salmon will not only taste great but will impress as well!You will need to get some Cedar Planks. They can be found at cooking stores, Costco, Home Depot and Lowe's. If you cannot find some go to the local home improvement store and hav (read full article)

Fish Seafood, Outdoor Grilling

Aug 12

Dinning Table Centerpiece Arrangements, Ideas and Tips

A Friend of mine attended a wedding and snapped a photo of the table at the reception. This attractive centerpiece caught my eye!What a beautiful arrangement. Who would have ever thought to use Hydrangea's and Succulents such as hen & chicks! (read full article)

centerpieces, Party Displays, Table Decorations, Tip Of The Day: Party Buffet's and Bar Set Up

Aug 11

COQ AU VIN Made Easy With Le Creuset Cookware!

COQ AU VIN(Chicken in Red Wine with Onions, Mushrooms, and Bacon)It can be made with either red wine or white wine, but the red obviously is a better choice. Julia Child's wrote that in France it is served along side parsley potatoes, buttered peas o (read full article)

One Dish Meals, Poultry, Winter Recipes

Aug 10

The Herald Gazette: Cooking lobster: it's more than boiling water and melting butter

To read the article in full click this link: The Herald Gazette: Cooking lobster: it's more than boiling water and melting butterLove...love.... love lobster! Bring it on!Happy Summer (read full article)

Seafood

Aug 05

Tip Of The Day: Let Your Knife Do The Work!

Tip Of The Day:Let your knife do the work!Make sure it's sharp to begin with. Most accidents happen with dull knifes!You shouldn't have to apply a ton of pressure to the knife, by adding light pressure should result in a nice clean cut. If a little (read full article)

Tip Of The Day:

Jul 27

My favorite TV snack

My favorite TV snackThanks for the post from Deborah KlineChocolate chip cookies have always been my favorite TV snack. Whether they're made from scratch or purchased in the Supermarket as dough, either way they bring me back to a time when I was a c (read full article)

Jul 25

"Chopped" Into Our Family Television Night

Quest Writer Contribution by: Odis ChanThere are many shows that my family likes to watch but one that we never miss and actually make a family event of is the Food Network's Chopped. This is one of the most creative and challenging shows to come ont (read full article)

TV Food Shows

Jul 22

How To Not Cry When You Are Cutting Onions

OnionsDo you cry when you slice, dice or cut up onions?Here is a simple Tip Of The Day!Deep freeze your onions about ten minutes or so before you cut them. This will help keeps the onions natural juices from exploding and shooting into the air when (read full article)

Tip Of The Day:

Jul 14

Grillin And Chillin Outdoors

Summer is upon us and that means grillin and chillin outdoors. Long gone are the wood decks, a simple round table with a metal and vinyl umbrella centered in the middle of it. We have added an additional room to the house plans these days. The out (read full article)

Outdoor Grilling, Party Displays

Jun 28

Hot Sauce Planet for Hot Sauce Lovers!

Hot Sauce Planet has just re-launced a great new website for all you hot sauce lovers! As you know I love to bring my readers new and exciting things. Here is one that I think almost everyone will enjoy checking out.Their new web site offers over 7 (read full article)

Sauces Marinades

Jun 25

Lucky Leaf's Patriotic Delight With Pound Cake Recipe For The Fourth Of July!

Luck Leaf's Patriotic Delight is a great EASY recipe to take to any Fourth of July BBQ or party! Here I added some pound cake because I LOVE pound cake. If your going to have cake why not have the best...... pound cake.You can either make your own (read full article)

desserts, fruit, holiday recipes

Jun 24

Mother Nature's Sugar "Honey" Stalked By Impostors?

I read today in the Detroit News that the old fashioned honey bear is losing a long battle! My guess is that if I didn't know it either do you.There are Honey-flavored syrups now on the store shelves and you the consumer may not even be able to tell (read full article)

Healthy Eating

Jun 21

Cooking with herbs: Bouquet Garni

French Bouquet Garni..... what is it? Basically a bundle of culinary herbs used during cooking to flavor the dish and removed prior to serving.The Bouquet is usually made from dried bay leaves, parsley and thyme leaves.For the dried Bouquet use 1 ta (read full article)

Cooking With Herbs:

Jun 20

Fathers Day Filet Mignon In Minutes

Click Karen B's link below to make this easy Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon in minutes, something your Husband or Father will love for Fathers Day:How To Cook Easy Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon In MinutesHappy Fathers Day! (read full article)

holiday recipes, Red Meat

Jun 17

Share Your Favorite Recipes

You can now share your favorite recipes here on Karen B's. It's simple just click the link box on the top right corner of the page and enter your URL. Simple.Happy Cooking :) (read full article)

Friends Recipes

Jun 15

Slow Cooked BBQ Pork Loin Back Ribs

Slow cooked BBQ Ribs are one of the best tasting dishes you can make if you take the time to do it.These ribs fall off the bone! You don't even have to get your fingers messy just the way my Husband likes it! We had the four of us and two additiona (read full article)

Cooking With Herbs:, Outdoor Grilling, Pork, Red Meat

Jun 14

Kitchen Nightmares from my DVR

This is a guest post by Neil Mccreight:Chef Gordon Ramsay is one of my favorite people on TV, mostly because he tells people exactly what they need to hear. I record Kitchen Nightmares with my DVR, so I can watch it on the weekends. I love having the (read full article)

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Jun 10

How To Make Your Own Center Piece's For Parties!

Make these easy center pieces yourself instead of going out and spending a ton of money on some from a flower shop or store. It's easy and fun ;)Supplies:A bunch/bush of flowers from the art and craft store, get a bunch with the most flower heads. H (read full article)

Party Displays

Jun 10

How To Arrange A Quick And Easy Cheese Board Appetizer

I think one of the easiest Appetizer's or Hourdouve' for a get together or party is the old stand by..... The Cheese Board!You can do this 1/2 hour before your guests arrive and it really only takes five minutes to do.You will need three types of che (read full article)

Appetizers, cheese, Cheese Class, Hourdouve's, Party Displays

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