Safe Turkey Stuffing

~Rather than stuffing a turkey you can bake stuffing in the oven or better yet, use your crockpot. Many food safety experts recommend this method anyway, since it can be difficult to make sure the stuffing is hot enough to kill the bacteria.

~You can put a halved onion and some celery inside the turkey to give the turkey the flavor of stuffing or you can mix some softened butter with herbs and rub it between the skin and flesh and over the skin before you star the roasting process.

~Make sure to check the cooking times. The roasting times for stuffed vs unstuffed turkeys are different.

November 15, 2009

Easy way to peel potatoes

Bring water to a boil, wash potatoes and score with knife all the way around the middle. Drop gently in boiling water and boil for about 15 minutes. Prepare a bowl of ice water. Remove one of the potatoes from water with tongs and place in ice water. Move it around in the ice for about 10 seconds. Remove from water and take the skins right off. See a demonstration on Youtube.com - "Dawn Wells Potato Peeling Video".

May 2, 2010