Simple Meal Planning {Giveaway!}
If you're like me, meal planning isn't something that is enjoyable or comes easily. You might have seen our new advertiser, though, and wondered what Simple Meal Planning is all about.
Flavored & Alternative Oils Add Pizazz to Dressings & Sauces
Before I started cooking on a semi regular basis, I would see flavored oils in the store or receive them as gifts and wonder, "what the heck do i do with this?" Now that I know how much punch flavored oils can add to very simple dishes, I can't get enough!
What are the “mother sauces,” and what’s up with all the French words?
I had originally intended to stick to discussing Alice Waters' four essential sauces during sauce week for our Back to Basics series, but it's a question I had so I thought I'd share what I found out here!
Meat Sauce (Bolognese)
It's not one of the four essential sauces, but this past weekend I went to a cooking demo at The Homestead Resort in Glen Arbor, MI. There, I learned how to make Bolognese (meat sauce) from an actual Italian chef!
Four Essential Sauces
This week it’s all about sauces here at The Local Cook. We’ll start out by discussing the four essential sauces that Alice Waters talks about in her cookbook The Art of Simple Food. First, why would one want to learn how to make their own sauces? For starters, it’s a great way to perk up any …