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Libby’s Pumpkin Muffins

Libby’s Pumpkin Muffins Tips and Tricks that You Need to Know

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On April 18, 2021

In Breads

Libby’s pumpkin muffins are made a lot of times by those who love pumpkin everything. One of the best canned pumpkin pure brands that you can ever find is the one from Libby’s of course. This pumpkin in a can is very delicious, nutritious and can be turned into a muffin very easily. Some tricks and tips for that should be found below.

 

Use Libby’s 100% Organic Pure Pumpkin for Healthier Result

There are two versions of the product. The first one is the regular one and the next one is the organic one. For the healthier result of the muffin, use the organic one. It has less sugar content as well as the pumpkins are 100% organic.

 

Add Cream Cheese or Crumbles for Tastier Muffin

The best type of pumpkin muffin from Libby’s that you can eat is the Libby’s pumpkin muffins with cream cheese or with crumbles. Add them on top of the muffin before they are going into the oven. That way, you will be able to get the crunchy exterior and soft, gooey inside of the muffin. It will taste absolutely delicious for sure.

 

Use the 8oz Can of Libby’s for Smaller Batch

If you are making smaller batch, like muffins for yourself or for 2 people only, use the smallest can of Libby’s. The smallest one is the 8oz one. It is cheaper and it measures exactly 1 cup. All you need to do is just adding the rest of the ingredients, mostly the self-rising flour and the mix spice and then the batter for the muffin will be prepared.

 

Use Libby’s as Substitute for Eggs, Butter and Oil

The best thing about making Libby’s pumpkin muffins is that you can go absolutely egg free or oil free. You do not have to use butter as well for this. The can of pumpkin puree is great as substitute for the ingredients. You do not need to add anything else as liquid material to the recipe at all.

For those who want to make the muffin from the product now, do not forget to follow the tips as shown above. You should end up with delicious muffin and it will bring a lot of people to admire your creation. This is the reason why everyone should eat the muffin made from Libby’s and the Libby’s pumpkin muffins is surely going to be a show stopper.

Carraba’s lobster ravioli

Carrabba’s Lobster Ravioli Recipe Everyone Can Make on Their Own

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On April 15, 2021

In Seafood

Carraba’s lobster ravioli is a beloved menu from the place. You will spend huge amount of money just to consume them every day. Well, it is lobster so it won’t be very inexpensive to afford. To save money, you can try making your own ravioli. It tastes just as delicious as the real thing and it is way cheaper. Here is the recipe for you.

Ingredients:

  • 1 packet of ravioli pasta sheet, boil to semi al-dente according to the package instruction.
  • 1 pound frozen lobster meat, thawed completely
  • 1 cup fresh mushroom, washed and rinse
  • 2 small shallots, peeled and minced
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
  • 3 teaspoon butter, room temperature
  • 2 cups cooking cream, room temperature
  • 3 teaspoons sherry
  • 3 teaspoon all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 cup pasta water (from boiling the ravioli sheet)
  • 1 cup cheese, shredded
  • Salt and pepper to taste

 

Cooking Instructions:

  1. The Carraba’s lobster ravioli recipe starts from you preparing the filling for the ravioli. Heat a skillet over medium heat and drizzle olive oil. Add in shallots and garlics that has been minced. Then, add the mushrooms that have been chopped finely. Cook until the mushroom is nice and soft.
  2. Add in sherry and paprika as well some parts of the cheese. Add in the all-purpose flour as well. Cook until they are all well-combined.
  3. Then, add the thawed lobster meat. Give it a taste with salt and pepper. If the taste is according to your liking, turn off the heat and set the whole filling aside to cool down completely.
  4. Lay the ravioli sheet on a working surface. Spoon in the mixture of the filling and top it off with another sheet of ravioli. Cut the ravioli and seal the edges so that the filling won’t fall out.
  5. Now, make the sauce. Heat the skillet once again and then melt the butter. Then, add in the pasta water, sherry and cooking cream. Cook until they are all thick and well-combined.
  6. Season the sauce with more cheese, salt and pepper.
  7. Add in the ravioli and cook until they are completely done.
  8. Serve the Carraba’s lobster ravioli with cheese shavings on top.

Now you know how to make the dish easily. It takes just a few minutes to make and the result is very stunning and delicious. This is why you should be able to make them at home anytime you want and eat the delicious Carraba’s lobster ravioli.

garam masala Kroger

To Make Garam Masala Kroger Spice Blend at Home

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On April 12, 2021

In Asian

Using garam masala Kroger is certainly important, especially when you cook Indian dishes every day. Garam masala is a sort of spice blend that gives authentic flavor and taste to the dish. Making them will be very easy as well. So, if you cannot find the Kroger product, you can simply make your own spice mix. The recipe below will show you how.

This is the recipe for you to make your own garam masala powder Kroger. The recipe is developed by the brand and that is why it tastes almost identical to the real thing. So, all you need to do now is just following this recipe below and you will certainly end up with a jar of delicious, useful powder for the cooking every single day. Here is the recipe for you.

Ingredients:

  • 8 whole cloves
  • 1/2 whole nutmeg
  • 4 teaspoons cumin seeds
  • 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
  • 3 pods of whole cardamom (green)
  • 2 pods of whole cardamom (black)
  • 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
  • 1 small cinnamon stick

 

Cooking Instructions:

  1. To start making the garam masala Kroger spice mix, you need to prepare all the ingredients and heat up a skillet over medium high heat.
  2. Once the pan is hot, toast all the spices and ingredients. All the ingredients but the nutmeg must be toasted until a good, fragrant aroma is coming from the skillet.
  3. Once the spices are toasted, remove from the heat and let it cooled completely in room temperature.
  4. After the blend is cooled, transfer them into a spice grinder or coffee grinder or any types of grinder you have at home. Grind them until they become really, really fine powder.
  5. Let the powder cooled completely once again and then prepare a jar or any container with airtight lid.
  6. Pour the mixture power in the jar and the store them in room temperature area or in the fridge. It will last up to 3 months.

You can make this recipe in batches or you can make small amount of them and store them in the kitchen or in the fridge. It should help you cooking all types of Indian cooking with ease, including curry and biryani. It tastes really good and making your own spice mix is a kind of money saver as well. This is why everyone should know how to make the garam masala Kroger on their own from now on.

Rapid Rise Yeast Bread Recipe Fleischmann's as Easy Homemade White Bread Recipe

Rapid Rise Yeast Bread Recipe Fleischmann’s as Easy Homemade White Bread Recipe

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On April 9, 2021

In Breads

Rapid rise yeast bread recipe Fleischmann’s is the recipe that makes baking white bread at home easier than many people can think. Whether you would like to use this simple bread recipe for sandwiches or toast, it’s the one and only recipe you can rely on. It’s a basic homemade bread recipe you should have in your baking repertoire.

Here is the Fleischmann quick rise yeast bread recipe to gives you soft and fluffy white bread that is easy to make in no time:

Ingredients:

  • 5 ½ up to 6 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar
  • 2 packages of Fleischmann RapidRise Yeast
  • 2 teaspoons of salt
  • 1 ½ cups of water
  • ½ cup of milk
  • 2 tablespoons of butter

Cooking Instructions:

  1. To make rapid rise yeast bread recipe Fleischmann’s, you first need to add 2 cups of flour, dry yeast, salt, and sugar in a mixing bowl and stir all these ingredients until perfectly blended. Add butter, milk, and water in a microwave-safe glass bowl. Put it in a microwave with a high mode in 15 seconds and add to the flour mixture.
  2. Beat at medium speed for around 2 minutes while occasionally scraping the mixing bowl. Add one cup of flour, and beat at high speed for another 2 minutes. Add in the remaining flour so that it becomes a ball of dough. Place it over a floured surface and knead it on until it’s elastic and smooth for between 6 and 8 minutes. Cover the dough with a clean towel and let it rest for about 10 minutes.
  3. Split the dough into two pieces. With a rolling pin, roll the dough into a rectangle of 12 x 7 inches. Roll up firmly from the small side of any rectangle. Pinch the seams and seal ends. Place the dough with seams side down in a non-stick loaf pan. Cover it with a towel and allow it to rise in a warm area for about 4 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400ºF and bake the bread between 20 and 30 minutes until golden brown. Run a knife around the pans’ edges to remove the bread.

As a note, you can substitute some of the ingredients above with other ingredients. Substitute soy or almond milk for milk and use it in the same amount as already mentioned in the recipe. Honey for granulated sugar and use it in the same amount as well. Instead of butter, you can also use margarine or coconut oil to make rapid rise yeast bread recipe Fleischmann’s.

Henckels Capri Granitium Review as the Best Non-Stick Fry Pans in the Market

Henckels Capri Granitium Review as the Best Non-Stick Fry Pans in the Market

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On April 6, 2021

In Kitchen Tools

Henckels Capri Granitium is one of the finest cookware manufactured by J.A Henckels International. This non-stick fry pan is made of aluminum and coated with Granitium—an advanced formula influenced by the old food processing method on stone. In the following reviews, you will know how this advanced cookware is the best in the market.

Ceramic Advanced Non-stick Pan

Hard anodized aluminum is the most widely used material for cookware manufacturing due to its excellent distribution of heat. Henckels pan also makes use of this metal in creating their cookware products. The coating is usually made of inorganic material, which primarily consists of silicon and oxygen.

Inorganic materials mean there is no carbon in the mineral formation. All those inorganic minerals make the Henckels Capri Granitium safety becomes one of the good point of this cookware since the materials are PFOA or PTFE chemicals-free. So, if the pan is heated up to 842°F or 450°C, it won’t produce any hazardous fumes.

Cold Forged Aluminum Cookware

Pans manufactured by Henckels are made of aluminum that has been through the forging process. This process is conducted to make the material is able to evenly distribute heat. This also becomes one of the most popular reasons why many opt for cookware made of aluminum to hasten the process of cooking. Henckels Capri Granitium pan has this great feature and is a perfect choice when you wish to cook your everyday meal in no time. However, it’s a double-edged feature, meaning your food can be easily burnt if you haven’t mastered the skills of food preparation with aluminum cooking-utensil.

Stay Cool Handle Cookware

As mentioned previously, aluminum cookware is best at distributing heat throughout the pans’ surface. Therefore, it’s highly likely you will be in the kitchen for a whole day if you have no idea how to handle the cookware in a proper way when it’s on a stovetop. The best point about Henckels cookware is that they come with handles that can stay cool when it’s being used. In addition, it takes minimum effort to hold the ergonomic handle. Even with extended use, they don’t put too much pressure on your hand.

The 3-layer ceramic coatings on Henckels pans make this cookware a perfect choice for those who are looking for a sturdy non-stick pan. In comparison to other ceramic cookwares, Henckels Capri Granitium pans are even able to withstand up to 450°C of the oven temperature.

Defrosting Lobster Tails Quickly By Using Cold Water Method 1

Defrosting Lobster Tails Quickly By Using Cold Water Method

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On April 3, 2021

In Tips

Defrosting lobster tails is a step that you need to take before you cook the seafood properly. This is because lobster tails are usually available in frozen form to maintain their freshness, keep the flavor great, the texture to be consistent, so you can enjoy it anytime and anywhere you want.

Typically, letting frozen lobster tails to defrost inside refrigerator is deemed as the best way. However, it requires a full day to execute – and not every one of us has twenty-four hours just to precede some foods, right? A method you may use to defrost lobster tails fast when you don’t have much time is by using cool water to speed the process up.

Defrosting Lobster Tails Quickly By Using Cold Water Method 2

Here are five easy steps on defrosting lobster tails using cold water:

  1. Put the frozen lobster tails inside of Ziploc plastic bag. Make sure it can be sealed fully and set them so they are placed in single layer within the bag.
  2. Prepare a container and fill it up with cool water. The container must be large enough to let the frozen tails plastic bag entirely submerge inside. It is also important to ensure that you aren’t using water that’s too hot or too warm as the temperature may affect the lobster meat’s consistency.
  3. Start to immerse and submerge the frozen tails bag in the cool water. The bag must be completely covered by water. You have to ensure water won’t seeped into the bag because it may dilute the lobster tail’s natural juices.
  4. Let the bag sit inside the water filled container for half an hour. After half an hour passed, check to see if the frozen tails have fully defrosted by examining if the meat’s thickest part has thawed. If they haven’t, pour new water into the container and seal back the bag.
  5. Repeat the step four every half an hour until you are really sure that the frozen lobster tails have entirely defrosted. The length of time it takes for the lobster tails to defrost may depend on their sizes.

After you have defrosted the tails, they must be rinsed and dried before being proceeded to being cooked. Make sure you remove their digestive tract as well, which is the dark colored line that runs down on the center part of the flesh. Next time you order your lobster tails, you may refer to the guide on defrosting lobster tails in this article.

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