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Basic Cooking Skills

Become a more confident home cook and learn some basic cooking skills and other facts that will make cooking from scratch easy!

traditional shortbread cookies on a wooden board background

Basic Cooking Skills, Desserts, Food

Traditional Shortbread Recipe

Oh how we all love shortbread! Small buttery delights decorated or flavored in unlimited ways, shortbread cookies are an iconic Christmas cookie. In order to make all those wonderful variations and flavor combos though, you need to start with a base recipe. I dug out all my old cookbooks and […]

overhead shot of bechamel sauce in a cast iron pan, surrounded by various ingredients.

Basic Cooking Skills, Food

How To Thicken Sauces, Soups & Stews

Learn how to thicken sauces, soups, and other foods, with this complete guide to various thickeners, and thickening methods.

beans used as pie weights being removed from a pie crust

Basic Cooking Skills, Food

How To Blind Bake Pie Crust

Blind baking pie crust is essential when baking custard pies or pies with an un-cooked filling. Learn how to do it properly with this easy to follow guide.

a white bowl filled with cooked wild rice

Basic Cooking Skills, Food, Meal Ideas - From The Land, Meal Ideas - Wild Foods

How To Cook Wild Rice

Learn how to cook wild rice on the stove. A healthy and delicious grain, wild rice is a great natural source of protein and fiber.

sliced open oven baked chicken breasts on a parchment lined sheet pan

Basic Cooking Skills, Food, Meal Ideas - From The Land

Simple Oven Baked Chicken Breasts

Tender and juicy, these simple oven baked chicken breasts are ready in just 20 minutes. Perfect for a quick lunch or supper, or prepared ahead of time for meal-prep.