“A ton of lemons is a great problem to have! Here is what I do when life hands me too many lemons!” Fill in the blanks, “When life gives you lemons____________. We’ve all heard our share of this phrase and how we should make lemonade, add vodka, squeeze’em into someone’s paper cut…no? Sorry. Well, today I gloriously found myself with a crapload of lemons, like
“Create gourmet-style chocolate covered strawberries at home! Easy tips for better-than-delivery chocolate covered strawberries!” Visual learner? Watch me make these chocolate covered strawberries from start to finish! My husband and I recently celebrated our 16 year wedding anniversary. Yes, I married him when I was like really young because I’m barely 25 *bats lashes* Isn’t there a saying that says when you start lying about
Do you meal prep? Meal prepping has become really popular, and it’s easy to see why! There are so many benefits to meal prepping. It gives you control of your diet and portions, allows you to eat home-cooked meals on busy days, helps cut back on eating out, and of course helps save you time and money. Even with all of these fantastic benefits, it
“Easy, practical tips for organizing your refrigerator.” Tour my fridge! Hello. My name is Monique, and I love snooping through peoples fridge. I won’t just like, come into your home and start snooping though. I usually wait until we’re besties before this starts. I don’t know what it is. I just like to see what people eat and how they organize their kitchens and
“Here’s how to freeze fresh tomatoes easily and quickly! No blanching required!” My little garden did so well this summer! I still have tons of tomatoes coming off the vine, way more than I care to eat at the moment. Sadly, I’ve let quite a few go bad on me over the summer. Lately, I’ve been remembering to freeze them. Now they are all prepped
“Can buttermilk be frozen? How do I freeze and store buttermilk? How long is it good for? Let’s dive into these common buttermilk questions!” How many times have you gone to make a recipe that requires buttermilk and you are fresh out of it? It happens to me often. Thank God for buttermilk substitutions, but let’s face it, there is really nothing like that creamy,
“Out of buttermilk? No problem! Try these 2 great buttermilk substitutions using lemon juice (or vinegar) or cream of tartar!” Are you are visual learner? Check out my video recipe for buttermilk substitutions below! As you may have noticed already…..I love buttermilk!!!! I use it a lot here on Divas Can Cook. I swear it makes for the best cakes, pancakes, biscuits, breads, salad dressing,
Homemade Frozen Yogurt Drops….My Smoothies best friend!! When I saw this idea for homemade yogurt drops on Pinterest I wanted to kiss the person who came up with this easy, mess-free technique. I drink yogurt based smoothies almost daily and normally I’d pour my yogurt into mini ice cube trays. This works but sometimes the yogurt was a pain to get out of the
One of the first things I ever learned how to make as a child were hard boiled eggs. I was pretty obsessed with getting the perfect hard boiled egg; easy to peel, no pale green or undercooked yolks and no rubbery whites. Around Easter I was so proud to be able to make all of the eggs for our easter egg hunts. I took this
I’m obsessed with a new blog called I Heart Organizing. Jen is the organizing diva that I dream to become. Just one scroll through her site and you’ll probably be filled with amazement, inspiration, creativity and lil bit of “I so want my house to look like that” jealousy. She’s that amazing! The gift of organizing is not one that I’m super good at. Well,
My luck with yeast bread is very sometimey. Sometimes it’s a huge success and others times it’s an epic fail. I don’t think yeast likes me too much, but quick breads…now these are breads I can get down with! I love quick breads!! Taking a loaf of homemade quick bread out of the oven makes me feel all domesticated, even if the house is a
Beating The Heat Of Summer Cooking Many of us are starting to feel it. That hot summer sun that has a tendency to completely drain you. It’s been hot AND humid here. I’m talking about the kind of dry heat that feels like it’s taking your breath away the minute you step foot outside. I won’t lie, I’m totally LAZY in the summer and cooking
How To Choose The Best Fruit It’s happened to most of us. We go into the grocery store and buy some fruit only to get home, cut it open and realized it’s either too ripe or waaay underripe. There isn’t a big window between when a fruit is at it’s perfect ripened state before it goes mushy and the flavor is compromised. So how you do go about picking
Fresh, ground spices Oregano, parsley, turmeric…oh my!!! I LOVE everything about spices and herbs. The color, the smell, the way they can completely transform blah foods into something with so many levels of flavor. Here is how I currently store my extra spices since I don’t have a lot of room in my kitchen. I just love the warms colors. This year y’all I’m stepping
I’ve never really thought about making my own non-stick baking spray recipe. As much as I hate greasing and flouring my pans before baking or running out of that Bakers Joy stuff, you’d think I’d looked into it by now! Thanks to my fabulous professional baker subbie Janelle, who sent me this wonderful recipe for non stick homemade baking spray (pan release spray.) It’s what
