01/15/2021
Fruits & vegetables you shouldn’t be refrigerating:
Pineapple
Once you pick a pineapple, it doesn't get any riper, so you should try to buy a perfectly ripe pineapple with the intention of eating it sooner rather than later.
That also means that you should just leave it at room temperature, keeping it in the fridge isn't going to have an effect on its ripeness.
01/15/2021
Fruits & vegetables you shouldn’t be refrigerating:
Stone fruit
Like tomatoes, putting stone fruits, think plums, peaches, and cherries, in the fridge can make their flesh go mealy.
So if you want that incredible, silky, juice-dripping-down-your-chin bite, leave them out on the counter.
01/15/2021
Fruits & vegetables you shouldn’t be refrigerating:
Corn
Corn isn’t really a vegetable and it doesn’t really belong in the fridge.
But that doesn’t mean that you can’t call it one or put it in the fridge.
Putting corn in the fridge isn't going to hurt it per se, and it may keep it fresher longer, but if you're going to use it within a day or two you might as well leave it out and free up some fridge space.
01/14/2021
What is coconut oil coffee?
Adding fats such as butter, ghee, coconut oil or even eggs to your coffee isn’t anything new and has been around for a long time.
Dave Asprey with his “Bulletproof Coffee” creation is probably the reason why coconut coffee has started to gain popularity in recent years.
Using traditional recipes as his foundation, he adds butter, his own branded coffee beans, and oil he calls “Brain Octane,” which is basically 100% pure coconut oil.
However, you don’t need to fall prey to the “Bulletproof Coffee” marketing hype that can see you spending double or triple on a healthy coffee infusion.
In fact, you can reap many of the health benefits simply by adding plain old coconut oil to your coffee.
Forget the grass-fed butter and brain exploding octane.
Coconut oil is all you need.
It’s cheaper and is a more easily accessible option for most who don’t want to buy into the branded product.
Plus there’s a lot of scientific evidence supporting the benefits of coconut oil in coffee, minus the marketing hype!
01/14/2021
Coconut Oil Coffee Recipe
Ingredients:
😀1 cup of coffee, brewed the way you like it
😀1 tablespoon of coconut oil
Optional extras:
😀A sliver of unsalted butter
😀Quarter teaspoon of vanilla extract
😀Honey
😀Milk
😀Condensed milk
😀Raw egg
😀Ice
Preparation:
😀Make your coffee the way you like it and pour into your blender with a tablespoon of coconut oil or more to taste.
😀Blend until your coffee with coconut oil lightens in color, about 20 to 30 seconds.
😀At this stage you can drink or add in other ingredients and blend for a further 20 seconds or until thoroughly combined.
01/14/2021
Daily habits for a clutter-free home:
Storing things off the kitchen counter
Messes attract messes and clutter attracts clutter.
The better we get at storing clutter out of sight, the less likely it is to accumulate.
The kitchen counter is a good example.
When countertops become an acceptable place to store things, more things begin to collect there.
But a clean countertop communicates calm and order, promotes opportunity for its intended use, and is probably easier than you think.
01/13/2021
Best foods to cook in an air fryer:
Bacon
A favored way to cook bacon is actually by using the air fryer.
In an air fryer, your bacon can get crispy without becoming too oily.
Fat drips out of the basket to keep it a bit leaner, and it’s so much less messy and requires less supervision than other cooking methods.
01/13/2021
Best foods to cook in an air fryer:
Steak
Since air fryers can serve as miniature ovens, they can also be used to cook steak.
With a little bit of practice you can get a beautifully cooked steak in the air fryer, allowing you to skip the smoke and flames from the grill.
Plus, it frees up the stovetop and doesn’t leave the mess that searing a steak typically produces.
01/13/2021
Best foods to cook in an air fryer:
Cookies
Cookies can thrive in an air fryer, plus they are quick to prepare.
Keep cookie-dough balls on hand in your freezer so that you can have one or a few, without having to make up an entire batch. Make them in an air fryer.
Since you don’t have to preheat the air fryer, you can have fresh, homemade cookies in 10 minutes flat.
01/12/2021
Rules for the best homemade pizza of your life
Treating your pizza like it’s pasta
Finish your pizza with aged cheese and olive oil.
Use a nice, simple California arbequina olive oil, and grate Old Gold cheese on top.
Parm would be good too.
Sure, there’s already cheese on the pizza, but that last dusting at the end adds a little richness.
It’s just like adding Parmesan to pasta at the table.
If you cooked the cheese into the pasta, it just wouldn’t have the same fresh flavor.
01/12/2021
Rules for the best homemade pizza of your life
Buying a pizza stone
Dough requires a hot surface to cook on, otherwise it will dry out and just be weird.
The pizza’s not going to be crispy or delicious without some sort of stone.
But you don’t need a fancy one, e.g., one from New York Bakers that is thicker than the typical stone.
01/12/2021
Rules for the best homemade pizza of your life
Knowing when to top
Some toppings, like hardy greens, are best cooked from the start with the dough.
But others, like really nice anchovies, you want to add to the finished cooked pie.
Cook thinly sliced asparagus, boiled (crumbled) new potatoes, sautéed mushrooms, or fresh baby spinach with the pizza.
Top chopped chives, paper-thin slices of cured meats, fresh basil leaves, or anchovy fillets after cooking.