Posts by joanne
Turkey: How do you decide which size turkey to buy?
It’s time to think about ordering your Thanksgiving turkey and each year as the holiday approaches I get questions about selecting the right size. The general rule is to buy 1 pound per person you are serving. However no one is disappointed if there is leftover turkey for the day…
Mini Meat Loaves
One evening I was making individual free-form meat loaves on Cooking Live when a viewer called in and said she used a similar recipe but always mixed up a double batch and then froze half in muffin tins. On evenings when there was nothing else in the fridge, she‘d just…
Green Tomatoes: What can I make with the green tomatoes I just harvested?
Each year as the weather in the northern states gets chilly, I get requests for green tomato recipes. As I learned a few years ago when the first frost threatens gardeners harvest all the tomatoes even though some are green. Some traditional ways to use up all those green tomatoes…
My New App Will be Out Soon!
My mission as an author and TV host is to encourage everyone to cook tasty healthy food at home and dine with family and friends. My new iPhone app, “Sara’s Kitchen,” includes 60 easy-to-prepare recipes and is designed to help you get a homemade meal onto your table every night of…
Pumpkin seeds: How do you toast pumpkin seeds?
Each year at this time I get e-mails from viewers asking how to prepare toasted pumpkin seeds. Toasting pumpkin seeds is easy, lots of fun, and a good activity to do with children after you carve your jack-o-lanterns. Just place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat…
BTV Recipes
Blueberry Cinnamon Toast Turnovers with Maple Yogurt Sauce Makes 12 turnovers, serving 6 6 tablespoons unsalted butter plus extra for greasing the pan 1 cup blueberries 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 12 slices homemade-style white bread 3/4 cup Greek yogurt 2…
Look for me on Better TV, this Friday, October 21!
This Friday, I will be on Better TV making Blueberry Turnovers to serve along with the Pumpkin Coconut Bars from Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners. Both are so easy you can make them while dinner is cooking and surprise your family with a home-baked dessert on a weeknight. Times and…
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burrito
Some time ago Good Morning America ran a low-fat, low-calorie Healthy Eating contest that asked viewers to submit original recipes for Best Entrée and Best Dessert. We received hundreds and hundreds of entries, narrowed them down, then flew the winner in each category to New York to make their dish…
Cookies: Why do cookies deflate after baking?
Pam recently e-mailed the Kitchenshrink with several questions. With the help of my friend Jean Anderson, I answered one last week and Jean and I will take on the second this week, “Why do cookies deflate when you take them from the oven. Especially chocolate chip?” My thought was that…
Hungarian Pork Cutlets
This is one of the four quick meat sautés that I included in Sara Moulton Cooks at Home. You start by pounding the meat nice and thin which allows it to cook quickly. Then you coat it in seasoned flour which keeps it from drying out when it is cooked,…