cooking tips

Deciding how to prepare a turkey for Thanksgiving is a real mission. Cooking this traditional holiday poultry comes with a handful of potential difficulties, such as finding the right size turkey for your group, adding enough flavor, leaving enough time to thaw, and avoiding one of the most common turkey-related problems: making sure it makes t dry out. One way to avoid a dry turkey is to brine it, but exactly how do you properly brine a turkey? Brining involves immersing the turkey in a salt water solution, which not only…

When you're craving hot, crispy, salty fries, where do you go? Maybe you go to your favorite fast food restaurant, heat up a bag of frozen fries, or even try to make them from scratch. While homemade fries are great for controlling the ingredients and enjoying a healthier option, they can be a bit more labor intensive and don't always turn out as crispy as you'd like. The simple fix? Air fryer fries. Not only does air frying make the process quick and easy, but it also delivers perfectly crispy fries without the need for…

Tofu is a popular plant-based protein that is nutritious and versatile. One-half cup serving packs 11 grams of protein and provides nutrients such as calcium, iron and manganese. Regardless of whether you bake, fry or blend into smoothies, you can easily adapt tofu to countless dishes. But we can all agree that getting tofu perfectly crispy isn't easy. Its soft texture usually needs to be pressed, marinated and fried. While frying gives it the perfect crunch, it often requires a lot of oil, making things messy and less…