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Fearless Cooking Club Training Videos on YouTube!

A lot has changed since the pandemic borked the entire world. I changed careers and basically flipped the OFF switch on my entire culinary business, including the Fearless Cooking Club. I left the Fearless Fresh site up in case anyone needed the recipes, but I have not logged into the site in… I can’t remember…

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How to Roast A Turkey In the Oven — How long and how to prepare it

Learning how to roasting a turkey in the oven is actually incredibly easy when you get the hang of it. These tips will help you roast your bird to perfection. Here you’ll learn how long to roast a turkey, and the best way to prepare it. I can’t tell you how many questions I get every year from people who are completely intimidated by the idea of roasting turkeys in their ovens. Most of these people are great cooks, and in fact, have no problem roasting a chicken; but give them a bird over three pounds and apparently their earlier bird-roasting experience goes out the window. Perhaps the problem is that they are presenting their roast turkey to anywhere from five to 20 picky people. Or maybe it’s the fact that your dinner investment suddenly went from $9 to $45.

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Cheese 101: Three Sheep’s Milk Cheeses You Must Try

These days, sheep’s milk cheeses dominate my list of favorite dairy treats. For some, they’re an acquired taste, but for others like me, they’re a staple in our cheese drawer. Maybe it’s the luxurious fatty texture—sheep’s milk is incredibly rich, despite the fact that ewes don’t yield that much milk—or perhaps it’s the characteristic grassiness…

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe with Lemon and Vanilla

Seriously, if you’ve never had a sour cream coffee cake, here’s why you should check it out. The sour cream in this cake gives it A LOT more flavor. It’s perfect with a cup of coffee or tea, or even as a quick snack in the afternoon. Buttermilk add a little extra tang without being overpowering. And, if you don’t have sour cream, you can easily substitute plain yogurt. I personally love the combo of lemon and vanilla, so this cake has a nice fresh lemon-y flavor with warm notes of vanilla. When you pair sour cream and vanilla with lemon and buttermilk, the flavor of this cake is blasted out of the stratosphere.

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Can You Cook Quinoa in A Rice Cooker?

Can you cook quinoa in a rice cooker? That’s an EXCELLENT question, and a fair one. The good news is you can cook almost any grain in rice cooker, including quinoa and any other whole grains you might be wanting to try. This trick makes cooking quinoa SUPER easy! Cooking quinoa in rice cooker means you don’t have to worry about the water boiling over and making a huge mess on your stove. It also means perfectly fluffy quinoa every single time, without fail. It’s seriously the easiest way to cook quinoa and add more whole grains to your diet.

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Feeling Overwhelmed?

Feeling overwhelmed with cooking? Let’s start with just one drawer in your kitchen. Here’s why: An organized drawer doesn’t just look better, it will actually help you feel better. If you do one drawer once a week — spending literally 15 minutes of time — by the time the holidays roll around, you will have a WHOLE NEW ORGANIZED KITCHEN.

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How to Cook Spaghetti Squash in the Microwave

Figuring out how to cook spaghetti squash in the microwave is pretty simple, with a few basic bits of advice under your belt. When you know how to cook spaghetti squash in a quick and easy way, you can officially kiss those quick, high-carb meals goodby at the end of a long day. There’s a world of difference in how I feel after a standard pasta meal, and the exact same meal made with spaghetti squash instead.

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10 Most Popular Recipes and Tutorials on Fearless Fresh

Can you believe I’ve never done a roundup of the most popular recipes and posts on Fearless Fresh? These are the recipes and tutorials that readers keep coming back to time and time again… like for YEARS in some cases. These recipes have been read, pinned, shared, cooked, and baked, more than any others on the site. There’s a reason for that: because they’re rock solid. I hope you enjoy them.

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Why Frozen Fruit Can Be Better Than Fresh Fruit

When it’s the rainy season, I want sunny FRUIT. There’s not a lot growing this time of year, but take heart: frozen fruit it a great option — and I swear! You’re not compromising your health or ideals. Here’s why:⁣⁣ Frozen fruit can be fresher and more high quality than the fresh fruit you buy in the produce aisle. ⁣⁣Yes, you read that right.⁣⁣ Let me explain. Fruit picked for fresh sale is often picked long before it’s ripe, leaving it to ripen off the vine or branch. They do this because under-ripe fruit is easier to transport without damage. This is the case even for organic fruit. ⁣⁣

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Seven More 5-minute Cooking Lessons

Everyone loved the last list of quick cooking lessons and tips so much, I wanted to post a few more that I know for a fact are useful. Again, these super short cooking tips will change the way you cook if you commit to implementing the concepts. Little changes can have a HUGE impact, especially when they make a shift within the foundation of how you do things.

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Fearless Cooking Club

Review: The Asian Barbecue Book, and Curried Potato Wedges

Coconut Shrimp from the Steamy Kitchen Cookbook

Whole Roast Chicken with Fenugreek Recipe

Rice Pudding and Mango Parfait Recipe

Cookbook Review: The River Cottage Meat Book

Chopping Board Pistachio Pesto w/ Balsamico

Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift’s How to Eat Supper

Potato Kale Vegetarian Enchiladas with Roasted Chili Sauce

Gluten-Free & Vegan Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

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