Our website is centered around something we all want and need – FOOD! Regardless of how or where you initially obtain your food, our mission is to take you from farm, ranch, ocean, lake, river, your own garden, or a commercial marketplace, to the dining table. Our goal is to share money-saving tips while keeping
A Team for Success PATTY Patty has been in the kitchen for 50+ years. She started helping make cookies with her mom at age six. During her Jr high and high school days, while both parents worked, she was responsible for putting supper on the table for a family of six. After high school, she
USDA beef graders inspect beef to assess the safety and to grade quality. A quality grading allows better pieces of beef to sell for higher prices, which benefits farmers. It also gives consumers a standardized ranking system to guide their shopping. Two considerations go into grades. First, how much marbling, or the fat between lean
Based on where we live, our main stores for buying meats are Albertsons and Sam’s Club. If you live in a metropolitan area your shopping options will be different. Sam’s Club features Choice grade beef and some Prime grade while Albertsons features mostly Select grade and some Choice grade. Because we only shop once a
As you visit our website KITCHENTIPSBYPK.com and read some of our blogs, we thought it only fair to layout our kitchen. When we got together some 25 years ago, we were both relocating to Colorado. If you have read Patty’s bio, you’ll know that she came with tremendous knowledge and practical experience in the “cooking arena.”
Howdy folks, it is finally time to address Tools of the Trade. In case you are wondering why it took so long here are a couple of reasons. First, we had to write a blog. Until we started this new venture, we did not really know what a blogger
Thinking about a new post we saw a young mother of three children on TV talking about her new book, called something like “How to Survive Inflation” or “How to Shop and Save” Patty looked at me and I said “WE DO ALL THAT AT KITCHEN TIPS” What we have done here is put it
By now you have probably received and read Doug’s last post. He explains how and why we created our new website: 2TWR.com. Around the first of the year, Google, Constant Contact, and other email providers changed the parameters by which we send our emails. We made the appropriate changes, but it took a while. Then
It’s Thanksgiving time again!! I went out and did my Thanksgiving Day shopping today (Sat). The store was a bit crowded, but I think I got everything I’ll need. Tomorrow (Sun), I’ll lay out all my recipes and double check all the ingredients to make sure I did get everything. If not, I’ll have time
We have accumulated more than 200 cooking and recipe books. (and that’s after getting rid of about half before we moved to NM) What we have found is that many recipes are basically the same from book to book (or site to site) with a minor adjustment or two. That gives the author the ability
A couple of weeks ago we went to Roswell for our 4–6-week shopping trip. They had just gotten in their Hatch green chiles and had several cases in varying heats. They smelled soooo good I just had to buy some. I grabbed a shopping bag and picked through the med-hot cases looking for the straightest
Hope everyone is surviving the weather. We’ve got a new vendor/advertiser to introduce to you. We applied to and were accepted by: CONSUMER CELLULAR Consumer Cellular is a 5G cell service for home and mobile. If you’ve watched TV lately you have probably seen their ad. A couple of things they offer are outstanding. They
Patty and I made our monthly shopping sojourn this past week and found that Green Chiles are coming in. Albertsons had just received several boxes of hot, medium, and mild chiles. They expect to receive boxes upon boxes of chiles in the next couple of weeks. These will be sold by the box (approx. 25
Howdy Folks, It is CHILE time! It is Chile time, and the Chiles are hitting the stores. Let’s begin with a few facts and myths. Chiles are primarily grown in New Mexico, often in or around Hatch New Mexico. Chiles can be grown elsewhere. Many of us refer to chiles as “Hatch Chiles”. Hatch
Prep Your Chiles Now that you’re hooked on the fiery flavor of Chiles, it’s time to learn how to pick, roast and prep them for greatness. We’ve got everything you need to know and step-by-step instructions about picking, roasting and prepping your Chile peppers. Let’s get started! ARE YOUR CHILES… Bright Green? Symmetrical?
Let’s start by buying our Chiles. For you folks around New Mexico and southwest Colorado you’ll probably find Chiles at markets that offer roasting if you buy a case. Buying that way is really a good and fast process. They roast them and put them into a plastic bag, so they sweat and put the