Tools: The Whisk

My little boys call all things by their purpose. It is not an 'excavator', it is a 'digger'. It is not a 'whisk', it is a 'whisker'.

There are a few keys to finding a really good whisk.

1. Find a whisk whose wires do not touch each other. If they do, this is a place water can sit and rust your whisk.

Camping & Cooking

Whenever we go camping, we take all the camping essentials and one of those is our camp stove. Okay, it's actually a "Camp Chef" two burner bbq, like this one:

We have a grill box that sits over one of the burners and that is where the grilling of meat and veg occurs.

Wood vs. Plastic: the epic cutting board debate rages on

After reading a whole slew of articles, essentially, the choice is yours to make.

There are articles in support and against both sides of the coin. Both hold onto bacteria and both are soft enough to not damage your precious knives. Wooden ones work well as trivets (for putting hot pots and pans on) but plastic ones can go into the dishwasher.

Function is really important to me when choosing a cutting board. It MUST be big enough.

There are articles that talk about wood vs. plastic and others that discuss sanitation of your cutting board and pros & cons of various materials like glass. If you are STILL undecided after that, you could read a study by University of California at Davis.

I usually end up deferring to my preference for natural materials, like wood. I also looked at this article on cutting boards and how to season them, as well as this article by TV hosts Anna & Kristina who put products through a rigorous testing. And often when I am unsure about all things food, I defer to Michael Smith.

Whatever it is you are looking for in a cutting board, I know you will find it!

De-Cluttering

Every Wednesday morning, I get an email from musician and mentor, Christine Kane. 


Christine Kane is the Mentor to Women Who are Changing the World. She helps women uplevel their lives, their businesses and their success. Her weekly LiveCreative eZine goes out to over 12,000 subscribers. If you are ready to take your life and your world to the next level, you can sign up for a F.R.E.E. subscription at http://christinekane.com.


There are some fantastic truths in this particular article and I am jumping into the rest of today with an achievable goal in mind: de-clutter one area or room.

The Basics: Pots and Pans and Kitchen Tools

Last month, we were taking dinner over to a friend’s house when she asked, “Are there any ingredients you might need that I could have on hand for the dinner?” 

After thinking for a moment, I responded, “No, we will bring all the ingredients, but could you buy a cutting board for salad prep?”

That got me thinking, what are the basic tools and gadgets that every kitchen NEEDS?