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How To

In this collection of How To and Kitchen Tip Articles I dive deep to help you learn a variety of tips, tricks, and cooking techniques to grow your kitchen skills!

Get familiar with your new Instant Pot with my article on Instant Pot Tips for Beginners. Learn how to make Perfect, Easy to Peel Hard-Boiled Eggs. Get my Flash Freeze tips and learn how to Make, Customize, and Freeze Cranberry Sauce.

A bowl of glazed mixed nuts with pecans, walnuts, almonds, and cashews on a wooden board with cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, and a jar of yellow vinaigrette in the background.

Snacks

Easy Glazed Nuts

A crudite platter with assorted vegetables and two dips in small bowls.

Cold Appetizers

Crudité Platter

A fruit platter with melon balls, grapes, and other fruit and two fruit dips.

Side Dish

How to Make a Fruit Platter

Popcorn in sealed plastic food storage bags.

Snacks

Frozen Popcorn

Roasted beets in foil packets on a baking sheet.

How To

How To Roast Beets

Two green salads in white bowls next to salad ingredients in small bowls.

Salads

Salad Bar Ideas

A top down shot of an unbaked pie crust with a fluted edge next to a rolling pin and scraps of pie pastry.

Pies and Pastries

Food Processor Pie Crust

A rotisserie chicken on a white platter with sprigs of fresh parsley.

30 Minute Meals

How to Reheat Rotisserie Chicken

A top down shot of two steaks topped with sprigs of rosemary in a cast iron skillet.

Main Dish

How to Cook Sirloin Steak (Stove to Oven Method)

A spoon lifts croutons from a baking sheet.

How To

Hot Dog Bun Croutons

A pile of thinly sliced roast beef on a cutting board.

Sandwiches

Deli Style Roast Beef

A stack of four English muffins on a plate.

Breads

Homemade English Muffins

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Collections

Easy Pantry Staple Recipes (+ Food Stocking and Storage Tips)

A sliced pumpkin roll dusted with powdered sugar on a cutting board.

Cakes

Pumpkin Roll Cake

A Dry Brine Roasted Turkey on a white serving platter with fresh bay leaves and cranberries.

Thanksgiving

Dry Brine Turkey

An Instant Pot with text overlay.

Instant Pot

Instant Pot Tips for Beginners

Baked beans in a blue pot on a wood board.

Side Dish

Baked Beans from Scratch

Hard boiled eggs sliced in half on a blue and white plate.

Easter

Perfect Easy to Peel Hard-Boiled Eggs

How To Choose, Prep, and Roast Your Turkey | From Valerie's Kitchen

Thanksgiving

How To Choose, Prep, and Roast Your Turkey

A close up of frozen strawberries on a baking sheet.

How To

How To Flash Freeze

A spatula and baking sheet covered with roasted pumpkin seeds.

Halloween

Perfect Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

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