Category Archives: Cooking

Cooking and baking help, hints, recipes, and more.

Avoid Bacteria Cross-Contamination

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Jan

Bacteria is spread by cross-contamination. This means the bacteria from one food or area comes in contact with another food or area and the bacteria is transfered. It is pretty simple to avoid food cross-contamination while cooking at the group … Continue reading →

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Safe Cooking Temperatures

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Jan

If your group home kitchen doesn’t have a cooking thermometer, talk with your group home manager or the support staff that does the shopping. Cooking food until it reaches the proper temperature kills harmful bacteria. Ground meat and meat meat … Continue reading →

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Kitchen Scrap Garden

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Jan

Instead of throwing away some of those kitchen scraps, use them to start a garden! Kitchen scrap garden: Root vegetables-carrots, beets, potatoes, turnips, onions (yellow, red, and white) Leaf vegetables-lettuce, cabbage Stalk vegetables-celery, green onions (scallions) Seeds and pits from … Continue reading →

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