Kate's Cuisine

  4 salmon fillets, skin on $13.99 3 tablespoons olive oil $0.09 Kosher salt $0.01 Freshly ground pepper $0.01 Total Cost                       $14.10 Cost per Serving         $3.53 1.) Bring salmon fillets up to room temperature. Season with salt and pepper and [...]

Why is cooking fish so intimidating? Is it because such bad things can happen if you don’t cook it all the way through? Or is it because it’s so easy to overcook? Maybe it’s because so often we simply don’t know what to do with it! Sometimes, you don’t have to do anything at all [...]

  1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan $0.45 1 1/3 cups blackberries $1.25 1 1/4 cups, plus 2 tablespoons sugar $0.24 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour $0.21 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt $0.01 1/4 teaspoon baking powder $0.01 2 large eggs, lightly beaten $0.40 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract $0.11 1/2 cup [...]

I’ve talked before about how I always have an abundance of blackberries thanks to my grandmother’s ever-plentiful crops every summer. It’s something for which I’m very thankful. Paige can’t get enough of them, and will eat them frozen right out of the bag (we do have to freeze them due to the amount we have,) and [...]

The only fried chicken recipe I will ever use from now on. Ever.    2 1/2 lb. frying chicken, cut into 8 different pieces $12.95 1 teaspoon salt $0.01 1 cup all-purpose flour $0.14 1 cup lard $0.44 For the Gravy: 2 tablespoons flour $0.02 3/4 cup chicken stock $0.35 3/4 cup light cream $0.66 [...]

I got this book from the “American Cooking” volume of the Time Life Classics series, a delicious encyclopedia resource covering cuisine from all different regions of the world – France, Germany, Italy, and yes, America. My mother-in-law gave me the books just a few weeks ago, and I’ve just been feeding my culinary passion every second [...]

  4 russet potatoes,  skins on $0.84 1 sweet potato, skin on $0.50 6 slices bacon, chopped $1.80 6 cloves garlic, smashed $0.06 12 – 14 fresh sage leaves, whole $1.75 1 cup chives, halved but kept in large pieces $0.30 Salt to taste $0.01 Freshly ground black pepper $0.01 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated [...]