On a recent vacation we stopped by Johnny Garlic's in Roseville, California. While dining I noticed that Guy had a new set of knives from Ergo Chef available for purchase. After much debate, I purchased the set, and I must say that these are some of the best made knives that I have even owned. My current knives that I use and love had one major flaw, whenever I cut, my knuckles hit the cutting board. After just one use with these new knives I am in love! I can now cut, dice and chop most anything in pure comfort. Kudos to the designer of these knives!

You love using your little hand mixer for small recipes, but you get frustrated with the mess that it makes sometimes.

It almost seems like you are spending more time cleaning up little spatters than you are cooking.

There is a simple remedy that works for all makes and models of hand mixers.

Grab your trusty box of wax paper and tear off a sheet slightly larger than your bowl.

Poke a hole in the center large enough for the tops of your beaters to fit through.

Attach the beaters to your mixer and place over your bowl and mix away making sure that the wax paper is completely covering your bowl.

Now your spatters will only hit the wax paper instead of your walls and floor!

It is always a challenge to make meals when you are camping. Here is a quick and easy tip that will help out wit your next camping trip.

The next time that you are preparing to go, brown some ground beef with some onions.

Let the mixture cool thoroughly, then place in zip lock bags and freeze.

Now all you have to do is place the bags into your ice chest.

You now have ice cubes that you can cook with!

Once you get to your destination just add any variety of sauces to make spaghetti, sloppy joes, taco’s, chili or whatever else your family craves.

You have a recipe that asks you to oil the bottom of the pan only. How in the heck are you supposed to do this. Especially if you are making muffins! The answer is quite simple. I have my oil in an old syrup container so that I can control the flow.

You just had a great mexican style meal, but you heated up too many corn tortillas. You don't have to toss them just because they got a little dry. You can make them up for dessert!

You are in the grocery store trying to decide which kind of olive oil to get. Yikes! You had no idea that there were so many kinds! What is the difference?