What Are Your Most Burning Questions About Food?

I love to cook various types of spicy food but most of the time the food taste become salty. It feels me irritate and disappoint. Can you give any solution to this?

What breakfast should my son eat on the day of a standardized test?

Why can’t I find a store-bought vegetable broth that doesn’t taste like low tide?

Help! A lacrosse-ball size kohlrabi showed up in my CSA box and I don’t know what to do with it

How do you keep yourself organized when you grocery shop? Do you do a big grocery run or multiple small trips? Bring a list based on meal plans? How do you balance stocking your pantry vs buying super fresh ingredients?

I need Cast Iron and Dutch Oven 101 (not just how to care for it but how to use it… how not to use it). The first go around I set off our smoke alarm by leaving the skin on the piece of salmon I was cooking (the salmon wasn’t even cooked through yet but the alarm was sounding in our condo. I just moved in after our wedding in March… and he wasn’t home to make the beeping stop & I was frantic, fully believing the ceiling spickets would begin raining on me and all of our neighbors at any minute)… Then, the second time I actually started a fire when I put what I thought was a pot holder on the cast iron handle (it was apparently meant for tea/coffee and my husband thankfully caught it before huge flames ensued, while I was still wondering what smelled like delicious campfire marshmallows). Now, I am deathly afraid of using my cast iron pan and dutch oven. I don’t know what can and can’t be made in it, I am scared it will get too hot and anything I put in it will turn to flames, and I am so scared to pick it up without the proper gloves because I don’t want what happened to the “pot holder” to happen to my hand…. so I haven’t touched it since… but fall is coming & I want to make all the delicious things in my cast iron. HELP!

FTLOG, what are good appetizers to bring to a party *that do not include chips*?? Dips (salsa, guac, elote, etc.) are delish but I hate always bringing chips to a party. Veto to crudite too, boring. Help! Thanks. :)

Leftovers!
How long are they good for?
I love to cook and experiment and my husband loves to eat whatever I make, but for a non-germaphobe he’s weirdly irrational about leftovers. I now write what it is and the date on masking tape and leftover consumption has increased by at least 70%. We generally plan to eat or integrate leftovers into the next meal. I hate to waste, but if plans change and we go out to eat or join friends… how long are leftovers good for? How long can you leave meat in the fridge before cooking/freezing?

I’d love to know if you have any tips for reducing plastic food storage without compromising freshness. I’ve been working to not use plastic produce bags or clamshells but then my produce seems to go bad much quicker!

I’ve read the 10 tips for entertaining piece and it’s great, but my question is: how do you entertain in the toddler stage? Between naps that go til 3 and bedtime routines that start at 6:30/7, it just seems impossible. Not to mention the difficulty of tantrums and keeping Littles at the table. But I really desperately want to get back to entertaining. Am I doomed to stroller play dates as friend time until the kiddos get older?

Um, I’d like answers to all of these questions, and attempted to tap each question in the hopes of a linked answer…

How do you organize your recipes? How do you bring together recipes you saved online on websites, in pdfs, instagram, the ones your friends email you, the ones in your head, the ones in your favorite cookbooks.. I need a little bit more of a system! Thanks!

How do you cook chicken breast – making sure to get rid of all the pink, but not over cooking it?? My preferred method is on the stovetop.

How to get my husband to cook dinner. He’s not opposed to the idea at all, but grew up eating take-out A LOT and didn’t have modeling from his father helping his mom with meals so he’s just so lost and has no confidence/doesn’t know where to start. He needs SIMPLE ideas. (I’m the other end of the spectrum: love cooking, 2 parents who enjoyed and participated fully in making all meals at home, creatively and with variety, grew our own food.) After 12 years together, he can now cook breakfast confidently but with 2 kids under 3, sometimes I just need a bit of help!

I’m a vegetarian. What can I make for dinner with my meat-and-potatoes-loving boyfriend that will leave us both satisfied? Frittatas have gone over well but I’m sick of always eating pasta!

There have been several variations of this question (because obviously I read all of them because the comments here are soooo goood). But how oh how does one get home from ft job, pick up toddler + baby, entertain lovable but very whiny babies, and then prepare food and put food on table for family and said whining babies within 20 minutes of entering home? Currently doing Blue Apron, but this is tricky because of need for 30 minutes of cooking time. Ok if husband is home but if I’m alone very hard to make time and give kids attention they need at the same time. Looking for other solutions… Love, Mama Seeking Rosé and Couch at 8pm

My weeknight cooking holy grail crusade – How do you plan, shop for, and cook weeknight meals without becoming completely bored with and tired of trusted “stand-by” recipes? Favorite sources for straightforward recipes with a low risk of total rejection by school-aged children would be great!

Full-time working mother with insane job. Three kids: 7, 5 &3.
No joke: 20 min from walking in the door to serving.
Just links, don’t even need recipes.
HELP!
(Zero dietary requirements, other than: FOOD)

I attend an annual crockpot potluck party, all guests must bring a crockpot of something delicious to share. After a few years, I’m struggling to come up with a dish that hasn’t already been done by several other friends. Any suggestions for interesting things to make in a crockpot?

What are some things I can keep on hand to turn the contents of my CSA vegetable box into a meal? And, how do I pull it off?

how do you deep fry at home without burning down the house?

How do you turn cooking from a chore into a passion?

A comprehensive, step-by-step bread-baking for dummies post would be AWESOME. I want to get into fermentation but I’m worried that I’ll end up harboring a museum of mold in my fridge.

What are the best/easiest dinner and lunch recipes to make for toddlers? What is an ideal summer dinner menu for a small dinner party? What is your best salad recipe? How do you cook a medium rare steak on the stove or in the oven?

I want to make an ice cream/sorbet/fro-yo with eggs in it but not milk or cream or coconut milk (I’m allergic to coconut milk, my husband is low-lactose but can eat yogurt without problem). Is there such a thing? Do I have to experiment my way into it? Will eggs help make it creamy and rich like I think they will or are they not necessary? I just want a creamy frozen treat that doesn’t upset anyone’s tummy!

My three-year-old only eats Müsli (we live in Germany), fruit and spinach. He won’t try any cooked meals or food that is new to him (no meat, no Pizza). However, he is a healthy, happy and very funny little guy!