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5 Tips for preparing your Valentine’s Day meal

As the pressure rises out there every year, people are wrecking their brains to top last year’s Valentine’s day events. An easy way to #ShareTheLove on that day is to make a lovely meal and spend a quiet day in — just my thought. If you are interested, here are some tips for how to make that go smoothly…

What is blanching?

Blanching (as a cooking term) sounds like something very sensitive one could mess up while baking or something, but it’s just a fancy word for something very simple.

Save the tomatoes!

in the sieve over a bowl

I remember watching my mother do this to tomatoes when I was little, though I don’t remember why or what dish it was for. But this is why I do it…