When life gives you lemons you make lemonade.  When fate breaks your freezer, you make Stroganoff.   Watch this quick video of Vickie being resourceful. https://youtu.be/jPJCrTWR7aM

What do you do when your garage refrigerator/freezer quits working?  You all know about Vickie’s love affair with freezing food. Can she handle it? Please watch her cook up at storm! https://youtu.be/qCGaX6xPPjk

Roasting a Turkey the Non-Fancy Way.  This way isn’t show stopping but it will get the job done.  Makes a heck-of-a gravy though.  Please watch and share! https://youtu.be/QsDiRYgtsXI

Vickie’s Turkey (Day) Tips Video.  Listen to my great ideas for making your thanksgiving dinner more enjoyable.  Just in time for Thanksgiving planning. It’s useful, trust us! Please watch and share! https://youtu.be/f6jSOXbz_x4

Thank Goodness Part 2 is here! A Party Planning Tips Video featuring Me (Vickie)!  This is Part 2 of a 3-Part series.  This episode is all about the most common things your forget to think about. Watch it, you’ll thank me for it.  I am sure you will see at least one good idea for

Yay!  A Party Planning Tips Video featuring Me (Vickie)!  This is Part 1 of a 3-Part series.  This episode is all about your buffet table or where ever you are going to lay out your food.  Kinda Goofy, Kinda Clever.  I am sure you will see at least one good idea for your next gathering.

In this video I will try to convince you to Eat More Soup. I go on and on about it.  I also show you the secrets to taking your flavor over the top when you learn to make your own stock. Once you work it into your routine, your life might get a pinch easier,

Watch this 5th in the series video as Vickie invents a pasta sauce with stuff she has on hand. A lot of boiling and stirring with a few good stories thrown in.  Oh Yea, Mick and Vickie ALMOST get in a fight! https://youtu.be/TvB0YWJUigs

Watch this 4th in the series video as Vickie cooks with Wine. She makes Chicken Marsala without the chicken.  You can also see the magic that is corn starch.  This lesson packs in the flavor that you can only imagine. Watch it then make it to taste for yourself! https://youtu.be/hi17UtZ3pjI

Watch this 3rd in the series video as Vickie makes a brown(ed) butter sauce. She keeps saying Burnt though!  Don’t burn it. It seems so gourmet and decadent but it only takes 5 minutes.  Packs in so much flavor watch and try it soon.

Watch this video series as Vickie tackles GRAVY or broth based sauces. In this second episode, she makes a traditional broth, fat, and flour, mushroom gravy. Looks Tastee! It really is simple and once you grasp the concept the world is your oyster! (Oyster?) Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel and ring the

Watch this video series as Vickie tackles SAUCES.  In this first episode, she makes a traditional béchamel or white sauce, and turns it into a cheese sauce, and then turns it into macaroni and cheese.  She’s a magician! Please WATCH and share! https://youtu.be/av33d1Og-DI

My man Mick wanted to get this dessert before the restaurant closed for the summer. Lots of places in the greater Palm Springs / Coachella Valley area close for 3 or 4 of the hottest months.  We are not really dessert people but this is a really fun experience. This is one of the specialties

Vickie shares more of her must-have kitchen tools/appliances. See an emersion blender in action and feel the love for the Magic Bullet. If you don’t have a rice steamer buy one!  Please Watch!

Watch Vickie (me) as she talks about spices and seasoning, (and herbs). Plus, find out what kind of spice Sageroe is?  Hopefully this will take some of the mystery out of flavoring foods because if Vickie (I) can do it anybody can!   https://youtu.be/CHlkVfGiL3Q

We laughed so much filming our FREEZING DINNER video that we turned that into a video! It’s good for a few laughs.   Please WATCH and share! https://youtu.be/SD03tP6gOxU

Ever wonder what food you can freeze? Well watch his for some great tips and a few laughs.   Please watch! https://youtu.be/4xK1xIqBkG8

Watch Vickie (me) roast a chicken and make gravy in her own unique way.  It’s amazing gravy.  Who Knew? You might get a few ideas for you next cooking project!

Cooking Terms Let me explain and give you examples of the most commonly used cooking terms. You’ve probably been doing it for years but we need to add fancy French words to it! What’s a Mirepoix or Chiffonade, deglazing or reducing? Please Watch this!