Pam Carberry knows food brings people together; she’s been feeding Calvin Community residents, staff and guests for more than 40 years. Read on for her team’s recipes, tips and other culinary stories, and please share your own, too.
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Recipes from Calvin Community
We hope you enjoy these featured recipes from staff, residents, families and friends. Please share yours with us, too!
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Kitchen Tips
What’s your trick in the kitchen? Share your advice to be featured here!
Time to rotate!
To extend the life of your stove top burners rotate them just like you would your car tires or mattress. This will even out the wear over time.
Tomatoes as Edible Cups
“Scooped-out cherry tomatoes make great edible cups for fish or egg salad, herbed cheese, or as an appetizer. Use a standard-sized hollowed tomato filled with any variety of stuffings as a side dish, either baked, raw or as a condiment bowl for sauces. Turn the hollowed-out tomatoes upside down to…
Too sticky!
If you need to cover a sticky food with plastic wrap, an easy way to keep it from sticking to the food is to insert toothpicks that have a marshmallow on the end. This way the plastic won’t tear or stick to your food.