COOKING VIDEO: How To Make Coconut Water

  If you enjoy a refreshing glass of coconut water (a.k.a. coconut juice), you may like to see how it’s made. Actually, Mother Nature makes the coconut water. The challenge is to get it from the inside of the coconut. First, you need a machete. Then, if you enjoy relieving your frustration/anger/whatever by hacking open…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Club Soda Drink

Are you acting as designated driver, not drinking alcohol or looking for a tasty non-caloric mocktail or a sweetener-free soft drink? An enhanced glass of club soda is a delicious drink, inexpensive to make and virtually calorie-free. For a refreshing drink, flavor a glass of club soda with one or more herbs or fruits. Lemon…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Watermelon Juice

Make your own watermelon juice. Photo by Hyhoon1210 | Dreamstime.   Have you ever had watermelon juice? It’s delicious. We used to buy Sundia watermelon juice, but we can’t find it anymore. Now we make our own. You can turn it into a family project by getting the kids to remove all the seeds. And…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Juice Mixing For Ideal Flavor

Mix different juices to create your perfect blend. Photo by Jaclyn Nussbaum | THENIBBLE.   Anyone with an electric juicer has experienced combining different fruits and vegetables into a glass of juice. We don’t have a juicer, but we recently discovered juice mixology when we received a shipment of Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company—wonderful, pulpy…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Reasons To Use Superfine Sugar

Pick up some superfine sugar. It dissolves instantly in cold drinks. Photo courtesy Domino Sugar.   If you put sugar in iced tea or other cold beverages and cocktails, or make frosting, mousse or other uncooked desserts, you may want to pick up a box of superfine sugar. Superfine sugar, also known as ultrafine sugar…
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