How To Peel Garlic

This is the first post in a series of our favorite cooking tips + tricks in the kitchen!

Fresh garlic is the starting point of countless savory recipes. From pasta sauces to soups, it’s always a good idea to keep a stash of garlic in the kitchen. Knowing how to peel fresh garlic will get you cooking in no time. Here are two ways to peel garlic quickly and easily. 

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How To Peel Garlic: Crush Method

Crushing garlic is quick and can be incorporated into your normal cooking prep seamlessly. All you need is garlic and a chefs knife. 

Step One: Loosen up the head of garlic. Separate the cloves and  pull aside however many cloves you need. 

Step Two: Place one clove on the cutting board.

Step 3: Position the flat side of your knife on top of the clove of garlic, holding the handle tightly. Place the heel of your other hand on the flat side of the knife and push down firmly until you hear a crunch. 

Step Four: Pull of the loosened skin of the garlic clove and discard. Slice, chop, or mince the garlic as needed. You can also use a garlic press if you want to make it easy on yourself. Repeat with remaining garlic cloves. 

This crush method of peeling garlic is quick and perfect for when you need just a few cloves of peeled garlic. 

How To Peel Garlic: Shake Method

Shaking garlic is surprisingly effective and uses a standard quart-size mason jar. 

Step One: Loosen up the head of garlic and place all the cloves into a quart size mason jar. Screw the lid on tightly.

Step Two: Shake vigorously for about 15-20 seconds. Take a look at the garlic to see if most of the cloves have been peeled. Shake for a few more seconds if necessary. 

Step Three: Unscrew the lid and pour garlic cloves onto cutting board. Separate the skins for the cloves. Chop, mince, slice garlic as needed. 

This shake method of peeling garlic is a quick way to peel large amounts of garlic all at one time. 

How to Store Peeled Garlic: 

Peeled garlic can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for about 3-5 days. Check for signs of spoilage before using.

For longer storage, spread garlic on a sheet pan and freeze for 1 hour. Transfer frozen cloves to an airtight container for up to 6 months. Note: Freezing garlic can change the texture of the garlic. 

How to Remove Garlic Smell From Hands:

Garlic tastes amazing, but can leave your hands smelling pretty pungent. To remove garlic smell from your hands, wet your hands and rub them on a stainless steel surface. This can be the inside of a sink, a big stainless steel pot, or even a stainless steel bar of soap made especially for this purpose.

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Garlic Press – We love our garlic press! Makes perfectly minced garlic, sans smelly hands.

Cutting Board – This is our all-time favorite go-to cutting board in the kitchen.

Mason Jar – If you’re going the shake method route! Also useful for about a million other things in the kitchen.

Stainless Steel Soap Bar – For when you love the smell of garlic but just not on your hands.

Recipes for Garlic Lovers:

Basic Garlic Butter Tomato Sauce

Garlic Herb Spaghetti with Chicken Meatballs

Sheet Pan Garlic Ginger Chicken and Broccoli

Chili Garlic Instant Pot Noodles

Garlic Butter Capellini Pomodoro with Shrimp

Spring Roll Bowls with Sweet Garlic Lime Sauce

Garlic Basil Chicken with Tomato Butter Sauce

Spicy Shrimp with Cauliflower Mash and Garlic Kale

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Easy Peasy Thanksgiving Side Dishes That Anyone Can Make

Classic sides that are fool-proof! So easy and so impressive – all guests will be full and happy!

1. Slow Cooker Creamed Corn – Skipped the canned cream corn this year and make it from scratch right in the crockpot – it’s so rich and creamy and unbelievably easy to make with just 5 ingredients. [GET THE RECIPE]

2. Honey Glazed Baby Carrots – Honey brings in such a pleasant sweetness to these baby carrots in this 15-minute side dish. [GET THE RECIPE.]

3. Flaky Mile High Biscuits – Is there anything better than warm, hot-out-of-the-oven, mile high, flaky biscuits that just melts in your mouth? No, right? Because these are truly the best biscuits you will ever make. [GET THE RECIPE.]

4. Slow Cooker Four Cheese Mac and Cheese – No boil, no stress. Everything gets thrown right in, even the uncooked noodles. [GET THE RECIPE.]

5. Brussels Sprouts Gratin – These brussels sprouts are absolutely to die for. So amazingly crisp-tender and baked perfectly in the BEST cream sauce ever. Oh, and did you see the crisp bacon bits? [GET THE RECIPE.]

6. Easy Green Bean Casserole – Even the pickiest of eaters will be begging for seconds here. [GET THE RECIPE.]

7. Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese – Mac and cheese at it’s finest. So creamy, so rich + so amazing yet it’s so much healthier than traditional mac and cheese. [GET THE RECIPE.]

8. Slow Cooker Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes – This crockpot version of scalloped potatoes frees up your oven space. Double win here. [GET THE RECIPE.]

9.Cranberry Orange Sauce – This is embarrassingly easy to make with just 3 ingredients. You can even make it ahead of time. [GET THE RECIPE.]

10. Mac and Cheese Cups – Macaroni and cheese baked to perfection in muffin tins. It’s portable and makes for easy serving. [GET THE RECIPE.]

11. Homemade Crescent Rolls – No more store-bought crescent rolls, guys. These can also be made ahead of time, refrigerated or frozen. It’s so easy, buttery and fluffy. [GET THE RECIPE.]

12. Sweet Potato Casserole – Made with mashed roasted sweet potatoes and a crunchy pecan topping with an ooey gooey melted marshmallow center. [GET THE RECIPE.]

13. Apple Walnut Sausage Stuffing – Make your life easier this holiday season and prepare this stuffing ahead of time. It’s easy, quick, and flavorful with crumbled sausage, fresh herbs, and apples. It’s too good. [GET THE RECIPE.]

14.Creamy Cauliflower Gratin – An absolute crowd-pleaser, even for non-cauliflower lovers. [GET THE RECIPE.]

15. Cranberry Pecan Baked Brie – 5-10 min prep. That’s it for everyone’s favorite holiday appetizer. [GET THE RECIPE.]

16. Easy Creamed Corn – This will probably be the side dish that disappears the quickest. Sorry, not sorry. [GET THE RECIPE]

17. Slow Cooker Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes – Another win to save on oven space. It’s just as rich and creamy but you won’t even taste the cauliflower. [GET THE RECIPE.]

18. Loaded Sweet Potato – The classic Thanksgiving sweet potato casserole gets a makeover in individual servings with a fluffy, toasted marshmallow topping. [GET THE RECIPE.]

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How to Dry Brine and Roast a Turkey

Want the most perfectly moist, flavorful, and juicy Thanksgiving turkey? Try dry-brining! All you do is rub the turkey with salt and let it hang out in the fridge for 24 to 72 hours. No muss, no fuss. The best turkey you'll ever eat will soon be yours!

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Skinnytaste Meal Plan (November 5-November 11)

A free 7-day flexible meal plan including breakfast, lunch and dinner and a shopping list. All recipes include calories and Weight Watchers Freestyle™ SmartPoints®.

I love seeing so many of you cooking from my new cookbook, One and Done! If you’re using it and loving it, don’t forget to leave a review (for those who did, thank you!). Some exciting news, I have been working hard these past few months on a NEW cookbook, it’s an air fryer cookbook which comes out May 7 2019! And as you may already know, The Skinnytaste by Vremi Air Fryer will be available March 2019 just in time for the cookbook. Sign up here for updates!

If you’re new to my meal plans, I’ve been sharing these free, 7-day flexible healthy meal plans (you can see my previous meal plans here) that are meant as a guide, with plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food, coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc or swap recipes out for meals you prefer, you can search for recipes by course in the index. You should aim for around 1500 calories* per day.

There’s also a precise, organized grocery list that will make grocery shopping so much easier and much less stressful. Save you money and time. You’ll dine out less often, waste less food and you’ll have everything you need on hand to help keep you on track.

Lastly, if you’re on Facebook join my Skinnytaste Facebook Community where everyone’s sharing photos of recipes they are making, you can join here. I’m loving all the ideas everyone’s sharing!

THE DETAILS:

Breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday, are designed to serve 1 while dinners and all meals on Saturday and Sunday are designed to serve a family of 4. Some recipes make enough leftovers for two nights or lunch the next day. While we truly believe there is no one size fits all meal plan, we did our best to come up with something that appeals to a wide range of individuals. Everything is Weight Watchers friendly, I included the updated Weight Watcher Freestyle Points for your convenience, feel free to swap out any recipes you wish or just use this for inspiration!

The grocery list is comprehensive and includes everything you need to make all meals on the plan. I’ve even included brand recommendations of products I love and use often. Cross check your cabinets because many condiments you’ll notice I use often, so you may already have a lot of them.

And last, but certainly not least, this meal plan is flexible and realistic. There’s plenty of wiggle room for cocktails, healthy snacks, dessert and dinner out. And if necessary, you can move some things around to make it work with your schedule. Please let me know if you’re using these plans, this will help me decide if I should continue sharing them! 

MONDAY (11/5)
B: Baked Oatmeal with Pumpkin and Bananas *(5)
L: Greek Chickpea Salad* (6)\
D: Loaded Vegetarian Baked Sweet Potato (8)
Totals: Freestyle™ SP 19, Calories 829**

TUESDAY (11/6)
B: Baked Oatmeal with Pumpkin and Bananas (5)
L: Greek Chickpea Salad (6)
D: Turkey Chili Taco Soup (0) with 1 ounce avocado (1) and 2 tablespoons reduced fat cheddar (1)
Totals: Freestyle™ SP 13, Calories 833**

WEDNESDAY (11/7)
B: Baked Oatmeal with Pumpkin and Bananas (5)
L: Greek Chickpea Salad (6)
D: LEFTOVER Turkey Chili Taco Soup (0) with 1 ounce avocado (1) and 2 tablespoons reduced fat cheddar (1)
Totals: Freestyle™ SP 13, Calories 833**

THURSDAY (11/8)
B: Baked Oatmeal with Pumpkin and Bananas (5)
L: Greek Chickpea Salad (6)
D: Chicken Barley Soup (3) with Chopped Wedge Salad (4)
Totals: Freestyle™ SP 18, Calories 912**

FRIDAY (11/9)
B: Greek Yogurt with Berries, Nuts and Honey (5)
L: LEFTOVER Chicken Barley Soup (3)
D: Blackened Scallops with Horseradish Sauce (2) with ¾ cup brown rice (5) and Roasted Parmesan Green Beans (1)
Totals: Freestyle™ SP 16, Calories 916**

SATURDAY (11/10)
B: Hash Brown Recipe (3) with 2 eggs (0) and an orange (0)
L: The Skinny Tuna Melt (4) (Recipe x 2)
D: DINNER OUT!
Totals: Freestyle™ SP 7, Calories 566**

SUNDAY (11/11)
B: Asparagus-Pancetta Potato Hash (4)
L: Baby Greens with Goat Cheese, Beets and Candied Pecans (9)
D: Easy Macaroni Casserole ***(5)
Totals: Freestyle™ SP 18, Calories 822**

*Prep Sunday night, if desired

**This is just a guide, women should aim for around 1500 calories per day. Here’s a helpful calculator to estimate your calorie needs. I’ve left plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food such as coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc.

***Freeze any leftover you/your family won’t eat

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Peanut Butter Pie

Peanut butter lovers, this one's for you! It's the most decadent and indulgent peanut butter pie EVER, made with extra peanut butter in the filling, peanut butter cups on top, and a drizzle of melted peanut butter and chocolate. We warned you!

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Simply Recipes Meal Plan: November 2018, Week 1

Here's your meal plan for the first week of November! We've got Shrimp Scampi, Mushroom Risotto, Steak Diane, and more!

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Save the Date: Our Video in 2019 Summit!

Hey hey! Bjork here, bringing you the news of the century.

Okay, maybe not “of the century.” But definitely of these next few days.

But before I get to that, I have some questions for you:

1. Are you a content creator always looking for the “next big thing” to help your content stand out?
2. Do you wish you could make recipe videos like the ones you see on social media and here on Pinch of Yum? Or maybe you’re looking for a way to refine your video-making process to really help your videos stand out?
3. Do you like free stuff?

If you answered “yes!” to these questions, you are in luck, my friend.

Food Blogger Pro is holding an awesome free event this Tuesday, November 6, and you’re invited.

It’s called the Video in 2019 Summit, and it’s where you’ll learn how to improve your recipe videos in the new year!

Let’s play a game: guess how many video views Pinch of Yum recipe videos have gotten on Facebook in the past year and a half.

200,000?

What about 500,000?

1 million?

5 million?

Much, much higher. 41.8 million. That’s 41.8 million extra times that our content was seen over just producing recipes and blog posts alone.

That’s pretty incredible, right? And super telling of the current climate of the content creator space.

Videos are part of our social strategies, our sponsored content contracts, our blog posts, and so much more. And if you’re ready to start making or fine-tune videos for your own brand, the Video in 2019 Summit is for you.

Sign up for the free, virtual Video in 2019 Summit today <–

We’ll have three sessions throughout the day (which, by the way, are totally virtual so you can attend in your PJs):

11 am CT:

Session 1 – The Gear We Use for Pinch of Yum’s Recipe Videos

Camera, tripods, and monitors…oh my! Our wonderful Video Specialist, Emily, will be chatting all about the tools and gear she uses to produce the recipe videos you see on Pinch of Yum. There’s *a lot* that goes into the final videos that end up on the blog or on our social channels, and Emily will unpack all of that information for you. She’ll even give you tips on the best set-up for shooting multiple angles to keep your videos lookin’ fancy.

1 pm CT:

Session 2 – 10 Tips for Leveling Up Your Recipe Videos in 2019

This is where we’ll go into the nitty-gritty stuff. We’ll be focusing this session on the techniques, tips, and tricks that really make our videos pop and help to engage our followers.

Emily, Jenna (our Communications Manager), and I will be talking about the importance of hooks, storyboarding, making animated doodles, working with sponsors, and so much more. These 10 pointers will help your videos stand out and turn you into a video-making machine!

3 pm CT:

Session 3 – Recipe Video Q&A

We’ll talk through *a lot* during the first two sessions of the summit, so you’re bound to have some questions. *This* is where we’ll answer them…live!

Emily and I will tag-team this Q&A session to chat through all the difficult or confusing aspects of video-making, and we’ll get all of the questions for this session from y-o-u.

Register for the Video in 2019 Summit <–

That’s it from us! We’re so excited for this summit, and we hope to see you there. Here’s the signup link one more time:

Pro tip! If you can’t attend the sessions live, a replay of the sessions will be available until the evening of Wednesday, November 7. Then they’ll be uploaded to Food Blogger Pro as a course for our members.

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