Here we are at Part 2 of the Taste of Home Magazine Review. Let’s pick up where we left off:
Page 14: Ad for the digital copy of Taste of Home magazine. This would save trees and gas for delivery… but you’d probably use ink and paper to print out the recipes.
Page 15: Article for pick your own apple orchards which includes mini ads for several farms including Eckerts. If you go to their website there is a $10 off coupon there. You can also go to the Taste of Home website to see other events Pillsbury is sponsoring at orchards around the country.
Page 16: Ads for their slice of pie contest, joining facebook, a book on thrift and lunch box products.
Page 17: Ad for taste of home cooking school.
Page 18: Ad for beef. The website listed has tons of info. See my post here for a neat downloadable from the website.
Page 19: Article on ice cubes, contains ad for ice cube trays.
Pages 20-21: Apple recipes - the slow cooked stuffed apples look really good and are gluten-free
Pages 22-25: Ads for Philadelphia Cream Cheese that include recipe cards. The website www.spreadphilly.com has a lot of neat things on it. You can see my post about it here.
Page 26: Ad for Pam, something you definitely do not need. Either spring for an olive oil spritzer like this one or just use a paper towl to rub on some vegetable oil.
Pages 27-28: Sandwich recipes. Page 28 contains an ad for a Taste of Home book.
Page 29: Cooks ham ad that includes a $1 coupon. See my post about their website here. It’s a good one.
Page 30: Food Photo
Pages 31-33: Recipes. The Ladyfinger Ice Cream cake on page 33 looks delicious.
Pages 34-35: Kitchen makeover
Page 36: Ad for Reynolds Slow Cooker Liners. OK folks, this has to be one of the most useless products on the market. Slow cookers interiors are either ceramic or porcelain and as such are very easy to clean. If you do have any food that sticks to it all you need to do is soak the crockpot with hot, sudsy water for a half an hour and use a stiff brush to clean it out. Please do not waste your money on this product.
Page 37: Slow cooker tips. Did you know removing the lid of your cooker increases cooking time 20-30 minutes each time you do it? I didn’t. Read the warning I found about cooking kidney beans in a slow cooker here.
Pages 38-39: Slow Cooker recipes.
Page 40: Nutrition info.
Pages 41-42: Drug ad.
Pages 43-44: Recipes.
Page 45: Ad for Aleve (since this is OTC I didn’t count it as a drug ad though it really is.)
Pages 46-48: Recipes.
Page 49: Freezer Jam Recipes. Awesome way to bring back this old skill. If you are afraid of hot water bath canning, this is a nice way to ease into it.
Page 50: Kids who cook with recipe. Downloadable coloring cookbook pages are found here.
Page 51: Ad for Bagel Bites. Rather than buy these just make english muffin pizzas in your toaster oven or microwave.
Page 52: Chili pepper article
Page 53: Ad for Taste of Home cookbook
Page 54: Ad for Keebler Club Minis
Page 55: Crockpot recipe contest winners
Page 56: New 5 ingredient recipe contest information, view at www.tasteofhome.com/recipecontests
Pages 57-65: Recipes and pictures. The Sweet and Spicy Jerk Ribs made in a crock pot on page 62 look amazing.
Pages 66-67: Ad for Pillsbury Pie Crust with recipes. Homemade pie crusts are so easy to make in bulk and freeze there is no need to buy this kind.
Pages 68-69: Recipes and pictures
Pages 70-73: Rice Crispies ad with recipes
Pages 74-75: Ad for Ziplock bags and containers with two coupons: $1 off 2 bags or .75 off one container. See my post here about their free online back to school menu plan offer.
Pages 76-78: Article and recipes using boxed mac & cheese.
Pages 79-80: Article
Pages 81-82: Recipes. I’m going to try Dad’s Baked Beans on page 82. I am STILL looking for a great baked bean recipe.
Page 83: Marketplace ads.
Page 84: Article
Pages 85-86: Recipes. The Spiced Pudding Cake on page 86 looks tasty.
Page 87: Cooks Who Care article. If you cook for a non-profit you can send your story in and your charity will win $250 if it is published.
Pages 88-89: Field Editor list. (I signed up to be a field editor, we’ll see if they accept me.)
Page 90: Submission information.
Page 91: Ad for Mrs. Dash. There are tons of homemade substitutes out there.
Page 92: Ad for Kraft Mac & Cheese – Cheddar Explosion – in the blue box. Homemade is 800 times better.
