Recipes
Battle of the Becels: Can you taste the difference?
My coworkers and I were so shocked with the results of the butter vs. margarine taste test that we decided to take the margarine taste test to a whole other…
Food Lab: Devil`s food cake (cake mix vs. from scratch)
This experiment involved making three batches of cupcakes: One batch using a no name brand cake mix, a second batch using a name brand cake mix (Duncan Hines) and a third…
From scratch versus cake mix: Devil’s Food Cake
Another ‘convenience item’ that I decided to test out was cake mixes. Are cake mixes really so bad? I find them revolutionary – everything is pre mixed in a box…
Food Lab: Pumpkin pie (frozen pie crust vs. from scratch & canned pumpkin pie filling vs. canned pumpkin)
Part 1: Pie crust Pie crust #1: Tenderflake frozen pie crust. Available in the freezer section of most grocery stores. Pie crust #2: Pie crust made from scratch. Ingredients:…