*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. My non-stick pan has become anything but non-stick recently, so I've decided to invest in a Le Creuset cast iron pan. I've been wanting to switch to a cast iron skillet because I worry about the chemicals that a non-stick pan may contain. But, as you may know, you have to "season" a cast iron pan before using it, otherwise everything will stick! So recently, I seasoned my cast iron pan! All it took were five easy steps to season my pan and ready it for use. Now my cast iron pan is just as good as any non-stick pan! Plus, it will likely last Continue reading...

My kids and I were having a normal Tuesday night yesterday when I decided to heat up a taco shell and have a second taco for dinner. I put the taco shell into my convection toaster oven, set the timer, and stepped away to my computer (just feet away) to reply to an email. Before I knew it, I smelled burning, and there was a fire raging in my toaster oven! That convection toaster oven has been burning things since the first day we owned it, but I never suspected that it could be such a fire hazard!   I should have known not to turn my back on that toaster oven! It's been nothing Continue reading...