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Saturday, July 14, 2012

Top Cooking Tips For Healthy, Delicious Meals

English: Crab cakes, sweet potato french fries...
English: Crab cakes, sweet potato french fries, cole slaw, tartar sauce, Coca-Cola and a wedge of lemon served at Bartley's in Harvard Square, Cambridge, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Ustim Rehsif


A simple few secrets could make you a much better cook. This article will teach you the techniques involved in cooking. These tips can help you find out what steps you should take.

A charcoal grill should be prepared and the charcoal lit ahead of the time you plan to cook. Begin preparations around a half hour before you intend to start grilling. The charcoals are ready to cook over once they are ash covered, and at medium heat. Grilling at this temperature is highly recommended.


When trying to add protein to a diet, you need to remember that beans and tofu are great sources. You can find these ingredients easily and incorporate them to many different recipes. Tofu is great meat alternative when baked, broiled, or pan-fried with seasonings. Boiling the beans and then including them in a hearty vegetarian chili is also a wonderful dish for a cold winter night.

Potatoes are divided in different categories, and each category should be used differently. Waxy potatoes are best for potato salad and should be avoided when making mashed potatoes or french fries. If you plan on making these types of recipes, you should use Russets potatoes as they are made specifically for these.

Regardless of the recipe, you can always bet that a fresh ingredient is better than its dried or frozen counterpart. When you use fresh ingredients you can bring out the true flavor of your food, and they can sometimes be cheaper in the end.

Buy good-quality knives and other cutting tools for your kitchen. Sharp knives are less time consuming, easier, and safer to use. Dull knives cause more cuts and accidents than sharp ones.

You should use two timers, one on a watch and one on the oven. That will let you move on to other projects on the house while assuring that you'll hear the timer go off wherever you are.

See to it that your herbs are stored in a dry, cool and dark area. Spices rapidly lose their flavor and aroma if they are kept in areas that are bright, humid, or warm. Such close proximity to these three factors will cause your spices to lose their flavors.

To have especially flavor rich foods, produce your own stock. Made in large batches, it's easy to store in the freezer, if you use resealable plastic bags. By doing this, you'll always have great tasting homemade stock when you desire to create soups or other types of dishes. Creating your own stock can reduce preservatives in the concoction that you cook.

Timing is a crucial element when baking a cake. Though recommended cooking times are a great guideline for novice cake bakers, they can be misleading, because factors such as elevation can impact the actual cook time of the cake. To test for doneness, insert a clean toothpick into the center of the cake. If the toothpick has no batter on it, then the cake has finished baking. If it does have batter on it, then put the cake back in the oven.

If you have turkey for a meal, whether it's on a holiday or another occasion, make sure you keep the leftovers. Instead, cut them into smaller pieces, and put in some airtight containers that will go in the freezer. Doing this will keep the turkey fresh for several weeks, and it can be made into a sandwich or a salad whenever you want.

When you plan on using wooden skewers for cooking, soak them in water for 30 minutes prior to cooking. Being soaked in the water prevents them from getting burned when exposed to the cooking heat. You can keep food on the skewer when you use two parallel skewers instead of one.

You don't have to be scared of cooking; you just need to learn the techniques that will give you some confidence. When you make the decision to cook your own food, you are able to save money, eat healthier, and have a good time doing it! Internalize this article's handy advice and put it to work in the grocery store, the kitchen, and, eventually, on your plate. Home cooking is great and you will enjoy it.




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