There's a fly in my soup!

A very simple and fun blog for both seasoned cooks and beginners who love good food and long to reproduce it at home. Written for those who love to cook, the recipes and dishes are broken down and detailed so that the reader will know exactly what is involved and how to go about it. Cooking should be fun, a messy journey into the unknown. Every new cuisine an adventure and every dish a challenge. Food is an art meant to me enjoyed in the company of great friends and special loved ones.

Wednesday 22 August 2012

Cooking tip Wednesday! Stop sucking and start cooking!

Improve your cooking and impress your friends with these 5 helpful hints!

1. To keep a pot from boiling over, put a toothpick or chopstick between the pot and the lid. This nifty trick also works with covered casserole dishes in the oven.

2. When frying bacon, sprinkling a pinch of salt in the frying pan will help to keep the grease from splattering.

3. To keep a mixing bowl from sliding around and crashing to the floor when you’re whisking something in it, set it on a damp kitchen towel.

4. Nonstick cooking spray will keep foods from staining plastic utensils or storage containers. Just give them a quick spray before using. It will also help honey, peanut butter or yummy Nutella slide out of measuring cups.

5. When using a double boiler or bamboo steamer, put a few marbles or a jar lid in the bottom of the pan – they’ll warn you by rattling when the water gets too low and save the pan from scorching.