Cheese Cupid. My Kitchen is Perfect. How To Cook Fluffy, Tasty Quinoa Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn. Previous image Next image How to cook fluffy, tasty quinoa.
You can use any kind of quinoa (white - also sold as golden - red, or black). Use water to cook it or, as I do here, chicken broth. How to Prepare and Store Avocado. Joanne has been known more than once to eat an avocado with a spoon. It is safe to say that she LOVES avocados. If you’re like her, you might want to stick around for a few tips… First things first. You want to start with a ripe avocado. Most of the time, the avocados you find at the store will need a few days to ripen. When it’s go time, cut the avocado in half lengthwise around the seed. How to make Edible Spoons! A few years ago I did a post on how to make edible spoons and bowls from dough.
I thought it was a great idea, but just not with my method and recipe. I searched online to see if anyone else had done something similar and stumbled across a small handful of ideas, but then found this little gem… Roy, the inventor of the Edible Spoon Making Kit has indeed thought of a really simple and clever way to make edible spoons. Roy kindly sent me a kit to try (and will be giving one lucky reader a free kit!). Since receiving the kit, I’ve made well over 100 spoons (maybe 200 by now) and have enjoyed sitting around a spread of dips and toppings munching away on the spoons. To make the spoons, simply roll flat a piece of bread, punch out the spoon shape, press the cutout into the spoon and bake (more detailed instructions supplied with the kit).
Recyclebank. Dependable, that’s what cast iron is.
It will last for centuries if properly cared for, and it has a natural non-stick surface that’s eco-friendly. Dependable, that’s what cast iron is. It will last for centuries if properly cared for, and it has a natural non-stick surface that’s eco-friendly. When I was a bride, my Granny gave me two of her cast iron skillets. A tiny, 6 inch one for making cornbread for two; and a 12 inch skillet for everything else. Cast iron has been around for hundreds of years. How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds. Top 10 Kitchen Tricks That Speed Up Cooking. So you’ve started beefing up your cooking skills, but the process is still a little tedious.
Here are 10 surprising kitchen techniques that will save you a bunch of time — not to mention wow your friends. Please enable JavaScript to watch this video. Untitled. XEquivalents and Conversions I love the fact that the site is a global community, but of course it does raise issues and problems, sourcing products is one (and see Sources & Stockists) and another thorny area is weights and measures.
Obviously, when you move from one system of measurement to another, you are obliged to round up or down, so it's always going to be an approximation, but here is a table of conversions and equivalents, which should at least help! Equivalents As we welcome such an international audience to this site you may not recognise some of the ingredients listed in the recipes section. Science of Cooking: Food Science, Recipes & Projects. Spice Advice. Top 100 Foods for Productivity: Mindmap. Cooking conversions. Grow These 3 Herbs at Home—No Green Thumb Necessary" Herbs are a necessity if you are trying to up the quality of the food you prepare for family and friends, plus they are down right pricey at the grocery store.
What's more, you don't always need a lot of one thing. Recipes usually require a little bit of variety. Instead of buying large portions of three different kinds, grow your herbs at home and enjoy the benefits of picking off what you want when you want it. 1. Basil Basil is a great choice and it comes in over 150 different varieties like lime basil, Thai basil, and sweet basil. Pics from Blame It On The Voices. 50 Most Amazing Food Tools on the Web. Quick Guide to Every Herb and Spice in the Cupboard.
The Perfect Pantry Article. 45 Homemade Foods You Can Make Yourself (But Never Thought You Could)" 16 fruits and vegetables you don't need to buy organic. 16 fruits and vegetables you don't need to buy organic this is a follow-up post to 16 fruits and vegetables you should buy organic what are some "clean" foods you can buy non-organic?
Personally, i would rather buy all organic produce but it is not always in my budget. i have compiled a list of the fruits and vegetables that you can buy not organic because they are often very low in pesticides. remember - ALWAYS was non-organic produce. here are the "lesser offenders". onions avocado. Peak-Season Map at Epicurious. Top 10 Money-Saving Ingredients at Epicurious. A Visual Guide to Cooking Greens at Epicurious. P acked with vitamins A and C, calcium, iron, fiber, and folic acid, these dark leafy greens have gained popularity in recent years due to their high nutritional values.
But before the health craze, cultures around the world—such as Italian and Chinese—had been incorporating these vegetables into their diets. This group of greens, unlike the more delicately flavored and smaller-sized salad greens, are hardy (in general, they tolerate colder weather better) and can be quite bitter, spicy, and pungent when eaten raw. 42968098_dfPdIkJ3_c.jpg (JPEG Image, 553 × 1743 pixels) Kitchen Myths. Untitled. "The best way to cut carbs from your diet is to make creative substitutions," says Arthur Agatston, M.D., author of The South Beach Diet.
"That way you can still eat the foods you love, without busting your diet. " Dr. Agatston told us how to make cauliflower taste like mashed potatoes. Other nutrition experts gave us tricks for cutting white flour, pasta, and potatoes and replacing them with lower-carb alternatives that taste nearly identical. 15 Who-knew? uses for your microwave. More than a popcorn popper, this versatile appliance was underutilized―until now.
By Melissa Clark and Lindsay Funston 1. Disinfect and Deodorize Sponges Don't throw out the kitchen sponge that smells like last night's salmon. Soak it in water spiked with white vinegar or lemon juice, then heat it on high for 1 minute. (Use an oven mitt to remove it.) 10 Recipes Everyone Should Know How To Make. This is my list of recipes I think everyone should know how to cook. 33 Cool Kitchen Pantry Design Ideas. What can be stored in a kitchen pantry? Whatever you want: jams, pickles, pastas, sauces, cookbooks, wines, and all other kinds of food that can be stored without a fridge and household supplies. You can even put a washing machine, an iron and an ironing board there if you haven’t a dedicated laundry room. There are many different approaches to the pantry design. For example if it is a separate room it can have doors that make it looks like built-in cabinet or it is simply separated by curtains.
The pantry can be part of the kitchen itself. Commonly Used Measurements & Equivalents Article. Kitchen Helpers. I found these helpful charts last week and just had to share! Both of these beauties are from Chasing Delicious (aka one of the most fab foodie blogs out there)! Aren’t they faaaaabulous?! Buy them here. (Note: There are lots of little charts like this online, but these are my favorites). I love tea, but I’m no expert. For people of the UK, have this one with you while you’re meal planning or grocery shopping! Potato vs. Tomato. Save Food from the Fridge by Jihyun Ryou. Although we seem to think and talk about food almost constantly, do we really know how best to preserve it or do we leave this responsibility to technology? Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jihyun Ryou feels we no longer understand how to treat food. Her Save Food from the Fridge project involves placing certain foods on a group of "knowledge shelves" outside the fridge.
Perhaps through a better relationship with our food we may be able to waste less and conserve more energy. The ethylene gas produced by apples keeps potatoes from sprouting. And by removing the apples from other produce, the other fruits and vegetables do not over-ripen quickly. Storing root vegetables vertically keeps them fresher longer.