Master Measurements for Cooking and Baking Success If you’re a serious cook or baker, you know that measuring ingredients accurately is key to success. With the right measuring cups and techniques, you’ll never have to suffer through a failed recipe again....
7 steps to successful stir-frying With a wok or not, there are some essential stir-fry steps that need to be followed to get the best results. Follow our tips for success, get chopping and turn up the heat in the kitchen for a super fast way to cook. Be prepared...
How to build the perfect salad Long gone are the days of a boring salad. We grew up in the 1970s and a salad consisted of lettuce, cucumber, tomato, maybe some spring onions, or a radish or two or maybe grated carrot. It was invariably accompanied by a blob of salad...
Get smart with salad dressing A good salad dressing is essential to make your recipe complete by enhancing and complementing the ingredients of the dish. Make a basic salad dressing The ratio for a classic vinaigrette is three parts oil (try extra virgin olive oil,...
Make your food waste more a-peeling Save on food waste and make use of all those vegetable peelings and off-cuts. They can be kept in the fridge or freezer until you’re ready to make up a batch of stock or soup. As long as your veg parings are clean and free of dirt...
Edible flowers: What’s safe, what’s not Including flowers as decoration for foods has been around for a long time and there has been an increasing trend in their use amongst social media users, on Instagram, in particular. It certainly makes for an an eye...