When you cook without herbs and spices meals turn out bland, at best. If you’re unsure how to use herbs in cooking, keep reading.
Before you begin your foray into cooking with herbs, it’s important to know where you would expect to use them. Some herbs are used more with savory recipes while others will be used in dessert recipes. You may also find a few herbs which can be used in both.
Determine to try a different herb each week. Look for a couple of recipes which use new herbs you’d like to try. Prepare about three new recipes using the herb and see how your family likes them.
The following ideas will teach you how to begin using herbs and making meals which are more palatable. Continue reading
Here’s a versatile tool that will give you back countless hours of your busy life. Kitchen shears have a million and one uses. Below, find a few examples. I personally use these really good kitchen shears that have more useful functions.
One-pot cooking. If your goal is to wash as few dishes and pots as possible, kitchen shears are a must for meal-making. Use them to chop up meat and veggies right in the pan as you’re cooking. Your family might make fun of you at first (real chefs use a real chef’s knife)… but you’ll have the last laugh when you catch them doing the same thing!
Chopping herbs. Give a rough snip to fresh herbs like parsley or cilantro right over top of your food using kitchen shears. That’s one less knife and one less cutting board you’ll have to wash. Continue reading
1 – Heavy duty kitchen shears are ideal for trimming fat from roasts, cutting up chicken or snipping herbs and small pieces of vegetables. Recommended: KitchenAid All Purpose Kitchen Shears with Protective Sheath
2 – A small kitchen funnel is handy for when you have several half used bottles of juice, milk, salad dressing or wine and want to easily store them in one bottle. Recommended: Norpro Stainless Small Funnel Set
3 – Having a meat tenderizer will not only let you tenderize tougher cuts of beef, but also make chicken, turkey and pork cutlets more tender. Recommended: Jaccard Tenderizer
4 – A cheese grater can also be used for chocolate shavings, lemon and lime peel zest and putting attractive garnishes on dishes quickly. Recommended: Microplane Classic Grater/Zester Continue reading
The first step to organizing your kitchen is to develop work stations. Having your kitchen organized in this way results in making your kitchen work for you, not against you. When you can take the fewest steps to get to what you need, all the cooking and cleaning becomes much easier… and even can be enjoyable! Let’s take a look at arranging your kitchen stations for the most convenient way to work. Continue reading
