Roast chicken the world’s easiest main dish to make, but these days you’ll be celebrated as a marvelous cook if you put one on the table. You can read a lot of semi-complicated recipes, but essentially this is all you need to do: Buy a whole Smart Chicken. (Among its other joys, it is packaged [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cooking tips'
Tip: Grow your own herbs
April 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Cooking tips, Food selection, General
Any food lover knows that fresh herbs just taste better than dried ones, but the fresh ones are expensive and often require buying a lot more than you want. What to do? Grow you own. The easiest way to grow them is to take a trip to the garden center and buy little plants already [...]
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Tip: Make your own ready-to-eat salad greens
April 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments · Cooking tips, Tools
Love green salads. Hate fooling with lettuce prep. Here’s the easy way: Buy lettuce or pick it from your garden. Separate leaves and place in a salad spinner. Wash and dry lettuce in salad spinner. Pour off any accumulated water, put the lid back on, and stick the whole thing in your refrigerator. Voila! Fresh, [...]
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Tip: Grating citrus rind
April 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Cooking tips, Tools
Instead of rubbing the orange or lemon against the grater, lay the fruit on a cutting board and move the grater against the fruit as you hold it steady with one hand. You’re probably quicker than I am, but it took me decades in the kitchen to figure this one out. If you’re doing it [...]
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