White cheese queso dip can take a boring dish and turn it into an amazing one. Just try pouring some of this stuff over tortilla chips or fries, or add it to tacos, burritos, or Mexican salad. The rich, cheesy flavor and creamy texture can make your Latino dishes really stand out. Would you like …
The Mediterranean dip hummus is meant to be very creamy, fluffy, and light. It has a slightly tangy or nutty taste, and that’s because of the tahini that’s included. The bright citrus of lemon and fragrant garlic flavors give it a complex taste profile. Hummus is usually served as a dip with chips or pita …
A caprese sandwich tends to be a very vegetable heavy sandwich, with lots of ingredients that make for a very thick sandwich. When you’re making a caprese sandwich, make sure you use a thick bread that can handle all of the fillings. If you use a lighter bread like sliced white bread, it won’t be …
Have you gotten on the overnight oats trend yet? This is a high fiber food with lots of nutrients, and it can be even more nutritious for you than cooked rolled oats. When you soak the oats overnight, that breaks down the starch from the oats and then improves nutrient absorption. What this does is …
It takes a long time to cook dry beans, but the actual amount of time you spend handling them is very little. If you’ve held off from cooking dried beans before because of the time involved, you may find that it’s worth it to learn how to make dry beans. It’s such an inexpensive food …
Butternut squash is an autumn favorite, often cooked alongside turkey, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, and other foods you might have during the holiday season. What I love when I cook butternut squash is that it’s already so flavorful that very little seasoning is necessary. If you’ve not learned how to cook butternut squash before, you …
You may be curious as to how you can use chickpeas and various other types of dried beans and peas. If you know how to cook a dried red beans or dried black beans, chickpeas can be cooked and prepared in a similar fashion. Knowing how to cook chickpeas gives you so many options, and …
Salmon is an all-time favourite because it’s tender, delicately flavoured, and surprisingly easy to make. The only downside is that it’s quite expensive! This is why it’s imperative to know how to prepare raw salmon for cooking, so what arrives at the dinner table is worth the spend. In this article, you’ll find everything you …
Summer comes with a whole lot of berries – that’s a fact. And so does the berry stress that includes how to wash blackberries the right way and storing them as well. Of course, there is no better way to quench summer thirst than grabbing the inviting berries you see in the market. They are …
There are lots of coffee-based drinks, and lattes are among the most popular ones. Typically, a latte is made of a mixture of steamed milk and an espresso shot, and you can prepare it with or without an espresso machine. But there are several versions and versatile additions that you can add to make a …
You’ve been invited to a Christmas party at someone’s house or at the office and now you’re wondering what to bring. What kind of food is appropriate for a guest to bring to a Christmas party? Sometimes, there will be a few rules as to what should be brought to what should not. You definitely …
Food colouring can be a joy to work with, adding a much-needed dash of colour to your dishes. It can help you change the colour of food or make the existing colour more vibrant and appealing. Colourful food certainly has definite appeal. Certain colours tell our brain that the food is ripe, ready to eat, …
So, you are throwing a party, but it will be a while before the guests show up. You made all the food, but you want to stay warm until the party starts. If you don’t keep the food warm, you’ll have to warm it up again before it’s time to eat or just serve unappetizing, …
Morel mushrooms are definitely not the easiest kind of fungi to source. They usually spring up around dead trees but not every kind of dead tree. If you miss out on getting the Morel mushrooms while the tree is dying, you’ve missed your opportunity completely. Most people find Morel mushrooms in the wild, and it …
When it comes to cooking meat, the steaks have been raised! A juicy steak that’s tender and moist is a delicacy guaranteed to make you the star of your next barbecue. Do I hear you asking how? The answer is ageing the meat. There are two techniques for meat ageing. These are dry-ageing and wet-ageing. …
I love fresh pizza from Pizza Hut, Dominos or one of the other major chains, and I like to make pizza at home from scratch. The downside to ordering pizza is that it is expensive and often very unhealthy. Those pizzas are usually drowning in fat and oil. The homemade pizza is great but it …
Do you have a frozen bag of chicken wings in your freezer that you want to cook for dinner? You’ve landed in the right place! In this article, we’ll show you the recipe for the best frozen chicken wings. Your family is in for a delightful meal tonight! How to Cook the Best Frozen Chicken …
Thanksgiving is one of the big food holidays for the year, and as it approaches, you may be thinking about what you need to cook for the big meal. Of course, you have to have a turkey, but do you know how to cook it? If you don’t get the turkey right, the rest of …
Why Letting frozen food thaw properly is important out allows it to reach a temperature where it becomes palatable or where it’s easier to cook with. If you try to cook with frozen food, you may end up with extra water in your pot or your food might not cook thoroughly. Most food can’t be …
There are a lot of foods that you can make up ahead of time and just reheat in the oven or the microwave and they taste just as good as if they were made fresh. Well, maybe not quite as good, but they taste close enough that most people will not be able to tell …
If you are confused about how to serve horseradish, there will be no confusion in your mind once you get to know how to prepare raw horseradish. The serving suggestions are mentioned below. You might have seen horseradish in the market and often wondered how to prepare it. In early spring and late fall, …
How to make grape juice is a question that can have many answers. Also, there is nothing better than a well-made grape juice prepared with the precision that you can relish afterward. Grape juice has many benefits for the human body, such as reducing the danger of blood clots, preventing any damage to your heart’s …
If you are in love with seafood and especially the ones that come in, shells, that is, the oysters, then there is nothing better than this Mignonette sauce that will help you savour this dish. Mignonette sauce for oysters finds its origin in the South of France, which is blessed with sea oysters in abundance. …
I love cooking and recently bought a grill. As a vegetarian, I grill most of the vegetables on the grill and enjoy their smoky flavors. In this process, I have tried making grilled tomatoes using the grill, which came out delicious and mouth-watering. I didn’t stop there and tried to add some flavors and tried …
Did you know the process of pickling food and veggies was started by the Mesopotamians around 2400 B.C? Salt and brine were the two most common ingredients used to increase the food’s shelf life, especially when people traveled long-distance by sea. Pickling spices makes any dish taste authentic and flavorful. It adds an aromatic fragrance …
Celery root originates from the Mediterranean area. It was used for religious purposes by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. It gained importance as a vegetable in the middle ages. Celery root is also known as Celeriac and is loaded with vitamins and minerals. While not a popular choice in cooking, it can be incorporated in …
Do you find it difficult to steam hard-boiled eggs? Peeling the shell of an egg can be a tricky job to do. Most of the time, the whites of an egg come out. To avoid this, steaming hard-boiled eggs is the best. The steaming process helps put in minimum effort to peel an egg, and …
My day starts with a cup of ginger tea, and most of my recipes have ginger as the main ingredient. But peeling and using the ginger daily requires patience as 30 grams of raw ginger makes only one tablespoon of grated ginger, which is less. So I started searching for ways for easy grating and …
If you are a beginner in cooking, separating egg yolks from egg whites can be a tedious task. Moreover, the process can pull your cooking morals down. However, you cannot just skip the process because almost all the baking recipes require separating eggs. Hence learning the right techniques becomes imperative. I recently shifted to a …
Boiling eggs on the stove to get that wonderfully hardboiled texture can seem really hit or miss. A lot of people struggle to make the shells easy to peel and to make the eggs come out with the perfect texture and hardness that they’re supposed to have. Can you make hard boiled eggs in the …
Tofu is a great way to get protein into a vegetarian diet and it’s a good substitute for meat, thanks to its chewy texture. If you don’t know how to work with tofu, how long to press tofu, or that tofu needs to be pressed in the first place, you may feel a bit overwhelmed …
Sometimes the simple ways are the best way. Today I’m going to show you how to cook asparagus in a pan. I like the crunchy texture of asparagus, and while it’s not my favorite vegetable, I know it’s really good for me. So, I’m always looking for different ways to cook it up and, of …
The pomegranate isn’t the most common fruit, so it’s not unexpected that most people aren’t sure how to cut it open or how to eat it. It looks kind of like an apple from the outside, and inside, there’s tons of seeds filling up what looks kind of like a honeycomb. People who have never …
When you season your steel cooking pans, you are making a protective coating over the surface of the pan. You do this by burning hot oil into the pan, and I’ll show you how to season carbon steel pan for proper cooking. Once you know how to season a carbon steel pan, you will create …
There are so many great uses for melted chocolate that it can be helpful to know how to melt chocolate in the microwave. You can save money by not buying already melted chocolate from the grocery and just melting your own at home in the microwave. This can be used as a topping on desserts …
Do you want your homemade lobster to look like a gourmet dish? The secret is learning how to butterfly a lobster tail. This is simply a method of cutting the hard shell of the lobster tail so that we meat spreads out in two equal halves. If you do that then when you cook the …
If you’re looking for a cheap cut of beef, top round roast is the way to go. What makes it cheap is that it is tough and lean. That means it’s not very flavourful and it can be kind of chewy, unless it is prepared properly. However, top round roast can be somewhat flavourful compared …
I have tried making and cooking meatballs a few different ways, and my consensus is that cooking them in the oven is the best way to cook them. I think it’s the simplest method and offers the least hassle and mess. These are all important points for me, because when I cook, I keep a …
Tamales are probably not as difficult to make as you might think. I know when I first tried them, I was surprised how easy they were to make, and of course I was so glad to have made them myself because they are so delicious. If you’ve never made tamales before, you may find them …
Silicone mats are usually placed between baking sheets or whatever you’re cooking. They can be used as a substitute for greasing a pan or baking sheet. If you’re baking something that is messy or sticky, knowing how to use baking silicone mat can really help. The mat can prevent your baking sheet from getting very …
I’ve noticed that a lot of people these days are finding their own food in the wild, like herbs and wild mushrooms. There is a growing interest in trying to source natural foods as much as possible, which is why places like Whole Foods and green grocers markets have done so well in recent years. …
You can make grilled boneless chicken thighs that are tender and succulent and that everybody in the family will enjoy. This is a great meat to cook up on the grill when you’re having cookout, and it’s not too difficult to make. I want to share with you some important tips and directions on how …
If you like how healthy oatmeal is but aren’t too crazy about the taste, then you may be interested to know about how to make plain oatmeal taste good. I know oatmeal is good for me, but the thought of having plain oatmeal for breakfast isn’t enough motivation to get me out of bed in …
Bok choy is a staple of Chinese food. It’s crunchy texture, slightly better flavor, and varied nutrients make it a good addition to your stir fry. I want to share how to prepare bok choy in a number of ways to help you expand your at-home cooking possibilities. Depending on what you are making, the …
I love making cookies of all kinds for myself and for family members. They usually come out pretty good, but that wasn’t always the case. When I first started making cookies, a lot of times they would come out flat or burnt or overly crispy or even kind of greasy. I wondered what I was …
Have you ever tried blanching your vegetables? This is a method of heating and then freezing the vegetables that traps in their nutrients keeps them from degrading. It is very useful for anyone who is trying to freeze veggies and who wants them to stay fresh while in the freezer and while being stored over …
Did you know that you can cook a sweet potato in the microwave? This method is much faster than baking in the oven or roasting, and it produces some very similar results. I like to microwave sweet potatoes and white potatoes when I am short on time. You get a different texture than if you …
Have you ever tried to make your own pasta dough at home from scratch? It may not be the easiest thing, and you might be tempted to just buy pasta from the store after you try to make pasta on your own, but there are definitely some benefits. You can make pasta out of any …
I know that to some people, each kind of cooking oil is interchangeable. One seems just as good as another, but substituting one for the other doesn’t always work out well. I know some people are curious about when cooking, can you substitute coconut oil for olive oil vs canola oil? All of these different …
Guava paste is a common Latin American condiment, used in a lot of different ways, but it’s not as familiar to us in the United States. I came across some in a gift basket I received not that long ago and wasn’t entirely sure what to do with it, and you may have had a …