Posted in Cooking Tips on Jun 6th, 2010
Bread Crumbs make super crispy toppings when baked in the oven and are good for binding homemade burgers. They are also great for schnitzel. It’s a good idea to always have a supply handy, so I turn all unwanted bread ends/crusts into bread crumbs and freeze until required. It’s so easy – just put the [...]
Posted in Cooking Tips on May 30th, 2010
The next time you have roast chicken, don’t throw away the carcass – use it to make this chicken stock recipe. Chicken stock is a fantastic base for soups and with winter upon us – in Australia at least – there couldn’t be a better time to make your own chicken stock. The preparation for [...]
Posted in Cooking Tips on Apr 15th, 2010
Okay, ten seconds might be pushing it – but it certainly wont take ten minutes! Just follow this how to make salad dressing recipe and you’ll wonder why you’ve been buying salad dressings for so many years. This is a basic salad dressing and this recipe will make enough to dress a family sized salad. [...]
Posted in Cooking Tips on Nov 12th, 2009
I’ll shortly be posting a dinner in ten minutes recipe that’s great served with Couscous, so thought I’d get one step ahead of myself and give you some tips on cooking nice fluffy Couscous. Here goes:- Cooking Tips I always use a cup measure to make Couscous. If you don’t have an actual cup measure, [...]
Posted in Cooking Tips on Nov 5th, 2009
Just a quick post on cooking rice in a microwave. White Rice Most microwaves today have a cooking rice option and if you haven’t yet tried it, I suggest you do. It’s quick and easy and makes excellent fluffy rice. Here are a few tips to help you:- Some rice needs rinsing in cold water [...]
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