Tips

Baked Potato: For faster and better texture, boil potatoes for 10 minutes on medium high and then bake them for 30 minutes at 400 degree

Cake: To slice a cake without crumbling it, freeze it, then thaw it and slice it.

Onion: If your eyes start to water when cutting onions, try submerging the onions in water while chopping

Onion: To cook onions faster add a pinch of salt. Salt will stimulate onions to leave its moisture faster and helps cooking faster...

Sugar : To prevents ants, place 3-4 cloves  in your sugar container...

Store bread: To store excess bread for longer use, freeze it in the freezer. Thaw slowly in the fridge just before use .It It will be as good as the fresh bread...

Avoid milk or other liquid overflow: When boiling milk or other liquids, put a metal spoon in the pot. The metal deflects heat and will prevent the milk or other liquids from over flowing, saving you from sticky clean ups ...

To keep celery crisp for weeks, keep them wrapped in aluminum foil and refrigerate ...

Vegetable: For retaining the bright green color of your green vegetables, after blanching them,  shock them with an ice cold water drenching ...

Browning: If you are browning meat or anything else in oil and it sticks to the pan when you try to turn it. Take the pan off the burner and allow it to sit for a minute or two.  The moisture in the food will loosen it from the pan and you can then turn it easily...

Seafood smell: To suppress the seafood smell rub it with salt and turmeric powder before cooking. This prevents the whole housee5 from smelling fishy while cooking...

Garlic Bread: To make quick garlic breadsticks,  split a hot dog bun into two halves lengthwise. Mix chopped garlic and salt in butter and dribble over the bread. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes at 400 deg F...

Pasta: To cut time cook pasta beforehand  and refrigerate it, for up to two to three days.  When it is time to make it, simply put it in a colander and place it directly into boiling water for one minute...

For free flowing salt  add a little uncooked rice grains  with the salt in the salt shaker ...

To have crisper cabbage for cole slaw, shred the cabbage and soak it in salted ice water for 15 minutes and then drain...

For refreshing ice cubes that can be used in any drink, fill your plastic ice cube trays with water and  pureed fresh mint mix and freeze it. Use the cubes in punches or even iced teas or as required ...

Biscuit Tip : For crisp biscuits on the outside and flaky in the middle, roll dough thin and   fold it over once before cutting out biscuits. ...

Fish Tip: To see if fish is fresh, press it firmly just behind the gills in the fleshy area with your fingertips.  If the flesh doesn't spring back, or an indentation stays for some time, the fish is not fresh...

Measuring Cup: There are two kinds of measuring cups. One for dry ingredients which has a round top. And one for liquid ingredients which has a lip for pouring.  Be sure to use the correct cup when preparing a recipe  or the measurement will be wrong ...

Cauliflower: To avoid the cauliflower to turn yellow before cooking, keep it soaked in water and  add a little milk to it   ...

Flour Tip: Sift flour  before measuring when in doubt about measurement  ...

Cake Tip: To prevent cake from sticking to the pan,  put the pan on a wet towel  as soon as you take it out of the oven ...