Smart Tips For Busy Cooks –
Ajit
Patel UK Wellbeing
Do you
want tasty, healthy meals without spending hours in the kitchen?
Sometimes, it’s the little short cuts and clever tricks that can save you time
and improve your cooking. Here are some tips for savvy home chefs:
Get More Juice From Your Lemons. To save time and get more juice
from a lemon, simply roll the whole lemon across your worktop a few times
before cutting and squeezing. This causes cells inside the lemon to burst and
release their juice – giving you up to three times more juice.
Works with limes and oranges, too.
Rescue Salty Soup. If you’ve been heavy handed with
the salt, just pop a peeled and quartered potato
into the soup. The potato draws away the excess salt leaving you with a tasty
soup. Just remember to remove the potato before serving.
Say Goodbye To Garlic
Odour. Although
it may be delicious when cooked, the smell of raw garlic can remain on your
skin, even after you’ve washed your hands. To remove the garlicky smell,
rub a stainless steel spoon over your hands while rinsing.
No More Onion
Tears. Fed up
of crying when you’re preparing onions? Prevent irritated eyes by placing the
onions in a large bowl of water while preparing. This way the fumes from the onions
won’t be released into the air. Other tricks include rubbing your knife with
limejuice as the acid reacts with the onion, causing it to release less gas.
Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk. A simple way to prevent milk
from boiling over is to put a long wooden spoon across the top of the pan while
heating. The spoon breaks the surface tension caused by milk proteins and allows
the steam to escape.
Help Cream
Stay Fresh. Store
unopened packs of dairy products such as cream or cottage cheese
upside down. This creates a vacuum within the tub, helping to prevent the
growth of bacteria.
Keep Bread
Fresh. Increase
the lifespan of bread by storing it inside a plastic bag alongside a stick of
celery. The bread takes in moisture from the celery, helping it stay fresher
for longer. And because celery
has a mild taste, the flavour of the bread is not impaired.
Smart Peeler. With its knobbly lumps and
bumps, ginger is a pain to peel.
Rather than using a traditional peeler, try using the back of a teaspoon
instead. Simply rub the spoon along the contours of the ginger and the delicate
skin easily comes away.
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