Helpful Tips For Becoming Successful At Cooking

You should be creative regardless of what or when you are cooking. Knowing the proper

methods and how to go about applying them, will turn simple meals into amazing feasts that

everyone will remember you for. Use these tips and make some great food in your kitchen.

After you make sauce, pour the leftovers into ice cube trays and place them in the freezer.

When you need sauce for another meal, you already have individual portions, ready to grab

and reheat in a pan. Sauce cubes made this way are safe and will taste great!

It is fairly easy to dry tomatoes yourself. Try slicing a Roma in half lengthwise, or cut larger

tomatoes into 1/2 inch slices. Place cut side up on a clean cooling rack and salt lightly. The

rack should then be placed on a baking sheet in an oven set to 190 degrees for no more than

10 hours. Place them in the freezer in plastic bags. Dried tomatoes may also be stored in a

jar containing fresh herbs and olive oil. Place this in the refrigerator and be sure to use it

within 2 weeks.

Try some new ideas to add interest to sweet corn. Put coconut flakes into veggies for a Thai-

inspired dish.

Anyone Can Cook With These Basic Tips There are several different ways to warm tortillas.

One way is to heat them up in a preheated, 350 degree oven. Place the tortillas right on the

oven rack, and bake until crispy. A different, super quick way to heat your tortillas is placing

them right on your gas-powered stove top, on the metal grill right over the flame. These ways

of cooking tortillas make them taste fresher.

Fruit is especially delicious cooked on a grill. Some good grill fruits are pineapple, melons,

nectarines, and peaches. Keep grilling them until grill marks show up. Use the grilled fruit as

a topping for ice cream or a grilled pound cake.

If you set up all of your ingredients in advance, cooking can be very hassle-free. You will also

have all the ingredients you need on hand. Not only does prepping your ingredients save

time, it also saves significant stress throughout the cooking process.

Garlic's only disadvantage is that it transfers smell onto your hands. After using garlic or

other foods with odors that stick to your hands, all you need to do is rub your hands on a

piece of stainless steel, like your sink. While ridding your hands of the garlic odor, it will also

have the added benefit of preventing its transfer to other foods, as you cook.

If you want a shell for double-baked potatoes or skins with additional firmness, try using a

thick potato designed for baking. Red potatoes are too thin-skinned to hold up to a dense

filling.

Use this advice to improve every meal. When you finally make and taste your meals you can

learn that your cooking isn't all that bad. Cooking may well become something that you enjoy

and look forward to. Before long, you could be experimenting with all kinds of new recipes!