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 Ethnic Cooking
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Cooking Tips
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| Some of the most basic tips for cooking are the products of common sense. For instance if you want to fry four eggs at the same time, crack two each into two bowls, then add them at the same time to the hot pan. All the eggs will be done at once!
Cook's Illustrated Magazine prints tips from readers each month, such as the above one, which shows the value of a great cooking guide. You never know what new tips for cooking that you will discover!
Need some quick cooking help? Here are a few more great ideas from Best Kitchen Quick Tips:
- To test if your kitchen knife is sharp enough, try cutting through a piece of plain paper. If your knife can't cut paper into ribbons, then it needs to be sharpened.
- To keep from making a big mess when using a hand mixer, poke the beaters through parchment paper before attaching them to the mixer. Put the paper down to the bowl and splatters won't happen.
- Sometimes when cooking with strong-smelling ingredients, such as garlic, you can't get the smell off. Try using mouthwash instead.
Other than ordering takeout, there is no way to make cooking go fast as you might want it to, but there are quick cooking tips to get meals on the table when you are in a hurry. Most chefs recommend having basic items in the larder so you can throw together a meal even if you can't make it to the grocery store. Rachael Ray, in her book Express Lane Meals, says she keeps pasta, extra virgin olive oil, tomatoes, canned beans, cheese and salami. Most people could manage to make something of those ingredients. For those in need of more cooking help, what you could do is boil the pasta, toss in the olive oil, chopped tomatoes and top with cheese. Dinner in a flash!
Healthy cooking tips include thinking of your entire week's menu, not just one meal or one day. One day may be overly filled with proteins but the next day could balance it out with more vegetables or fruit. In addition, try substituting some of the fats that you ordinarily use with more healthy ones. For instance, using extra virgin olive oil in place of butter or lard would lower the fat content.
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Spotlight On: Baking
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| Baking is more a science than art. Precise measurements have to be followed, from temperatures to volumes to ingredients. There is usually little room to improvise, but this means that if you can follow precise baking recipes, you can bake! Baking is a dry heat process, where heat is transferred from a pan to the food.
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Spotlight On: Holiday Cooking
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| Holidays are often looked at with dread by most hosts. What to serve, how to serve it, what do people like (are there any allergies) are always at the top of the list when planning. But holiday recipes don’t have to be hard. In fact, holiday cooking can be a great joy if you look at it with the right attitude. If you have children, try making fun holiday recipes that all of you can do together, such as making cookies or first courses.
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Spotlight On: Quick Meals
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| In our busy world, we often want quick meals, but this does not mean it has to be fast food or takeout, which often ends up not being good for us. Easy quick meals are very desirable to people who work all day, possibly have kids who need to do their homework, and have household chores left at the end of the day. Rachael Ray of the Food Network, whose show, 30-Minute Meals is popular for a reason! She offers quick and easy meals that anyone can tackle. Some of her quick dinner ideas include pastas, pizzas and salads. These can be made with little fuss and yet are crowd-pleasers.
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Spotlight On: Healthy Eating
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| Every January 1, we all vow to eat better and live a healthier lifestyle. Even if every meal isn’t healthy, make a strong effort to eat as many healthful foods as you can each day. Another trick to eating healthy is remembering that eating a healthy diet can be as flavorful and satisfying as any meal. Just follow these few tips and your recipes will be delicious and healthy.
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Spotlight On: Ethnic Cooking
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| In recent years, every small town in the United States has had an increase in the variety of ethnic restaurants. Not only the requisite Chinese, but also Indian, Mexican, Cuban, Jamaican and so on have found a receptive audience for each type of cuisine. A whole panoply of different cuisines have popped up everywhere. Along with the restaurants, ethnic food products can be easily be found in most supermarkets. There are even ethnic food markets in almost every major city in the United States. Ethnic food stores might specialize in Russian foods, Asian foods, Mexican foods and more.
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