21 Essential Cooking Tips For Every Unsure Cook

To quickly remove the seeds from your vegetables, take a melon spoon. Its rounded edge is very practical.

Put the garlic in the microwave for 20 seconds to remove the skin easily.

If a dish you have cooked has to much fat such as a chop pork, grab some ice cubes and a paper towel. Wrap the ice in the paper towel and put it on the food. The ice will attract the excess fat that will settle on the paper towel.

• Slice your kiwi in halves.
• Grab a glass and hold your fruit against the rim to slowly remove the skin. Your kiwi should fall in the glass.
• You can also use the same trick for a mango and avocado.

Are you a fan of Starbucks? Stop wasting all your money on their expensive latte. All you have to do is fill a half-full Masson jar with milk, close it with the lid, shake it vigorously for 30 seconds. Then remove the lid, put it in the microwave for 30 seconds until foamy. There you have a perfect latter for no money!

If you have trouble peeling your oranges or lemons, put your fruit in the microwave for 20 seconds and try to peel it again.

To cook your corn, put it in the microwave for 6 to 8 minutes with the peel. This one will take off of itself while cooking.

• Grab a banana and a sewing needle.
• Take your needle, tuck it into one of the corners of your banana and slide it inside, going from left to right.
• Repeat 1 inch lower, an another inch lower until you reach the bottom of your banana.
• By peeling your fruit, you will see that it will already be sliced!
• Now hand over your banana to a friend and ask them to peel it. The banana will already be cut in slices, ready to be eaten.

• To peel a boiled egg, grab a Mason jar filled with little water and put the egg in.
• Cover the top with your hand and shake well.
• Get the egg out of the jar.
• You will be able to remove the shell without much difficulty.

To extract more juice out of a lemon, take it out from the refrigerator first. Then put it in the microwave for 15 to 20 seconds.

To make your chocolate molds, all you need is a deep baking dish, brown sugar and melted chocolate.

• Place the brown sugar in the baking dish and make sure the surface is thick enough for the object that will serve to mold the shape.
• Place your object in the brown sugar, remove it gently, and drop it on the other side to be able to mold both surfaces.
• Once both sides are molded, remove the object.
• Pour your melted chocolate into the cavity left by the object and wait until it cools and dries.
• Remove the cold piece of chocolate from the brown sugar when it’s ready.

• Cut the top and the bottom of your pepper.
• Insert your knife in and move your pepper in a clockwise motion to separate it from the seeds.
• Sliced the rest of your vegetables.

Leave your brick of cheese in the freezer for 30 minutes prior grating it.

Opt once again for the freezer. Leave your onions in for 30 minutes. Do not do this trick, however, if you do not intend to cook your onions.

In order to stop you pan your boiling over while cooking pasta, lay down a wooden spoon on top of your sauce pan.

For a perfect fully roasted chicken, open it throughout its chest and lay it down in the oven on the breasts.

If you no longer have paper cups for your muffins, use some baking paper. Cut out squares and put them in the mold before putting your dough.

If you are heating a pizza in a microwave, put a bowl of water next to it. Moisture will preserve the crunchiness of the pasta.

To avoid tearing your roll of plastic wrap, store it in the fridge, as professional cooks do. When the roll is cold, the film does not tear anymore.

Break the eggs directly into your pan and instead of adding oil, add water!

Sources:

• CaféDéclic
• The Talko
• How To Make Sushi