As I’m keen to reduce the amount of food waste we produce, I’ll often freeze half a loaf of bread or bread rolls if I know we’re not going to eat them before they go stale. However, it can be tricky to defrost bread without it getting soggy.
While sometimes cooking fancy food can seem a little bit scary, the more you do it, the easier it gets. You’ll also start learning lots of little tricking along the way that make life easier or that are a quick fix when everything seems to be going wrong. Here are 15 of my favourite awesome food hacks, honed from years of working in a professional kitchen.
Everyone knows how delicious Nutella is and it’s even better when it’s warm and melted. Why would you want to melt Nutella you might ask? Well, there are lots of reasons; to get the last little bits out of the jar, to use in a recipe, to use as delicious topping for ice cream – the list goes on and on. This post explains exactly how to melt Nutella – even if it’s only to make your toast extra delicious in the mornings!
I love to cook, but I’m also pretty lazy. There are definitely days when cooking a meal completely from scratch is the last thing I want to do. Using cheat ingredients helps me to create tasty meals with minimal fuss, even when I really don’t feel like it!
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