Category: Cooking Tips

This easy method to tell if eggs are fresh will mean you’re not throwing good eggs away because the date on the box has passed, or you’ve got

If you’re looking for a substitute for wine in cooking, then there are many suggestions out there, but some of them can make you feel nervous that the

I make individual pastry sheets from a roll of ready rolled pastry so that I can use them individually to make a savoury slice or pie. They are

I need a substitute for flaked millet for my Christmas Nut Roast.  I’m using the Cranks Cashew and Brazil Nut Roast as my base recipe, but I’m then

I’ve just bought a whole broccoli head as it’s part of this week’s special offers. Broccoli needs to be eaten quite quickly, but there are ways of storing

When I buy chicken balls in batter from a Chinese takeaway there’s always far too much for me – I’ll most often reheat the chicken balls the following

Have you ever wondered how much 1 litre of milk weighs?  It’s not something most people even think about, or need to ever know about – but one

I love potato salad – eating most of it as a quick meal or side dish in the summer – but when you’re cooking for one it’s not

I’ve not ever tried to cook couscous WITH a hob, in fact I was staggered when I saw somebody on the television Come Dine With Me programme doing just

Chantenay carrots are small and sweeter than the long/hard carrots you can buy in a greengrocers.  They don’t take as long to cook. You can cook them the

I usually cook by eye, guessing how much I’ll need to cook, but sometimes I deliberately weigh food to see how much there is in weight.  I’ve got

Boiled eggs are straight forward to store – you can store hard boiled eggs in the fridge for a couple of weeks.  Usually, though, if you’re like me,