Home Cooking - Helpful Hints and Tips Reviews

****************** ~Notes from Luigi~ ****************** I can think of two very good reasons, just from the top of my head, why everyone should partcipate in "home cooking". Firstly it is healthier; Secondly it is cheaper. The problem is alot of people perceive home cooking as ...  Read the complete review

These days I cook nearly all our meals from scratch apart from the odd quick snack or occasional take-a-way. Meals cooked from scratch usually taste better, unless I am trying out an experiment, which can sometimes go very wrong. I try not to let it worry me if something does go wrong though. It is the best way to learn what ...  Read the complete review

What I have learned about cooking, I have learned from books and from my own experimentation in the kitchen. That said, I definitely prefer to cook things myself rather than to buy pre-prepared meals from a supermarket. Here are some of my tips: When you are buying an ingredient for one specific meal, look for other meals ...  Read the complete review

Food is an incredibly important aspect of life, and being able to prepare it equally so. Especially as we live in an age where wild ready meals lumber about all over the place, low in taste, high in fat and salt. What follows is an incredibly easy process for making your own pizza. Tastes better than the supermarket, is a bit ...  Read the complete review

Cooking tips I would be the first to admit that I am not a naturally talented cook. However I do love cooking, these tips have just come from my own personal experience and I hope that they may be helpful or interesting to someone....somewhere.... 1) Learn the basics for certain dishes.... I am referring to ...  Read the complete review

Many, many years ago there was a girl who moved out from her parent's home and went to University. She loved her new apartment and all the freedom that came with that but after tow weeks she was running short on money and couldn't afford having a Take Away every night anymore. That pretty much sums up my experience when I ...  Read the complete review

My grandma had diabetes but she loved sweets so much she would sometime try anything and everything to eat them. When I was with her when she was sick I would read so many recipe books and websites to try and make something she loves but with minimum sugar content. If you are diabetic or health conscious and want to avoid the sugary ...  Read the complete review

Normally I would suggest the best tip for home cooking is to go to someone else home and let them cook that way you do not have to worry about the clearing up afterwards, you can make a half hearted offer but most hosts tell you not to worry and then you can sit back and relax with a clean conscience, naturally at some point you have to ...  Read the complete review

Ever thought of trying your hand at making a home made cake? Surely no one could resist the thought of being able to savour warm cake fresh out of the oven. If you've never made a cake before, or struggled to make one, let me give you a few tips to bake a perfect cake. Ingredients --------------- A basic cake ...  Read the complete review

I enjoy cooking in the kitchen, and over the years have accrued (via my mother, books and my own personal experiences) a few hints and tips which I will pass on. Obviously, some of you will already know about these hints and tips, but in the hope I can make the 'kitchen experience' a little bit easier for those of you who don't, then the ...  Read the complete review

I dont know about you, but I love cooking, and I also love watching tv shows that teach you how to cook decent meals. In my honest opinion, I dont think that food taste the same unless you have made it yourself, and I especially love the feeling you get when you actually get to enjoy the food you have made. These days, it is so easy to ...  Read the complete review

We all know that home cooking is a lot better for us that buying convenience foods and bunging them in the oven or microwave. Sometimes there just isn't the time to prepare such meals and the fail save oven ready dishes are quickly grabbed from the freezer. Recently I have been trying to prepare more of my meals to save both time ...  Read the complete review

Home cooking is the best cooking of all but, of course, not everyone has the time these days. I remember my Mum was always baking something and some of that has rubbed off on me. We always had puddings when I was a child, which I also try provide but, on a working day, it is usually yoghurt with some stewed fruit; on non-working days ...  Read the complete review

I love cooking and have loved it since I was some 11 years old(ie since I got over my fright of my mum's gas hob lighting up with a whump) and I hate wasting things as the saying goes 'waste not want not'. I always tend to end up with more white bread than I could eat more often than not and hence have tried to make the best use of ...  Read the complete review

My helpful hints and tips in the 6 years since I've been cooking after leaving home are as follows: Cook rice in a deep frying pan - For some reasons (possibly because its got a greater surface area) my rice has always been perfectly cooked and fluffy when I've cook it in a frying pan as opposed to a saucepan. I rinse my ...  Read the complete review

Great low budget student of family meal !! Why not make a home made bolognese? Here is what you need: for two people: - one onion (I prefer red onions) - one large carrot - one chilli (or two if you like it really spicy, also depends on which chillis you use) - mushrooms (small pack) - some ...  Read the complete review

Roast potatos is a must have with the usual Sunday Roast.A typical English Roast. But sometimes they do not come out how you want them too.Can be soggy and tastless Here is a quick Tip on how to get your Roasties nice and Crunchy on the outside, and fluffy in the middle.And a Delicious flavour to them.I use King ...  Read the complete review

the easiest christmas recipe ever!!!! Take some good quality dark chocolate, preferably green and blacks or similar, as it will taste much richer in this recipe. Break it into pieces and melt in a glass bowl, slowly, over a medium heat.Then stir in some demerara or any other brown sugar and a few drops of peppermint ...  Read the complete review

I haved lived on my own (by choice!) for a while now and have always found it difficult to make the effort just to cook for one! For a long time I was just eating ready meals and packet meals that I could just shove in the microwave for a few minutes when I got in from work. The nutritional value to many of these meals was pretty poor ...  Read the complete review

Here are a few hints and tips I have picked over over the years: Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mould! Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking. ...  Read the complete review