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  • Hand washing romaine lettuce, with baking soda

    The art of tossing salad with lettuce Cleaning and washing is essential and a must As anyone may knows, tossing salad and lettuce from scratch may take time, no less than cooking regular dishes. The reason lies in the art and the methods in cleaning and washing the lettuce and spring mixes for the salad.…

  • Productive kitchen, cooking and cleaning habits

    Cooking and cleaning goes hand in hand A messy kitchen is a disaster area; not only it is unhealthy, it is also unproductive. Cooking in a messy kitchen is like riding a bike in a swimming pool, lots of resistance, making it almost impossible to go forward. Clean kitchen, easy as pie If the above…

  • Cooking, rush hours in the kitchen

    Timing and execution Cooking for a family meal when a bunch of hungry mouths to feed at a meal time is like a rush hour in a restaurant. Upon opening the fridge, the process starts from idea to getting your ingredients, preparation then finally cooking it for the dish. This process usually starts the second…

  • Making ice with ice tray

    Homemade ice cube, quick and easy If you don’t have one of those automatic ice maker fridge, you can still have a homemade ice factory right at your hands Cleaning and sanitizing the ice tray First, make sure you have to wash and clean your ice trays. Since these trays will be stacked, make sure…

  • Bread, what you put on your bread

    Versatile and sweet, endless combination When it comes to a quick breakfast, bread is among the favorites and justifiably so. They are versatile and could have an endless taste based on what you put on it. Bread topping ideas: Avocado Jam For those who like avocado bread, why not add some sweetness like jam before…

  • Defrosting matters, thawing it out

    Cooking really start in the kitchen The whole process of cooking does not always start by turning on the heat. It often starts where the ingredient sits and gets ready for the heat. This would make the difference when it comes to texture both in firm or soft. Texture in thawing Take a frozen chicken…

  • Cooking: heat control

    Timing and control Have you ever wondered visiting some of the mom and pop restaurants, where you might know the owner and only few people work at the kitchen but they are able to cook for everyone on the dinner during their rush hours. Cooking is really an art involving the same skills as a…

  • Healthy cooking habits

    Attention to the smoke point of cooking oil We cook to enjoy the food, it is as much important that we also enjoy the process of cooking. Lots of time, the cooking fumes in the kitchen, heating up the cooking oil past its smoke point. Breathing in these smoke could cause health issues to the…

  • Quick breakfast, fruit cereal

    Apple dices, running out of cereal?! Tired of eating the same box of cereal, day in and day out? Well next time you run out of the cereal or just want to try something new why not use fresh fruit as your cereal. Take an apple for example, it is crunchy, juicy, sweet and delicious,…

  • Iodine values of cooking oil

    Knowing how oil sticks Have you ever cooked something and found out later that you can’t even wash away the grease even with dish detergent? That has to do with the fact all oil has a certain level of saturation vs unsaturation which is measured with Iodine level. The higher the Iodine level the higher…