Archive Category: 'Cooking Tips'

• Corn On The Cob: Handy Cooking Guide: Fresh corn on the cob from your garden or the local farmers market is a traditional favorite for summer meals and barbecues, here are six different ways you can cook it (some surprisingly easy). I’ve included a couple videos to show the grilling methods (with directions listed for those that can’t view them). How To Grill [...]
• Cooking Tips {Vegetables} Timeless Wisdom Collection: The Timeless Wisdom collection has been a regular feature on Tipnut where we take a look at the methods and techniques used decades ago in cookery and homemaking. Today’s list will be the last bunch of Timeless Wisdom tips published on Tipnut for awhile, but they’ll be back! hese tips are from the 1930’s (and a [...]
• Kitchen Quick Tips {Eggs} Timeless Wisdom: These snippets of kitchen tips come from articles and booklets published in the 1940’s & 1950’s. Each quick tip is about eggs and how to best use them. Many you probably know but you might pick up a new trick or two with this batch. The Timeless Wisdom collection is a regular feature on Tipnut [...]
• Guide To Cooking Fresh Fish: Fish is an excellent food that if cooked the right way, soon becomes a favorite menu item. strong>Tips For Buying Fresh Fish Buy when in season. Smell should be fresh or have no odor (not fishy), look for firm elastic flesh, bright eyes and gills, and sheen on scales. Fillets and steaks should have a fresh cut [...]
• George Foreman Grill: Kitchen Cheat Sheet: Meat Grilling Times Meats Notes Grilling Time Boneless Steak Marinate if desired. Steak should be 1/2″ – 1″ thick. Grill for 4 – 7 minutes for medium rare, 6 – 9 minutes for medium. Chicken Breasts Use only boneless products. Chicken breasts can be cooked as is, or pounded for quicker cooking time. Grill until thoroughly done, about 4 – 6 minutes. Fish Fillets Cook until [...]
• Meat Budget Stretcher Tip: Stuff It!: I was preparing last week’s vintage cooking tips when I came across this and had an aha! moment: blockquote>Cut pockets in your meat and put money in your own. Filling good meat with stuffing is one of the most attractive, delicious (and simple) ways to do a bit of stretching. Chops, breast, shoulder–almost any cut can be [...]
• Oven Meals That Save Pot Watching: Tip Sheet: DO’S ul> If you’re planning a baked main dish, thumb through your favorite recipe or cookbook for a dessert or a vegetable, or both, that bake at the same temperature–not necessarily for the same time. If the dishes in your meal bake for different lengths of time, plan to put each dish into oven so that all come [...]
• 25 Vintage Cooking Tips: Timeless Wisdom: These quick tips come from a large collection of vintage tips I’ve collected from cookbooks and magazines from the 1940’s and 1950’s. Many are tried and true while others may be new to you. Enjoy! 25 Vintage Cooking Tips ol> A little oatmeal adds much flavor and richness when used as a thickener for soups. Try it. Believe it [...]
• 26 Cooking & Baking Tips: Timeless Wisdom Collection: These tips for cooking and baking are from a large collection of tips I’ve gathered together from a variety of cookbooks and magazines, most are from the 1940’s through the 1960’s. Homemaking was serious business and a lot more difficult to manage in those days so every little trick was greatly appreciated. Many were provided by [...]
• How To Make The Best Chicken Stock In Your Slow Cooker: Today’s feature tip is from The Cottage Smallholder with How To Make The Best Chicken Stock In Your Slow Cooker: This stock works with cooked chicken bones or a fresh carcass. The latter makes better stock, I think. If you remember to remove the chicken when it is cooked (1-1.5 hours depending on size) you [...]
• Pancakes & Waffles: Tips And Recipes: The Secret of Tender Pancakes Or Waffles Stir the batter with a whisk or fork just until dry ingredients are blended. The batter will be lumpy. Overmixing the batter will make the pancakes or waffles tough. Use a heavy frying pan or griddle for pancakes. Preheat the griddle in advance, the griddle or waffle iron is hot enough when [...]
• 10 Tasty Meatloaf Tips & Tricks: Mixing It Up Helpers: Some say meatloaf HAS to be mixed with your bare hands. Others say a thick wooden spoon or even a potato masher will do the job just fine. You could also put all the ingredients in a large ziploc bag, seal, then mash all ingredients together without getting your hands messy. [...]
• 12 Tips For Tasty Homemade Soup: Keep soup slowly simmering for hours rather than at a boil. This helps draw out the most flavor. Use dried herbs rather than fresh since they hold their flavor during long cooking periods. If you wish to use fresh, add the herbs at the end of cooking time. Add salt toward the end of cooking time rather [...]
• 5 Simple Tips For Cooking Perfect Pasta: I admit I’m a bit of an elitist when it comes to pasta. It has to be cooked “just right” and if it isn’t, no matter how great the sauce or other ingredients are–I find the dish just isn’t that great. If you love pasta but when you cook it the results are disappointing, it’s probably [...]
• 10 Quick Tips For Stir Fry Cooking: How would you like to eat healthy, cook fast on work nights and enjoy restaurant quality meals without the restaurant prices? Stir fry cooking is the answer, here are a few quick tips to help you get started. 10 Quick Tips For Stir Fry Cooking Stir frying is a fast way to cook but it’s the prep work [...]
• Tip Of The Day: Ketchup Bottle As Pancake Dispenser: Today’s feature is from RealSimple with a super-simple tip for making perfect sized pancakes by using a Ketchup Bottle as a Pancake Batter Dispenser: Portioning pancake batter with precision, without the usual mess of transferring batter from the bowl. Squeeze out baby-size or plate-size rounds, or add Mickey Mouse ears to a batch of silver dollars. Reward: [...]
• Crockpot Cooking Tips & Tricks: If you don’t like the taste or texture of the meat from simmering in its juices, set the meat on a layer of vegetables (like potatoes, onions or carrots) or set it on foil balls high enough to keep the meat out of the juices (see directions on this recipe for the foil ball method). Spray [...]
• 25 Cooking & Baking Tips – Timeless Wisdom Collection: These tips for cooking and baking are from a large collection of tips I’ve gathered together from a variety of books and magazines from the 1940s and 1950s…most of these are quite unique I think since I don’t recall coming across them before. 25 Cooking & Baking Tips Sift flour as it is being emptied into the [...]
• 10 Strategies to Masterful Food Preparation in Minimal Time: Today’s feature is from Dumb Little Man with 10 Strategies to Masterful Food Preparation in Minimal Time: Many people feel swamped with the immensity of their daily tasks, and often cooking is seen as a ‘luxury!’ The good news is that sitting down to a home cooked meal even on the busiest of days, isn’t impossible. [...]
• How To Make Strawberry Jam: Small Batch Making For Beginners: Today’s feature is a nice video that walks you through step-by-step how to make a small batch of strawberry jam–this is perfect for beginners! But that’s not all, the site that created the video also has plenty of pdf downloads to get your preserve-groove on (good for both beginners and pros)! If you love the idea [...]
• 50 Quick Tips For The Kitchen: Strawberry Tip: Wash freshly picked strawberries & then take a wide plastic straw and insert it at the bottom of a strawberry–then push the stem out. This was previously published as a feature tip on Tipnut for Ask Your Neighbor – Helpful Household Tips. Measuring Tip: Rinse measuring cup in hot water before using syrup, oil, [...]
• Use The Finger Test To Check The Doneness Of Meat: Today’s feature tip is from Simply Recipes with a neat How To – The Finger Test to Check the Doneness of Meat: This is one of those things that gets easier with practice. The next time you cook a steak, even if you are still planning to rely on a meat thermometer, press on the meat [...]
• Grilling Tips: 12 Ways To Kick Up The Flavor: Grill chicken with the skin on and rub seasonings under the skin, pull the skin off after chicken has cooked (if you prefer skinless chicken). This keeps the chicken moist and allows the seasonings to infuse the meat. For added flavor, remove steak from grill once it’s done then brush with some garlic parsley butter–yum! (substitute [...]
• Kick Up A Casserole With Herb Crusts: Today’s feature is from The Breakaway Cook with Thyme Crust — Add Herby Crusts to Everything!: I’ve been hooked on crusts for a while now, and am on constant alert for new ones. My latest infatuation is with herb crusts, made simply by combining fresh herbs with small amounts of crusty bread, salt, and pepper. What do [...]
• How To Cook For A Vegetarian Guest: Today’s feature is from Bohemian Revolution with Cooking for Vegetarian Guests: As people get more aware of vegetarianism, and the various types of vegetarians/vegans or reasons for vegetarianism, I hear a lot of people expressing confusion or anxiety around how to make sure a vegetarian guest will be happy with a meal. Quick Takeaways: Skip the bacon bits [...]