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Shopping Tips | Thawing Tips | Refrigerating Tips | Freezing TipsHandling and Safety Tips | Marinating Tips | Stuffing Tips | Trimming & Slicing TipsChecking Doneness | Roasting Tips | Frying Tips | Grilling & Broiling TipsSteaming Tips | Stir-fry Tips | Tenderness Tips | Light Tips | Cooking Tips
Shopping Tips:
Decide how much time and effort you want to use in preparing and cooking the cut you select.
Shopping Tips | Thawing Tips | Cooking Tips | Roasting/Baking Tips | Grilling Tips | Checking Doneness | Refrigerating Tips | Freezing Tips
Shopping Tips:
Decide the type and quality of ham that you want for your serving intentions.
Shopping Tips | Homemade Pasta Tips | Reheating Tips | Handling and Safety TipsChecking Doneness | Light Tips | Cooking Tips
Shopping Tips:
When purchasing fresh pasta, it is important that you check for the expiration date to ensure that the pasta will be fresh when you are ready to use it.
Ingredient Tips | Preparation TipsCooking & Baking Tips | Miscellaneous Tips
There are an endless number of kitchen tips available for you to try. Shown below are some popular tips that will help you in your everyday use of some common baking and cooking ingredients.
Tips
The following tips may assist in a more successful pie making experience or help you with some problem areas.
Dry Dough:
If the dough is dry and does not stick together when pinching a small piece of between your fingers, add more ice water.
Purchasing Tips | Cooking Tips | Cooking Oil Care | Olive Oil Tasting
Oils and Fats Purchasing Tips
Purchasing Tips
A product labeled "whipped butter" is regular butter that has had air beaten into it in order to increase the volume and to make it easier to spread.
Tips on Making Homemade Pasta
Strengthen your homemade pasta dough by substituting ½ cup or less of semolina flour in place of an equal amount of all-purpose flour.
If the pasta becomes sticky at any point while working with the dough, dust it lightly with flour.
Reading the Recipe | Ingredient Preparation | Scaling Your Recipe
Knowing how to follow and read your recipe will help make your cooking or baking experience a success. Properly preparing your ingredients, using proper cooking times and temperatures, and proper bakeware or cookware all assist in the success of your end product.
Lime Preparation | Lime Recipes | Tips
Limes
A small green citrus fruit providing juice or peel that is added to food dishes for a refreshing, tart flavor. It is the smallest of the citrus fruit family.
Lemon Preparation | Lemon Recipes | Tips
Lemons
An oval shaped, yellow citrus fruit with flesh that is generally contained in 8 to 10 segments. It has a bright yellow skin that can be thin and lightly textured or thick and heavier textured.
Orange Preparation | Freezing Oranges | Orange Recipes | Tips
Oranges
A baseball-sized citrus fruit that generally has an orange skin and flesh that is a segmented ball of pulp and juice wrapped in a thin semi-transparent membrane.
crock pot, slow cooker, slow cooking
Fresh Pea & Pod Pea Preparation | Fresh Pea & Pod Pea CookingDried Field Pea Preparation | Dried Field Pea CookingPea Recipes | Tips
Peas
Varieties of small round legumes that are typically classified as fresh, field or pod peas.
Egg Tips| Egg Substitutions
Egg Tips
Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled eggs may turn slightly green when cooked at too high a temperature or when the eggs are allowed to sit in the pan for long periods.
crock pot, slow cooker, slow cooking
Light Tips for Pasta Dishes
Prepare dishes flavored with vegetables and herbs rather than meats and cream sauces.
When possible, use low-fat cheese, such as ricotta or cottage cheese in place of other cheeses.
Tenderness Tips
Avoid freezing whenever possible to eliminate moisture loss that occurs during thawing. The moisture loss in thawing results in less tender meat.
Keep pork from drying out in the refrigerator by keeping it tightly wrapped.
Tenderness Tips
Avoid freezing whenever possible to eliminate additional moisture loss during thawing, which results in less tender meat.
Keep chicken from drying out in the refrigerator by keeping it tightly wrapped.
Tips - Home Flour Milling | Substitutions
Tips - Home Flour Milling
Amaranth Flour
Amaranth seeds are very small so they are difficult to grind into flour with conventional kitchen equipment.