One of the best ways to prevent food waste in the kitchen is knowing what can and can’t be frozen. As hard as we try, it’s not always easy to make an exact amount of a dish, especially when comes to rice and pasta. There are also occasions where we want plenty of leftovers - for taking to work for lunch the next day, or to freeze for a tasty homecooked meal later on in the week. Can you freeze risotto? Read on to find out.
Christmas Dinner. The Big One. One of the most important meals of the year. It can feel like a huge amount of pressure - especially if you’ve never done it before, you’re not a confident cook, or you’re catering for a lot more guests than you’re used too. To take the pressure off a little, here are my Christmas Dinner Time Savers meaning you can spend more time with the ones you love on Christmas morning and less time stressing in the kitchen
While sometimes cooking fancy food can seem a little bit scary, the more you do it, the easier it gets. You’ll also start learning lots of little tricking along the way that make life easier or that are a quick fix when everything seems to be going wrong. Here are 15 of my favourite awesome food hacks, honed from years of working in a professional kitchen.
Everyone knows how delicious Nutella is and it’s even better when it’s warm and melted. Why would you want to melt Nutella you might ask? Well, there are lots of reasons; to get the last little bits out of the jar, to use in a recipe, to use as delicious topping for ice cream - the list goes on and on. This post explains exactly how to melt Nutella - even if it’s only to make your toast extra delicious in the mornings!
I love to cook, but I’m also pretty lazy. There are definitely days when cooking a meal completely from scratch is the last thing I want to do. Using cheat ingredients helps me to create tasty meals with minimal fuss, even when I really don’t feel like it!