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Head Of Garlic Halved: Different Uses And How To Make One?

Last Updated By Lita Watson

If you have a head of garlic halved, how would you intend to use it? Are you out of idea what to with it? Well, you shouldn’t be!

Why? It is because you can use this halved head of the garlic in several dishes. And what do you think is the result? It could take the flavor of your dish into a new and incredible level.

Compared to other types of flavors, having a halved garlic could be a lot easier and faster.

And you don’t have to worry about the kids biting the chunk of the garlic. If you are having trouble peeling the garlic, then why not skip this hassle at the same time improve the flavor of your dish? Read on to learn more.

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Are Canned Chickpeas Cooked And How To Use One?

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Have you gone to the supermarkets and saw some canned chickpeas? What’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Have you asked “are canned chickpeas cooked? Well, the answer to this question will be discussed later.

You also can’t deny the fact that chickpeas are a great addition to one’s diet since they are excellent legumes offering wide nutrients. So, for the answer to this question, continue reading below.

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The Ultimate Kitchen Cheat Sheet: Kitchen Tips & Cooking Hacks

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Your kitchen is one of the most essential areas in your home. A lot of people apparently consider this spot as their safe zone especially for moms and dads who really love cooking with their favorite cookware sets. However, having the perfect kitchen entails a lot of challenges when it comes to organizing, preparing, and storing.

By and large, people who currently have an amazing kitchen on their own have probably tried several processes and systems in their kitchen zones. Although it is quite a trial and error process to obtain a nice and well-functioning kitchen, you could have this by simply knowing the essentials.

Here are some of the most significant tips, hacks, and guidelines you could apply to have a very nice and perfectly-engineered kitchen in your own home.

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Do You Peel Sweet Potatoes: Important Answer You Need To Know

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You might be one of those individuals who would ask “do you peel sweet potatoes’. Well, some might really enjoy the starchy and sweet taste of these types of potatoes however in some cases you might not want the hard texture that the skin offers. With that, you might want to peel them instead.

Considered to be quite versatile, sweet potatoes could either be mashed in order to make bread or simply add them to some savory dishes. And also, they are loaded with antioxidants and vitamins. 

In fact, even the skin of sweet potatoes is rich in fiber. With that, you might doubt if there’s really a need for you to peel sweet potatoes.

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How to Serve Tamales: Step-By-Step Guide to Consider

Last Updated By Lita Watson

If you want to learn how to serve tamales, this article is right for you.
You will not have to worry when it comes to serving tamales since you will be provided with ways on how to do it right.

I wonder why many people are having issues in terms of serving tamales. Yes, tamales are among those versatile foods out there and for some, problems about how to serve tamales arise.

However, due to a wide range of regional variations of this dish, different sauces could also go along with tamales. With that, you can choose from wide side dishes if you want to serve them with tamales.

Do you want to know how to properly serve tamales? If yes, then you have to continue reading this article.

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Cooking Measurement and Conversion Infographic

Last Updated By Lita Watson

In the last section of this cheat sheet, measurement conversions and matters relating to it are basically the main subject of the sector. Is it important and essential for you to keep these things in mind especially when you are about to efficiently organize your kitchen, preparation, and cooking as a whole.

Knowing and understanding how measurements and conversions work in the kitchen world largely benefits you as a person who solely wants to organize everything in the kitchen hood. Also, you may want to check out this conversion calculator which works on Temperature, Liquid Volume and Weight (Mass).

Aside from cooking and preparing, another aspect that you could improver when learning these things is the storing.

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Meat Cuts 101: The Basic Pork, Beef, Lamb, Chicken And Fish Cuts

Last Updated By Lita Watson

There are actually 5 main meats that you could cut with your knives and cook into different kinds of meals. These meats are pork, beef, chicken, lamb, and fish.

It is important for you to note that every part of these animals have specific cooking recommendations.

Every part of each of these animals have unique features which contribute to the specific type of cooking techniques.

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How Long to Cook Fresh / Frozen Vegetables? (Printable Infographic)

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Cooking fresh and even frozen vegetables can be a bit tricky task to do. When you lack the specific time needed, you’ll end up with uncooked veggies.

On the other hand, you’ll end up having overcooked vegetables when you exceed the time recommended.In both cases, veggies subjected for cooking cannot achieve their best qualities when it comes to taste and appearance.

Accordingly, here is a quick guide you could follow when cooking fresh and frozen veggies. Note that there is quite a difference when cooking fresh and frozen foods.

Evidently, you will need more time when you deal with the frozen ones as they need to be melted first.

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How to Organize Food in The Refrigerator (Infographic)

Last Updated By Lita Watson

If you want to have a neat and well-organized kitchen generally, you need to be efficient primarily in organizing the food you keep in your refrigerator.

Apparently, there is no specific rules or guidelines you need to follow when it comes to food organization. It will largely and significantly dependent on different factors. These factors usually include the design and interface of your refrigerator and the regular foods you store in your kitchen.

Nevertheless, it is important for you to know the most advisable and recommendable ways and tips you could apply in organizing food.

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Food Storing Guide: Storage Times for the Refrigerator and Freezer

Last Updated By Lita Watson

The very basic thing you need to fully understand in keeping your kitchen neat and pleasant on a regular basis is the storage times of each food and consumable. By knowing and identifying the ideal storage times for your refrigerators and freezers can largely help you to freeze your foods (eg. smoked salmon, baked bean and cheese) and keep all consumables in good quality.

In addition, you lessen the risks of having to dispose your favorite dishes and foods because of expiration dues. Not only that you could save effort and time but you are also saving costs efficiently.

Now, refrigerators are always seen with temperatures rated at 40 degrees Fahrenheit and below. While most foods are stored and kept for quality saving in refrigerators, freezers or coolers have also their own great purposes. The average temperature where most freezers are set is at 0 degrees Fahrenheit and below.

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A Quick Guide To The Paleo Diet for Athletes: The Truth For Runners

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Every time I go through my athletic shoes collection, I find it really amusing that all these years I have been very active with my lifestyle. However, I have come to a point wherein I struggled when it comes to the food I eat.

Up until the recent times, I am still having challenges and difficulties in managing my diet. The same is true for many active people and athletes nowadays. There is no doubt to that. By and large, having a proper and balanced diet can be really daunting and challenging.

Nevertheless, athletes like you should be strict with the food consumption on a daily basis. Although some tend to be very keen on their diets, most of the foods today are already processed and unnatural.

This is one good reason why paleo diet has become a trend in the recent times.

Now, a paleo diet is apparently a type of diet wherein the only things that you consume are foods that are available in the Paleolithic period or the Stone Age. Yes, stone age – meaning the food are all natural and unprocessed.

So, how to achieve efficiently a paleo diet that can cope up with your active lifestyle?

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Quick Easy Cook’s Top Food and Cooking Blogs To Follow

Last Updated By Lita Watson

There are a lot of Blog Sites about food out there, and it could take you eons to figure out what suits your cravings. But don’t worry, we have compiled the best and most delicious food sites out there, with short and concise descriptions so you can pick and select your preference of satisfaction.

Below is the list of the tastiest websites that you can follow. Most of them provide step by step instructions or tutorials on all kinds of healthy recipes, from breakfast, appetizer, brunch, dinner, dessert and anything in between. From online Ingredients, cooking tips , techniques, infographics , we’ve got it all here for you!

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Choosing the Best Palm Shortening Substitute for Your Recipes

Last Updated By Lita Watson

There are many possible reasons why you would want to search for the best palm shortening substitute for your recipes. Some of the possible reasons are as follows:

  • You’re on a paleo diet – Paleo dieters have issues with harvesting and using palm tree products.
  • You are concerned about environmental and social issues – Even if you’re not on Paleo diet, you are probably aware of the issues on deforestation (animals losing their homes and going extinct, etc.), forced labor and child labor, etc.
  • Palm shortening is not always available in your kitchen – It’s always good to know how to substitute ingredients if you’re a regular cook in your home

No matter what your reason is, I will present you with several palm shortening substitutes in this post.

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How to Reheat Biscuits – 4 Effective Ways to Reheat Biscuits at Home

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Freshly baked biscuits are the best – but it’s impossible to make a fresh batch every single time you feel like eating these delicious goodies. What you can do, therefore, is to make a large batch of biscuits and simply reheat them.

In this post, I will show you 4 simple tricks on how to reheat biscuits. By using the methods I’m about to tell you, you will get to enjoy previously made biscuits as if they’re freshly baked.

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Quick and Easy: How To Melt Nutella In 4 Easy Ways

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Nutella is a versatile ingredient – and it can also be eaten as is (it’s everybody’s favorite, too!).

Since soft Nutella is needed in recipes for cakes, cupcakes, and other types of desserts, you should know how to melt Nutella. It can harden up in the fridge, you know – and that’s where it should be stored if you want, to prolong its life. Also, some people have “ant problems” – that’s why they have no other choice but to keep an open bottle of Nutella in the refrigerator.

If you’re using Nutella as the spread on your toasts, you undoubtedly need it soft and spreadable too, right? I know how it is to spread hardened up Nutella on a piece of soft bread – it’s like murdering the bread.

The truth is, it’s not that hard to soften up Nutella so that you can enjoy it in its best texture. In this particular article, I will present you with 4 easy ways on how to melt Nutella. Watch out for some simple Nutella recipes, too!

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What is Swede (Amazing Facts and Delicious Recipes)

Last Updated By Lita Watson

What is swede? Have you even heard about it? If not, this post is for you. And if you are already familiar with it, please continue to read on. I’m sure you’ll learn a lot of new things about Swede in this article.

Let’s begin.

Swede or Rutabaga (its other name) is a root vegetable. It is also referred to as Swedish Turnip (or Swede Turnip) – that’s why it’s called “swede.”

In reality, swede is a cross between a cabbage (a very common leafy vegetable) and a turnip (also a popular root vegetable). In fact, the tops of a Swede can be eaten as a leafy vegetable and the main part can be consumed as a root crop.

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5 Simple Tips on How to Make Store Bought Frosting Better

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Cakes and cupcakes need frostings to make them taste better and look better as well. Although homemade frostings are definitely more superior in quality (taste, color, texture, etc.) than store bought products, they are a little harder to do (as they require more time and effort).

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This post will provide you with 5 tips on how to make store-bought frosting better. Let’s accept it, we sometimes cheat on this part of decorating cakes and cupcakes because it’s easier to just buy ready-made frostings from the store. In this day and age, there are so many options to choose from when it comes to frosting flavorings such as vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, cookies, and cream, etc.

Well, it’s ok to cheat once in a while, especially when you’re out of time. But for those special occasions when you want to make delicious frostings, tweaking store-bought products can also work.

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18 Healthy Foods That Will Make You Smarter

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Everybody wants to become smarter.But this does not just come easily.You need to take the right diet. Research has been conducted on different foods and their effect on brain.It has been confirmed that certain foods improve cognition,thereby making people to become smarter.

Such foods contain natural compounds which help to boost brain function.We are going to look at these foods to enable you make better choice when it comes to selecting brain boosting foods.

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Can You Freeze Smoked Salmon? (How to Do it Right)

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Can you freeze smoked salmon? I’m giving you the answer right now – yes.

Smoked salmon, whether whole or half or fillet can be kept in the freezer to prolong its life. So, don’t worry – if you’ve cooked a lot of salmon and have some leftovers, you can just put the dish in the freezer.

In fact, if you like, you can even make smoked salmon in advance for quick meals during the week.

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The Best Substitute for Feta Cheese and Other Amazing Facts

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Have you ever wondered what the best substitute for Feta Cheese is?

There’s no need to panic if you’re preparing a recipe that calls for Feta Cheese – and suddenly realize that you ran out of this type of cheese.

Read on as I will give you 10 substitutes for Feta Cheese. And if you’re a cheese lover like me, you’ll appreciate the other amazing cheese facts I have for you (such as What is Feta cheese? What is Mozzarella cheese? And more).

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CHOP SUEY VS CHOW MEIN: ARE THEY THE SAME?

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Chinese people have spread all over the world for hundreds of years. And so is their incredibly delicious cuisine. Including the chop suey and the chow mein.

But a lot of people tend to get confused with this two so in this article, you'll be getting to know them so just keep reading and here is the Chop Suey VS Chow Mein: What’s the Difference

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Awesome Tricks On How To Reheat Pulled Pork

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Pulled pork is a favorite among many people because this recipe is delicious and versatile.

You can basically pair it with bread or rice or eat it with beans, potatoes, and coleslaw. Of course, they’re most popular as sliders. Click here for slider recipes (video).

Sliders 4 Ways Via Tasty

If you accidentally or purposely cooked a lot of this dish – there’s nothing to worry as long as you know how to reheat pulled pork.

There are tricks and techniques to retaining the moist, juicy quality of pulled pork, you know. Reheated pulled pork can then be your food for several days.

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Secrets Of Sushi: What Does Sushi Really Taste Like?

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Some people love it, some people doesn't even want to look at it. There are also some people who cringe just by the mention of its name. But when you ask them if they have already tried it, they’ll say NO. They just don't know what it really tastes like.

People always think that sushi is basically just raw fish. So they base it from there and would think it is all slimy and has a foul odor. If you are one of these people, just keep reading so you’ll know what you're missing.

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1,2,3 Peppers Storage Method – How To Store Peppers

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Peppers make a lot of dishes brighter with its colors and more delicious because it gives such a kick on everything.

That is why we always want to keep a pepper or two in our kitchen, but how do you know how to do it the right way? No worries, here are easy ways when it comes to storing peppers.

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How Long Does Cooked Salmon Last In The Fridge

Last Updated By Lita Watson

We all know how dangerous it is to eat spoiled food since it might cause food poisoning. Especially if it is a type of fish like salmon. So how do we know if the salmon that we are cooking is still good?

And how about the leftover salmon that you have in your fridge? Keep reading to know the proper ways of storing cooked salmon and everything else you need to know.

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Fennel It Is: All About Fennels And Fennel Seed Substitute

Last Updated By Lita Watson

All out of people don't have any idea what fennels are so they don't know how versatile and healthy they are.

It is such a shame that not a lot of people know about this but they are actually pretty good especially if you love celery but unfortunately not everyone has access to it so in this article we won’t just talk about fennels but also it's alternatives.

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Top 10 Restaurant Where They Cook In Front Of You

Last Updated By Lita Watson

It has become a thing now that when you go to certain Japanese restaurants they don't just make you wait for your food, but instead, they actually cook it right in front of you.

Just keep reading to know more about these restaurants and which ones are the best.

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12 of the Best Masa Harina Substitute Ingredients Recipes

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Masa Harina or dough (masa) flour (harina) is also called Mexican flour because it’s widely used in said country. However, although this is a common ingredient in Mexico and other Latin American countries, it is not available everywhere.

That’s why the best masa harina substitute has been a common problem for most people.

As we all know, food recipes are universal and we all use them. It would be sad if you can’t make a particular recipe just because you can’t find this simple ingredient that can be substituted anyway.

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Can You Freeze Baked Beans? How to Do it Right

Last Updated By Lita Watson

A Baked beans dish is a simple, versatile recipe – that’s why it’s popular for quick meals and potlucks.

But what if you made too much of the dish and are left with some (or a lot) of leftover baked beans? Can you freeze baked beans so as not to waste food?

The quick answer is yes – you can freeze baked beans, but you have to do it right. This way, the already cooked food will remain fresh and safe for consumption.

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Potato Madness: Quick & Easy! How To Steam Potatoes?

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Potatoes have been one of the world’s favorite vegetable. It is very versatile and you can literally do any type of cooking with it and you can simply add it on basically any dish. But not everyone knows how to steam potatoes the right way, not to mention it is pretty easy too.

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