I want to hear from all of you creative cooks out there! Please share your favorite cooking or kitchen tips.
You might have an unusual or unique way of using a particluar ingredient in a recipe or around the kitchen, an ingredient or ingredients that no cook should be without, a time saving technique, a cooking tool or utensil you can’t live without, a tip for quicker cleanup, or a way to cook with less mess.
For example, let me give you one of my time saving tips. When I put our eating and cooking utensils – knives, forks, spoons, mixing spoons, etc. – in the dishwasher, I put all of the same utensil in one section of the dishwasher basket. Then after washing, when I put them away all I have to do is grab the utensils from one section of the basket and put them in the corresponding part of the utensil tray in the drawer. I save time by not having to sort the knives, forks, and spoons as I put them away.
Give us your tips in the comments section below that will help us cook delicious meals or run our kitchens more efficiently.
Who knows? I might just choose one of your tips for a special little gift!
The last day to enter your tip is Saturday, September 29th.
Eleisia Whitney has a Watkins Home Business. She enjoys cooking and baking with Watkins extracts, spices, herbs, and sauces for healthy meals. Eleisia publishes a Watkins Newsletter, Around the Kitchen Table, that brings you recipes, cooking and health tips, and contests for free Watkins products.
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HI, MY TIP IS TO SAVE BACON GREASE TO USE AT A LATER DATE . WHEN IT IS COOL ENOUGH , PUT A TSP.OF IT IN A PIECE OF PLASTIC WRAP( HANDI-WRAP/ SARAN) AND FREEZE IT . STORE THE FROZEN PACKS IN A ZIP LOK BAG AND WHEN YOU NEED IT TO FLAVOR A SOUP OR SOMETHING . IT IS READY..
I always check my cupboards for the ingredients I need to make a recipe prior to making it.
Well, I don’t know how creative the idea actually is, but it makes me feel creative.
We plan our menu for two weeks at a time. Whenever we sit down to do a menu we do the grocery list at the same time, writing down everything we need and how much. Then we check our cupboards and check off anything that we already have enough of. When we’re done we have a list that only includes the stuff we need so we don’t have to find spots in our small kitchen to store extra stuff.
We also subscribe to a few different e-newsletters and have a collection of easy to cook from cookbooks. We try to include at least 1 new dish in every menu. It keeps things from getting boring at meal times.
Quick cleanup. I wash, dry and put away all the bowls, utensils, measuring devices immediately after using them. This way, I only have the dishes,silverware,glasses and pots left to wash after dinner.
Lilly, thanks for the great kitchen tips. You sound like a very organized cook! I know you are a good cook because I’m familiar with some of your recipes.
Jennifer, what a super menu plan! I just might have to invite you to my house!
Your meal plan makes sure you have all the ingredients for your recipes and adding a new dish to every menu is an awesome way to try new recipes!
Thanks for the planning tip!
Shirley, I love the flavor of bacon grease in some of my dishes. Thanks for the freezing tip to store bacon grease so it doesn’t go stale.
I pick fresh parsley from our garden. I use the food processor to process it. I place some in each section of an ice cube tray adding just enough water to make it freeze into cubes. When the cubes are frozen I take them out of the tray and place them in a zip lock freezer bag to use in other recipes. Tastes just like fresh parsley!