Cooking Tips & Cheats

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What are your cooking tips & hints?

Here are a few of mine that I'll update regularly.


~ Microwave whatever you can... if you're melting chocolate or condensed milk, cream etc do it in the microwave. I have a double boiler and have only ever used it once.
~ Have more than one microwave jug. Some recipes call for melting different things like white & then dark chocolate etc... this way you never have to wash in between.
~ Get scales that converts to imperial (and if you can afford it liquid measurements too)
~ Don't be afraid of dried herbs... alot of modern cooking requires "fresh" herbs. Which is great but some things actually taste better with dried herbs.
~ Small appliances can do the same as big ones... before I had my food processor and Kitchen Aid I used to use a hand blender and a bamix her chopper (as a mini food processor) to do EVERYTHING! Including making my own minces etc... I would just do them in smaller batches. I use these things for everything! I even started using my hand mixer to make the *BEST* mashed potato LOL! No more standing over with a masher... and its just as easy to clean 2 beaters as it is to clean the potato masher

Ok I started this for you Tracey... so I want everyone to offer up their tips