This info on how to salt your food is meant to help you when cooking without a recipe. When you bake or follow a recipe, the exact amount of salt is usually listed. But when you roast a chicken, boil…
How to Balance Bitterness in Food (+ Examples!)
Learn how to balance bitter foods with other flavors to make them taste better in this helpful guide. Combining ingredients thoughtfully can create incredibly flavorful dishes. Examples below! Flavors 101 Combining and balancing one flavor with another is what makes…
How to Cook Brown Rice
I’ll show you how to cook brown rice without stress. Are you terrified at the thought of cooking brown rice? I don’t blame you. So many things can go wrong. It might come out too sticky, too mushy or half…
How to Make Food Taste Better
Flavors 101 What makes food taste good? There are a few factors that go into it but one of the most important ways to make your food taste better is to balance flavors. What does that mean? Our taste buds…
How to Cut an Onion
(with minimal tears) How to cut an onion with minimal tears. Is it possible? The answer is yes, so put away the tissues and follow these simple rules and steps. Be sure to check out more of my cooking lessons…
How to Peel and Devein Shrimp
I am a very impatient person, especially when it comes to food! So, I love shrimp as my protein because it cooks quickly and goes well with so many flavors. Italian, Asian, Latin, Southern . . . so many possibilities….
