Food and Cooking

I'm interested in eating a healthy diet, but not getting into fads. On the cooking front, I'm not including recipes, but instead any useful tips on techniques or timesaving. Here are the links to specific posts.

Better baking results: ~~ Better Baking ~~ Bread ~~ Better Pastry ~~ Don't Overcook Brownies ~~ Fruit Cake Tips ~~ Pastry and biscuits ~~  Testing Baking Powder and Bicarbonate of Soda ~~

Cooking Shortcuts and Tips: ~~ Brown Rice ~~ Crumble mix for freezer ~~ Cutting Soft Cheeses and Sponge Cakes ~~ Degrease Stews and Soups ~~ DIY Buttermilk ~~ Food Rescue tips ~~ Grapes as Ice Cubes ~~ Juicing Limes & Lemons ~~ Lemon Ice Cube Slices ~~ Pesto Tips ~~ Separating Eggs ~~ Solid Sugar and Honey ~~ Speedy Gnocchi ~~ Stop Baked Cheescakes Cracking ~~ Test Oil Temperature ~~ Using Last Scraps ~~ Which Oil to Use in Cooking ~~

Equipment: ~~ Clingfilm Tips ~~ Greaseproof Paper or Baking Parchment ~~ Lining Cake Tins with Foil ~~ Springform Cake Tins ~~ 5 Uses For Baking Parchment ~~

Ingredients: ~~ Chilli Tips ~~ Egg Tips ~~ Ice Cream Tips ~~ Natural Sweeteners ~~ Tomato facts ~~
Herbs: ~~ Drying Herbs ~~ Lovage ~~
Spices: ~~ Ginger ~~

Fruit: ~~ How to Peel Kiwi Fruit ~~

Storing Food: ~~ Celery Storage ~~ Freezing Herbs & Spices ~~ Freezer Tips ~~ Herb & Spice Shelf Life ~~ Honey ~~ How Long Can I Freeze Food? ~~ Reheating Food ~~ Storing Cheeses ~~

Vegetables: ~~ Cooking Vegetables ~~

Other: ~~ Foods Better Together ~~ Logos on Foodstuffs ~~ Opening Jar Lids ~~ Remove Food Odours ~~ Turkey Sizes for Christmas ~~

Other Resources
  • Yummly recipe search engine: Search by recipes or ingredients. Add filters for specific ingredients, occasions, tastes (salty, cavoury, sweet, etc.), specific diets (e.g pescatarian or vegan), or allergies. You can also browse by seasonal recipes or 'quick and easy'.
  • Interesting Food Bloggers I look at sometimes.