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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?

Last Updated By Lita Watson

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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Best Meat Cleaver Reviews 2020:Top Picks For The Money & Heavy Duty

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Upon reading this article, you will learn the best cleaver to have in your kitchen. With this buying guide and reviews, you’ll definitely come up with the best one.

How about owning the best cleaver? Yes! It’s really a big bonus if you have a cleaver in your kitchen. Why? Having no meat cleaver in the kitchen might lead you to spend countless hours trying to chop through slabs of meat.

Well, if you’re into dealing with cutting or chopping meat or bones in your kitchen, then a cleaver is definitely a must to have tool. Good to know that you have wide options available in the market today. Continue reading to know more.

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How to Make Ice Cream: A Complete Guide for Beginner

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How to Make Ice Cream: A Complete GuideIce cream is one of the best food inventions in the history of mankind; who doesn’t love a cup or cone of an ice cream, right?

With just one scoop of that soft, creamy, and delicious milky ice, your stress and frustrations can melt away. The good thing is that we can have ice cream without buying and spending money every time, we can make it on our own!

Let’s explore the history of ice cream, as well as its definitions and characteristics that set it apart from other frozen desserts. Most importantly, we will discuss a variety of ways and methods on how to make ice cream at home.

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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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Here’s A Complete Guide on How to Use a Fat Separator

Last Updated By Lita Watson

If you plan to buy a fat separator, it is best that you also know how to use it. With that, this article will provide you a complete guide on how to use a fat separator.

Planning to buy a fat separator? Though it’s a good idea to buy one, still it will be useless if you aren’t capable of using it right. Good to know that learning how to use a fat separator could be easy especially if you are guided with the right steps on how to do so.

Here, you will be guided on how to properly use a fat separator. So, just continue reading below.

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

Last Updated By Lita Watson

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)

Last Updated By Lita Watson

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 Cook Salmon In 10 Ways: The Complete Guide For Beginners (And 10 Best Salmon Recipes)

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Salmon is a popular food. Anywhere you go, kitchens use different varieties of salmon in various dishes. Aside from health benefits, it is also packed with meaty flavors perfect for breakfast preparation to snacks. If you're a beginner in cooking salmon, you may need to learn some cooking hacks like my kitchen measurement cheat sheet.

This article will provide you in-depth discussion about salmon, its varieties, different recipes that go best with it, as well as the tips, techniques and the common mistakes most people do when cooking salmon.

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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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How to Cook Asparagus (5 Ways): The Definitive Guide For Beginners (And 20 Best Asparagus Recipes)

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Do you love asparagus? I’m quite sure that you do because once you taste this type of food, you’d want to eat it again and again. Am I right or am I right?

If you don’t know how to cook asparagus, or just want to know the many different ways on how to cook it with your favorite hard anodized cookware set, or simply want to know more about this strange-looking bundle of goodness that you always find in the supermarket (vegetable section) – you’ve come to the right place.

Not only will I present you with more than one way of cooking asparagus in this article – I will also provide you with a lot of options in preparing and eating it. AND, I will also attempt to answer all your questions (and would-be questions) towards the last part of this article while providing you with a LOT of useful tips, tricks, and advice as well.

Let’s begin, shall we?

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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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Best Compact Microwave 2020: Top 10 Picks & Reviews for Small Kitchen

Last Updated By Lita Watson

You’re probably looking for the best compact microwave oven because you have limited needs in this type of kitchen appliance. Really, you don’t need a bulky cooking device if you have simple requirements in a microwave.

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If you’re living in an apartment, or condo, or a dorm, a compact unit would also be practical because of the limited space. Still, in this situation, getting the best model with all your needed features is very important.

The good news is that compact microwaves are also more affordable than full-sized models. So, if you’re on a budget, having the option to get a small model also works to your advantage.

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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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Buyer’s Guide To The Best Coolers On The Market

Last Updated By Lita Watson

This post will focus on some of the best coolers on the market today. No matter what type of cooler you’re looking for, you will find it here.

I will review 12 products and show you the pros and cons of each one. You will surely find one that suits your need and will never go hungry again – whether in your car or on an outdoor adventure.

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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 Manual Can Opener 2020 For the Money

Last Updated By Lita Watson

A can opener is a must-have in all kitchens because it’s always needed to open cans. However, you don’t want just any device for this task. What you want is the best manual can opener that’s effective and efficient in performing its job.

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With a manual can opener, you really don’t need batteries or electricity to operate it. All you really need is some strength (very minimal) and effort to use it. However, getting a high-quality unit that’s reasonably priced is still your main goal.

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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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2019 BEST KITCHEN SHEARS REVIEWS – TOP 10 KITCHEN SHEARS

Last Updated By Lita Watson

Kitchen shears are probably one of the most important tools in the kitchen. Some people use office or craft scissors but then it doesn't really work as good as the proper kitchen shears.

So to help you out when it comes to choosing the suitable kitchen shears/kitchen scissors for you, here are the 2017 Best Kitchen Shears in the market today.

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