Tips: Cooking and Food Prep Tips

• Add a splash of milk to cauliflower cooking liquid to keep the vegetable looking white. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Store your onions in the fridge crisper drawer, you'll get less tears when slicing. GP Maksym, Vancouver, BC ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Freezing cooked rice makes for quick to fix meals later. o use later for stir-fries or a quick meal. Cook and cool rice, package in large plastic zipper bags, and freeze flat. Use for stir frys, side dishes or whatever your imagination comes up with. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Control the flames on a barbecue grill by having a pint spray bottle of water mixed with 1 teaspoon baking soda. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• When you need to mix tuna for tuna salad, first put all ingredients in a 1 gallon sealable plastic bag, remove excess air, then I just blend ingredients by squeezing the bag. Snip off 1 corner to squeeze out the amount for sandwiches, salads, etc. This idea can be used with deviled eggs, seafood salad, meatloaf, seasoned ground beef for the grill and so on. Prepare foods for camp-outs, picnics, or carry dish for get-togethers (and a lot easier to transport). NeNe from Tennesse ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• To avoid cutting onions, garlic, peppers and other spices every time you cook just prepare a big batchin advance. Use onions, green peppers, red peppers, garlic, tomato paste, and other spices like basil, oregano, pepper and blend to a paste in a blender. Freeze the paste in ice cube trays and store them in a ziplock bag in the freezer. Each cube is a serving so you don't have to keep cut vegetables in the fridge and speed up your cooking by getting exactly the amount of spices you need. If you are cooking 4 servings use 3-4 cubes depending on how spicy you like it. D. Cant from British Columbia ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Use an apple corer to also core cucumbers and/or zucchini for stuffing too. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• After squeezing lemons for cooking, freeze the rinds. Whenever you need freshly grated lemon zest, you can grate it from the frozen lemons. Saves a trip to the store or buying a lemon just for a small amount of zest. FabulousFoods.com ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• Measuring Honey or Molasses is easier if you first spray the measuring cup lightly with Pam says. The sticky liquid will slide right out. C. Perez, Mexico City, Mexico ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

• If you get the pepper on your bare hands when cutting and preparing hot peppers like jalapenos or habaneros, soak your hands in milk for a few minutes. The milk takes the burn away. Marilyn, Galt, CA ^new (Added: 25-Aug-2003)

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Tips: Cooking and Food Prep Tips

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