Category: Food Hints

Shake it ‘n’ bake it

Shake ‘n’ bake or just plain old shaker seasoning packets they are so easy to make for yourself and much cheaper. All you really need is the seasonings of your choice whether it’s a jar of your favourite Italian herbs or Turkish or cajun mixes. Plain flour or wholemeal flour. A lidded container that will …

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How I cook my beetroot.

Cooking beetroot for a long time scared me, once I got the hang of which method worked best for me I’ve not looked back nor bought the canned variety since. Vinegar being the preservative in the tinned/jar variety, I only keep my beetroot once cooked in the fridge for 3 to 4 days. To be …

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Vegetable storage

How do you store your vegetables? There are so many ways we store our vegetables to get the longest shelf life out of them. I have those vegetables that I kinda buy once a week or I go a couple of times in passing stores while I’m out to pick up a few of those …

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Cup a soup pasta sauce

In a rush for a quick pasta sauce?  Cup a soup, the ones like cream of chicken or cream of chicken and corn etc. Make the soup up with 2/3 of the recommended amount of water, let sit as per instructions, then pour over your cooked pasta. If you wish it to be a little …

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Chocolate Icing

I don’t have a specific recipe for chocolate icing, it’s just whatever amount of icing sugar I think will cover the cake, enough cocoa to give it colour and taste and either 1/8 teaspoon of instant coffee or vanilla to take a bit of the bitterness away from the cocoa that was added. Very hot …

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