If you like cooking we hope the next tips here will help you make your cooking time more happiness. So here they are :

How to tenderise meat :

• Add a pinch of bicarbonate of soda to cooking meat
• Use a combination of vinegar and lemaon juice mixed with a marinade and add to meat. Allow to marinate for at least 15 minutes
• Marinate meat in yoghurt or papaya juice/puree
• Tougher cuts of meat become softer the longer and slower it is cooked
• You can also gently beat meat with a steak hammer

Next is the saving tips :

• Overcooked or tough meat can be saved by adding liquid and cooking for a longer period of time
• Shred overcooked meat and use for fillings for sandwiches
• Slice overcooked meat and use as additional ingredients for soup
• If the meat sauce is too salty, add chopped potatoes to absorb excess salt
• Adding cream to a dish also takes away saltiness
• Smoked salmon that is too salty should be soaked in milk for about 30 minutes.

Tips in cook vegetables :

• Do not add salt to boiling water when boiling beans or pulses as this makes the beans hard and they will not absorb water
• Never toss a salad in vinaigrette dressing until you are ready to serve as the lettuce will go limp
• Overcooked vegetables can be blend with some stock for instant soup
• Bicarbonate of soda added to boiling water when cooking green vegetables helps to keep the colour
• For light and creamy mashed potatoes, warm the mlik or cream before adding to the mashed potatoes
• A quick way of baking potatoes is to microwave them for 2 minutes and then placing in the oven to finish

We hope it will be useful for all of you! Happy cooking.