Cooking can be a creative and delicious way to express yourself and experiment with new cuisines and flavors. But, it can also be stressful when meals don't go as planned, or all the steps get to be a bit too overwhelming.
It helps to have some foolproof tips and tricks in your back pocket to make cooking easier and more enjoyable, and to impress your friends and family with your master chef skills!
Maybe you used to always drain your pasta without setting aside any of the pasta water, until you learned that putting a bit of pasta water in your sauce makes ALL the difference!
Perhaps your friends always beg you to host brunch because they swear you make the tastiest, fluffiest pancakes. Your secret: You leave some lumps in your batter while whisking. Those lumps give your pancakes the best texture!
Or, maybe you have a dirty little secret when it comes to baking cakes. Though you use a box mix, you know that adding an extra egg and opting for butter over oil will make your cake taste straight out of a bakery.
