Cooking Basics

Cooking pasta is a very simple task that many home cooks, plain and simple, mess up every time. Use these tips to cook perfect pasta.

Cooking Top Ramen is a quick and easy meal. When having children, this is a great snack for them. Top Ramen isn't that nutritional, so I would recommend serving another dish with top ramen...

Boiled eggs are a delicious and healthy food that can be used to make salads, sandwiches, deviled eggs, or just eat them plain! Boiling eggs is easy to do once you learn how to do it; here is a...

When you're making deviled eggs or using slices of hard boiled eggs as garnish, it is especially important to prepare eggs that are easy to peel. If not, chunks of the egg may come off with the...

Boiling water is a common practice used to killed parasites and pathogens. It is disputed how long water must be boiled to kill everything. According to the Wilderness Medical Society, when water...

People tend to take the easiest tasks in life and complicate them for no reason. Boiling an egg is easier than making toast and here are the steps to follow, along with some helpful information.

Storing food in your freezer is great—buy now eat later; but your food will be difficult to eat later if it’s dried out, hard, or a funny color. Nobody likes food with freezer burn. It becomes...

Rice is really quite a crowd pleaser. Many people don't fix rice at home so it is a welcomed change. It can be use to stretch lots of different meals from chili, to chop suey. It is great with...

Using a food thermometer to ensure your meat, fish or leftovers are cooked enough to be eaten safely is good practice for a any cook. Professional cooks rely on their thermometers as a common...

How often have you tried to make noodles or pasta for dinner and it came up in clumps or in the worst case scenario - one large ball of noodles when removing it from the colander? Despite my best...

Distillers are used to purify drinking water. The water is boiled during the distillation process and then replaced in a clean container, leaving all impure particles behind in another container.

Check the label on foods and drinks you buy and there's a good chance you'll see "caramel coloring" listed on some of the labels. It is a common ingredient in thousands of recipes, adding color to...

Salmonella can be a very deadly bacteria that lives not only on, but in, some of our favorite foods. Tomatoes, leafy greens and chicken are just some of the many foods that can carry this...

To fully understand what happens when an egg boils, you must first understand the composition of the egg itself. Although many egg connoisseurs may consider the inside of eggs liquids, an egg's...

Mountain House has been marketing freeze-dried packaged and canned meals since 1963. The company packages its products in individual serving pouches or cans. The canned meals are larger and able...

Corn oil, like other vegetable based oils, is made from the processing of vegetable seed to extract natural oils. This is usually accomplished at a large scale with industrial-grade presses....

Rice has been a staple in most Asian cuisine for thousands of years. It is native to China, but is now grown all over the world. All varieties of rice require very specific growing conditions in...

Tomatoes are so yummy in salads, on sandwiches or just sliced and seasoned on a plate. However, when a recipe calls for a peeled tomato you may have a mess on your hands if you don't know the...

Beef tongue is an overlooked and underused part of the cow. The tongue is a tough, fiberous muscle that is naturally low in fat due to its constant movement. When prepared correctly, cow tongue...

Making your hash browns not only saves money, the taste is unmistakably better and doesn't take a lot of time.

Salt has been a staple in many households for thousands of years. You can buy it in the store, in many different varieties from table salt to kosher to rock and even sea salt. Of all these salts,...

Develed eggs, egg salad sandwiches or just hard-boiled eggs for breakfast: there are many reasons that you need to be able to boil an egg perfectly every time. Follow the below steps and your egg...

Since the invention of the microwave oven, an entire generation has grown up without learning many of the most basic techniques of stove top cooking. Even rice comes in freezer bags that you just...

Boiled eggs are delicious whether you eat them on a Caesar salad or on toast. All you need to boil an egg without breaking it is a little patience and some finesse.

Canning fresh vegetables at home ensures a healthy alternative to the high-sodium version found in stores. Whether you can in a pressure canner or water-bath canner depends mostly on the acidity...

Keeping cooked rice from clumping together is a challenge many people face. The starch on the surface of the grains becomes sticky when wet, causing the rice to congeal rather than nicely...

Simple steps on how to cook rice on the stove

Do you like your hard boiled eggs soft? With this guide you can make your eggs soft with no effort.

Hard-boiled eggs are a great food. They're healthier than fried eggs, and you can throw away the yolk and just eat the white for a low-cholesterol snack. They are also good for a quick breakfast...

Many gardeners are faced with a dilemma when harvesting carrots- what to do with the surplus crop to most effectively and easily preserve carrots? The answer is simple- freeze carrots! The steps...

Many homeowners use water softeners to treat tap water. It's important to know if water softening can provide any nutritional chemical problems before cooking with it.

When people first began cooking food in early pre-history, they used solar energy, only this was stored in wood and called fire. What we know today as solar cooking---using stoves heated directly...

This article will explain how to cook peas or corn in just five minutes.

Whether you're an amateur, novice or even Michelin-reviewed chef, you probably have at least two cutting mats in your kitchen: one for meats and fish and one for vegetables. And if you knew half...

Emulsifiers are molecules with disparate ends: one with an affinity for water, the other with an affinity for oil. They are important in food production because they allow otherwise non-combinable...

A fish poacher is a handy, shallow pan especially designed for cooking fish in a bouillon of heated water. Poaching is a healthful way of cooking fish, as it brings out the flavor without hiding...

Navy beans are easy to prepare and provide an incredible source of both protein and fiber. A perfect food for helping to prevent high blood pressure, they contain nutrients such as folate, copper,...

One way to preserve the harvest season's fresh vegetables, fruits and berries is to can them. Canning owes its invention to Napoleon Bonaparte, who sought a way to feed his troops familiar fare,...

Blanching and refreshing vegetables is a simple culinary technique to be able to retain nutrients, bright colors and texture.

GOOD brown gravy cannot be had from any package. This delicious brown gravy recipe has been passed down in my husband's European family, and from my mother-in-law to me. It is the only brown...

So you found an egg in your refrigerator and you have no idea how long it has been there. Don't worry! You can find out if that egg has gone bad before you even crack it. I had to do this trick...

Once you learn a few basic canning techniques you can quickly and easily preserve months worth of your summer fruits and vegetables. Just gather your canning equipment, fill and seal your jars and...

Many cooks have finished a spicy recipe only to find the tell-tale symptom of cutting peppers without proper protection. Food grade plastic gloves are essential to preventing the hot oils of...

Kidney beans are a nutritious member of the meat and beans group on the USDA Food Pyramid. The beans are inexpensive, low in calories and contain no fat. Red kidney beans are often found in chili;...

Trying to save on your food bill or just replace meats to stay healthy? Tofu is less than $2.00 for a container of tofu in water. There is more calcium in tofu than milk or eggs. There have also...

This article will tell you how to easily make a double boiler at home. If you have never heard of or used a double boiler before, please refer to the picture for an example. Making a double boiler...

Tired of eating Pop-Tarts and Gummi Bears when you are camping or hiking? How about packing all of those filled water bottles up the mountain? Food and water should be part of the outdoor...

Boiling a chicken is almost as easy as boiling water. When you finish, you will have delicious chicken and nutritious chicken broth. Working with raw meat can intimidate some people but follow...

Pasta has become one of the staples of diets all over the world. Not only is it filling and delicious, certain types of pasta, particularly wholegrain, add fiber to the diet, making the dish...

Have you ever had a pot of boiling spaghetti boil over? Or had spaghetti stick together in a sticky mess? Or better yet, not made enough spaghetti and ran out? It is easy to make spaghetti...