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Sometimes your kitchen can feel like an office. You can change that feeling by turning cooking into a hobby. Your kitchen becomes a destination, and the time you spend in there results in a delicious meal that everyone makes time for. The following tips can give you a start toward becoming an excellent cook. Prep work can be done way ahead of time. The wise cook prepares as much as possible before starting to cook. If you are cooking a complex dish, take some of the stress out of it by having your needed ingredients lined up and ready. Get everything prepared at least a day ahead of time. Always bake pie and tart crusts for longer than the recipe specifies for best results. Let the crust go beyond light tan to a deeper, golden shade. That deeper color shows that the sugar has caramelized. This creates a crisp crust, which is also sweeter. Here's a trick you can use to save your sauce fast! In a separate bowl, blend 1 Tbs of corn starch with 2 Tbs of water. Stir this solution into the thin sauce to thicken it. To keep from over-thickening the sauce, stir it constantly and add the starch mixture gradually. When you are having an important person over for dinner, prepare a meal that you are experienced with. Cooking a new recipe is a bad idea since you have not yet worked out any quirks in the recipe. By doing so, you eliminate much of the stress of preparing the meal. For crispier French fries, you should chill the peeled potatoes in water for 30 minutes or more before frying them. When your potatoes soak up cold fluids, their fibers are reinforced. This means that they will hold up better to the heat necessary for the frying process. Fresh ingredients are always preferable to dried or frozen ones in all of your recipes. Whenever possible, incorporate fresh ingredients; they enhance the flavor of other ingredients and may even be less expensive. Cook your vegetables in chicken broth. Simmering vegetables in the broth will keep them from adhering to the bottom of the pan and also infuse them with rich flavor. Chicken broth can be bought at almost any grocery store, and is so inexpensive. Sauteing vegetables is an extremely healthy method of cooking them. Consider adding chicken broth for some added flavor. The chicken broth will make the vegetables taste a lot better, and you will be able to avoid using other oils that may add fat and calories. This is a tasty way to cook your veggies. Take the time and steps necessary to accurately measure any oil used for cooking. When it is time to add oil to your cooking pan, measure it instead of pouring directly from the bottle. This can ensure you are aware of the amount of unhealthy fat going into your food. You'll want to make sure to only use the amount of cooking oil that you need. Get the freshest garlic you can when making a dish that you must add garlic to. In general, garlic tastes sweeter when it is fresher. For you to figure out if garlic is still fresh make sure it isn't soft, shriveled or bruised and it has firm skin. Every cook needs some method for organizing his cooking supplies. If you are not well organized, you'll be a disaster in the kitchen. Put like items with other like items. Keep your herbs and spices together and follow this grouping rule with other supplies as well. Apply these concepts, and try thinking of some of your own, too! Make meals that your family can relax, enjoy, and savor. If you take up cooking recreationally, you can improve your diet and have a lot of fun, too. Your kitchen will be the place everyone wants to be. For more information, visit <a href="http://kitchenace.net/tools">Kitchen Ace</a>.
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