Kitchen Tips to Save Time

• For a super fast fish dish, add some fresh ginger or garlic to some oil in a saute pan. Heat and stir over a medium fire for about 3 minutes. Remove the ginger or garlic and cook the fish in the flavored oil.

  
  

• By pounding boneless chicken or turkey to 1/4 inch thickness, you cut the cooking time in half.

  
  

• Pre-cook veggies for stir-fries in the microwave while sauteing the meat.

  
  

• Hamburgers cook faster if you poke a hole in the middle while shaping them. The holes disappear as they cook.

  
  

• While frying or sauteing small pieces of meat or fish, don't crowd the pan. Use a large pan or wok and cook in batches.

  
  

• Microwave a carton of ice cream for 10 to 15 seconds to make scooping a breeze. No more bent spoons with this kitchen tip!

  
  

• Save energy by boiling part of the water for pasta in a teakettle and adding to the pot. Teakettles boil faster.

  
  

• Cut big pieces of meat in half to grill them quicker. Small chunks of meat on a skewer grill in a snap.

  
  

• When making pasta with vegetables, throw the vegetables in with the pasta for the last four minutes of cooking time.

  Those are kitchen tips and tricks to save you time.

  Substitutions:

• Make buttermilk by replacing 1 TBLSPN milk with 1 TBLSPN lemon juice per cup of milk needed.

  
  

• To make cake flour out of all-purpose flour replace 2 TBLSPNS flour with 2 TBLSPNS cornstarch.

  
  

• Add 1/3 cup melted butter to 3/4 cup milk to make heavy cream. Cannot be used to make whipped cream (cooking or baking only)

  
  

• If your recipe calls for wine, you can use 2 TBLSPNS rice wine (or wine vinegar) and add chicken broth to make 1/2 cup.

  
  

• 1 tsp dry herbs equals 1 TBLSPN fresh herbs.

  
  

• 1/4 cup chopped fresh onion equals 1 TBLSPN dried minced onion. (won't work for sauteing, but is great for meatloaf)

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