How to Chop an Onion

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Preparing your ingredients can often take you longer than the cooking process itself – onions in particular are very fiddly to chop. Here is a step-by-step guide to help you to cut onions up finely and evenly: Make sure you have the right equipment. You should make sure you use a sharp serrated knife and …

Ideas for Snacking on Vegetables

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A lot of people feel like they should be eating more vegetables, but often they don’t have many ideas when it comes to doing so. Here are some quick and delicious ways to make vegetable snacks to keep you going throughout the day: Kale chips. A quick and easy alternative to potato crisps. Try adding …

Making Your Own Pizza

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Unless you’re prepared to fail a few times, your best option with making your own pizza is to buy a ready made base, which is what this instruction will focus upon. There are three essential ingredients for any pizza; the base, the tomato paste and mozzarella. In addition to these you can add any number …

Some More Tips on Barbecuing

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Part of the charm of a barbecue is that you can make it up as you go along. As long as you pay very close attention to what you’re doing, you can avoid almost any disaster to your food. However, there are a few things which you can do to make your life easier, attain …

Some of the Common Barbecuing Mistakes

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It has come a round to that time of year again; the time of year where suddenly everybody looks at the nice weather and thinks that it is time to get the grill out and have a family barbecue, perhaps even every couple of days. Even though there are a lot of people who barbecue …