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    Basic Cooking Skills

    Become a more confident home cook, learn basic cooking skills and other facts that will make cooking from scratch easy!  Browse the posts below or use the search bar to find what you are looking for!

    • The Five Mother Sauces of French Cuisine - Béchamel, Velouté, Espagnole, Tomato, and Hollandaise
      The Five Mother Sauces of French Cuisine: From Béchamel to Hollandaise
    • An over head shot of a head of cauliflower being cut in half on a white cutting board.
      How To Cut Cauliflower
    • How To Cut & Peel Butternut Squash
    • slow cooker turkey stock in glass mason jars on a rustic wood backdrop
      Slow Cooker Turkey Stock
    • slicing into a red pepper on a wooden cutting board
      How To Cut Bell Peppers
    • filled clay baker going into a cold oven
      Clay Pot Cooking: What is a Clay Pot & How Do You Use One
    • homemade pumpkin puree in a white bowl
      Homemade Pumpkin Puree
    • maple candied walnuts displayed in a glass mason jar on a barnboard tabletop
      Maple Candied Walnuts
    • overhead shot of freshly frozen strawberries
      How To Freeze Strawberries (Fresh)
    • caramelized onions being picked up with a wooden spoon over a pan
      How To Caramelize Onions
    • oven roasted garlic in a steel frying pan
      How To Roast Garlic | Oven Roasted Garlic
    • orange sweet potato whole, and sliced on display
      How To Cook Sweet Potatoes
    • pear preserves served in a small glass dish
      Homemade Pear Preserves
    • a bunch of watermelons with a red arrow showing where the field spot is
      How To Choose A Watermelon
    • overhead shot of raw couscous in a black bowl
      How To Cook Couscous
    • cut open poached eggs on a breakfast plate
      How To Poach Eggs
    • three pan fried pieces of haddock in a white plate with lemon wedges and parsley
      Pan Fried Haddock
    • close up of perfectly cooked oven baked bacon strips on a parchment lined sheet pan
      How To Cook Bacon in The Oven
    • Traditional shortbread cookies
      Traditional Shortbread Recipe
    • Thickened Bechamel sauce
      How To Thicken Sauces, Soups & Stews
    • beans used as pie weights being removed from a pie crust
      How To Blind Bake Pie Crust
    • A white bowl filled with cooked wild rice, displayed on a rustic barn board background, and garnished with fresh parsley.
      How To Cook Wild Rice
    • sliced open oven baked chicken breasts on a parchment lined sheet pan
      Simple Oven Baked Chicken Breasts
    • a top down view of a jar of refrigerator bread and butter pickles
      Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles
    • A bowl of washed mussels
      How To Clean Mussels
    • A freshly cooked lobster on a white platter. Learn how to cook lobster at home!
      The Complete Guide To Cooking Lobster
    • A loaf of slied no knead sourdough bread on a wooden cutting board
      No Knead Sourdough Bread
    • How to make sourdough starter from scratch . A close up shot of homemade sourdough starter in a glass jar
      How To Make Sourdough Starter (From Scratch)
    • homemade blackened seasoning
      Making Your Own Blackened Seasoning (Cajun Seasoning)
    • a blue bowl on a barn board tabletop filled with cooked basmati rice
      How To Cook Basmati Rice
    • How To Cut A Pomegranate (With Zero Mess!)
    • homemade potato gnocchi with mushrooms and peas, a delicious and easy meal!
      Homemade Potato Gnocchi (Tutorial + Recipe)
    • Learn how to make beef stock and broth at home. Great on a plaeo diet and full of health benefits!
      Making High Quality Beef Stock At Home
    • Espagnole or Brown Sauce is one of the 5 Mother sauces and ideal for use in gravies or other rich meat based sauces.
      Espagnole Sauce | The Secret To Making Great Gravy
    • Veloute Sauce, one of the five Mother Sauces, is a delicious creamy sauce, the perfect garnish for any fancy meal.
      How To Make Veloute Sauce (In Three Easy Steps)
    • Thickened Bechamel sauce in a cast iron pan
      Bechamel Sauce Recipe (White Sauce Recipe)
    • You can cool and store roux in the fridge for future use.
      How To Roux at Home - An Alternative To Cornstarch
    • a mason jar filled with homemade tomato sauce, made from fresh tomatoes
      Homemade Tomato Sauce Recipe (From Fresh Tomatoes)
    • easy homemade hollandaise sauce in a white dish
      Step-By-Step Hollandaise Sauce Recipe
    • A small glass jar filled with golden clarified butter and displayed on a blue striped dish towel.
      How To Make Clarified Butter At Home

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