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Basic Cooking Skills

Become a more confident home cook and learn some basic cooking skills and other facts that will make cooking from scratch easy!

Basic Cooking Skills, Condiments & Dressings, Food

Making Your Own Blackened Seasoning (Cajun Seasoning)

Make your own homemade blackening spice to add flavor to fish, shellfish, meats, and even vegetables!

a blue bowl on a barn board tabletop filled with cooked basmati rice

Basic Cooking Skills, Food, Meal Ideas - Sides and Salads

How To Cook Basmati Rice

Cooking basmati rice at home is an essential skill everyone should know. Cook perfect and nutritious rice at home consistently with this simple to follow guide!

a cut pomegranate on a wooden table with zero mess

Basic Cooking Skills, Food

How To Cut A Pomegranate (With Zero Mess!)

Learn how to cut open a pomegranate without creating a juicy mess. Quick and easy, this simple method will become your favorite in no time!

homemade potato gnocchi with mushrooms and peas, a delicious and easy meal!

Basic Cooking Skills, Food, Meal Ideas - From The Land

Homemade Potato Gnocchi (Tutorial + Recipe)

If you have never had homemade potato gnocchi and only the store bought kind, let me tell you you’re missing out! Traditionally an Italian dish stemming back to Roman times and made with semolina, potato gnocchi is a more modern and regional version of what is a cross between a dumpling and […]

Learn how to make beef stock and broth at home. Great on a plaeo diet and full of health benefits!

Basic Cooking Skills, Food, Soups, Stocks, and Sauces

Making High Quality Beef Stock At Home

Making high quality beef stocks and broths at home. A simple recipe and full of health benefits, stock is used in soups, sauces, and many other recipes.

Espagnole or Brown Sauce is one of the 5 Mother sauces and ideal for use in gravies or other rich meat based sauces.

Basic Cooking Skills, Food, Soups, Stocks, and Sauces

Espagnole Sauce | The Secret To Making Great Gravy

In the last little while, I have been covering the basic or leading sauces in French Cuisine. These Mother Sauces include Tomato Sauce, Bechamel Sauce, Espagnole Sauce, Veloute Sauce, and Hollandaise Sauce. Knowing how to make these five basic sauces, and home cook or chef can tackle even advanced recipes, […]