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

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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, […]

Veloute Sauce, one of the five Mother Sauces, is a delicious creamy sauce, the perfect garnish for any fancy meal.

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How To Make Veloute Sauce (In Three Easy Steps)

Veloute Sauce is one of the five leading sauces in French Cuisine. Extremely versatile and surprisingly simple to make, learn how you can make restaurant quality veloute sauce in only three steps!

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Learn How To Make Perfect Bechamel Sauce At Home

This is the third post in my series of Mother Sauces, sometimes also called leading or basic sauces. If you missed the first two recipes in the series you can read more about making hollandaise from scratch and this really easy homemade tomato sauce. What Is Bechamel? Bechamel, the easiest of […]