Here, you’ll find lots of how tos to help you on your cooking journey, from how to desalt bacon to creative uses for leftovers. Explore, enjoy, and hopefully you find reasons to come back again and again as your skills and knowledge grow. Thanks for being here.
How Tos
Oven-roast tomatoes
Making oven-roasted tomatoes is amongst the easiest things to do. All you need is an oven, some herbs and spices and …
Dry a bottle
Sometimes you need a bottle quickly… but it’s wet. How can you dry it? Well here’s the solution to having …
My Vegetables: A – Z
All about | Dos & Don’ts | Preparation | Utensils | Cooking Vegetables| Vegetable list All about If you don’t know …
Soup it! Sauce it!! Bake it!!!
This is a collection of recipes using one basic recipe to make 3 dishes! It was inspired by a Dutch …
Make Breadcrumbs
Never again will I panic about breadcrumbs when a recipe calls for dry breadcrumbs. And all because of beschuits or biscottes …
De-salt Bacon
I am watching my salt intake all the time. Honest – I’m not exactly young you know. Anyway, I love …
Jazz up bottled sauces
This is a case of adding some dried spices and fresh herbs to liven up sauces from a jar. Even …
Make Pesto
Pesto – meaning to pound or crush. The contracted past participle of pestâ and the same Latin root as the English word pestle …
Techniques & More
Resources for the New, Growing & Confident Cook
A collection of links to help because ‘No better cook did dreaming alone make :)’ Thank me later Becoming a …
Failure & Success – Goat Confit to Dambun Akuya
Because sometimes, in spite of your best intentions, things will fail spectacularly. All that’s important then is what you learn …
How To Make ‘Great’ Nigerian Curry Stock
Stock – the bedrock of Jollof Rice, of Fried Rice, Stews and more is easy to make. Nigerian stock differs …
Homemade Low Fat Meat Stock
I like to make my meat stock from scratch. I personally find it easy. The really win for me having …
How to Make Dambu
Making Dambu has been on my list of things to learn for ages. This weekend past, my Hausa teacher – …
Part 1: Cleaning & Caring for Wood
I treasure my chopping boards, especially my Aga Concept ones – yes, I’m playing favourites here. A key thing to …
How to Wrap Food in Corn Husks
In 5 easy steps. You’ll need whole husks to hold the mixture/ and strips to secure both ends of your …
How to Use & Preserve Corn Husks
Because when nature gives you a vessel, you use it. Corn husks are a great way to serve and wrap …
How To Roast Pumpkin
My children have fallen in love with Butternut squash soup. It’s our ‘winter’ of rain and cold so we’re lapping …
