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Succulent Secrets – 5 Tips to Take Your Cooking from Good to Great

July 14, 2018 /

Not everyone is going to walk into the kitchen for the first time and become the next Gordon Ramsay or Jamie Oliver. Unfortunately, you’re more likely to set fire to your meal than create a flawless masterpiece the first time around. However, with a little bit of practice and the right mindset, you’ll be sure to up your cooking game in no time. If you want to take your skills from good to excellent, or even from terrible to not-so-terrible, try out these tips below.

Succulent Secrets - 5 Tips to Take Your Cooking from Good to Great

Quality Cookware is Best

It may seem like a $19 pan will provide more bang for your buck than a $59 one, but high-quality cookware sets cost a little bit more for a reason: the result is often better. When you have the right tools at your disposal, you’re more likely to create that perfect dish. However, if you were to choose the el-cheapo pan, there’s more of a chance you’ll end up scraping burnt food off the bottom and ordering pizza instead.

Switch Up the Seasoning

Herbs and spices add bold new flavors into a dish that salt and pepper simply can’t achieve, so if this is all you’ve been using in your recipes, it’s no wonder your food is underwhelming. You can add fresh herbs into everyday dishes such as mashed potato, while dried herbs work well by adding flavor and intensity to butter and oils for use within dishes. If you’re yet to discover the wonderful world of seasonings, it’s time to take a trip down the spice aisle at the grocery store.

Appreciate Technology

While Grandma’s recipe book would have worked fine before technology went crazy, it’s now a redundant item. Give the old girl her book back and tell her cooking apps are now the next biggest thing. There are thousands of cooking apps currently available to both guide you through the cooking process and provide you with full, interactive recipes that are almost fail-proof. The best part is, unlike Grandma’s handwritten book, there are even photos and videos to make sure you’re on the right track.

Utilize Kitchen Appliances

Before the bread maker, people used to have to spend hours mixing, kneading, proofing and baking bread by hand and often with odd contraptions. Everything changed when the bread maker was born in the 1980s – people could walk away and come back to a loaf of bread ready to be eaten. Without a doubt, appliances add a lot of convenience to the kitchen. Take the stress away by letting an appliance help you out so you can focus on plating up the perfect dish and honing your skills.

Try New Techniques

As Albert Einstein once said, “if you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got”. Therefore, if you continue to bake, fry, and grill your meals, you can’t expect to create your next masterpiece. Your food will always come out the same, albeit sometimes more burnt or undercooked than before. This is why it’s important to try new things. Rather than roasting that beautiful cut of beef, why not try Sous Vide? As opposed to grilling fish, you could smoke it in various wood chip flavors. The options are endless for how a change of technique can transform a meal.

Taking your cooking to the next level requires a combination of things, including an upgrade to higher quality cookware and a willingness to step outside of your comfort zone. So, pick up the spices, try out that kitchen mixer, and cook up a storm like never before – you’ll be a contender to Nigella Lawson in no time!

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates

Glenda Cates is the owner/ operator of The Mommies Reviews as well as Branding BeyondBlogging.biz I am married to my high school sweetheart David Cates Jr. We have a son Charles who own Charlies Reviews. We have 3 dogs. I love to read, swim and shop. As well as play Soccer with my son. We reside in Dallas/ Fort Worth, Texas. Where I work with local business through my company Frogs where I offer Events, Business Building and Networking Services. To teach people how to run a business with a family and friends without breaking the bank in new and unusual ways.

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