Learn to Cook │ Cooking Tips
SimplyTrustedGuide.com — How to Become a Better Cook Cooking is a life skill. Like eating, it is basic for survival. Cooking is also a great way to reconnect when the food you prepared is shared. Here are some steps to get you feeling more confident and on the road to becoming a better cook. STEP 1 RELAX Take a deep breath and give yourself permission to try. It is not rocket science, it is just cooking! Not everyone is going to be a five-star chef … and that is OK. STEP 2 BIGGEST COOKING MYTH DEBUNKED One of the biggest untruths about cooking is keeping tons of people out of the kitchen and away from daily meal making is the “TIME” myth. THE MYTH: I don’t have the time/it takes too much time. THE TRUTH: While many recipes are time consuming, contain many ingredients, and require a lot of preparation, this is not true of the act of cooking itself! STEP 3 KNOW YOUR INGREDIENTS Whether you are seasoned chef or a complete cooking novice, ingredient knowledge is key. STEP 4 KNOW BASIC COOKING METHODS Simply put this is the how foods are cooked. Some are better than others depending on particular foods. STEP 5 TOOL KNOWLEDGE Same as with ingredients, tools are essential to a cooks results. They need not be expensive, but they do need to be good in order to be used safely and well. STEP 6 BE STOCKED Being unprepared adds to the ‘time’ and too-much prep’ myth. Sure, if you had to shop each time you cooked, that would be really time consuming. Even the best chef in the world …