Learning to Cook Like a Pro For Your Family

If you’re a mom, chances are you have to do at least some of the cooking for your family. Whether you like it or not, at least some of the culinary duties tend to fall on mom’s shoulders. You may not know how to cook; You may not enjoy cooking; But if cooking is part of your life, it’s important to learn how to do it well. It’s not impossible to cook great meals that your kids will enjoy, with little mess, but it’ll require you to learn some new skills. Here are some of the best ways.

• Look the Part. A continuous frustration for new home cooks is getting your clothes dirty. If you’re going to make this a part of your routine, it’s time to invest in some attire worthy of a true chef. Chef Works chef apparel is perfect for the home cook. Their aprons are an affordable way to avoid stains and burns on your regular clothes. If you end up with stains (and people who cook always do), vigorous application of dish detergent, followed by concentrated Oxy-clean batches and subsequent washing machine cleaning is usually enough to take out any stain.

• Mise en Place. This French phrase means “putting in place”, and it’s the best organizational gift you can give yourself as a home cook. When you mise en place, you get everything you need for a recipe and set it out on the counter. Go ahead and cut all the garlic (put it in a cute tiny bowl, it’ll make you feel so good!), dice the tomatoes, measure out the chicken stock, etc. When you’re working your way through a recipe, timing is everything. You don’t want the rice to burn because you were busy separating an egg that you forgot about until the last minute.

• Use Gif Recipes. Reading recipes takes time and imagination. What’s the answer? Video and gif recipes. Gif recipes don’t tell you what you’re supposed to do; they show you. So many times with cooking, you don’t know if you’re following the recipe correctly because you can’t see what the food is supposed to look like. Not so with Gifs and videos. You see exactly what you’re shooting for, which results in much better dishes. Some home cooks who get great results by using Gif recipes end up recording some of their own. This will ensure that your favorite dishes are passed on to others, even if it’s just through the internet.

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Cooking doesn’t have to be a burden. It can even be something you look forward to. However, without setting yourself up for success, you won’t be able to enjoy it. When people hate cooking, the meals don’t tend to be very tasty. It’s in your best interest to find the sunny side of the egg and learn to cook with some spirit. These techniques will really help, and once you taste your food, you’ll start to realize that cooking delicious meals is worth the trouble that it takes to learn these basics. Good luck!

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