Tips For Learning How To Cook Once & For All
Feeling convinced enough to give cooking a try? Then, here are some easy ways to quickly improve your skills, so you'll be whipping up delicious meals of your own in no time.
1. Cook All The Time
The number one thing you can do to sharpen your skills is to start cooking all the time. As food blogger Adam Roberts said on HuffingtonPost.com, "The best chefs are the best chefs because they spend most of their time cooking ... So if you say 'I’m a bad cook,' chances are it’s because you don’t cook often enough. Make yourself cook at least three times a week and watch your skills improve immeasurably."
2. Don't Try Too Hard Your First Time
Don't be like me and start off by cooking something notoriously difficult, like Pad Thai. I ended up with an inedible mess of noodles, and a total lack of desire to ever step in the kitchen again. I have since gotten over it, but it took a while.
3. Make Something Delicious
You can trick yourself into cooking more often by only making foods that are extra delicious. Think along the lines of homemade pizza or cheesy lasagna. As Roberts said, "When you make food that pleases you, chances are it will please others and the ensuing praise will make you want to cook again." It's a nice sort of mind trick.
4. Read The Recipe First
You wouldn't try to assemble Ikea furniture without reading the directions first, would you? Ok, maybe you would — but food is way different. It can burn, bubble over, and it requires things to happen in a timely fashion. That's why you should give recipes a once over before getting started. According to the editors at EatingWell.com, this will allow you to see what's supposed to happen, and lessen the chance of something going wrong.
5. Buy Some Actual Kitchen Tools
Don't try to cook using that one one spatula you bought in college. Go out and invest in some real, bonafide kitchen implements, which should undoubtedly include a very sharp knife. As Roberts said, once you experience a properly sharpened knife, you’ll understand, on a deeper level, how important it is to use the correct tool for all your kitchen tasks.
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