Nevertheless, we still have to cook. And you can make your life easier and even enjoy your cooking experience if you pick up a few tricks.\n

1. You can keep\u00a0butter\u00a0outside the fridge.\n\n
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If\u00a0butter\u00a0is\u00a0salted, you can safely keep its small portions outside the fridge at\u00a0room temperature. It\u00a0will stay\u00a0good\u00a0for a\u00a0couple of\u00a0days.\n
2. If\u00a0you want to\u00a0roast\u00a0corn\u00a0and not waste time on\u00a0husking\u00a0it, place it\u00a0directly in\u00a0the husks in\u00a0a\u00a0preheated 350\u02daF oven for 30\u00a0minutes.\n\n
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To\u00a0prevent it\u00a0from burning, hold it\u00a0in\u00a0water\u00a0for about 20\u00a0minutes beforehand.\n
3\u00a0If your food contains fat and salt, try splashing it\u00a0with lemon or\u00a0lime\u00a0juice\u00a0for a\u00a0new flavor.\n\n
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4. To\u00a0prevent the sauce from\u00a0splattering\u00a0inside the microwave, pour the sauce on\u00a0the bottom of\u00a0the plate and place the garnish (e.g. pasta) on\u00a0top of\u00a0it.\n\n
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Pasta\u00a0will heat up\u00a0faster and the sauce will stay in\u00a0place.\n
5. If\u00a0you are cooking something with melted chocolate, add a\u00a0pinch of\u00a0salt. This will bring out the chocolate flavor even more.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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6. To\u00a0balance the\u00a0acidity\u00a0of\u00a0the tomato sauce, add a\u00a0quarter teaspoon of\u00a0baking soda to\u00a0it. Do\u00a0this at\u00a0the beginning of\u00a0cooking.\n\n
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7. If\u00a0the dough sticks to\u00a0the sides of\u00a0the bowl, try kneading it\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0non-stick\u00a0pan.\n\n
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8. To\u00a0prevent a\u00a0kitchen board from sliding on\u00a0the table, place\u00a0rubberized\u00a0shelf liners underneath them.\n\n
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9. Don\u2019t throw away the plastic netting that oranges and so\u00a0on\u00a0come\u00a0in. You can use it\u00a0to\u00a0remove dough residue from the tableware or\u00a0table later\u00a0on.\n\n
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10. If\u00a0you want to\u00a0marinate meat in\u00a0pineapple, don\u2019t keep meat in\u00a0it\u00a0for longer than 20\u201330\u00a0minutes. The acids will simply turn the meat into mush. $\"\"$ \n
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11. The taste of\u00a0black pepper will be\u00a0much more noticeable if\u00a0you add it\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0cooked or\u00a0almost cooked dish. The aroma will also be\u00a0much stronger.\n\n
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12\u00a0If you like cheese flavor but can\u2019t eat dairy products, add nutritional\u00a0yeast. It\u00a0can be\u00a0added to\u00a0all kinds of\u00a0foods.\n\n\n\n\n
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This yeast is\u00a0even called\u00a0Parmesan\u00a0because of\u00a0its characteristic odor. It\u00a0can be\u00a0used in\u00a0salads, soups, scrambled eggs and sandwiches.\n
13. Use empty sriracha\u00a0containers\u00a0as\u00a0twist top cooking oil dispensers.\n
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This bottle makes it\u00a0easy to\u00a0measure the amount of\u00a0oil, especially if\u00a0you need just a\u00a0little. Important: Be\u00a0sure to\u00a0keep transparent containers in\u00a0a\u00a0dark\u00a0place if\u00a0you store olive oil in\u00a0them.\n\n\n\n
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14. If\u00a0your pan is\u00a0made of\u00a0stainless steel, heat it\u00a0first before adding oil.\n\n
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To\u00a0check whether the pan is\u00a0hot enough, drop a\u00a0little\u00a0water\u00a0on\u00a0it. Droplets should \u201croll\u201d across the surface.\n\n\n\n\n
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15. A\u00a0tea\u00a0infuser\u00a0ball works fantastically to\u00a0sprinkle powdered sugar evenly.\n\n
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16. Bread knives are good to\u00a0use\u00a0for any fruit and vegetables with soft pulp and plenty of\u00a0juice.\n\n\n\n\n
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17. To\u00a0prevent\u00a0eggshell\u00a0fragments from getting into your food, break eggs on\u00a0a\u00a0flat surface, not on\u00a0an\u00a0edged surface.\n\n\n\n\n
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And here are a few professional tricks that can help you clean your house much faster.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nevertheless, we still have to cook. And you can make your life easier and even enjoy your cooking experience if you pick up a few tricks. 1. You can keep\u00a0butter\u00a0outside the fridge. If\u00a0butter\u00a0is\u00a0salted, you can safely keep its small portions outside the fridge at\u00a0room temperature. It\u00a0will stay\u00a0good\u00a0for a\u00a0couple of\u00a0days. 2. If\u00a0you want to\u00a0roast\u00a0corn\u00a0and not waste …\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":73550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[410],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-hacks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73551,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73549\/revisions\/73551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}