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How to Use Garlic in Cooking: Easy Tips for Beginners

This blog is all about teaching beginner home cooks how to use garlic in their cooking, with step-by-step tips on prepping, cooking, and storing garlic. Plus, it’s a live blog, so it gets updated often with more garlicky goodness!

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How to Cook: Quick and Easy Rice Recipes

In this post, you'll discover easy rice recipes that anyone can master, with culinary education on rice and cooking tips that offer a variety of simple techniques to cook perfect rice confidently every time.

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Hey Reader!

I hope you’re feeling inspired in the kitchen! I’ve just updated a couple of key blog posts that are packed with tips and techniques to help you boost your creativity and confidence while cooking.

The first post, How to Use Garlic, takes a deep dive into ways to prep and use garlic in your dishes, whether it’s raw, roasted, or minced. Garlic is such a versatile ingredient, and mastering its uses can really take your flavor game to the next level.

The second post, Cooking Rice, is perfect for learning different methods of preparing rice, a staple that can be transformed into so many creative and delicious meals. From stovetop to rice cooker tips, this guide will help you improvise and get the perfect texture every time.

Check them out, and let these tips inspire you to experiment with new flavors and techniques in your kitchen. As always, feel free to share your thoughts or any questions—I love hearing from you!

Until next time,

Chef Maika

Review of the Week

What's This? I’m tired of kitchen fads and mediocre products. I share the essentials every kitchen needs, cutting through the flashy stuff to focus on the basics. I’ve even turned down brands because I’m over it as a consumer, too, lol.

Why Essential?

Cutting board mats are essential in the kitchen because they provide a safe, hygienic surface for food preparation, reduce cross-contamination, and offer flexibility and ease of use, especially when handling different types of ingredients.

Kitchen Essentials:

Color-Coded Cutting Mats

Product: Fotouzy Plastic Colored Cutting Board

My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Purchased: 06/07/2022

Update: 08/19/24

My Review:

...dishwasher safe and wide enough to cover my wooden cutting board and great for when I zest and need to transfer them instead of scraping them off my board. So, I gave this a 3 out of 5 (Since they don't have a good grip for chopping. I mainly use it now for cutting, cleaning meat, and transferring ingredients).

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