by Rena Cook | Sep 9, 2013 | Cooking Tips, Tips
When cooking, add the freshly ground pepper at the end of the cooking time. If you add it at the beginning it loses its aroma, and at the end it will just burn your tongue without the beautiful aroma.
by Rena Cook | Sep 9, 2013 | Cooking Tips, Tips
The shelf life of your olive oil can be prolonged if you add a little sugar in the bottle. If you want your pesto sauce to keep its nice green colour for a few days in the fridge, you can cover it with olive oil. Here is a tip for pizza lovers. Mix some olive oil with...
by Rena Cook | Sep 2, 2013 | Cooking Tips, Tips
Greece produces excellent honey, from thyme, conifer trees, wild flowers or orange blossoms. It has been collected by humans for consumption for over 10,000 years. Even the Gods of Olympus ate “ambrosia” that is honey, and drank “nectar” a liquid produced by plants...
by Rena Cook | Aug 12, 2013 | Cooking Tips, Tips
When making tomato sauce, don’t let it boil for more than 20 minutes, because then the liquid starts separating from the tomato pulp, which sits at the bottom of the pot and the liquid floats on top. Add a teaspoonful of tomato paste when making tomato sauce for the...
by Rena Cook | Jul 29, 2013 | Cooking Tips, Tips
I like using wine in my cooking. It adds that extra ‘spark’ and livens up the taste of the final dish. And a glass of wine – especially red wine – a day does the world of good for you. Don’t scrimp when it comes to buying a bottle of wine. Today there are...
