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Coooking Shortcuts and Tips
Kitchen shortcuts include tips, convenience foods, making food before time, some cookbooks and freezing food for a month, also called Once a Month Cooking is invaluable for working moms. Quick tips are quick to read and help to save time in the kitchen. One can know the best way to cook bacon, how to cook a hard-cooked (not boiled!) egg, get the most from herbs, and more. Convenience foods combine two more more foods, or do one or more cooking steps for you. It includes frozen vegetable blends, precooked meatballs, and sauce mixes.

By making food ahead of time, means to pull food out of the refrigerator or freezer, just bake or reheat. This is the best answer to entertain. The leftovers should be thought to be a part of 'make ahead' recipes too. After all, they are just more ingredients, already prepared, that are ready for you to use. How quickly can you cook? If one is well experienced in cooking, they should be able to make the recipes in the time specified. The easy recipes don't require any real work - most are just assemble, perhaps heat, and eat. Enjoy.

Following shortcuts can be taken into consideration form using least amount of time in cooking:

Keep food fresher and longer. Use paper towels or a sponge to line the refrigerator crisper in order to absorb the moisture.  One can also, keep crackers in the refrigerator instead of the room temperature cabinet.

Frozen Vegetables. Use frozen chopped red, yellow and green bell pepper combinations, as they are easier to use while making stir fry or casseroles.

Buying Meat. Buy ground beef in large amount and separate it into one pound bags and freeze. Use only when needed. Purchase boneless pork loin and cut it into chops yourself.

Leftovers. At the weekend, one can store some leftovers in freezer bags to quickly heat up during the week for a hot, healthy breakfast. This can be done for pancakes, french toast, waffles and sausages.

Cooking Boards. Using the same cutting boards for different foods can harbor many different germs. Use separate boards for different foods, one just for meat, vegetables, dairy, etc. Keep a bottle of bleach and water (mixed together) handy to spray down during use. Remember to rinse the mixture off before using.

Fresh Herbs. In order to have fresh herbs at any time of year, use the chopped herbs and place them in an ice cube tray. Pour water into the tray and freeze. As you need a fresh herb, simply pop a cube out of the freezer.

Fresh Salad Dressing. Use one medium clove of garlic and combine it with one teaspoon salt, one quarter teaspoon pepper,  half lime juice and one quarter cup of olive oil.  This can used as a salad dressing

as well as a marinade for grilled chicken or fish.

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