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Rinse uncooked rice in a sieve under a cold running tap before cooking; this removes excess starch, so preventing the rice from becoming sticky.

Try using milk instead of water when making pie crusts to make a more tender crust and to have it brown nicely.

Cocoa powder is most often used as a baking ingredient, and it is not sweetened. In fact, it is just chocolate liquor with the fat removed.

To cut very fresh bread and cake without crumbling, use a thin-bladed knife heated in hot water and then dried.

Adding lemon juice to gravy that is too greasy, will make the grease disappear and add flavor to your gravy.

Preheat the grill to high. When ready to cook, brush the fish steaks on both sides with oil or melted butter & season with salt & pepper.

Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm.

Use peanut butter spreading on the sandwiches, it will make them more tastier.

Too much pepper or too many hot peppers can be counteracted by adding sugar – a pinch at a time – to the dish.

Dip 12 strawberries in two tablespoons of light chocolate syrup, Freeze for 1 hour and enjoy.

When cooking vegetables, makes 2-3 times more than you need and immediately store the extra away for tomorrow. It’ll save you time later on.

If your cheesecake cracks on top, top it with a fruit topping, chocolate sauce, sour cream or whipped cream.

Don’t throw away the foods left over. Store them in Fridge. Use them in making tasty dishes.

Vegetable salad of tomato, carrot, radish and its leaves, and two-three slices of lemon are very good for health

To make soup add one or more vegetables to the stock: rice, pasta, cut-up potatoes, corn, celery, carrots and onion.

Add a few drops of lemon juice in the water before boiling the rice to make rice whiter.

When the noodles are boiled, drain all the hot water and add cold water. This way all the noodles will get separated.

Wash a potato. Cut into two. Place a the two halves of the raw potato in the curry and it will absorb the extra salt.

When grilling, brush the grill lightly with oil to prevent the food from sticking.

If you are melting hard chocolate  You can smooth it out by adding a teaspoon of plain cooking oil.

When the cake breaks when you remove it from the pan, layer the pieces with sweetened whipped cream in a glass bowl and chill until serving time.

Beat an egg white and brush over your pie crust before baking for a beautiful glossy finish.

When cake mix calls for water use buttermilk instead. It will make the lightest and best cakes.

Any cookie that has a dab of icing or jam on top, is filled or is topped with candied fruit must be packed with wax paper between each layer.

Children l0ve sandwiches, if u want to freeze home made sandwiches, it can be wrapped and frozen for up to three days.