Cooking Techniques: Roasting, Roasting & Reheating Tips

Master professional cooking techniques like slow-cooking a ribeye roast or pressure-cooking dried chickpeas. From ingenious hacks like making onion rings with pancake mix to reheating Chinese food, improve your kitchen efficiency.

How to Cook Drumsticks in a Convection Oven

A convection oven is a handy cooking tool to have because it cooks food more quickly than a conventional oven and yields more golden brown and juicy meat, according to the Fine Cooking website.

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What Can Be Substituted for Sweet Paprika?

Despite its misleading name, sweet paprika, of which Hungarian paprika is one variety, isn't sugary or sweet at all. Instead, it's called sweet paprika to distinguish it from other types of paprika that are spicy. The end zing, or lack thereof, depends on what type of peppers were used to make the spice.

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The Best Way to Freeze Pasta Sauce

Having a freezer filled with already prepared foods is a convenient way to put a nutritious meal on the table even on those busy nights when your family has several other obligations.

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Mashed potato

How to Replace Butter in Mash Potatoes

Butter is a starring ingredient in many mashed potato recipes, but it adds 11.5 grams of fat per tablespoon to your recipe, and 7.3 grams of that are saturated. It's possible to create a creamy and rich pot of mashed potatoes without all the butter, however.

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How to Cook Jalapeno Peppers

With their fiery kick, jalapenos will add a spicy flavor to your favorite recipes. If you can stand the heat, the small peppers also taste good on their own. Cooking jalapenos deepens and enhances their flavor all for just a few calories and a negligible amount of fat, as well as a boost of vitamin C and potassium.

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How do I Make Burgers on a George Foreman Grill?

A George Foreman grill brings the grilled taste of outdoor cooking inside. The nonstick grill is sloped downward, which enables the grease and some of the fat to drain off the meat, which reduces the total fat content of the burger.

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How to Freeze Leftover Pulled Pork

Making a double or triple batch of pulled pork isn't any harder than making a single batch. Pulled pork is typically prepared in a slow cooker, shredded apart and smothered with barbecue sauce. You can freeze the excess of a double or triple batch for future meals.

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Baked cod

How to Season Baked Cod

Cod is a low-fat, low-calorie white fish with a mild taste that you can easily complement with any number of seasonings. In fact, cod is such a versatile fish that you can experiment with different combinations of herbs and spices, both dried and fresh, to create new and exciting flavors.

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How to Cook Cod Roe

Cod roe, often confused with caviar, is considered a delicacy in certain countries, such as Norway. Hard roe is the unfertilized eggs of the female cod, and soft roe is the sperm of a male cod. The food is less common in the United States, and that's too bad because it has a distinct and delicate flavor.

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How to Marinate Chicken for Curry

Marinating chicken is a simple way to tenderize the bird and infuse the meat with a burst of flavor. Using curry in your marinade adds a bit of heat and Indian flair to the chicken.

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