27 Diagrams That Make Cooking So Much Easier
1. For making your own vinaigrette.
Which you should be doing, instead of buying the bottled stuff. It’s healthier and tastier, and it’s really not hard. Here’s everything you need to know about building a better salad.
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2. For making substitutions when you’re missing an ingredient.
Pretty awesome. Via eReplacement Parts.
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3. For cooking red meat exactly how you like it.
If you’re going splurge on a really great piece of meat, you’d better know how to cook it to temperature. If you need more help, here’s how to make the perfect steak.
4. For spicing things up.
Sure, you can just dump a bunch of spices into your stew and it’ll taste good. But, you can take your home cooking to a whole new level if you really know which spices taste best with which foods. Via CookSmarts.
5. For making any soup from scratch.
It’s actually s(o)uper easy to make a healthy, warming winter meal. Via Shape.
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6. For Metric conversions.
7. For boiling eggs:
Cooking time varies depending on whether you like your yolks soft or hard.
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8. For volumetric conversions.
Why do math when this chart has all the answers?
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9. For cooking with and maintaining a cast iron skillet.
10. For making sure you’re using the right kitchen appliance.
Good cooks know that sometimes it’s better to leave the hard work to a machine.
11. For marinating meat to make it tender and delicious.
No more dry chicken.
12. For knowing what oil to use.
It’s important to know the smoke point of the oil you’re cooking with so that you don’t set off your smoke alarm and ruin your food.
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13. For when you’re too heavy-handed with the chili peppers.
It’s a shame when you spend all evening making a great dish, only to find that it’s intolerably spicy. Here’s how to tone down the heat.
14. For your next trip to the butcher.
Knowing the difference between cuts of meat means you’ll always be able to go into a butcher or grocery store and ask for exactly what you want. Plus, it makes for impressive dinner conversation.
15. For knife skills.
A sharp knife is a cook’s most important tool. Knowing how to use it means anything in the kitchen is possible. Via Visual.ly.
16. For knowing what kind of onion to use.
You won’t ruin a recipe by using a sweet onion when a red onion would have been better, but different onions have different characteristics—some are milder, some are sweeter, etc.—so it’s good to know the difference.
17. For vegan baking.
You may have to experiment a little bit to figure out which replacement is best for particular recipes.
21. For cooking vegetables.
Well, for boiling or steaming vegetables. Via Kid Spot.
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22. For filleting fish.
They’re much cheaper when you buy them whole, and filleting them yourself isn’t that hard.
23. For pasta lovers.
Impress anyone with your extensive noodle knowledge. Get the poster (or see a zoomed-in version) at Chasing Delicious.
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24. For perfect chocolate chip cookies.
And by “perfect” I mean, “exactly the way you like them.” Learn more about how to make the chocolate cookie you want.
26. For knowing what’s in season.
Sure, you can find blueberries at the supermarket in December. They’re just not going to taste very good.
27. For knowing exactly how to store your groceries, and for how long.
