| Most of us treat cooking as a torturous chore | | | | ingredient. Planning meals will also help you in |
| that has to be endured at the end of a long | | | | picking up stuff that is better suited to your |
| working day. We all look and marvel at people | | | | dishes. For example, if you are planning to make |
| who enjoy cooking and look forward to cooking | | | | stir fries a lot during the week, then going for |
| at home and wonder what went wrong with us. | | | | chopped vegetable will be better than buying |
| To tell you the truth, the basic difference | | | | whole vegetables. |
| between people who enjoy spending time in the | | | | Put your appliances to better use: Most of us |
| kitchen and those who don't is just a little bit of | | | | under use almost all of our appliances, specially our |
| planning. With proper planning, you can easily fix | | | | food processors, microwaves and crock pots. |
| good home cooked meals for the whole family | | | | Washing the food processor and changing |
| within half an hour and once you find cooking fast | | | | different attachments is a chore, but not if you |
| and easy, you will look forward to making and | | | | have to do it only once or twice a week. Chop |
| eating wholesome home cooked meals. Some tips | | | | vegetables and prepare stuff for the whole week |
| that will help you in making cooking both easy and | | | | on the weekend using your food processor and |
| simple are: | | | | keep different ingredients in different boxes in the |
| Start with easy and simple: The key to making | | | | fridge. Most vegetables and pastes will last for at |
| food fast and without fuss is to start with easy | | | | least a week if stored in airtight containers. |
| and simple recipes. Don't try preparing cordon bleu | | | | Similarly, you can use your microwave for making |
| menus on weekdays. Leave them for the | | | | basic dishes. Start using your crock pot for |
| weekends if you like cooking and for the | | | | preparing soups and rice dishes while your prepare |
| restaurants if you don't. Instead aim at making | | | | the main course to save time. |
| wholesome and healthy food at home and start | | | | Keep your fridge and kitchen stocked with RTC |
| with easy to make salads, stir fries and soups. | | | | ingredients: A well stocked fridge and kitchen are |
| Baking with bottled marinades is not only easy | | | | the keys to making cooking simple. Keeping |
| and fast; it also produces great tasting, healthy | | | | different types of pasta, marinade and salad |
| non-vegetarian dishes. | | | | sauces along with ready to mix seasonings can |
| Plan meals in advance: Plan your meals before you | | | | save you a lot of time and energy at the end of |
| go to pick up your weekly supply of groceries. | | | | a hard day at work. Similarly keeping chopped |
| This way, you will be able to buy all the | | | | vegetables and ready to cook meat and poultry |
| ingredients that you will need for your dishes | | | | pieces in your fridge and freezer ensure that you |
| instead of having to abandon making something in | | | | save on cleaning and cutting time every day. |
| the middle because of the absence of a crucial | | | | |