Whether you actually enjoy the process of cooking or not, most of us are always trying to find ways to cut back on the time it takes to prepare our meals and snacks. There are a lot of ways we can cut corners without sacrificing the quality of what we produce in the kitchen! Here are 20 cooking hacks that are bound to save you loads of time when cooking and preparing food.
Forget wasting half of it by chopping off the top!
It’ll slide out much more easily!
Always be prepared so you don’t have to go searching for things last minute.
This will speed up your cooking time!
Know everything you want to cook before you step into the kitchen.
Make a little extra so you can have leftovers. This way, you don’t have to prepare a meal the next day! This is one of the best cooking hacks to try out!
You can throw a lot of food in the crock pot and just let it cook on its own for a couple hours. No slaving over the stove required.
Clean as you go and there will be a lot less to do afterwards.
So you don’t have a massive garbage pile on your counter that you have to work around.
Know how often you use what, and move things around accordingly!
Most of us have way too many spices in the pantry, and we always have to search through ALL of them before we find the one we need. Organize them to make your life a lot easier.
So you don’t have to wash the measuring cups every time you use them.
It’ll get to room temperature much easier.
For that awesome banana split recipe you’ve been dying to try.
Make it a lot easier to move the cheese across the grater. Your arm will thank you.
Home-made vacuum seal packs accompanied with a straw are one of the best cooking hacks you need.
Herbs slice pretty easily, and it can be annoying to try and keep drawing your knife across the cutting board when it would be a lot easier to just continuously roll a pizza cutter back and forth. You don’t even have to lift it from the cutting board!
No, you didn’t waste all your time making that extra bacon. Make it perfectly crispy again with this trick!
For when you know you’re going to be too lazy to wash dishes.
Then, dry it off to make your slicing job much cleaner!
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