Spices, marinades or condiments are all simple and effective ways to give more flavors to your dishes. Here are six easy ideas to enhance the taste of your cooking, without changing your habits.
To vary the pleasures, in the kitchen as everywhere, sometimes you have to dare to change! Here are six very simple ideas to give more flavor to your dishes, without forcing you to review all your menus.
1. Bring Back Your Spices
Do you usually sprinkle your preparations with spices? So try frying them in a little oil before using them. Cumin or coriander, for example, lend themselves well to this type of cooking. Be careful not to burn them!
2. Grill Your Vegetables
Grilled vegetables give off a special flavor. Cut all your vegetables the same size, to be sure that they will be cooked in the same way and throw them in a very hot pan, Wok style. As with the spices, don't leave them too long, or you'll get burnt vegetables!
3. Get ready some Basics
A base of aromatic herbs can allow you to decorate salads, soups or sauces without breaking your head. Prepare these bases in advance (garlic and parsley for snail butter for example) to always have some on hand.
4. Switch to Candied Vegetables
Tomatoes, garlic or onions can be stored perfectly in vinegar. The opportunity to discover new flavors that will enhance the taste of your pasta dishes, sauces or boiled vegetables. They also perfectly complement salads and raw vegetables.
5. Try Marinades
Marinades allow you to reveal different flavors, both in meat and fish and in vegetables. The marinade lets out the juice, creating a natural sauce on the food, whose flavors are better appreciated.
6. Color your Butter
To cook vegetables in butter but also to make a sauce, consider letting it brown in the pan. Attention, again, we said to color not to burn!
Do you have other tips for flavoring your meals, giving your meals a little relief, a cheerfulness, fun, sun? Tell us everything in comments.
These six little tips will allow you to always have something on hand to enhance the flavor of your dishes. When you see that the smallest sachet of culinary aid is sold for around 1 euro, I let you imagine the savings that can be made!
For someone who cooks every day, these tips can easily lower the monthly bill by 15 euros shopping. And presto, more than 150 euros in the pocket at the end of the year!
