Learn how to make easy homemade beef broth using meat off-cuts. This budget-friendly recipe is perfect for soups, stews, gravies, and more. Rich, flavorful, and simple to prepare—store it in your freezer for quick, delicious meals anytime. You don’t need heaps of meaty bones or meat to make a rich, flavorful homemade beef broth—I found…
Cooking and Baking Basics
Homemade Beef Gravy from Scratch (with flour)
Make the best homemade beef gravy from scratch with homemade beef stock. This easy recipe uses a simple roux made with flour and butter for a thick, silky gravy that’s perfect for roasts, potatoes, and Yorkshire puddings. If you’ve made your own homemade beef broth/stock, you’re already halfway to the best gravy you’ve ever tasted! The key to the best tasting…
How Many Grams in an Ounce? {Plus FREE printable}
ounces, grams, conversion
How Many Grams in a Pound? {Plus Free Conversion Chart}
If you’ve ever followed a recipe, measured ingredients, or worked with weights in the kitchen, you’ve likely encountered the need to convert pounds to grams. I personally, feel like I google this all the time without really making an effort to commit it to memory! Whether you’re baking a cake, preparing a meal, or portioning…
How to Make Crispy Bacon in the Oven {Easy Method}
Learn how to make crispy bacon in the oven in 15-20 minutes with this quick, easy, tried-and-tested recipe. Includes loads of tips and tricks to get perfectly crispy bacon every time. Enjoy crispy bacon in salads, burgers, sandwiches and of course alongside scrambled or fried eggs! The secret to cooking juicy yet crispy bacon in…
How to Make Homemade Almond Milk
An easy recipe for making delicious, creamy, homemade Almond Milk with step-by-step instructions and photos Almonds are soaked for 6-12 hours then blended with water, cinnamon, salt and vanilla extract. Sieve for a smooth milk or drink as is for a wholesome grainy almond milk. Both are delicious! Making almond milk is very simple and easy…
Easy Homemade Yoghurt Recipe (without yoghurt Maker)
This is an easy to use step-by-step recipe (with photos) for making homemade yoghurt without a yoghurt maker. It is quick to make and tastes delicious. You need a digital thermometer or candy thermometer and a heavy-bottomed pot with lid, milk and half a cup of store-bought yoghurt as your starter culture. It was during…
Easy Thin-Base Pizza Crust Recipe
My boys LOVE pizza, I love pizza. Our family loves pizza. We eat pizza a lot. After a visit to my sister in Australia, she showed me how easy it was to make homemade pizzas. She used a recipe out of one of Jamie Oliver’s cookbooks. The kids loved it. So, as any mother of…
How to Make Perfect Hummus from Scratch
Ever wondered how to make Hummus? That healthy dip/paste made from chickpeas that you dip carrot and celery sticks into? Yes, that stuff? It is called Hummus. Some say, “Hugh-miss”, whilst others say “hum-miss” and some say “hom-miss”. However you say it, it is YUMMY and wholesome and it’s easy to make from scratch –…
Knives: What Types of Knives does your Kitchen need?
The average person’s kitchen only has a couple of chopping and cutting knives lying around – sharing a draw with a bunch of other utensils. This is ok as long as you are not planning to prepare anything out of the ordinary, but if you are an aspiring chef and serious about your culinary activities,…
What can I substitute for cayenne pepper?
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper can be substituted with 4 drops Tabasco sauce OR 1/8 teaspoon red pepper or chilli flakes/powder. You can also use paprika, however it’s milder so you will need to use about twice as much.
What can I substitute for baking powder?
1 teaspoon baking powder can be substituted by ¼ teaspoon baking soda plus ½ teaspoon cream of tartar OR ¼ teaspoon baking soda plus ½ cup sour milk, buttermilk or plain yoghurt.
