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Cook Like a Professional at Home
Five skills to learn that will take your cooking to the next level.
I became a chef because I enjoyed cooking for my family, and ten years later I got out of the business because I wanted to cook for my family. For the past seven years, I have been trying to get people to cook more food at home, by providing recipes and tips to make healthy cooking easier.
What I’ve learned is that we all come from different backgrounds, and if your family didn’t cook at home, how are you supposed to know how to do it.
So, here are my top 5 skills to get you cooking like a pro.
1. Season with salt.
When I was just out of college, and long before I cooked in any restaurant, I met a woman that cooked so infrequently, she didn’t have salt in her apartment. I was cooking dinner at her place and managed to find a few salt packets to save the meal and make it passable. But that day, I learned that not everyone comes from the same place.
Our tongues taste salt to make sure that they get enough. Salt is critical to our health for proper nerve and muscle cell function and maintaining water balance in your body. Our bodies are working to maintain a balance of sodium, from salt, and potassium from vegetables. When you eat more vegetables, you…
