Basics

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Basic cooking techniques and foundational recipes that every household cook should know.

mac n cheese in the rice cooker

10 *Other* Foods You Can Cook In a Rice Cooker

essential sauces to master

4 Simple Sauces Every Cook Should Know To Make Hundreds of Frugal Meals

Homemade Basil Pesto

Back to Basics: Homemade Basil Pesto

bone broth superfood

Bone Broth: The Essential Super Cheap Super Food

Cooking and Freezing dried beans

cooking and freezing beans

Cooking dried beans in a thermal cooker

Cooking Beans in the Thermal Cooker – The Easiest, Cheapest Method

Easy Shortcrust Pastry

Easy Shortcrust Pastry for Sweet and Savoury Pies

diy dried breadcrumbs

from crust to crumb: DIY dried breadcrumbs from leftover crusts

gluten-free almond meal pikelets

Gluten-Free Almond Meal and Buckwheat Pikelets

Homemade Refried Beans

healthy, cheap and tasty – homemade refried beans

hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise Sauce

homemade almond butter

homemade almond butter

Homemade almond meal

Homemade Almond Meal – the dry method

Homemade Almond Milk

homemade almond milk and almond meal

homemade chocolate from scratch

Homemade Chocolate From Scratch

lime aioli recipe with chilli

Homemade Lime Aioli Recipe with Chilli

homemade mascarpone cheese

Homemade Mascarpone Cheese

Moroccan spice mix

Homemade Moroccan Spice Mix

homemade crispy baked potato chips

Homemade Oven-Baked Chunky French Fries

Homemade Pizza Sauce

Homemade Pizza Sauce

How to Flash Freeze Fruit

How to Flash Freeze Fruit For A Year Long Bounty

How to freeze zucchini

How to Freeze Zucchini – A Step by Step Tutorial

Homemade Chicken Stock

How to Make Chicken Stock – A Step by Step Tutorial

Homemade strawberry jam

how to make strawberry jam

Homemade baking powder

how to make your own baking powder and why you should give it a go

how to prepare a capsicum

How to Prepare a Capsicum

slow-cooker rendered lard

How to Render Lard in the Slow Cooker (Great for Making Soap!)

how to make white sauce

Kitchen Mastery: Basic White Sauce and What You Can Do With It

lemon, lime and passionfruit curd

lemon, lime and passionfruit curd

make your own vegetable stock for free from scraps

Make Vegetable Stock For Free From Scraps {Quick and Easy in the Slow Cooker}

Basic Plum Jam Recipe

Preserving the Seasons: A Basic Plum Jam Recipe

rosemary olive damper

Rosemary Olive Damper: An Aussie Classic Glammed Up

ideas for using zucchinis

Seasonal Spotlight on Zucchinis: Buying, Storing, Cooking + Recipes

homemade tomato relish

Simple Tomato Relish

pork stock in the slow cooker

Slow Cooker Pork Stock – Don’t Waste the Scraps (Or Your Money)

Homemade Hummus

The Best Easy Homemade Hummus

cooking methods

The Cooking Methods Every Frugal Cook Needs to Know to Save Money

traditional homemade gravy

The Traditional Homemade Gravy Recipe That Will Give Your Roast Wow Factor

rendered chicken fat

traditional cooking – how to render your own chicken fat

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