| Even the best cooks cut corners sometimes. Time is | | | | and ice cream make a delightful, as well as quick, |
| short in the modern world and we all need some quick | | | | desert. |
| easy recipes and techniques if we want to cook at | | | | A ready prepared pack of root vegetables and some |
| home. | | | | beef, pork or lamb will make a casserole that can be |
| A great deal of the time involved in cooking is actually | | | | left to cook all day in your crock pot or slow cooker. |
| spent in washing up afterwards. So some of the best | | | | This may not be quick in the conventional sense, but it |
| quick and easy techniques involve avoiding making | | | | is quick when you come home from work at the end |
| more mess than necessary. Use foil where ever you | | | | of the day. |
| can in roasting trays and griddles. The foil can be | | | | Some kitchen gadgets are immensely time saving. The |
| removed and thrown away so that food never gets | | | | crock pot is one of them. It takes a long time to cook |
| burned onto the pan. Try using platic bags for | | | | a meal in one, but it is not your time. A few minutes |
| marinating food. That way you will not have another | | | | work in the morning will provide you with a quick and |
| dish to wash. In the microwave try using Teflon coated | | | | easy meal in the evening. |
| paper or baking parchment to cover the carousel plate. | | | | A microwave oven is more obviously time saving. It |
| Do not dismiss good quality frozen produce. Even | | | | cuts cooking times to a fraction of conventional |
| frozen mashed potatoes have their place in the | | | | cooking times. If you spend a little extra and get a |
| modern kitchen. Some left over cooked ground beef | | | | combination microwave that has a grill/broiler facility |
| or lamb can be turned into a shepherd's pie very | | | | and a conventional heating element you will find that |
| quickly and easily by adding a topping made of frozen | | | | your microwave becomes even more useful. A |
| mashed potatoes. You can even use frozen mashed | | | | combination microwave can be used for a whole |
| potatoes as a quick and easy way to thicken a home | | | | range of dishes that require browning. It gives a better |
| made soup. Frozen herbs are extremely quick and | | | | flavour while still saving time. |
| easy to use because they save on all that chopping. | | | | Another great time saver is the wok. A stir fry is |
| Ready prepared fruit and vegetables will also save | | | | probably the ultimate quick and easy recipe. You can |
| you time. Many supermarkets stock ready washed, | | | | get ready prepared vegetables and it is the work of a |
| peeled and chopped fruit and vegetables. They are a | | | | few minutes to prepare any one of an endless variety |
| quick and easy route to home cooking. Some ready | | | | of quick and easy meals. |
| prepared fruit, served with crumbled amaretti cookies | | | | |