Asklemmy

I make as much of my own food as possible. So I mostly buy basic ingredients.

Mayo, ketchup, BBQ sauce, ramen broth, grow my own yeast, bake breads all types, pizza dough for home made pizza, kimchi, grow some herbs and other plants when possible. You eat healthier, and tastes way, way better. Some planning required since you make things in bulk but since there are no preservatives, food will not last months, unless you also make your own preserves, but it gets easier with practice. Pickled stuff is delicious.

Also, will buy meat with bone in, use the bones to make broth and sauces for better for flavour.

Reheat pizza by placing a few drops of water in a frying pan & cover. Gives the bottom the slightest bit of crunch & the steam reheats the rest evenly.

Canned soup + a bouillon cube + extra of that one thing that you like (pasta, rice, meat, veggie).

You can use frozen strawberries instead of ice in many drinks. Doesn't water the drink down, and you get a sweet treat at the end.

Blend tiramisu

Best food ever, nothing compares

Mayonnaise on grilled cheese is an abomination.

For the absolute best grilled cheese ever just put sliced cheese between two slices of bread, drop 2 tbsp (28.5g for those of you not using freedom units) of butter in a pan just hot enough to make it sizzle, put your sandwich in the melted butter and flip after 3 minutes.

Edit: got so worked up about the mayo abomination I forgot what I came here to say. My food hack is self rising flour in anything that used the flour, salt, baking powder trio. Easier, quicker, and no chance of messing up the ratio and getting crackers instead of biscuits.

Save vegetable trimmings in a freezer bag to make vegetable broth.

I used to work for a production company that made food related video programming so “food hacks” is something that is burned into my brain at this point.

If you don’t bake bread in a Dutch oven, toss a few ice cubes in the bottom of your oven to make steam while the bread is cooking so it makes a crispy crust.

Pressure cook a whole rotisserie chicken (bones, meat, and all) for 20ish minutes for amazing chicken stock.

Not really a hack, but Beef bullion and sun dried tomatoes in a cream sauce is a lovely combo.

Add MSG to food when you cook.

Toast spices before grinding them in a mortar and pestle to really make the flavors punchy.

When making ramen, I typically make ahead of schedule some spicy compound butter I can add to the top for extra flavor. It includes butter, salt, garlic, Thai chili peppers (possibly even Szechuan peppers) blended and then refrigerated back into a butter shape.

Boil water while you are searing steak so your smoke alarm is less likely to go off (assuming you have an oven vent that blows air rather than vents outside)

You eat with your eyes first, so presentation is actually important when preparing food. It can’t turn around nasty tasting food, but doing a little bit of extra work at the end like adding chopped chives or parsley to a dish without anything else green on it adds a lot.

Does anyone have a good poached egg hack?

I tried the mug in the microwave method, but it didnt work well.

I like to make Velveeta mac and cheese with added quesadilla mix shredded cheese and some cayenne pepper. Makes it thick and with a little kick. Sometimes I’ll put it in a small dish and bake it until the top is brown too.

hot sauce to sidestep ARFID

I make my grilled cheese in my sandwich press.