To peel or not to peel? That is the question.

With all your ingredients ready for cooking, baking or juicing, it can be frustrating when you soon realize not all fruits and vegetables should be peeled after all. You spend time peeling beautifully every single vegetable and fruit you have, and then you end up with mushed up pieces after cooking.

Fruit and vegetable peels are important because they contain essential vitamins and minerals that are otherwise found in the flesh. It’s almost universal that fruit and vegetable peels contain phytochemicals that act as the body’s defense against infection; thus, keeping your immune system high.

However, because of fear of contamination, hardy skins, and difficulty in digesting skins, there is sometimes a need to remove fruit and vegetable peels.

So here then is a comprehensive list of fruits and vegetables you can peel, cannot peel, and a few in the middle that you can peel depending on what you are preparing. [Read more…] about Do You Peel Turnips? A List of 40 Fruits and Vegetables You Can, Cannot Peel, and A Few in Between

Do you love curries? I love them too that it why I have tried all sorts of curry recipes, like Thai curries and Indian curries. Actually, the term “curry” is derived from the Tamil word “kari” meaning sauce.

Curry paste and curry powder are two based ingredients of curry dishes. Although both are spices, they are used in different ways. Find out more as I explore the contrast of curry paste vs curry powder. [Read more…] about Curry Paste vs Curry Powder – What is the Difference?

How many of us have struggled with making the perfect pasta, impressing our family with our best meat dishes, and trying to understand how fondue baking works? While having a cookbook can help, it can only go as far as helping you out with ingredients and cooking procedure; not, with how you actually make dishes in the kitchen.

We want to help you succeed with your cooking and baking needs, so we are having in this article our favorite YouTube cooking channels that have made us a better cook—and we are sure, so will you.

The following cooking channels are arranged by number of subscribers, from the highest to the lowest. Every channel has its specialty, so the number of subscribers says more about what type of cooking interests more people. Each channel presented here is full of quality and easy-to-follow cooking instructions. (Updated 2019!) [Read more…] about 31 Awesome YouTube Cooking Channels That Will Definitely Make You a Better Cook

Coffee beans are used widely by many people all over the world. Some beans go stale with time or not much good as they ought to be. Thus, you can use them for other purposes whether whole beans or grounded. Check out this compiled list of the uses of old coffee beans and utilize the leftovers. Isn’t it cool to use the leftovers for a constructive purpose?

Helpful in Garden

Coffee beans are a great soil fixer that can be added to the soil. Trees like blackberry and blueberry get benefitted with coffee beans when sprinkled on the roots. [Read more…] about What To Do With Old Coffee Beans?