Everyday cooking

Everyday cooking

Plastic food containers are both cheap and convenient these days, offering cheap and simple storage solutions for leftovers in your fridge or dry items in the pantry. But they're not without their problems. Apart from figuring out how to organize those pesky plastic lids, the containers themselves may end up holding onto old food odors that make them unappealing to keep using.

others are more likely to damage your pan and may even shorten its lifespan. It turns out that some of the main complaints you have about cooking with stainless steel might be because of user error, even if you're a seasoned cook. In fact, once you correct what you've been doing wrong with your stainless steel cookware, you might use them just as often or more than your non-stick pans, especially if you're worried about non-stick forever chemicals.

In this version, cooked butternut squash is mashed directly onto a thick slice of warm raisin-walnut toast and topped with crumbled feta and a sprinkling of crunchy dukkah a nutty Middle Eastern blend of toasted seeds and spices. The result is an easy, vibrant, flavorful breakfast that carries you through the morning without feeling rich. To make mornings simpler, cook the squash ahead roasted, sauteed or even microwaved and keep it on hand for a week of toast, wraps, salads and simple sides.

You probably already know that it's generally not a good idea to expose plastic - like food storage containers, for instance - to high temperatures. After all, it can cause chemicals in the plastic to leach into your food. It probably shouldn't come as a huge surprise, then, that it's also a bad idea to use plastic wrap under very high heat. This is because plastic wrap melts very easily when exposed to high temps,

In our collective minds, pepperoni has only ever been a pizza topping. For so long now, it's been infinitely tethered to molten cheese, blistered crust, and greasy fingers, so much so that we forget there are still many creative ways to use pepperoni beyond pizza. At times, it even shows up in dishes you least expect. At 7 in the morning, amidst the repetitive spin of cooking up yet another omelet, this American salami is the surprising twist that makes breakfast a whole lot better.

My pizza go-to is this Margherita pizza, but when I'm looking for a thick crust this is the recipe I use. It makes a fluffy dough with crispy edges, and with gooey cheese and garlicky tomato sauce, it's pretty much my ultimate pizza experience! It's also incredibly simple to make: no pizza stone required and no stretching of the dough. Just a simple cast iron skillet and trusty technique that works every time!

If you didn't realize what the numbers on your ground beef meant, those are the different levels of lean meat to fat in the mixture. So 90/10 ground beef is 90% meat, 10% fat. Different types of recipes are better with different types of ground beef. It's not a one-size-fits-all choice. But when it comes to getting the most out of your smash burger, you are best off reaching for the classic 80/20 ground beef.

Perfect for busy days, this slow cooker pot roast is a simple meal that's full of so much flavor! Tender meat, carrots, potatoes, and onions cook together for a dish everyone loves. Even though I work from home, I use our slow cooker for dinner a lot, letting soups and stews simmer away while taking care of all the other tasks on my list.