Ultimate Cooking Hacks and Recipe Ideas

today I've put together a compilation of some of my favorite cooking hacks and recipe ideas that you can try out a home if you like you can subscribe to my channel and ring the bell to make sure you don't miss my future videos to start with I'm going to show you how to make these awesome twisted sausage dippers to make them we need to cut a hot dog sausage in half and thread it onto a skewer then take a sharp knife sit it on the skewer at an angle and cut a spiral all the way down the sausage like this then stretch it out along the skewer next take some pancake mix and add a small amount of water so you can knead it into a bread like dough like this tear off a piece roll it into a long worm and twist it stand the skewer in between the sausage to make a sausage in batter swirl cook them off in a frying pan with some oil and make sure they're cooked all the way around then they're ready to serve along with some dipping sauce you can do a similar thing with a potato slide it onto a skewer place it onto a chopping board and use a sharp knife to put a thin spiral cutter all the way down to the end fan it out along the skewer and place it onto a baking tray add a little cooking oil and bake them in the oven they go really well alongside a healthy meal or to accompany a burger you can make your own tomato ketchup by diluting one heaped tablespoon of brown sugar in half a cup of warm water then take a small onion peel it and cut it in half and add one half into the water then use a hand blender to blend it in add 200 grams of tomato paste into a bowl quarter of a teaspoon of ground cloves ground cinnamon quarter of a teaspoon of salt and 1/2 a teaspoon of mustard three tablespoons of white vinegar and the further an onion water we made earlier mix it together and there's our own homemade tomato ketchup if you want to you can fill up an old sauce bottle and it tastes great you can fill up a cup half full with chocolate ice cream leave it to melt then top it up with self-raising flour and give it a mix pop it in the microwave for about 2 minutes and we've made our own delicious warm chocolate muffin you can eat it out of the cup or in a bowl with ice cream you can make this ice cream bread by putting 2 mug folds of vanilla ice cream into a bowl let it melt then add 1 and 1/2 cups of self-raising flour into the bowl and mix it all together spoon it into a bread tin spread it out and bake it in the oven once it's ready let it cool down then slice it up and it's delicious with strawberry jam here's a really quick dessert idea warm up 2 chocolate chip cookies in a microwave quickly then take around tub of ice cream cut off a slice and place it in between the cookies to make a delicious ice cream sandwich you've probably never tried cooking a pizza on a barbecue and if you do you'll find it just burns the base but if you want to you can use a cupcake tray and the coals will heat up their pockets of air in the tray which will bake the pizza instead of burning it just place it on the grill and sit the pizza on top it doesn't take long before it's smelling amazing and it's cooked all the way through the base is cooked perfectly and it hasn't burnt you can make a delicious burger with an egg in the middle by pressing your burger patty onto a chopping board and using a glass or a cookie cutter to remove a piece from the middle cook your burger in a frying pan and add an egg into the hole I also added cheese to make this delicious burger make perfect poached eggs by lining a mug with cling film coat it with a little oil and crack in your egg then lift it out twist it around and tie a knot to keep it contained place it in a pan of hot simmering water for three or four minutes then is ready to serve and it's cooked perfectly you can use an egg slicer to cut butter hot dog sausage cause it and canned new potatoes then put it all together in a pan to cook a delicious quick meal and if you like top it with some sliced feta cheese in a similar way you can use a hair pick to help evenly slice up mushrooms for your pizza all make a meal by cutting pepper courgette onion and chicken and cook them all off for a delicious quick snack you can take a slice of bread remove the crusts and roll it out flatter add a slice of processed cheese then roll it up like this make a few and fry them off in a pan when they're golden and cooked we've got these tasty cheese toasty dippers you can make yourself a healthy salad for lunch in a jar like this put the denser produce at the bottom and the lighter more delicate things at the top I started with carrot and chickpeas and poured on dressing then layers of cucumber tomato buckwheat walnuts and a handful of rocket on top you can get creative and make jars in advance and to keep them in the fridge before you eat turn it upside down to mix in the dressing and eat it from the jar or empty it onto a plate make healthy vegan pancakes by blending up a cup of oats to make flour then add half a cup of ground hazelnuts some maple syrup for sweetness a little cinnamon and a cup of water blend it all together and add in a couple of bananas when it's moved it's ready to cook I fried it in some coconut oil and added some blueberries to serve it add some strawberries and bananas and maybe some walnuts and if you like some maple syrup make amazing bacon pancakes by frying off a Russian of bacon then tip pancake batter all around it and over to encase the bacon these taste amazing you can use puff pastry and a slab of chocolate to make a delicious dessert cut the pastry like this fold it over and make a lattice brush the top with some beaten egg and sprinkle over some flaked almonds when it's baked it looks amazing and it's a great pastry to have with a cup of coffee you can use a cupcake tray upside down grease the bottom and mold over some cookie dough once they're baked we've got these awesome warm chocolate cookie bowls fill them with ice cream and there's dessert pretty cool huh you can make your own fudge by pouring a can of condensed milk into a mug adding a few squares of chocolate and some vanilla extract you could use peanut butter instead if you like and put it in the microwave for a minute give it a stir and put it back in for another 30 seconds make sure it doesn't boil over give it a quick stir and keep repeating the process until there's a nice thick consistency like this then dip it into a tray and leave it to cool when it sets nice and firm slice it up into squares and there's our homemade fudge make an ice cream smoothie by adding apple juice and pineapple juice into a blender and dilute it with some water add a couple of Kiwis you can either peel them or leave the skin on and wash it add a handful of kale and spinach to give it a good blend then add in a banana and a slice of lime blend it again and there's our delicious nutritious smoothie if you've got an avocado that isn't soft enough to eat yet you can speed up the ripening process by wrapping it in some tinfoil and warming it at a low temperature in an oven after about 10 minutes let it cool down and it should be soft ripe and perfect for eating here's a great trick if you're using a cookbook take a hanger like this and hook it over a cupboard handle it makes a great book holder it'll stop you losing your page and keeps your book clean you can make your own apple crumble in an apple by cutting up and stewing some apple then use butter oats flour and sugar to make the crumble topping add some sugar and cinnamon to your stewed a pole then hollow out a new Apple fill it with the stood up necks and cover it with the crumble topping place it on a baking tray and bake them for about 20 minutes they look great and they're delicious with ice cream all custard make sure you're subscribed and ring the bell if you don't want to miss my future videos and if you'd like to see some of my other ideas you can click on the links stay safe have fun and as always thanks for watching

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Length: 12min 0sec (720 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 19 2020