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Stories for everyday home cooking

From ingredients in your fridge to a meal you can make.

Everyday home cooking

When Baking Tofu or Cooking It with Tomatoes, the Order Changes

For one-pan tomato tofu, add the tofu after cooking the tomatoes. For grilled tofu salad, cook the tofu separately and place it over fresh vegetables. Even with the same tofu, the way you prepare it and combine the ingredients at the end is different.

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When Should You Toast the Bread? Toast vs. Bread Salad

Cooking for yourself? For egg yogurt toast, prepare the filling before toasting the bread. For tomato bread salad, toast the bread pieces first. In both dishes, the key is the final step of combining the bread with the wet ingredients, not when you toast it.

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One Can of Chickpeas, Different Portions for Salad and Soup

Even when you use the same canned chickpeas, the amount of beans per serving differs between salad and soup. Rather than dividing the can’s total weight first, read each ingredient list using the drained beans as your measure, and check the accompanying vegetables and water separately.

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Warm Ingredients in Salad: Choose Steaming or Roasting First

Cooking for yourself? Salads with warm ingredients are not all assembled the same way. Comparing a dish with roasted tofu on raw vegetables and one with steamed kabocha cooled and mixed with yogurt makes the order clear.

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Broccoli and Pea Pasta: Choose the Sauce First

Cooking for yourself? Pasta with broccoli cooked alongside the noodles is a different dish from pasta with a sauce made by mashing peas. Since the colors look similar, don’t combine the cooking times or water amounts for the two methods. Choose one to make today.

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Chickpea Salad Measurements: Can Contents and Drained Beans Differ

Cooking for yourself? For chickpea salad made with canned beans, distinguish the can’s total weight from the amount of beans you actually use. Prepare the cucumber and dressing consistently, too, to make a similar plate next time.

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When a Mushroom Dish Turns Watery, Check the Pan and Cooking Order

Cooking for yourself? If your pan fills with liquid while cooking mushrooms, check for moisture on the ingredients and crowding in the pan before adding more seasoning. Compare the order in two dishes: cook the mushrooms first, then add the spinach.

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Orange Lemon Dressing: Mixing Two Juices and Oil

This dressing combines orange juice and lemon juice. Unlike a mixture made with lemon alone, it uses more orange juice. First mix the juices with salt, then add the olive oil in portions and mix until even just before serving.

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What to Check Before Following an Asparagus Salad Video

Cooking for yourself? If you want to make the asparagus salad shown in a video, first check the thickness of the stalks, the cooking method, and the actual quantities. The times shown in a short edited video may not match the cooking time in your own kitchen.

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Strawberry Balsamic Dressing: Dissolve the Jam in Vinegar First

Cooking for yourself? This dressing combines strawberry jam with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. It differs from recipes made by blending fresh strawberries. Dissolving any lumps of jam in the vinegar first and adding the oil in portions can help a small quantity mix evenly.

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Pickle Honey Mustard Sauce, with Chopped Pickles Instead of Pickle Juice

Cooking for yourself? This sauce combines yellow mustard and honey with finely chopped cucumber pickles. Unlike basic honey mustard, it retains the texture of pickle pieces. The measured ingredient is chopped cucumber pickles, not pickle juice, so prepare the two distinctly.

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Cumin Yogurt Sauce: Mix in a Pinch of Powder Evenly

Cooking for yourself? This sauce combines plain, unsweetened yogurt with lemon juice, salt, and ground cumin. Rather than adding lots of spice, mix until the pinch is evenly distributed throughout. Unlike other yogurt sauces, this version contains no garlic.

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