Simple and Delicious: 4 Easy Ways to Elevate Homemade Meals

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Every great chef or baker has a few simple tricks up their sleeve. You may have heard that adding an extra egg can make a boxed cake mix taste professional or that patting your meat dry before searing it can help you create a rich, flavorful sauce. 

Taking your homemade meals from lackluster to lovely is simple with the right tips, tricks, and practice. Here are four simple tips to guide you on your culinary journey and elevate your homemade meals.

Sharpen Your Knife Skills

Knife etiquette and chopping techniques are the first things that any chef learns. This foundational set of skills is important for kitchen safety and elevates meals. Understanding how to dice, julienne, or rough chop fresh vegetables and herbs enhances the flavor and improves the presentation of your meals.

Properly slicing delicate herbs, such as basil, can prevent them from becoming bruised and releases robust, aromatic flavors. Neatly julienning bell peppers can help them cook evenly and keeps your kitchen counters from becoming covered in sticky seeds.

 Splurge on Certain Ingredients

Just like shoes made from supple, quality leather are worth splurging on, certain ingredients can elevate any dish. High-quality olive oil, cheese, butter, and meats can take your meals from simple to restaurant-worthy. 

Knowing where your ingredients come from and taking the time to find ethically sourced animal products can enhance the flavor and nutritional value of your dishes. Farms that raise grass fed beef, corn and soy free chicken, and other livestock using regenerative agriculture techniques are great places to find quality ingredients. Fortunately, a little research can help you find farms that make high-quality meats accessible and easy to order online.

Show Off Your Creative Side

While taste and technique are essential, creative plating can elevate any meal! Plating, or the way your meal is presented, is a great way to showcase your creativity and have a little fun. You might opt for simple, minimalistic plating that showcases the texture and sizzling sounds of your pastured chicken dish. Or, you might create an extravagant tablescape that makes your Sunday dinners feel like true events.

Whether you create stylish garnishes or stunning table designs, having fun with plating is a great way to celebrate your cooking journey and show off your hard work.

Measuring Matters—Sometimes

When you start your culinary journey, chances are you follow each recipe to a tee. Part of learning to cook is understanding when to get creative in the kitchen and when to measure your ingredients carefully.

Leavening agents, such as baking powder or cream of tartar, can greatly impact your baked goods or dishes, so be sure to measure these key ingredients accurately. Other ingredients, such as spices, can be tailored to your taste. Understanding the difference between volumetric measuring and gravitational measurements can also help your meals become more refined, as certain ingredients are best measured by weight instead of volume. One way to look at ingredients is baking is chemistry and cooking is artistry: you can’t take liberties with basic ingredients for one but you can with the other.

With these simple tips, your next homemade meal can feel restaurant-worthy. 

About Primal Pastures

 From tender roast chickens to mouthwatering lasagnas, you put plenty of care, attention, and love into every meal. When you take the time to craft delicious and nutritious meals, you deserve clean ingredients that meet your high standards, which is why Primal Pastures offers the cleanest meat in America. By setting a gold standard for ethically raised, nutrient-dense meat, Primal Pastures raises the bar for the American food industry. Since its humble beginnings as a backyard chicken farm, this family-founded company has expanded to offer a vast range of clean meats, from grass fed beef liver to chicken bone broth. Whether you order grass fed beef online through their sampler box program or visit their regenerative community farm, Primal Pastures can help you enjoy food the way nature intended.

 Find ethically raised, flavorful meat and animal products at https://primalpastures.com/

Location: 25391 Washington Ave, Murrieta, CA 92562, USA

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