Tips
The delicious food. team are experts in their field. Whether you need to know microwaving tips to save you money, how to make ingredients stretch further, or how to de-bone specific cuts of meat, treat our Tips section as an encyclopaedia of food knowledge at your fingertips.
How to make the best chicken of your life
Tips and tricks for how to cook chicken: the whole bird, chicken thighs and chicken breasts, with simple recipes that – we promise – will be the best you’ve ever tasted
How to turn a kettle barbecue into a smoker
Make your own DIY food smoker! All you need is a kettle barbecue and our guide, to be able to smoke your own food at home.
10 of the best pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday
Make Pancake Day 2024 one to remember with our best-ever pancake recipes, including double chocolate, gingerbread and spicy 'nduja options.
4 clever ways to reuse your coffee grounds
Spent coffee grounds can build up in your food waste bin. Here's four easy, eco-friendly ideas for how to use coffee grounds one more time...
How to reheat food in the air fryer
Air fryers – the kitchen gadget of the moment and going nowhere soon – are great for cooking food, from chicken to cakes. But their hidden hack is their ability to reheat foods that a microwave would turn unpleasantly soggy and flabby.
12 no-waste Christmas cooking tips
Discover plenty of tips and tricks that help you on your way to a zero waste Christmas, including delicious recipes for using up leftovers.
Gingerbread s’mores tree recipe template
Fancy making your own gingerbread tree this year, for a change from the usual gingerbread house? Find the template you'll need here.
Best of the best: how to make the ultimate chilli con carne
Tom Shingler explains everything you need to know to make the ultimate chilli con carne. No watery sauce here, just the chilli of dreams.
What is brown butter, and why should you be making it?
A magical ingredient with the power of transformation, brown butter adds a sweetness to savoury dishes, conjures up a nutty flavour where there are no nuts and injects an enticing complexity of flavour to everything it touches.
Best of the best: everything you need to know to make the ultimate gratin dauphinois
Tom Shingler talks you through everything you need to know to make gratin dauphinois. No short cuts, no twists, just the dauphinois of dreams.
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