Practice makes perfect and it applies to everything, including cooking. Especially when you want to treat your loved ones or a coming friend, then a hand-made home cook is ideal to make them feel loved. If you are a beginner and when to express love through your cooking but are not sure how to make it right. Here are some easy cooking tips for beginners. 

Read the entire recipe

Make sure to read through the entire recipe before cooking, and if you are watching a cooking show, then save the video, watch it thoroughly, and watch it again while cooking. This is to allow you a comprehensive view of what to do and get yourself familiar with the dish. Reviewing the recipe over and over again also helps you point out the crucial steps of making a dish so you won’t mess it up and overwork yourself in dealing with the consequences. The key is to be patient and careful. Thinking about your loved ones’ faces when they are enjoying your food could be a supportive way. Keep in mind that, for your first time doing the dish, you need to prepare all of the ingredients required. Thus, read the recipe carefully and pick up what is needed at stores or in your kitchen. This is to avoid any unwanted missing steps while cooking due to the ingredients. Wondering in the comment section of an online cooking video is a good idea as you could check out for cooking tips on that recipe from experienced cooks. 

Make notes while cooking

Cooking something for the first time is an unforeseen journey, even though you have read the recipe. It is more than just the precision to make sure a great outcome is achieved, the unexpected is expected. Having details, difficulties, and solutions noted down is a great way to learn from your mistakes. Additionally, each person’s taste is distinct from the rest and maybe some of the ingredients within the recipe are replaceable – especially those expensive ingredients. Making notes will help in case you want to swap out a specific ingredient or add more or less of another ingredient. Your oven or cooking range might have a stronger or weaker heating power compared to people who wrote the recipes so changes in the cooking time are necessary, note them down too. 

Season and Taste test when cooking

The only way to make sure that you are going in the correct direction is to test it out yourself. Season and taste testing your dish while cooking is the most important tip you must remember because this has a profound effect on the outcome of your dish. This is when you could still make changes and fix the flaws you created, it would be too late if you wait for the dish to be finished. 

Substitute items only when necessary

Trying new things and experimenting is a good tactic for improving your cooking skills. But overdoing it will cause disaster for you, your finances, and the people who eat the food. Don’t overwork your tongue and your loved ones.