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The green shoots on garlic cloves will not enhance your food in any way. They will only make it bitter – so cut those tips off and throw them away!When storing onions, they will keep longer if you use paper bags instead of plastic bags. They’ll also do well in a dark, cool, dry place like your pantry or a drawer.Halve the time it takes to soften onions by adding a pinch of baking soda.As often as you can keep the peel on your potatoes and just give them a thorough clean. Many of the nutrients in vegetables are at or close to the skin.Store onions and potatoes away from each other as onions make your spuds sprout faster.Don’t wait until you’re about to serve – keep checking the taste of what you’re cooking. How else will you know what it needs?
Apples produce a gas that causes other fruit to ripen faster - keep them away from your bananas which will ripen and soften too quickly.
Remove chili pepper seeds and use just the flesh of the fruit. You’ll end up with spicy (but not overpowering) flavor.
Turn pineapples upside down to spread the sugars
How to deal with too much salt in your soup