Please excuse me as I left out how long to soak the pasta! I soak it for 60 minutes in cold tap water! Then it’s ready to be drained very well and cooked immediately or you can store in the fridge for up to 3 days. Happy cooking! 😃
I cook and hot pack jar pasta for quarts of ready to use pasta, OR when I make my manicotta, lasagna etc. I never preboil the noodles - I put the raw pasta in with the sauce then about 1 C of water around the edges, cover and bake @ 400 for half hour, then uncover and bake 20 more minutes, comes out all soft, cooked, ready and yummy!
Thank you so much for noticing the work in the editing! It is a lot of work but I find it to be fun and am enjoying learning new things. Thank you again for your very kind, encouraging words and for watching. I hope you're having a great week!
I love using my crockpot, it's the best time saver! I've never thought to cook potatoes in it! I try to clean as I go too and keep my countertops as clear as possible because it is a work space. I like the soaking pasta idea! You always come up with the coolest, creative tips like these kitchen tips. I always learn new things from your videos! Thanks for another great one, Wendy!
Potatoes in the slow cooker come out darker than a traditional steamed one but I think they’re so great. And out of the fridge cold is great too. I just eat it like a normal person would eat an apple 😅. I’m glad you liked the pasta one it’s handy to have a soaked batch in the fridge for faster meals. Thank you for your very kind words and all your support!! I hope you’re having a great weekend, Alicia! 😃
I have recently found your channel and am very much enjoying them. Mostly because your content is very specific and you get to it right away. You do a great job and the information is so helpful. My pet peeve is the people that like to introduce every episode for 5 minutes just because they like to hear themselves talk. So annoying! Keep it up and more videos please!!
This means so much to me, Kelly!! I try to put out videos that I’d like to watch myself and it’s also a pet peeve of mine. So I try to put any of my requests to the end or use small visuals that don’t have a huge impact on the message for what I’d like from viewers. I’ll be working hard to keep it this way. Thank you for your very kind and encouraging words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
Once again, wonderful ideas ! I will definitely be using the pasta soak idea. That’s the one food that drives me batty waiting for it to cook. Thank you for sharing. I loved the video ❤️
I’m glad you liked that idea, Kimmarie! It drove me batty too especially because I would try to be lazy and use a smaller pot for spaghetti and not all of it would fit so I’d have to stand over a hot pot and push it down until it would all go in 😅. I hope it works as well for you as it does for us! Thank you for your very kind words and for watching! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
I'm happy to hear you enjoy the tips, Flynn 😃 Thank you for your very kind, encouraging words and for watching my channel!! I hope you're having a great week!
This is so much more than saving time or money. It's a way of respecting your ingredients and gratitude for what you have. Thank you for raising consciousness.
Gosh...a blast from the past ❣️ I miss her and this channel so very much... I learned so much going back and watching all of them I sure wish it would come back 🙏 It's needed more now !
"Without being reckless..." LOL! You are so wonderfully descriptive in these videos. While I'd say I'm good in the kitchen, I have yet to convert to being a baker by weight (I know it's the right thing to do from an accuracy standpoint as well as streamlining cleanup - but old habits are so hard to break). It was so nice to see you do this as an example. Loved this video! Was your kitchen scale a very big investment? Buying another item is also a bit of a hangup for me. p.s I love passive cooking...a pot of stock or a pot of beans...last night I seasoned and wrapped up a brisket in the fridge (already in it's casserole dish) and at breakfast time today I put it in the oven. Then I ran three errands with the children. It was ready and waiting for me at dinner tonight with a pot of steamed rice in the rice cooker -- one button. Nothing beats an almost effortless meal. Great tips!
Hi Melissa! I know what you mean about the metrics. We’ve had this scale for about 14 years now. We bought it from target or Walmart new for around 15 dollars. It was used mostly for my husband to weigh his food as part of a diet plan and it was only in the past few years that I actively started using it for baking. It’s been a game changer for me! New ones are probably more accurate than ours. It only measures to the whole gram. But it also measures in ounces and it almost always will save me from washing extra dishes. 🙌 Wow I love the idea of baking while out but I must admit it scares me a little. Does your oven have a timer feature? I’m so glad you find passive cooking ways to provide awesome home cooked meals for your family too! Home must have smelled great after running those errands. You leave the best comments thank you so much for all your kind words and support! I hope you have a great week ahead!!
The Frugal Minimalist aw! Thank YOU! I agree that it feels great to start using something you already own. Good for you for using this scale. As for the cooking while out, maybe I’m a bit fearless, but also my husband is working from home and is always happy to turn the oven off for me at a designated time (especially when there’s a prime brisket in there!!!). Also, brisket cooked at 300 degrees usually can go longer than I can do errands with a 2 and 5 year old, LOL! Just warming up more leftovers now...so happy to have em. I love learning from you. As I’m sure you know, there’s a lot to learn from others. Your videos are beautiful and instructive (as well as funny). Thank you for the hard work you put in. I know it’s not easy. School starts again tomorrow. Be happy for me! It’s a huge relief after 2 weeks off! A big hug! M
You are so great a this videos. I appreciate that your videos are very informative and to the point. I have been watching your videos and notice that they are unique and not a repeat of other youtubers. Muchas Gracias!!!!!
I’ve often been different in my life and I’m glad this different is a good thing 😂 Thank you for your very kind words and for watching! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
These are brilliant tips! I went to culinary school and didn't learn some of these, although of course, they do teach us mis en place (everything in its place) and clean as you go. I have a crockpot but never thought to use it for potatoes or sausage.
Another energy saving tip is that I boil my kettle first and add the boiled water to the saucepan to cook rice, pasta etc. Takes a fraction of the time than starting with tap water.
That is so clever to boil once and use many times, Robyn! I really love it. Thank you for your great tip and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
I have been looking forward to this video since it popped up in my feed! Such great tips I’m definitely going to be the the scale and using the slow cooker for potatoes and I had never even thought of timing my pots! what a great idea! I have an issue with getting preoccupied and having the pots boiling over will definitely be doing this! Thanks so much for the wonderful tips 😊❤️
I used to have issues with the pots too, Carisa! I'm such a scatter brain that the timer going off reminds me I have something on the stove. I hope the tips work as well for you as they do for us! Thank you so much for watching and I hope you're having a great week!
I always make extra potatoes for this same reason. And if I am baking something in the oven anyway I throw some potatoes in to get more bang for my buck. Can't wait to try the pasta idea. Thanks!
Gotta take advantage of all that oven space..I do this too! 😂 I hope the pasta trick works as well for you as it does for us! The video didn't say, but I soaked it for 60 minutes. Thank you for watching and I hope you're having a great week!
That’s a great suggestion Jeanette! I’ll definitely add that to my list I have so many ideas and not as much time as I’d like to execute. Thank you for your kind words! They mean very much to me. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
You are my spirit animal! New favourite youtuber. Some hacks I learned is having a "air-fryer" that has a stirring arm, that way i can make a stir fry veggies/meat without being in the kitchen. And a machine cutter safes also a lot of time cutting big batches of vegetables, it is worth the investment. Also precooking water in your water kettle saves time and if you don't have a slow-cooker in a rice cooker you can also cook a lot more than just rice!
Thank you so much that is such high praise! I am honored 🙏. Wow I didn't even know air fryers have stirring arms, that is incredible! I googled it just now 😂 Precooking water is great and I do that in my pot too! Ahh, the rice cooker cooking takes me back to college. You're right it can cook so much more than rice! Thank you for your very kind, encouraging words and great tip filled comment! I hope you're having a great weekend!! 😃
Thank you! I am relatively new to your channel ... thank you so much for these tips! I have never heard of steaming your potatoes in the Crock-Pot but now I'm going to do it! Thank you so so much you have no idea! You are Wonder Woman! All great wonderful ideas! I will try them all!
Hi Meloni! It’s nice to meet you! I’m relatively new to TH-cam 😅. I’m so happy to be able to offer some new ideas to you and I hope they work as well for you as they do for us! Thank you for your very kind words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend! 😃
You are officially my favourite TH-cam channel!! I love listening to you and learning how you do things in your kitchen. I really liked the tip of doing sitting stretches while timing the water. You rock!! Love from NL, Canada. 🙂
Thank you, Lynne for your very kind and encouraging words! I'm quite new to YT and it's quite an honor to hear such high praise. Wow! 🙏 Thank you so much for the encouraging comment and for watching! I hope you're having a great weekend 😃
POTATOES: Wash, put in slow cooker, LOW HEAT for 7 - 8 HOURS 1) Is any additional water added to the slow cooker? 2) Do they stick to the bottom? 3) How long do the steamed potatoes last in the fridge? (can you tell I am not much of a cook?)
Hi! No additional water is needed and mine don’t stick to the bottom. I just wash mine and put them in the crock after just shaking the water off and they don’t stick to the bottom for me. They give off quite a bit of liquid and there’s usually water on the bottom after cooking. If it’s your first time doing it I’d check after 6 hours since I know crockpots run hotter than others. We’ve kept ours in the fridge for up to 5 days but we usually eat them all before then. 😂 happy cooking 😃
Also I don’t know if you could tell in the video, the flesh sometimes comes out a little dark due to the skins and the long cooking time but that’s normal and it’s tasty all the same
My electricity rates are higher after 5pm, so I pre cook dinner etc before 5pm and reheat when we want to eat. I also cook once and eat twice method. Steak one night, then cut up steak next night on a bun or in a wrap with a salad. I pre peel potatoes and keep in the fridge, then when I need some for dinners they are done already. ( I listen to you while peeling ) I am going to try the pasta method, I am also going to try pre soaking rice the night before.
Yes I have a chart that my electric company sent to me so I know when the discount, normal and peak rates are. I try and only do extra baking and clothes drying during discount time slots. We are in south texas so it is humid and hot and requires alot of energy to run the central ac unit. I could manage without the ac but the rest of my family does not agree with me.
Aah those peak usage hours 😰. I’m happy to hear you found your way to work around them, Dawn! Cook once eat twice I’ve not heard it called that. I love the name. I’ll bet that saves you time as well 👏. I’m honored to be listened to while peeling potatoes! It’s gotta be my favorite food 😂. I hope the pasta method works as well for you as it does for us! I’ve heard of soaking rice and how it helps with faster cooking times but I don’t have much experience with it. I’d love to hear how it works for you! Thank you for your great comment for watching! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
@Texas Jones - Those peak hours 😰 They can be such a pain to work around but it sounds like you got it down! We aren’t on that plan yet but I’ve been practicing because I know it’s coming 😅. Gotta be prepared. You sound like you have a very high tolerance for heat! I’m like you - more tolerance for heat than family 😅. Thank you for watching and I hope you’re having a great weekend!
You did it again Wendy! Love the pasta trick, really useful especially when you have hungry little mouths to feed 😋 Huge fan of cleaning up while cooking. It really save so much time plus keeps the kitchen tidy 👍 Have a beautiful weekend ❤️😊
I hope that one works as well for you as it does for us! It’s convenient to have the already soaked pasta in the fridge for hungry mouths! Thank you so much for your very kind words and support. I hope you’re having a beautiful weekend too!
Great tips ! I also like to time my tasks to know what I can do in the meantime. One thing I prefer to do though is using my kettle to boil water, I find it much quicker (and since we've got an electric cook top, I'd assume it's cheaper too..?). Glad I stumbled upon your channel :)
That is a great tip on the kettle, Nari! It seems like it should be cheaper than using an electric cook top, but I don't have either so I don't know 😰. I'm so glad you're here! Thank you for your great comment and I hope you have a great week!
Thanks for this post. We just bought that same pasta on a trip and now I will be able to cook this quicker. I'll have to try the meat trick too. My kids love noodles and this will save me so much time.
K so you outdid yourself in this one. You’re doing challenges within challenges and tips within tips. Is it too forward to ask what your occupation is?
My mom (about 25 yrs ago) taught me how to cook pasta in the microwave. Place pasta in heatproof dish. Add water to cover by about at least an inch or two. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Nuke on high about ten mins for spaghetti, 12-14 mins for shaped pasta (penne, ziti, etc). Make sure you use mitts to remove to drain. My partner was skeptical…until he tried it. No more waiting for water to boil BEFORE you start cooking the pasta.
That is a great time saving tip I do that too but since I don't have a kettle I just use one pot 😅. Thank you for watching and I hope you're having a great weekend!
Wow you’re serious with 3 of them, Jacalli! I love Jeff Yeager and think he’s a riot. I watch aarp YT videos just to watch him in all his punny glory 😂. Thank you for your kind words and for watching!! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
We eat a lot of barley and quinoa in our family. So to make it easy, I cook up a large pot of barley or quinoa. Then when it cools, I usually take a 1/3 measuring cup and scoop. I run the edge of the measuring cup along the edge of the pot to level it off. Then I take a regular muffin pan, and drop my barley or quinoa into the holes. I then pop the tray into the freezer. After they are frozen, I take the tray out of the freezer and let them rest on my kitchen countertop for a few minutes. This makes them easier to pop out of the tray. I call these my barley and quinoa pucks. Since we eat bread, I save my cleaned out bread bags and put my pucks in them. You can double up the bread bags to make to make them stronger. So when I’m making a soup or even pasta sauce and other things I pop a puck or two into it. You can also defrost them in the microwave them if you need them quicker. What I like about these grains is that they help thicken your soups etc. And since we try to go meatless sometimes, I like to put a quinoa puck in my spaghetti sauce to thicken it and also it’s a great source of protein without using hamburger. I get large bags of tricolour quinoa at Costco for a great price. The darker quinoa in my opinion looks somewhat like hamburger bits in the sauce. Hope you like this idea as it saves time in the kitchen. Jeanne
I always soak my Lasagna pasta and never need to parboil it, I just put it together after a soak in hot water about 10min... It works like that store brand you don't boil first!
I'm so happy to hear you could apply the potato one to your routine, Amy! Potatoes are a very underrated food. I don't know if you eat the little taro, but it works well for those and works ok for sweet potatoes. Something about the orange sweet potatoes that make them come out soggy, but the result is good for pie filling. We love potatoes here 😂 Thank you for watching and I hope you have a great week!
I wash my potatoes and put them in a grocery plastic bag that you carry your groceries in and about 5 for each . minutes depends on the size of potato smaller may need about 5 bigger little more time for each potate if I put three about 10 to 12 minutes or so you will know if you can insert a knife in and goes in softly . If you leave potatoes 🥔 in to cook to long they will start to harden on the edges. But quick and easy way too if you need a bake potatoes soon for a lunch or dinner
One thing i do to save time is to batch cook potatoes in the microwave, then refrigerate or freeze to use as needed. Sweet potatoes to use in potato pancakes. Thanks for the tip to pre-soak pasta, never thought to do this. It will save time on a weekday dinner.
Nice, Patti! They turn out darker than normal steamed potatoes but I think they taste great! I hope it works out as well for you as it does for us. Thank you for your kind words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
Hello 😊 I am visiting your channel on the recommendation from Vara ♡ I have loved watching your video here and will definatly be trying a few ideas! Thanks for sharing ♡
Hi Jacqui! Thank you so much for visiting me! I'm a fan of Vara's channel too. I hope the ones you try end up working out as well for you as they do for us. Thank you for your kind words and for watching. I hope you're having a great week!
I'm so glad I found your videos! I just subscribed because your ideas are so helpful. I watched a video where you did passive cooking with potatoes and now instead of throwing out a half bag of wrinkled potatoes in my cupboard, I threw them into my crockpot to cook and add to meals later... win win👍 thank you!
I'm so glad to be found, Lynn 😂 and I'm so happy to hear you could save those potatoes! A win win indeed 🙌. Thank you so much for your very kind words, for watching and for your support! They mean very much to me. I hope you're having a great week!
Measuring scales are the norm here in Germany. I tried some recipes with cup measurements but it just feels weird to me, as I found it to be inaccurate at times 😅
Awesome tips! Your pot cover handle, did you buy it to replace the existing? It sounds like it was whistling when it came to a boil. I have a senior parent that lives with me and that’d be helpful to have rather than buying a whistler kettle.
I'm happy to hear you enjoyed them! The pot cover came like that. I suppose it's a feature of the set. They're not the sturdiest since they're plastic but the whistling has been very useful for us! If you're interested, you can search "Maxam 9-Element Waterless Cookware Set" on Amazon to look and decide if they are good for your parent. It would definitely cost more than buying a whistler kettle though 😰
So true! My family uses slow cookers to meal prep a whole weeks worth of meals at a time. We use a scale for more accurate nutrition tracking, but you are right it can reduce the number of dishes needed also. Thank you for sharing this wonderful information Wendy! Your kitchen is so neat. I loved your watching a pot boil comment, 😂 funny and true. Full watch, big like! 😊👍
Hi Vara! The slow cooker and scale can be so useful in the kitchen. You're right the scale is great for nutrition too! Thank you for all your kind words and support..they mean very much to me! I hope you're having a great week 😃
Thank you, Rachel for your very kind and encouraging words and for watching. I’m so happy to be able to offer a different perspective! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
Love the tip of using the scale for measuring!! I have been doing this lately, thanks to you! Hooray for less clean up. I have now converted many of our favourite recipes (pizza dough, no bake granola bars, oatmeal cookies etc.) to weights instead of the volumes. Thank you and take care! :)
I have already started going through our home to get rid of things that we do not need. Your videos let me know I still have more to get rid of. Thank you so much for your videos very inspiring and extremely helpful.
I'm so happy to hear that you can get some value from my videos! Thank you for your very kind, encouraging words and for watching. I wish you success in your journey!!
I’m so glad to hear you like the soap!! So many uses! Thank you so much for letting me know! It makes me so happy. 🤗. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
It’s been years since I’ve been a student but this is a great idea! I’ll definitely be thinking about this more and see what I can come up with. I have several young people in my life and would love to have something to speak to them and give value. I’m happy you enjoyed the pasta tip! Thank you for your great suggestion and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
I need help! This may seem trivial to some but I need help organizing my refrigerator shelves. That’s the placement of the shelves themselves not the items on them. I’ve had an injury and the ordeal of putting things away is becoming too much. I was ok with a freezer-on-the-bottom but I don’t have that now. I’ve now kept trying different things so I don’t have a set spot for each staple like I used to. Please help with ideas so I can get back to my organized and carefree self!!
I love my Instant Pot! I cook a head and hot pack jar everything. I pull out things to heat upand serve for lunch or dinner. Get an "I" Pot (it takes the place of 4 kitchen appliance food making gadgets. You will love it!!!
We do too! It's a pretty old one and I'm sure they have better models out there. But we're using it until it breaks 😅. Thank you for watching and I hope you're having a great weekend! 😃
I was online shopping for measuring cups I’m going to by a scale second hand now, I’m glad I watched this video before attempting to make chocolate chip 🍪 I always learn from you
I hope you do find that second hand scale, Maria! We bought ours new from either target or Walmart years ago and it was around 10-15 dollars. I don’t remember. But it’s about 14 years old now. Newer ones are probably better than ours and probably around the same price. Thank you for all your support and I hope you’re having a great weekend!
We pressure cook pastas and is faster than pre soak . The time varies on the cooker and the type of pasta . Pressure cooking saves electricity and time. We cook grains , ( red rice , millets , broken wheat ) pre soaked lentils and legumes . The steam cooks the food faster and keeps the flavor. We even soak red rice so that it cooks faster in a pressure cooker. We eat rice for breakfast so this helps . Thank you
I’m glad that works so well for you! We don’t own a pressure cooker but are getting to borrow one. I hope to get to try out the awesomeness. Thank you for sharing!
Another great video. I love how you and I keep coming up with the same ideas. I also do most of my cooking by weight. I wrote a computer program that you can input recipes in volume and it displays it step by step while cooking with the conversion already done. It really makes cooking much more efficient, and fewer dishes as well. Thanks so much, keep it up!
Great minds think alike 😃🙌 your software sounds wonderful and goes way beyond my old school technique! Is it web based? If so maybe you could host it somewhere and make some revenue off it using Adsense. That’ll be win win for sure. 😃. Thank you for your kind words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
@@TheFrugalMinimalist Hi again Wendy! I can send you a copy of the software if you want. I was trying to find a way to message you and I'm not ashamed to say I'm not too youtube savvy, I couldn't find a way to send a message to you directly anywhere. If you're interested, shoot me an email at d.hollings.83@gmail.com. Sadly it's windows based software, I wish I had the foresight to make it web based instead. Hindsight being 20/20 and all!
I'm not YT savvy either 😂 I have a lot of issues organizing replies so I miss out on conversations unless I remember to search for them. There's got to be a better way and I'll find that way some day. I did remember to search for yours! I'll be sending an email your way. Thank you!!
Hi Nancy! I believe they are and I was trying them out with you and your husband in mind! The recipe I followed is here www.wellplated.com/coconut-flour-cookies/ but I was short on some ingredients and I misconverted the coconut flour and despite it all it still came out really great! I preferred them the second day. They became chewier. If I were to make them again I’d cut the baking soda to less than the 1/2 tsp she uses. Probably more like 1/3 tsp or even 1/4 because I could taste the baking soda. And I just mixed by hand as I don’t have a food processor. The coconut flour was from 99 cent store I hope they sell the same one at your store! Thank you for watching and I hope you’re having a great day!
Great tips. I really enjoyed watching. I just hit thumbs up #483, the Bell, and subscribed to your channel. I look forward to watching more of your videos my new friend.
Hmm, I didn't know that, Blue Jay! I shop at a very eclectic store that is part Middle Eastern and Korean, while I am Chinese! There are many things we're being exposed to there that we're trying out. This is the only beef they sell there and it saves me a trip going to other stores! Thank you for watching and I hope you're having a great week!
Love these!! Cleaning as I go has literally changed my life! It makes it soooo much easier to not have a ton of dishes at the end that I'm dreading. I love all these ideas!
Haha, those dishes do pile up quick without the cleaning as you go. Thank you, Mary for your kind words and support! I hope you're having a great weekend!
Just found your channel and I'm loving all the tips you share! I have used the pasta tip on lasagna and other baked noodles after seeing it on thekitchn but hadn't thought to use it for boiled pasta.
OMG, your new channel, Padma! I just subscribed and I'll be catching up with you as I can. I'm so behind 😅. Thank you for your very kind words and support! I hope you're having a great week!
I'm so happy to hear you liked those ideas, Money Mom! I hope you get to use them...with summer coming up, these really help keep the heat down in the home. In the summer I'll run my crock outside so we can keep eating those potatoes. 😂. Thank you so much for all your support! I hope you have a great evening and I'll see you tomorrow!
I’m so happy you liked that tip, Jen! It comes in handy for quick meals. I hope it works out as well for you as it does for us. Thank you for your kinds words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
I'm there, Adrienne! My family eats meat though and I do try to limit them but they do prefer it. 😞. Thank you for watching and I hope you have a great weekend!
I'm a new subbie and want to thank you for sharing your tips, never thought of the pasta soaking trick; love it and will definitely try soon. I've heard this can be done with brown rice, but never tried-any tips you may have on cooking brown rice would be great :)
I must say we don't eat brown rice often, but I have also heard that soaking it will shorten the cook time. I also heard a weird thing to cook it like you would pasta in a large pot of water. I've not tried these before though so I can't say that they work. I'm glad to hear you liked the pasta trick and I hope it works out for you as well as it works for us! Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching. I hope you're having a great week!
Hi Lara! I'm so happy to be able to introduce that to you. I hope it works out as well for you as it does for us! Thank you for your very kind words and for watching. I hope you're having a great week!
@everevie111 - We don't eat a lot of brown rice, but I heard that soaking it can make it cook faster! We usually eat white rice which doesn't require soaking, we just bring it to a boil, mix it and let it sit in the pot for 15 minutes and let the residual heat do the work.
Love the tips you shared! I like the crockpot potatoes. We like fried potatoes and oven roasted potatoes so precooking will save so much time. I'll try weighing ingredients. It takes time to find equivalents but in the end it's more accurate and as you said saves on dishes!
I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed the tips, Pat! I was a bit reluctant to share these tips because I know many do the keto diet these days and I wondered if anyone else still eats potatoes and pasta. 😅. The measuring does take time...there may also be tools online that are available to do the conversion of entire recipes! One viewer told me they wrote a program to do this, which I think is so great! Thank you for your very kind words and for watching! I hope you have a great week!
When I make pasta I just pour the pasta right into the cold water, cover and turn on high. As soon as the water starts boiling I turn the burner off and set the timer for the time the pasta should cook leaving the pot on the burner. It is always perfectly cooked according to the time doing it this way. Using residual heat. I also do the same thing with making rice.
Wow, I never knew you could do that with pasta, Sheri. I'll give that one a try for sure! I use the same method with rice cooking as well and it makes everything so easy. Thank you for your great tips and for watching. I hope you're having a great weekend!
You are wise to do your research! Oh wow I just read some of the newer reviews and I’m shocked at some of the experiences others have had. I checked Amazon and we purchased this 7/29/14, and have had it almost for 5 years. This is way before my YT days and it was purchased with my own money. Not sponsored by them or associated with them in any way. It’s not a perfect set, but I do like it very much and haven’t had the major issues that others have had with the lid coming apart. The most major issue we’ve had is with the handle becoming a bit loose on the frying pan (which I understand because we use it very often) but we just use a screw driver to tighten it back up. Other than that, on a couple of knobs, the plastic sliding valve slid out, but we just slide them back in and it works fine. We hand wash all the components; never put them in a dishwasher. But I do wonder if they changed the way the lids are made! Someone mentioned this in a newer review. 😰
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Please excuse me as I left out how long to soak the pasta! I soak it for 60 minutes in cold tap water! Then it’s ready to be drained very well and cooked immediately or you can store in the fridge for up to 3 days. Happy cooking! 😃
I cook and hot pack jar pasta for quarts of ready to use pasta, OR when I make my manicotta, lasagna etc. I never preboil the noodles - I put the raw pasta in with the sauce then about 1 C of water around the edges, cover and bake @ 400 for half hour, then uncover and bake 20 more minutes, comes out all soft, cooked, ready and yummy!
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The Frugal Minimalist I’m going to try out the pre-soak noodles
Your editing is fantastic. I really appreciate your work into making these super high quality videos. You have quickly become my favourite.
Thank you so much for noticing the work in the editing! It is a lot of work but I find it to be fun and am enjoying learning new things. Thank you again for your very kind, encouraging words and for watching. I hope you're having a great week!
I love using my crockpot, it's the best time saver! I've never thought to cook potatoes in it! I try to clean as I go too and keep my countertops as clear as possible because it is a work space. I like the soaking pasta idea! You always come up with the coolest, creative tips like these kitchen tips. I always learn new things from your videos! Thanks for another great one, Wendy!
Potatoes in the slow cooker come out darker than a traditional steamed one but I think they’re so great. And out of the fridge cold is great too. I just eat it like a normal person would eat an apple 😅. I’m glad you liked the pasta one it’s handy to have a soaked batch in the fridge for faster meals. Thank you for your very kind words and all your support!! I hope you’re having a great weekend, Alicia! 😃
I have recently found your channel and am very much enjoying them. Mostly because your content is very specific and you get to it right away. You do a great job and the information is so helpful. My pet peeve is the people that like to introduce every episode for 5 minutes just because they like to hear themselves talk. So annoying! Keep it up and more videos please!!
OMG that is totally my pet peeve too!!! Try Money Mom too. She gets right to the point!! No babbling....
This means so much to me, Kelly!! I try to put out videos that I’d like to watch myself and it’s also a pet peeve of mine. So I try to put any of my requests to the end or use small visuals that don’t have a huge impact on the message for what I’d like from viewers. I’ll be working hard to keep it this way. Thank you for your very kind and encouraging words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
@Nancy Sahrakar - Yes Money Mom is where it's at 😍
Once again, wonderful ideas ! I will definitely be using the pasta soak idea. That’s the one food that drives me batty waiting for it to cook. Thank you for sharing. I loved the video ❤️
I’m glad you liked that idea, Kimmarie! It drove me batty too especially because I would try to be lazy and use a smaller pot for spaghetti and not all of it would fit so I’d have to stand over a hot pot and push it down until it would all go in 😅. I hope it works as well for you as it does for us! Thank you for your very kind words and for watching! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
I love to watch your channel. You have such a sweet and calming voice. You give great tips, too.
I'm happy to hear you enjoy the tips, Flynn 😃 Thank you for your very kind, encouraging words and for watching my channel!! I hope you're having a great week!
I agree,your my favorite minimalist.you too is the one who replies and create friendship to your follower.thank you.
This is so much more than saving time or money. It's a way of respecting your ingredients and gratitude for what you have. Thank you for raising consciousness.
🙏 absolutely! There is so much waste and we try to eliminate where we can. It helps on many levels. Thank you for your kind words and for watching!
Gosh...a blast from the past ❣️
I miss her and this channel so very much...
I learned so much going back and watching all of them
I sure wish it would come back 🙏
It's needed more now !
I liked your tips 😊. I also pre-soak lasagna noodles and they don't have to be cooked before assembling and baking the lasagna. Thanks for the ideas!
I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed them! Oooh nice tip on the lasagna noodles. We don't often make that but that's great to know for when we do! 😃
"Without being reckless..." LOL! You are so wonderfully descriptive in these videos. While I'd say I'm good in the kitchen, I have yet to convert to being a baker by weight (I know it's the right thing to do from an accuracy standpoint as well as streamlining cleanup - but old habits are so hard to break). It was so nice to see you do this as an example. Loved this video! Was your kitchen scale a very big investment? Buying another item is also a bit of a hangup for me.
p.s I love passive cooking...a pot of stock or a pot of beans...last night I seasoned and wrapped up a brisket in the fridge (already in it's casserole dish) and at breakfast time today I put it in the oven. Then I ran three errands with the children. It was ready and waiting for me at dinner tonight with a pot of steamed rice in the rice cooker -- one button. Nothing beats an almost effortless meal. Great tips!
Hi Melissa! I know what you mean about the metrics. We’ve had this scale for about 14 years now. We bought it from target or Walmart new for around 15 dollars. It was used mostly for my husband to weigh his food as part of a diet plan and it was only in the past few years that I actively started using it for baking. It’s been a game changer for me! New ones are probably more accurate than ours. It only measures to the whole gram. But it also measures in ounces and it almost always will save me from washing extra dishes. 🙌
Wow I love the idea of baking while out but I must admit it scares me a little. Does your oven have a timer feature? I’m so glad you find passive cooking ways to provide awesome home cooked meals for your family too! Home must have smelled great after running those errands. You leave the best comments thank you so much for all your kind words and support! I hope you have a great week ahead!!
The Frugal Minimalist aw! Thank YOU! I agree that it feels great to start using something you already own. Good for you for using this scale. As for the cooking while out, maybe I’m a bit fearless, but also my husband is working from home and is always happy to turn the oven off for me at a designated time (especially when there’s a prime brisket in there!!!). Also, brisket cooked at 300 degrees usually can go longer than I can do errands with a 2 and 5 year old, LOL! Just warming up more leftovers now...so happy to have em. I love learning from you. As I’m sure you know, there’s a lot to learn from others. Your videos are beautiful and instructive (as well as funny). Thank you for the hard work you put in. I know it’s not easy.
School starts again tomorrow. Be happy for me! It’s a huge relief after 2 weeks off! A big hug! M
You are so great a this videos. I appreciate that your videos are very informative and to the point. I have been watching your videos and notice that they are unique and not a repeat of other youtubers. Muchas Gracias!!!!!
I’ve often been different in my life and I’m glad this different is a good thing 😂 Thank you for your very kind words and for watching! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
These are brilliant tips! I went to culinary school and didn't learn some of these, although of course, they do teach us mis en place (everything in its place) and clean as you go. I have a crockpot but never thought to use it for potatoes or sausage.
Another energy saving tip is that I boil my kettle first and add the boiled water to the saucepan to cook rice, pasta etc. Takes a fraction of the time than starting with tap water.
That is so clever to boil once and use many times, Robyn! I really love it. Thank you for your great tip and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
Ì love your videos. Your voice is so gentle and calming. Ì love it.
Where are you? I have missed your videos. Plz come back 💕
I have been looking forward to this video since it popped up in my feed! Such great tips I’m definitely going to be the the scale and using the slow cooker for potatoes and I had never even thought of timing my pots! what a great idea! I have an issue with getting preoccupied and having the pots boiling over will definitely be doing this! Thanks so much for the wonderful tips 😊❤️
I used to have issues with the pots too, Carisa! I'm such a scatter brain that the timer going off reminds me I have something on the stove. I hope the tips work as well for you as they do for us! Thank you so much for watching and I hope you're having a great week!
How much water do you put in crock for steamed potatoes?
I never though of soaking pasta! Great idea. Thank you
I’m happy to hear you enjoyed that idea, Joyce! Thank you for your kind words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
I always make extra potatoes for this same reason. And if I am baking something in the oven anyway I throw some potatoes in to get more bang for my buck. Can't wait to try the pasta idea. Thanks!
Gotta take advantage of all that oven space..I do this too! 😂 I hope the pasta trick works as well for you as it does for us! The video didn't say, but I soaked it for 60 minutes. Thank you for watching and I hope you're having a great week!
I so enjoy these videos and it proves you are never to old to learn! Have a great day!
I believe that whole heartedly, Kimberly! Thank you for your very kind words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend! 😃
Could you do a frugal kitchen tools video. You do a great job helping us to be better.
That’s a great suggestion Jeanette! I’ll definitely add that to my list I have so many ideas and not as much time as I’d like to execute. Thank you for your kind words! They mean very much to me. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
Thank you my frugal friend. You rock. Keep up the awesome work 👌
Thank you, friend! You keep up the awesome work too! :)
You are my spirit animal! New favourite youtuber. Some hacks I learned is having a "air-fryer" that has a stirring arm, that way i can make a stir fry veggies/meat without being in the kitchen. And a machine cutter safes also a lot of time cutting big batches of vegetables, it is worth the investment. Also precooking water in your water kettle saves time and if you don't have a slow-cooker in a rice cooker you can also cook a lot more than just rice!
Thank you so much that is such high praise! I am honored 🙏. Wow I didn't even know air fryers have stirring arms, that is incredible! I googled it just now 😂 Precooking water is great and I do that in my pot too! Ahh, the rice cooker cooking takes me back to college. You're right it can cook so much more than rice! Thank you for your very kind, encouraging words and great tip filled comment! I hope you're having a great weekend!! 😃
Thank you! I am relatively new to your channel ... thank you so much for these tips! I have never heard of steaming your potatoes in the Crock-Pot but now I'm going to do it! Thank you so so much you have no idea! You are Wonder Woman! All great wonderful ideas! I will try them all!
Hi Meloni! It’s nice to meet you! I’m relatively new to TH-cam 😅. I’m so happy to be able to offer some new ideas to you and I hope they work as well for you as they do for us! Thank you for your very kind words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend! 😃
You are officially my favourite TH-cam channel!! I love listening to you and learning how you do things in your kitchen. I really liked the tip of doing sitting stretches while timing the water. You rock!! Love from NL, Canada. 🙂
Thank you, Lynne for your very kind and encouraging words! I'm quite new to YT and it's quite an honor to hear such high praise. Wow! 🙏 Thank you so much for the encouraging comment and for watching! I hope you're having a great weekend 😃
POTATOES:
Wash, put in slow cooker, LOW HEAT for 7 - 8 HOURS
1) Is any additional water added to the slow cooker?
2) Do they stick to the bottom?
3) How long do the steamed potatoes last in the fridge?
(can you tell I am not much of a cook?)
Hi! No additional water is needed and mine don’t stick to the bottom. I just wash mine and put them in the crock after just shaking the water off and they don’t stick to the bottom for me. They give off quite a bit of liquid and there’s usually water on the bottom after cooking. If it’s your first time doing it I’d check after 6 hours since I know crockpots run hotter than others. We’ve kept ours in the fridge for up to 5 days but we usually eat them all before then. 😂 happy cooking 😃
Also I don’t know if you could tell in the video, the flesh sometimes comes out a little dark due to the skins and the long cooking time but that’s normal and it’s tasty all the same
My electricity rates are higher after 5pm, so I pre cook dinner etc before 5pm and reheat when we want to eat. I also cook once and eat twice method. Steak one night, then cut up steak next night on a bun or in a wrap with a salad. I pre peel potatoes and keep in the fridge, then when I need some for dinners they are done already. ( I listen to you while peeling ) I am going to try the pasta method, I am also going to try pre soaking rice the night before.
Yes I have a chart that my electric company sent to me so I know when the discount, normal and peak rates are. I try and only do extra baking and clothes drying during discount time slots. We are in south texas so it is humid and hot and requires alot of energy to run the central ac unit. I could manage without the ac but the rest of my family does not agree with me.
Aah those peak usage hours 😰. I’m happy to hear you found your way to work around them, Dawn! Cook once eat twice I’ve not heard it called that. I love the name. I’ll bet that saves you time as well 👏. I’m honored to be listened to while peeling potatoes! It’s gotta be my favorite food 😂. I hope the pasta method works as well for you as it does for us! I’ve heard of soaking rice and how it helps with faster cooking times but I don’t have much experience with it. I’d love to hear how it works for you! Thank you for your great comment for watching! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
@Texas Jones - Those peak hours 😰 They can be such a pain to work around but it sounds like you got it down! We aren’t on that plan yet but I’ve been practicing because I know it’s coming 😅. Gotta be prepared. You sound like you have a very high tolerance for heat! I’m like you - more tolerance for heat than family 😅. Thank you for watching and I hope you’re having a great weekend!
You did it again Wendy! Love the pasta trick, really useful especially when you have hungry little mouths to feed 😋 Huge fan of cleaning up while cooking. It really save so much time plus keeps the kitchen tidy 👍 Have a beautiful weekend ❤️😊
I hope that one works as well for you as it does for us! It’s convenient to have the already soaked pasta in the fridge for hungry mouths! Thank you so much for your very kind words and support. I hope you’re having a beautiful weekend too!
Great tips ! I also like to time my tasks to know what I can do in the meantime. One thing I prefer to do though is using my kettle to boil water, I find it much quicker (and since we've got an electric cook top, I'd assume it's cheaper too..?).
Glad I stumbled upon your channel :)
That is a great tip on the kettle, Nari! It seems like it should be cheaper than using an electric cook top, but I don't have either so I don't know 😰. I'm so glad you're here! Thank you for your great comment and I hope you have a great week!
Thanks for this post. We just bought that same pasta on a trip and now I will be able to cook this quicker. I'll have to try the meat trick too. My kids love noodles and this will save me so much time.
How timely, Jennifer! I hope it works as well for you and your kids as it does for us! Thank you for watching and I hope you're having a great week!
K so you outdid yourself in this one. You’re doing challenges within challenges and tips within tips. Is it too forward to ask what your occupation is?
Hi Drea! Thank you for your very kind words! I'll IG you. I hope you're having a great week!
My mom (about 25 yrs ago) taught me how to cook pasta in the microwave. Place pasta in heatproof dish. Add water to cover by about at least an inch or two. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Nuke on high about ten mins for spaghetti, 12-14 mins for shaped pasta (penne, ziti, etc). Make sure you use mitts to remove to drain.
My partner was skeptical…until he tried it. No more waiting for water to boil BEFORE you start cooking the pasta.
We boil water in the kettle for all cooking, thus saving fuel.
That is a great time saving tip I do that too but since I don't have a kettle I just use one pot 😅. Thank you for watching and I hope you're having a great weekend!
Awesome tips! Love the crockpot too, I have 3 of them. If you haven't heard of Jeff Yeager he has great ways to save money and he is hilarious!
Wow you’re serious with 3 of them, Jacalli! I love Jeff Yeager and think he’s a riot. I watch aarp YT videos just to watch him in all his punny glory 😂. Thank you for your kind words and for watching!! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
We eat a lot of barley and quinoa in our family. So to make it easy, I cook up a large pot of barley or quinoa. Then when it cools, I usually take a 1/3 measuring cup and scoop. I run the edge of the measuring cup along the edge of the pot to level it off. Then I take a regular muffin pan, and drop my barley or quinoa into the holes. I then pop the tray into the freezer. After they are frozen, I take the tray out of the freezer and let them rest on my kitchen countertop for a few minutes. This makes them easier to pop out of the tray. I call these my barley and quinoa pucks. Since we eat bread, I save my cleaned out bread bags and put my pucks in them. You can double up the bread bags to make to make them stronger. So when I’m making a soup or even pasta sauce and other things I pop a puck or two into it. You can also defrost them in the microwave them if you need them quicker. What I like about these grains is that they help thicken your soups etc. And since we try to go meatless sometimes, I like to put a quinoa puck in my spaghetti sauce to thicken it and also it’s a great source of protein without using hamburger. I get large bags of tricolour quinoa at Costco for a great price. The darker quinoa in my opinion looks somewhat like hamburger bits in the sauce. Hope you like this idea as it saves time in the kitchen. Jeanne
I always soak my Lasagna pasta and never need to parboil it, I just put it together after a soak in hot water about 10min...
It works like that store brand you don't boil first!
You have the most practical tips! The potatoes in the crock pot are going into my weekly routine. You're brilliant with all of these ideas. Thank you!
I'm so happy to hear you could apply the potato one to your routine, Amy! Potatoes are a very underrated food. I don't know if you eat the little taro, but it works well for those and works ok for sweet potatoes. Something about the orange sweet potatoes that make them come out soggy, but the result is good for pie filling. We love potatoes here 😂 Thank you for watching and I hope you have a great week!
@@TheFrugalMinimalist I love potatoes too - and taro! Thanks!
I love instant pot pressure cooking pasta, the presoak means I don’t have to break spaghetti into thirds, my husband will love this, thanks!
I wash my potatoes and put them in a grocery plastic bag that you carry your groceries in and about 5 for each . minutes depends on the size of potato smaller may need about 5 bigger little more time for each potate if I put three about 10 to 12 minutes or so you will know if you can insert a knife in and goes in softly . If you leave potatoes 🥔 in to cook to long they will start to harden on the edges. But quick and easy way too if you need a bake potatoes soon for a lunch or dinner
Fantastic tip on the measurements of different ingredients without using various cups/ utensils. Thank you
Oh, i like the pasta soaking thing. But I'd never add salt to the water because I like to use it for the garden and add some salt afterwards.
One thing i do to save time is to batch cook potatoes in the microwave, then refrigerate or freeze to use as needed. Sweet potatoes to use in potato pancakes.
Thanks for the tip to pre-soak pasta, never thought to do this. It will save time on a weekday dinner.
Wow great tips!! I am going to try the potatoes in the crock pot for sure.
Nice, Patti! They turn out darker than normal steamed potatoes but I think they taste great! I hope it works out as well for you as it does for us. Thank you for your kind words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
New sub here, wow I loved this video thank you for all of the work put into it!
Great tips! Thanks for taking the time to share.
Thank you, Tere for your kind words and taking the time to watch! I hope you have a great day!
Hello 😊 I am visiting your channel on the recommendation from Vara ♡ I have loved watching your video here and will definatly be trying a few ideas! Thanks for sharing ♡
Hi Jacqui! Thank you so much for visiting me! I'm a fan of Vara's channel too. I hope the ones you try end up working out as well for you as they do for us. Thank you for your kind words and for watching. I hope you're having a great week!
Interesting and useful tips. Thank you for sharing!
I'm so glad I found your videos! I just subscribed because your ideas are so helpful. I watched a video where you did passive cooking with potatoes and now instead of throwing out a half bag of wrinkled potatoes in my cupboard, I threw them into my crockpot to cook and add to meals later... win win👍 thank you!
I'm so glad to be found, Lynn 😂 and I'm so happy to hear you could save those potatoes! A win win indeed 🙌. Thank you so much for your very kind words, for watching and for your support! They mean very much to me. I hope you're having a great week!
I usually put pasta until it boils,with a little cooking oil & salt.well from time to time i check it & stir.
Measuring scales are the norm here in Germany. I tried some recipes with cup measurements but it just feels weird to me, as I found it to be inaccurate at times 😅
Thanks for sharing and i was wondering what kitchen scale you have ?!
Awesome tips! Your pot cover handle, did you buy it to replace the existing? It sounds like it was whistling when it came to a boil. I have a senior parent that lives with me and that’d be helpful to have rather than buying a whistler kettle.
I'm happy to hear you enjoyed them! The pot cover came like that. I suppose it's a feature of the set. They're not the sturdiest since they're plastic but the whistling has been very useful for us! If you're interested, you can search "Maxam 9-Element Waterless Cookware Set" on Amazon to look and decide if they are good for your parent. It would definitely cost more than buying a whistler kettle though 😰
So true! My family uses slow cookers to meal prep a whole weeks worth of meals at a time. We use a scale for more accurate nutrition tracking, but you are right it can reduce the number of dishes needed also. Thank you for sharing this wonderful information Wendy! Your kitchen is so neat. I loved your watching a pot boil comment, 😂 funny and true. Full watch, big like! 😊👍
Hi Vara! The slow cooker and scale can be so useful in the kitchen. You're right the scale is great for nutrition too! Thank you for all your kind words and support..they mean very much to me! I hope you're having a great week 😃
What wonderful tips. Blessings, Jo Ann in Mississippi
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your videos! You always have fresh, unique ideas. I especially like how you challenge yourself.
Thank you, Rachel for your very kind and encouraging words and for watching. I’m so happy to be able to offer a different perspective! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
Your video thumbnails are so spot on ,perfect. Keep up the good work. So much to learn from you.
Thank you for your kind words again! 🙏. I’m very behind in comments as you can tell 😅
Love the tip of using the scale for measuring!! I have been doing this lately, thanks to you! Hooray for less clean up. I have now converted many of our favourite recipes (pizza dough, no bake granola bars, oatmeal cookies etc.) to weights instead of the volumes. Thank you and take care! :)
Yay! I'm so happy it is working well for you! Thank you so much for letting me know. I hope you are safe and well!
I have already started going through our home to get rid of things that we do not need. Your videos let me know I still have more to get rid of. Thank you so much for your videos very inspiring and extremely helpful.
I'm so happy to hear that you can get some value from my videos! Thank you for your very kind, encouraging words and for watching. I wish you success in your journey!!
Very good job doing your videos. Thanks
Wow using the scale is genius!
telampau lah bejimat c ni.macam ja di basa mati tu duit.mcm gila2 pula Aku tgk
I got me some zote soap and love it. My husband is going to go back and get me more. It $1.19 here at our Wal-Mart. Thanks so much.
I’m so glad to hear you like the soap!! So many uses! Thank you so much for letting me know! It makes me so happy. 🤗. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
Great info! I'm gonna use my scale more
Could you do tips for students and how they can save time and money?
The pasta tip was really insightful.
Thanks
Love the content
Keep it coming :D
It’s been years since I’ve been a student but this is a great idea! I’ll definitely be thinking about this more and see what I can come up with. I have several young people in my life and would love to have something to speak to them and give value. I’m happy you enjoyed the pasta tip! Thank you for your great suggestion and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
I’ve learned a lot from you.
I'm so happy to hear and to share! I hope the work as well for you as they do for us :)
How long do you cook the sausage? On low or high?
I need help! This may seem trivial to some but I need help organizing my refrigerator shelves. That’s the placement of the shelves themselves not the items on them. I’ve had an injury and the ordeal of putting things away is becoming too much. I was ok with a freezer-on-the-bottom but I don’t have that now. I’ve now kept trying different things so I don’t have a set spot for each staple like I used to. Please help with ideas so I can get back to my organized and carefree self!!
Email me a picture and I’ll try to help!! Seewendyyt@gmail.com. I had mobility issues also so I empathize!
Your mind works just like mine....love it!
🙌 I love it too, Christine! I like how YT brings together like minded people 😃
I love my Instant Pot! I cook a head and hot pack jar everything. I pull out things to heat upand serve for lunch or dinner. Get an "I" Pot (it takes the place of 4 kitchen appliance food making gadgets. You will love it!!!
Thank you for another great tip! My niece actually has one she’s not using and loaned it to us. I’ll be trying it soon
I love that measuring scale!!
We do too! It's a pretty old one and I'm sure they have better models out there. But we're using it until it breaks 😅. Thank you for watching and I hope you're having a great weekend! 😃
Time is the Essence & I’m thankful for your tips thanks
Hi Laura! I’m thankful to have you as one of my viewers!! 😍 thank you for your kind words and for watching! I hope you’re having a great weekend!
I was online shopping for measuring cups I’m going to by a scale second hand now, I’m glad I watched this video before attempting to make chocolate chip 🍪 I always learn from you
I hope you do find that second hand scale, Maria! We bought ours new from either target or Walmart years ago and it was around 10-15 dollars. I don’t remember. But it’s about 14 years old now. Newer ones are probably better than ours and probably around the same price. Thank you for all your support and I hope you’re having a great weekend!
We pressure cook pastas and is faster than pre soak . The time varies on the cooker and the type of pasta .
Pressure cooking saves electricity and time. We cook grains , ( red rice , millets , broken wheat ) pre soaked lentils and legumes . The steam cooks the food faster and keeps the flavor.
We even soak red rice so that it cooks faster in a pressure cooker. We eat rice for breakfast so this helps .
Thank you
I’m glad that works so well for you! We don’t own a pressure cooker but are getting to borrow one. I hope to get to try out the awesomeness. Thank you for sharing!
We miss you! Hope you are well 🌅
Another great video. I love how you and I keep coming up with the same ideas. I also do most of my cooking by weight. I wrote a computer program that you can input recipes in volume and it displays it step by step while cooking with the conversion already done. It really makes cooking much more efficient, and fewer dishes as well. Thanks so much, keep it up!
Great minds think alike 😃🙌 your software sounds wonderful and goes way beyond my old school technique! Is it web based? If so maybe you could host it somewhere and make some revenue off it using Adsense. That’ll be win win for sure. 😃. Thank you for your kind words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
@@TheFrugalMinimalist Hi again Wendy! I can send you a copy of the software if you want. I was trying to find a way to message you and I'm not ashamed to say I'm not too youtube savvy, I couldn't find a way to send a message to you directly anywhere. If you're interested, shoot me an email at d.hollings.83@gmail.com. Sadly it's windows based software, I wish I had the foresight to make it web based instead. Hindsight being 20/20 and all!
I'm not YT savvy either 😂 I have a lot of issues organizing replies so I miss out on conversations unless I remember to search for them. There's got to be a better way and I'll find that way some day. I did remember to search for yours! I'll be sending an email your way. Thank you!!
what pots and pans do you use? they look very sturdy (my current set have thin bottoms and its time to buy new ones_ thanks!!!
They are sturdy and a bit heavy too! They’re not perfect but we like them. They’re from amazon search “maxam waterless stainless steel cookware” 😃
Hello Wendy. Are your cookies free of grain? Could you share your recipe please?
Hi Nancy! I believe they are and I was trying them out with you and your husband in mind! The recipe I followed is here www.wellplated.com/coconut-flour-cookies/ but I was short on some ingredients and I misconverted the coconut flour and despite it all it still came out really great! I preferred them the second day. They became chewier. If I were to make them again I’d cut the baking soda to less than the 1/2 tsp she uses. Probably more like 1/3 tsp or even 1/4 because I could taste the baking soda. And I just mixed by hand as I don’t have a food processor. The coconut flour was from 99 cent store I hope they sell the same one at your store! Thank you for watching and I hope you’re having a great day!
I didn't see you put any water in with the potatoes in the slow cooker. Does it steam without any water?
Yes it does steam without Extra water. The water that’s left on the skin from the washing is enough to steam the potatoes. Good luck!
Step 1: buy an instant pot.
Great tips. I really enjoyed watching. I just hit thumbs up #483, the Bell, and subscribed to your channel. I look forward to watching more of your videos my new friend.
Thank you so much for your kind words, for watching and for your support! I hope you have a great week ahead!
Love your channel!
Halal meat no way that's muslim meat. 😲😠 why not kosher.
Hmm, I didn't know that, Blue Jay! I shop at a very eclectic store that is part Middle Eastern and Korean, while I am Chinese! There are many things we're being exposed to there that we're trying out. This is the only beef they sell there and it saves me a trip going to other stores! Thank you for watching and I hope you're having a great week!
Love these!! Cleaning as I go has literally changed my life! It makes it soooo much easier to not have a ton of dishes at the end that I'm dreading. I love all these ideas!
Haha, those dishes do pile up quick without the cleaning as you go. Thank you, Mary for your kind words and support! I hope you're having a great weekend!
Great ideas!
Just found your channel and I'm loving all the tips you share! I have used the pasta tip on lasagna and other baked noodles after seeing it on thekitchn but hadn't thought to use it for boiled pasta.
that pasta tip.... just blew my mind....
😃 Happy cooking! 🍝
I love your videos, you have such a soothing voice. I love the passive cooking idea.
Awesome video and tips !! 👍👍👍😍😍😍
OMG, your new channel, Padma! I just subscribed and I'll be catching up with you as I can. I'm so behind 😅. Thank you for your very kind words and support! I hope you're having a great week!
Great tips. Thanks you
You’re very welcome, Barbara. Thank you for watching! 😃
Your ideas are incredible. I especially love the slowcooker one for potatoes and the pasta cooking on. Thank you so much.
I'm so happy to hear you liked those ideas, Money Mom! I hope you get to use them...with summer coming up, these really help keep the heat down in the home. In the summer I'll run my crock outside so we can keep eating those potatoes. 😂. Thank you so much for all your support! I hope you have a great evening and I'll see you tomorrow!
do you like hot weather
WOW....great tips! I saved this to refer to again. My favorite tip is the pasta one and I can't wait to try it.
I’m so happy you liked that tip, Jen! It comes in handy for quick meals. I hope it works out as well for you as it does for us. Thank you for your kinds words and for watching. I hope you’re having a great weekend!
I sure enjoy your easy deliberate way of doing these things. You are a delight.
Thank you, Cynthia for your very kind, encouraging words and for watching! I hope you're having a great week!
Wow, very efficient indeed!
I had to learn the hard way as the alternatives weren’t desirable. 😂 Thank you for your kind words and for watching. I hope you have a great day!
If you REALLY want to save money become a vegatarian
I'm there, Adrienne! My family eats meat though and I do try to limit them but they do prefer it. 😞. Thank you for watching and I hope you have a great weekend!
I'm a new subbie and want to thank you for sharing your tips, never thought of the pasta soaking trick; love it and will definitely try soon. I've heard this can be done with brown rice, but never tried-any tips you may have on cooking brown rice would be great :)
I must say we don't eat brown rice often, but I have also heard that soaking it will shorten the cook time. I also heard a weird thing to cook it like you would pasta in a large pot of water. I've not tried these before though so I can't say that they work. I'm glad to hear you liked the pasta trick and I hope it works out for you as well as it works for us! Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching. I hope you're having a great week!
Wow great tips ! I had never heard f pre-soaking pasta. That’s brilliant ! Best wishes from Australia xx ps I love your voice.
Hi Lara! I'm so happy to be able to introduce that to you. I hope it works out as well for you as it does for us! Thank you for your very kind words and for watching. I hope you're having a great week!
Wow..the boiling time is genius, I always had a question about soaked pasta...can this be done with rice?
everevie111....I do if it is regular brown or white untreated rice. I soak it over night...tastes sweeter and cooks faster.
@everevie111 - We don't eat a lot of brown rice, but I heard that soaking it can make it cook faster! We usually eat white rice which doesn't require soaking, we just bring it to a boil, mix it and let it sit in the pot for 15 minutes and let the residual heat do the work.
@Morning Light - thank you for letting us know! Do you cook it in the water you used for soaking, or rinse it out and use fresh?
@@TheFrugalMinimalist ...I pour out the soaking water, water plants with it, and add fresh cooking water.
Great to know, thank you so much for this! I hope you're having a great weekend 😃
Love the tips you shared! I like the crockpot potatoes. We like fried potatoes and oven roasted potatoes so precooking will save so much time. I'll try weighing ingredients. It takes time to find equivalents but in the end it's more accurate and as you said saves on dishes!
I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed the tips, Pat! I was a bit reluctant to share these tips because I know many do the keto diet these days and I wondered if anyone else still eats potatoes and pasta. 😅. The measuring does take time...there may also be tools online that are available to do the conversion of entire recipes! One viewer told me they wrote a program to do this, which I think is so great! Thank you for your very kind words and for watching! I hope you have a great week!
When I make pasta I just pour the pasta right into the cold water, cover and turn on high. As soon as the water starts boiling I turn the burner off and set the timer for the time the pasta should cook leaving the pot on the burner. It is always perfectly cooked according to the time doing it this way. Using residual heat. I also do the same thing with making rice.
Wow, I never knew you could do that with pasta, Sheri. I'll give that one a try for sure! I use the same method with rice cooking as well and it makes everything so easy. Thank you for your great tips and for watching. I hope you're having a great weekend!
Seeing the cookware you use I wanted to buy it on the Amazon but it seems most people are very unhappy with it. What is your experience? Thanks
You are wise to do your research! Oh wow I just read some of the newer reviews and I’m shocked at some of the experiences others have had. I checked Amazon and we purchased this 7/29/14, and have had it almost for 5 years. This is way before my YT days and it was purchased with my own money. Not sponsored by them or associated with them in any way.
It’s not a perfect set, but I do like it very much and haven’t had the major issues that others have had with the lid coming apart. The most major issue we’ve had is with the handle becoming a bit loose on the frying pan (which I understand because we use it very often) but we just use a screw driver to tighten it back up. Other than that, on a couple of knobs, the plastic sliding valve slid out, but we just slide them back in and it works fine.
We hand wash all the components; never put them in a dishwasher. But I do wonder if they changed the way the lids are made! Someone mentioned this in a newer review. 😰