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Make your Kitchen, your Home Restaurant!

Yes, you can serve good food just like in the restaurants at the comfort of your own home. All you need is proper planning. The key is first to draw up the week's menu and buy your food once a week.

Cut, dice, pack and pre-prepare as much as you can and put everything in the fridge or freezer. Invest in good quality containers for storage and use kitchens gadgets to cut down the work.

Much of the work in whipping up a meal is in the preparation so pre-prepare is the key to speed up the cooking time on the day.

Choose easy-to-cook dishes, bearing in mind the meal must be balanced (meaning, the meal must have starch/carbohydrates, vegetables and meat for protein). Desserts can be made simple by just having freshly-cut fruits.

It is also a good idea to have a ready-cooked serving of a main course stuck in the freezer for last minute guests or you are just too tired to cook after a long day at the office. This is also useful if you have teenage children at home and all you need do is to teach them to use the microwave oven to reheat.

Other than pre-prepare, it is most useful to make your own sauces or paste to make cooking a breeze and tasty. It is not only time saving but also money-saving and tastier minus the additives and preservatives! Did I mention that 'Learn To Cook' is one of the Top 10 Tips to save money? With the rise of inflation it only make sense that we should cook and eat at home. Reserve the visits to restaurants only on special occasions or as a treat. PLUS if you have children, you are showing good example for them to follow when it's their turn to become parents.

While good food brings people together, the dining table in every home is the center of unity. Make an effort to have dinner with your kids everyday, to catch up with them of their day's activities or to announce an important matter over dinner.

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