food prep – ANIMAL-FREE SOUS-CHEF™

SKINNING ALMONDS

01/17/2018 Sharon Lee Davies-Tight, artist, writer, chef

SKINNING ALMONDS Almonds are hard nuts. Even while chewing they seem to never soften up. Do a parboil, a soak, then a peel for extra

Discoloration Prevention

07/26/2017 Sharon Lee Davies-Tight, artist, writer, chef

This is an easy one. Tired of seeing your apple cubes and banana slices turn brown right before your eyes, before you’ve hardly finished cutting

PICKLED GINGER STICKS

09/07/2016 Sharon Lee Davies-Tight, artist, writer, chef

Ever buy a big piece of ginger, use part of it, refrigerate the rest, then not get back to it till it’s moldy? Yeah, me

STAGES OF CARAMELIZING ONION

10/04/2015 Sharon Lee Davies-Tight, artist, writer, chef

There are several ways to saute onions – resulting in different degrees of caramelization. The first is to fry the onion in oil and/or margarine

CARAMELIZED WALNUTS

09/21/2015 Sharon Lee Davies-Tight, artist, writer, chef

CARAMELIZED WALNUTS Easy and delicious! Walnuts, extra virgin olive oil, water, brown sugar and baking soda, cooked till caramelized and cooled till crispy! Great for

TOASTING SESAME SEEDS

07/26/2015 Sharon Lee Davies-Tight, artist, writer, chef

Toasting sesame seeds is much like toasting coconut. It doesn’t take long. Place sesame seeds in dry skillet, without overlapping much. Turn heat to low.