Grandma's 20 Clever Cooking Tricks For Seniors Living Alone That Make Life Easier

📖 My cookbook, Nadine's Table for One: https://nadinecooksforone.com (114 small meals for one, every amount for one and for two, in large print) It is five o'clock, there is one chicken thigh in the pan, and the whole business feels like too much trouble for one plate. You used to feed six people without blinking. So here are 20 tricks out of farm kitchens and church basements, from before anybody sold us a nonstick pan. Most cost nothing and take under a minute. Number one turns a pot of plain rice into something you will want on a Sunday. In this video: 0:00 Intro 1:18 20. Mayonnaise in scrambled eggs 2:03 19. Sugar instead of flour in the cake pan 2:46 📖 A word about my cookbook 3:19 18. Bacon grease in a coffee can 3:53 17. Vinegar soak for tough meat 4:34 16. The cup of pasta water 5:06 15. An ice cube in the burger 5:44 14. Pickle juice in the potato salad 6:19 13. Baking powder on chicken skin 7:00 12. Foil over the casserole 7:33 11. Yellow mustard in the macaroni and cheese 8:12 10. Ice water for sharp onions 8:51 9. Mayonnaise on the fish 9:33 8. Zucchini in the chocolate cake 10:16 7. Sheet cake started on the stove 11:03 6. Vodka in the pie crust 11:45 5. An egg yolk in the mashed potatoes 12:33 4. Buttermilk you make yourself 13:17 3. Potato pancakes from Monday's leftovers 14:00 2. A pinch of salt in the coffee 14:40 1. Rice cooked in coconut milk 15:43 Before you go The catches, so you do not repeat my mistakes: Vinegar soak for tough meat: several hours, not all afternoon Mustard in the macaroni and cheese: one teaspoon, never two Mayonnaise on the fish: spread it thin or it slides off Zucchini in the cake: squeeze the gratings dry first Salt in the coffee: a few grains, go light If you like cooking this way, that is what my cookbook is. Nadine's Table for One: 114 small meals with every amount written for one and for two, in large print, with four weeks of suppers and the shopping lists to go with them. One payment, no subscription, a PDF and an EPUB you download right away. https://nadinecooksforone.com 👇 Which of these 20 did your grandmother do? And what was her one ingredient, the one she never explained? Tell me in the comments. #grandmastricks #cookingtricks #kitchenhacks #seniorslivingalone #cookingforone #nadinecooksforone