A potpourri of kitchen tips & recipes

No matter how long you’ve been cooking, or how comfortable you are in the kitchen, there are a few tips that have slipped under the radar. Plus there is always a need to have some great recipes that only require a few ingredients. Here are some fun tips and a recipe collection to play with this weekend:

14 Simple Delicious Recipes with Just 6 Ingredients (Plus Salt) (from The Kitchn) 

And a few tips:

• 3 Eggcellent, Eggstraordinary, [Insert Egg Pun of Choice Here] Egg Tips (America’s Test Kitchen)
• The Best Way to Measure Fresh Herbs (The Kitchn)
• Make the Most Perfect Bacon Ever (ATK’s Feed – cooking bacon in water?)
• A Nifty Cooking Tip from Jamie Oliver (quick, yummy, bitter-free eggplant from Gourmet Live) 

And for more from Jamie Oliver, check out his EYB collection of cookbooks on his author’s page.