Coat the Pan With Butter or Olive Oil

No matter what type of fried egg that you want to make, a crucial first step is to coat your pan with either butter or olive oil. This ensures that the egg won’t get stuck to the pan, an issue that has frustrated lots of people trying to make breakfast.

Don’t Flip the Egg

Believe it or not, fried eggs usually turn out better if you don’t flip them. Flipping can cause the yolk to break, ruining your eggs. Instead, cover the egg if you want to cook the yolk more thoroughly.

Lower the Heat

Don’t make fried eggs at a too-high temperature! While the pan should be hot to start out with, lower the temperature to medium-low while the egg cooks. This will allow the egg to cook thoroughly while not burning.

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Buy Reusable Grocery Bags

Using plastic grocery bags is a huge source of consumption of this product, and a great way to cut down on this is to use reusable bags. These durable, affordable bags will completely cut out plastic use for carrying the food you buy at the store.

Use Your Own Produce Bags

Unfortunately, a lot of plastic is also used for packaging the loose fruits and vegetables that we buy at the store. Companies now, however, sell reusable produce bags that can be washed and reused time and time again!

Avoid Bottled Water

Another totally unnecessary use of plastic is in the bottling of water that is sold at the supermarket. Instead of buying huge packs of plastic-filled bottled water, why not buy your own washable and reusable water bottle?

The post Tips For Reducing Plastic Waste at the Grocery Store appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Meat Scraps

It might be tempting to just throw scraps of meat that you don’t consume into the compost pile, but this can cause big problems. Meat attracts pests and animals that can invade your compost pile and it just doesn’t break down in a way that helps your compost.

Dairy Products

Another group of animal products that you shouldn’t put into your compost pile is dairy. Yogurts, ice creams, milk, and other items should be disposed of differently because they will sour, rot, and potentially attract animals and other pests to your compost.

Cooking Oil

Oil is something that should be disposed of carefully in designated drop-off places and not added to your compost pile. Cooking oil doesn’t biodegrade like other plant products do and its smell can attract hungry animals to your compost, which can ruin it.

The post Food Products You Should Never Compost appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

However, there are some key errors that people unfamiliar with the machine’s design tend to make, especially when starting out. Be sure not to make these mistakes when brewing in a moka pot.

Fill the Pot with Cold Water

Do not fill the moka pot’s reservoir with cold water when making a batch of coffee with it! Why? Cold water takes longer to heat than warm or hot water, which can cause the ground coffee in the device’s middle chamber to burn and make bitter and unpleasant-tasting coffee.

Leave the Pot on the Burner After Brewing

As soon as the last of the finished coffee bubbles up and into the top chamber of the moka pot, remove it from the heat of the stove. If you leave the moka pot on the burner after brewing, your coffee will begin to boil, making it taste burnt and rancid.

Use Your Pot without Regular Cleaning

It’s all too easy to just keep reusing your moka pot without washing or cleaning it between uses. The best practice for using one, however, includes a thorough washing after every use to be sure that mold and taste-altering particles are prevented from developing in the pot.

The post Never Do These Things When Making Coffee in a Moka Pot appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

However, if you don’t have time to make your own hummus and want to use a store-bought variety, that doesn’t mean that you have to suffer through terrible hummus. Here are three things to add to make it taste delicious. 

Lemon Juice

Lemon juice is a key component of any delicious hummus creation, and you should definitely add a little bit to the store-bought variety to add tanginess. If not, the hummus ends up being bland.

Olive Oil

While most store-bought varieties of hummus contain some olive oil, they usually do not contain enough to give it the consistency that it should have. Add a tablespoon or so more to each batch, and your hummus will be much smoother.

Paprika

Any respectable hummus will be served with paprika, and this is an ingredient that store-bought hummus doesn’t usually contain. Just a few sprinkles of sweet paprika on top of your hummus can make all the difference in terms of its flavor.

The post How to Turn Your Store-Bought Hummus Delicious appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Why not try your peanut butter as a kitchen “swiss army knife?” Its uses and utility are endless, as these three creative uses for peanut butter demonstrate.

Fruit Dip

Fruit goes great with peanut butter, and we love using it as a dip for slices of fruit. Two of our favorite fruits to eat with peanut butter are apples and bananas, both of which are easily sliced and whose flavors are enhanced by the creamy spread.

Crepe Filling

Nutella and chocolate-filled crepes are all the rage these days, so why not try a little bit of peanut butter inside your next batch? We love melting peanut butter and then sticking it inside of these thin French pancakes as a special treat.

Ice Cream Topping

Hear us out on this one! Peanut butter actually works great as a topping for ice cream if you know which flavors to use it with. Adding a modest amount of peanut butter to a bowl of dark chocolate or vanilla ice cream is a fantastic idea, but maybe don’t try it with lemon sorbet!

The post Try These Creative Uses For Peanut Butter appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Try cooking to these musical genres to up your kitchen experience.

Classical

Classical music is our favorite genre to cook with for a variety of reasons. From the mellow, relaxing melodies of the piano and violin to the creative mood that it inspires, this is probably our top choice for cooking music.

Electronic

Electronic music offers a fast-paced, driven music choice to keep you energized and moving fast while in the kitchen. If you are feeling a little bored while doing monotonous kitchen tasks, electronic is a great option to spice things up.

Soul

We think that soul music is quite possibly the most underrated kitchen music that you can choose. The warm, loving tones of this musical genre will inspire you to cook with your heart and lend a great mood to your kitchen.

The post These are the Best Music Genres to Cook To appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Olive Oil For Butter

Often times, we opt for butter to moisten up a frying pan or as the main fat ingredient in a recipe. There are many situations where this high-fat, unhealthy ingredient can be replaced with olive oil, which is much better for you and lower in saturated fats.

Yogurt For Cream

Are you looking to prepare a recipe that calls from a heavy cream as part of its ingredients, perhaps in a sauce? Don’t be afraid to try using yogurt instead of cream for a lower-fat, healthier alternative.

Cottage Cheese For Cream Cheese

That’s right: cottage cheese, a less dense and fatty ingredient, can be substituted for cream cheese in a wide variety of recipes. The tangy, slightly creamy flavor that cream cheese provides can often be picked up by using cottage cheese instead.

The post These Substitutions Will Cut Down Fat in Your Recipes appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

These tips will help you avoid mistakes that will ruin your next batch of guacamole.

Don’t Use Garlic

Let us repeat: do not use garlic! It might seem tempting to add this ingredient to guacamole, but it will absolutely overwhelm the flavor of the dip and make it nearly impossible to eat. Just say no to garlic in guac.

Let Avocado Be the Star

The principal ingredient in guacamole is avocado, and this is for an important reason. The delicious, creamy texture and flavorful nature of guacamole are meant to be put on display in guacamole, so don’t over-add other ingredients like chiles or onions and make it disappear from the center stage.

Don’t Forget to Salt

Have you ever tried guacamole that tasted bland for some reason? The most likely explanation for this is a lack of salt. It’s important to add a little bit of salt to guacamole to enhance its flavor and make it pop.

The post Mistakes to Avoid When Making Guacamole appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

If you are a meat eater who is looking for some tips to help you cut down on your consumption of meat, here are some simple tips that will get you on the right path.

Start Eating Beans

People often complain that nothing in a vegan or vegetarian replaces the richness and filling character of meat. We have found, however, that beans are great at filling you up and serving as a great “substitute” that possesses many of meat’s singular characteristics.

Plant-Based Meat Substitutes

As the years go by and more and more people cut meat out from their diets, more and more plant-based meat substitutes are available on the market. From tofu to tempeh to seitan, you’ll find something that takes meat’s place if you try hard enough.

It’s All About Mentality

If you go into your journey with the attitude that your eating experiences are going to get worse after cutting out meat, you are setting yourself up for a loss. Instead, be enthusiastic about all of the benefits that you’ll reap and all of the new flavors that you will try.

The post Looking to Cut Down Meat Consumption? Follow These Simple Steps appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Coat the Pan With Butter or Olive Oil

No matter what type of fried egg that you want to make, a crucial first step is to coat your pan with either butter or olive oil. This ensures that the egg won’t get stuck to the pan, an issue that has frustrated lots of people trying to make breakfast.

Don’t Flip the Egg

Believe it or not, fried eggs usually turn out better if you don’t flip them. Flipping can cause the yolk to break, ruining your eggs. Instead, cover the egg if you want to cook the yolk more thoroughly.

Lower the Heat

Don’t make fried eggs at a too-high temperature! While the pan should be hot to start out with, lower the temperature to medium-low while the egg cooks. This will allow the egg to cook thoroughly while not burning.

The post Here Are Some Tips For Making Perfect Fried Eggs appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Buy Reusable Grocery Bags

Using plastic grocery bags is a huge source of consumption of this product, and a great way to cut down on this is to use reusable bags. These durable, affordable bags will completely cut out plastic use for carrying the food you buy at the store.

Use Your Own Produce Bags

Unfortunately, a lot of plastic is also used for packaging the loose fruits and vegetables that we buy at the store. Companies now, however, sell reusable produce bags that can be washed and reused time and time again!

Avoid Bottled Water

Another totally unnecessary use of plastic is in the bottling of water that is sold at the supermarket. Instead of buying huge packs of plastic-filled bottled water, why not buy your own washable and reusable water bottle?

The post Tips For Reducing Plastic Waste at the Grocery Store appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Meat Scraps

It might be tempting to just throw scraps of meat that you don’t consume into the compost pile, but this can cause big problems. Meat attracts pests and animals that can invade your compost pile and it just doesn’t break down in a way that helps your compost.

Dairy Products

Another group of animal products that you shouldn’t put into your compost pile is dairy. Yogurts, ice creams, milk, and other items should be disposed of differently because they will sour, rot, and potentially attract animals and other pests to your compost.

Cooking Oil

Oil is something that should be disposed of carefully in designated drop-off places and not added to your compost pile. Cooking oil doesn’t biodegrade like other plant products do and its smell can attract hungry animals to your compost, which can ruin it.

The post Food Products You Should Never Compost appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

However, there are some key errors that people unfamiliar with the machine’s design tend to make, especially when starting out. Be sure not to make these mistakes when brewing in a moka pot.

Fill the Pot with Cold Water

Do not fill the moka pot’s reservoir with cold water when making a batch of coffee with it! Why? Cold water takes longer to heat than warm or hot water, which can cause the ground coffee in the device’s middle chamber to burn and make bitter and unpleasant-tasting coffee.

Leave the Pot on the Burner After Brewing

As soon as the last of the finished coffee bubbles up and into the top chamber of the moka pot, remove it from the heat of the stove. If you leave the moka pot on the burner after brewing, your coffee will begin to boil, making it taste burnt and rancid.

Use Your Pot without Regular Cleaning

It’s all too easy to just keep reusing your moka pot without washing or cleaning it between uses. The best practice for using one, however, includes a thorough washing after every use to be sure that mold and taste-altering particles are prevented from developing in the pot.

The post Never Do These Things When Making Coffee in a Moka Pot appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

However, if you don’t have time to make your own hummus and want to use a store-bought variety, that doesn’t mean that you have to suffer through terrible hummus. Here are three things to add to make it taste delicious. 

Lemon Juice

Lemon juice is a key component of any delicious hummus creation, and you should definitely add a little bit to the store-bought variety to add tanginess. If not, the hummus ends up being bland.

Olive Oil

While most store-bought varieties of hummus contain some olive oil, they usually do not contain enough to give it the consistency that it should have. Add a tablespoon or so more to each batch, and your hummus will be much smoother.

Paprika

Any respectable hummus will be served with paprika, and this is an ingredient that store-bought hummus doesn’t usually contain. Just a few sprinkles of sweet paprika on top of your hummus can make all the difference in terms of its flavor.

The post How to Turn Your Store-Bought Hummus Delicious appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Why not try your peanut butter as a kitchen “swiss army knife?” Its uses and utility are endless, as these three creative uses for peanut butter demonstrate.

Fruit Dip

Fruit goes great with peanut butter, and we love using it as a dip for slices of fruit. Two of our favorite fruits to eat with peanut butter are apples and bananas, both of which are easily sliced and whose flavors are enhanced by the creamy spread.

Crepe Filling

Nutella and chocolate-filled crepes are all the rage these days, so why not try a little bit of peanut butter inside your next batch? We love melting peanut butter and then sticking it inside of these thin French pancakes as a special treat.

Ice Cream Topping

Hear us out on this one! Peanut butter actually works great as a topping for ice cream if you know which flavors to use it with. Adding a modest amount of peanut butter to a bowl of dark chocolate or vanilla ice cream is a fantastic idea, but maybe don’t try it with lemon sorbet!

The post Try These Creative Uses For Peanut Butter appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Try cooking to these musical genres to up your kitchen experience.

Classical

Classical music is our favorite genre to cook with for a variety of reasons. From the mellow, relaxing melodies of the piano and violin to the creative mood that it inspires, this is probably our top choice for cooking music.

Electronic

Electronic music offers a fast-paced, driven music choice to keep you energized and moving fast while in the kitchen. If you are feeling a little bored while doing monotonous kitchen tasks, electronic is a great option to spice things up.

Soul

We think that soul music is quite possibly the most underrated kitchen music that you can choose. The warm, loving tones of this musical genre will inspire you to cook with your heart and lend a great mood to your kitchen.

The post These are the Best Music Genres to Cook To appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

Olive Oil For Butter

Often times, we opt for butter to moisten up a frying pan or as the main fat ingredient in a recipe. There are many situations where this high-fat, unhealthy ingredient can be replaced with olive oil, which is much better for you and lower in saturated fats.

Yogurt For Cream

Are you looking to prepare a recipe that calls from a heavy cream as part of its ingredients, perhaps in a sauce? Don’t be afraid to try using yogurt instead of cream for a lower-fat, healthier alternative.

Cottage Cheese For Cream Cheese

That’s right: cottage cheese, a less dense and fatty ingredient, can be substituted for cream cheese in a wide variety of recipes. The tangy, slightly creamy flavor that cream cheese provides can often be picked up by using cottage cheese instead.

The post These Substitutions Will Cut Down Fat in Your Recipes appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

These tips will help you avoid mistakes that will ruin your next batch of guacamole.

Don’t Use Garlic

Let us repeat: do not use garlic! It might seem tempting to add this ingredient to guacamole, but it will absolutely overwhelm the flavor of the dip and make it nearly impossible to eat. Just say no to garlic in guac.

Let Avocado Be the Star

The principal ingredient in guacamole is avocado, and this is for an important reason. The delicious, creamy texture and flavorful nature of guacamole are meant to be put on display in guacamole, so don’t over-add other ingredients like chiles or onions and make it disappear from the center stage.

Don’t Forget to Salt

Have you ever tried guacamole that tasted bland for some reason? The most likely explanation for this is a lack of salt. It’s important to add a little bit of salt to guacamole to enhance its flavor and make it pop.

The post Mistakes to Avoid When Making Guacamole appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.

If you are a meat eater who is looking for some tips to help you cut down on your consumption of meat, here are some simple tips that will get you on the right path.

Start Eating Beans

People often complain that nothing in a vegan or vegetarian replaces the richness and filling character of meat. We have found, however, that beans are great at filling you up and serving as a great “substitute” that possesses many of meat’s singular characteristics.

Plant-Based Meat Substitutes

As the years go by and more and more people cut meat out from their diets, more and more plant-based meat substitutes are available on the market. From tofu to tempeh to seitan, you’ll find something that takes meat’s place if you try hard enough.

It’s All About Mentality

If you go into your journey with the attitude that your eating experiences are going to get worse after cutting out meat, you are setting yourself up for a loss. Instead, be enthusiastic about all of the benefits that you’ll reap and all of the new flavors that you will try.

The post Looking to Cut Down Meat Consumption? Follow These Simple Steps appeared first on falafelandcaviar.com.