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How to Reuse Stale and Old Bread in the Kitchen
Actuality, Advice

How to Reuse Stale and Old Bread in the Kitchen

How to Reuse Stale and Old Bread in the Kitchen. Today nothing is thrown away anymore, leftovers in the kitchen are precious so we need to pay close attention.

Let's start with dry bread, a few days old. It can be used in the kitchen in many ways, so never throw it away, follow ours useful tips on how to reuse it again in other recipes.

Stale bread is a precious resource

Pappa al pomodoro, famous Tuscan recipe is prepared with stale bread, peeled tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, garlic and basil. This soup is excellent both in the summer in its cold version and in the warm winter as a soup.

dumplings: If you have ever gone on holiday in Trentino you will surely have tasted the dumplings. Delicious meatballs of stale bread in broth, or sauté in a pan with butter and sage.

How to Reuse Stale and Old Bread in the Kitchen

Bread crumbs: There are many recipes where breadcrumbs are used. When the bread is dry you can grate it and place it in a glass jar with an airtight seal, it will keep perfectly for next use.

The panzanella: Old but always trendy recipe. Tomato salad with stale bread that in contact with the water released by the fresh tomatoes will become delicious as if by magic.

Breadcrumbs as a resource in the kitchen

Meatballs: To make yours delicious meatballs of meat, add some breadcrumbs. Your meatballs will become super soft.

Croutons for your soups: very simple to prepare, cut the old bread into cubes and put it in a pan with extra virgin olive oil, chopped garlic and rosemary and browned, add them to your favorite soup.

Last tip

Crostini: Everyone really likes them, adults and children, add mozzarella and ingredients to your liking on a slice of stale bread, a few minutes in the oven and your croutons are immediately ready.

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Some Alternative Ways to Use the Microwave
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Some Alternative Ways to Use the Microwave

Some Alternative Ways to Use the Microwave. There are really many who own this household appliance. In addition to warm up some foods and a defrost products that come from the freezer, the microwave oven is not used much for cooking.

Today I want to tell you about how to use the microwave in some alternative ways so as to make it useful in our house.

The alternative uses of the microwave

Clean your sink sponges: just so, put the sponge in a bowl with a little water and vinegar in the microwave for a minute, this operation will kill all the bacteria and you will get the sanitized sponge back just like the day you bought it.

Squeeze the lemons: You are preparing a lemon juice? Before squeezing them, place them in your microwave for about twenty seconds. The lemons will become soft and it will be much easier to squeeze every last drop.

Some Alternative Ways to Use the Microwave

Sanitize the socks: Your socks stink? Place them in the microwave for a few seconds and they will be as good as new.

Detach the stamps: Very useful trick for stamp collectors. Moisten the stamp with a few drops of water and place the postcard in the microwave for ten seconds, with the help of tweezers you will be able to detach it easily.

Tips on how to use the microwave

Honey: Your honey jar has become hard and crystallized over time? After having properly removed the metal cap, put the jar in the oven for thirty seconds. Mix it and it will become soft.

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Dough Do Not Yeast What Causes
Advice, Yeast

Dough Do Not Yeast What Causes

Dough Do Not Yeast What Causes. From my site www.silviocicchi.com every day I receive dozens and dozens of emails with as many questions on different topics about pizza. I suggest for pizza lovers to save my site among your favorite sites.

Summer has now come to an end, the temperatures have dropped all of a sudden and you know which is the most frequently asked question? Help mine dough does not rise. Where am I wrong? What are the causes?

When cold, the dough does not rise

On this side of the monitor of my PC it is often not easy to identify the cause. The first question I ask is: You remembered to put yeast in your dough?

Often the problem is solved already by answering this question. Many forget to add yeast to the dough. You are surprised?

Dough Do Not Yeast What Causes

If you are using sourdough, then you will need to wait a long time for it to rise, the mother yeast is slow, very slow, very slow. Next time use the classic brewer's yeast for bread making.

Another cause of non-leavening could be that the salt and yeast they ended up in direct contact with each other. You will already know for sure that the salt "kills" the yeast.

Leavening temperature

The leavening speed of the dough is controlled by the room temperature and humidity. If you let it rise in a cold room, the dough may not rise at all.

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The best fruit to eat here is the list
Actuality, Advice

The best fruit to eat here is the list

The best fruit to eat here is the list. In our diet, fruit plays a very important part, I would say irreplaceable. Here is the list of some fruits that should always be on your table. Find out which ones.

Olive: Rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, Vitamin E, iron, copper, football. They reduce the risk of heart disease.

What fruit on our table

Oranges: They contain a lot of vitamin C, potassium, Vitamin B. The consumption of oranges brings a general well-being to our entire body.

Pineapple: Very rich in Vitamin C and Manganese, its pulp contains bromelain which reduces the risk of cancer.

The best fruit to eat here is the list

Grapefruit: Useful for fighting cholesterol and kidney stones. Helps you feel full for longer

Mango: Rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatories, contains vitamin C and soluble fiber.

The super fruit to eat

Strawberries: Consuming strawberries helps stabilize blood sugar levels. Rich in nutrients and antioxidants.

Avocado: It is said to be our heart's best friend. High in healthy fats and potassium.

Other types of fruit

Banana: Ideal for those who do physical activity. They control blood sugar and are excellent for our digestive system.

Bodies: Antioxidants and fibers, excellent for digestion.

Conclusions on fruit

Cherries: Rich in antioxidants and nutrients, contain melatonin which helps regulate our sleep.

More: Very rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. The more contain vitamin C, K, manganese.

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Olive Oil Use It Alternatively
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Olive Oil Use It Alternatively

Olive Oil Use It Alternatively. Against mosquitoes: If you usually collect rainwater in a bin, add a few drops of oil. This will prevent the mosquito larvae from entering the water and then reproducing.

Against sunstrokes: put a small container of oil in the refrigerator and with the help of a cotton swab spread olive oil over the affected areas, this will calm the burns.

Use olive oil as you have never done before

Ear pain: If you have any annoying Plague, heat some oil and pour a few drops into your ear. This will ease the pain.

Remove the paint residues from the hands: with a cotton swab dipped in oil, rub on the paint stains. You will see that they will be magically removed. Your hands will stay hydrated.

Olive Oil Use It Alternatively

Sticky labels: just wipe a little oil on the surface of an old label and then remove it easily.

Problems dry lips or chapped? Use the miraculous olive oil to rehydrate them.

Your always shiny shoes like new? Rub your shoes with a microfiber cloth with a few drops of oil. Magically they will come back as when you bought them.

Still Helpful Tips

Shaving cream: You have used up your supply of shaving cream? No problem. Spread a few drops of olive oil on your face, you will avoid cuts and at the same time rehydrate your skin.

Conclusions

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Pickled Olives How To Prepare Them
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Pickled Olives How To Prepare Them

Pickled Olives How To Prepare Them. God only knows how many olives are consumed in a pizzeria as a topping on pizzas, and in bars? There is no aperitif without a bowl of pickled olives, whether they are green or black.

The preparation of pickled olives it does not require any difficulty, we will need green olives, water, salt and some airtight jars.

The recipe for pickled olives

They are prepared in the fall, use freshly picked olives, even if they are not perfectly ripe. Do it in the month of November and remember to change the water every day.

The recipe provides: a kilo of olive verdi, a liter of water,80 grams of salt, a few sprigs of wild fennel, Bay leaves and a few cloves of garlic.

The preparation of olives in brine

After harvesting the olives, put them in a bucket covered with water and change the water every day for twenty days. This process will cause you to lose all the bitterness of the olives.

At the end of the twenty days, prepare the brine by dissolving the salt in warm water, at the end of the process let it cool.

We have reached the end of the preparation

Drain and wash the olives well and place them in glass jars with the garlic cloves and bay leaves and wild fennel. Now pour over the brine prepared earlier.

Before consuming them, it is better to wait 4/5 months for a complete ripening of the olives. They can last for years in the pantry if they are always covered in brine, even if the jar has been opened previously.

Conclusions

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Sweet and Sour Onions How To Prepare Them
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Sweet and Sour Onions How To Prepare Them

Sweet and Sour Onions How To Prepare Them. Today we are talking about a very tasty dish, widely used in pizzerias for the filling of pizzas, but also as a side dish or even as an aperitif or appetizer.

It is also a perfect side dish to accompany meat or fish dishes, also great for stuffing burgers.

Sweet and sour for topping pizzas

The sweet and sour taste makes this ingredient very appetizing, therefore also suitable for combining very different ingredients.

The preparation of Onions Sweet & Sour it's fast, take a few minutes. You can use the red onion of Tropea, but also the fresh onion is not bad.

Sweet and Sour Onions How To Prepare Them

Let's prepare the ingredients: onions, red wine vinegar, sugar, oil and salt. Someone adds two cloves to taste.

Cut the onions and brown them in extra virgin olive oil, let them caramelize by adding the sugar, blend in the red wine vinegar and leave on a low heat until cooked.

Other useful tips

If you like onions in bitter-sweet, prepared in the same way as the sweet and sour peppers, or why not the Pumpkin Sweet & Sour. They are all fantastic ingredients for the preparation of delicious pizzas.

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What are low calorie foods
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What are low calorie foods

What are low calorie foods. You want lose weight? Take the opportunity to prepare a special diet by following the table below. These foods contain very little calorie.

Artichokes: 100 grams 47 calorie

1 jar of ricotta 47 calorie

5 breadsticks 30 calorie

1 kiwi 24 calorie

100 grams of blackberries 43 calorie

Calories and foods The list

1 mandarin 45 calorie

50 grams of turkey 24 calorie

100 grams of peppers 20 calorie

100 grams of pumpkin 26 calorie

100 grams of orange 47 calorie

50 grams of ham 49 calorie

100 grams of rocket 25 calorie

What are low calorie foods

1 pera 47 calorie

1 zuchini 21 calorie

100 grams of spinach 23 calorie

100 grams of fennel 31 calorie

1 cucumber 8 calorie

1 fishing 39 calorie

1 tomato 27 calorie

100 grams of radishes 18 calorie

100 grams of pineapple 50 calorie

100 grams of cauliflower 27 calorie

100 grams of endive 17 calorie

100 grams of onion 32 calorie

Continue the calorie list

100 grams of lettuce 27 calorie

1 large carrot 30 calorie

50 grams of raspberries 26 calorie

100 grams of melon 34 calorie

100 grams of mushrooms 22 calorie

100 grams of eggplant 25 calorie

1 apricot 48 calorie

100 grams of celery 16 calorie

100 grams of beets 17 calorie

10 olive verdi 40 calorie

100 grams of strawberries 32 calorie

1 mela 48 calorie

100 grams of cherries 50 calorie

100 grams of hot pepper 40 calorie

100 grams of grapefruit 42 calorie

100 grams of sauerkraut 19 calorie

100 grams of beetroot 43 calorie

100 grams of lentils 116 calorie

100 grams of cabbage 25 calorie

100 grams of watermelon 30 calorie

100 grams of garlic 149 calorie

100 grams of whole milk 146 calorie

100 grams of brussels sprouts 43 calorie

100 grams of turnips 28 calorie

100 grams of asparagus 20 calorie

100 grams of lettuce 15 calorie

100 grams of broccoli 34 calorie

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Foods with no or almost no shelf life
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Foods with no or almost no shelf life

Foods with no or almost no shelf life. Pandemics wars and nowhere to be found in supermarkets, anything could happen. It is important to know how long we can keep our beloved foods in the pantry and prevent them from losing their properties.

Sugar

Recommended or not, its duration is indefinite, when stored in a tightly closed glass jar and in a dry, dark place with no humidity.

Long shelf life foods

Pasta

Two years is the minimum a packet of pasta will last you. Well preserved, in a cool place, dark and without humidity, this period can easily be doubled.

Rice

Plain white rice can last five years without a problem. If stored under vacuum, as stated by the United States Department of Agriculture, the deadline is 30 age.

Foods with no or almost no shelf life

Honey

This fantastic product can be stored for years and you can consume it without any problems, thanks to the minimum amount of water it contains, which prevents the proliferation of bacteria and microorganisms inside it.

Olive oil

Essential ingredient in our life, its pH which will determine its expiration date. The lower the pH, the longer the olive oil will last. Minimum one year of expiry.

Long-term food to keep in the pantry

Semi

Sesame, chia or poppy are just seeds with a very long shelf life that can take years, but they should be kept in a dark place, cool and dry and in an airtight container, so that bacteria cannot access.

Soluble coffee

A package of instant coffee lasts more than a year if it is intact. In my house it lasts until it's finished.

Other great foods

Cacao

Cocoa is undoubtedly the alternative to coffee and stored in its unopened package can be stored longer than coffee.

Pickles

Eggplants, olives, pickles or onions are foods that can last much more than a year in the pantry.

Cereals

The trick to perfect storage is to store it in an airtight container, in a cool and dry place.

Legumes

They can be stored for years. Effectively, they don't have a true expiration date, but rather a recommended expiration date. Then, lentils, beans or chickpeas should never be missing from our pantry.

Sale

Salt never expires. It is a food whose expiration date is indeterminate.

Pickled vegetables

The preservation process that takes place with pickled vegetables can extend their life up to two years.

Milk powder

Powdered milk lasts for five years..

Balsamic vinegar

Four years if the package is not opened. Once opened, when stored in its airtight container, in a cool place, dark and not too hot, its expiry date can be extended by two years.

Fish in tin

Sardine, tuna etc. have expiration dates that can reach several years and are still consumable, thanks to the sterilization process to which they are subjected.

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Watermelon How to recognize if it is good before buying it
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Watermelon How to recognize if it is good before buying it

Watermelon How to recognize if it is good before buying it. Very refreshing and thirst-quenching, the watermelon is the king of summer. After lunch or dinner, for snack, sometimes even under an umbrella.

To fully enjoy it we must learn to choose it carefully when purchasing. here some simple tips not to make mistakes.

How to choose a good watermelon

The first useful tip is to always choose it with the very hard skin and symmetrical. If the sight is not regular, it may not have received a regular amount of water or light while growing.

Look closely at the stripes on the watermelon those that are on the bottom. If they are close, the skin will be thin and the fruit juicy and sweet. If you find brown cracks left by insects, they help us understand that the watermelon is ripe to perfection.

Watermelon How to recognize if it is good before buying it

Examine the color, it must be dark green and opaque. Otherwise it could be immature. Everyone, absolutely everyone, knocks on the fruit with the knuckles of their fingers, if it is perfect the sound will be full and dull. If it is not ripe, the sound will be muted.

If, on the other hand, you buy one already cut, carefully choose a slice that is bright red and with black or dark brown seeds. Carefully avoid slices that have white veins and white seeds.

Conclusions on the watermelon

I hope my suggestions on choosing the watermelon to buy can help you during the purchase.

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