Smart Tips

Whether you need to jazz up your meat, poultry or fish, these two homemade sauce recipes are sure to take your dinners to the next level.

Clean food starts with a clean you. The most important thing you can do to keep yourself healthy and prevent the spread of illness is to wash your hands frequently with soap and water. And traveling is no excuse for letting up on cleanliness: Pack di

Oysters — knows for their briny taste and rumoured properties as aphrodisiacs — are a delicacy usually eaten raw. If eaten uncooked they must first be cleaned and opened just before serving. Always serve them on the same day you buy them. Most import

These handy and easy tips for cooking meat offer up new twists and flavours to some old favourites.

Whether you have lots of leftovers or use the freezer to stock up, these easy simple tips will help you make use of it all.

Extend the life of your vegetables with these handy tips to help them stay fresher longer.

These creative tips will help you make use of leftover wine.

When you’re clearing the table, put any leftover food in the fridge instead of the garbage. With a little planning and imagination, the remains of last night's dinner can be transformed into a delicious new meal!

Successfully cooking meat and poultry involves proper preparation. Here's how to make the most of your protein-filled meals.

For many, a breakfast without a nice jam or jelly would be unthinkable, and nothing beats homemade. Making it is a simple affair that involves chopping or mashing fruit and boiling it with sugar.

Do you often wind up with leftover potatoes, pasta and rice at the end of your dinners? Don't toss those starches just yet. Try the ideas below to salvage your leftovers.

Flavoured vinegars and oils add pizzazz to everyday foods. Olive oil with a citrus flavour subtly enhances fried fish, while herbal vinegars provide a nice finishing touch to salad dressings. Here's how to make your own.

You can easily preserve food and herbs in oil as people have done for centuries. This method of preserving produces delicious foods and gives bacteria little chance of thriving.

Noodles and rice have been menu staples in numerous cuisines for centuries. Both come in many different forms and can be combined with all sorts of meats, vegetables, sauces, cheeses and spices to make a nourishing meal.

For a fresh and light dinner, look no further than vitamin-rich carrot and ginger or spinach salad.

For the final touch on any dish, try these quick and easy homemade sauces.

Spiced up with cinnamon and cloves, this pear jam does not require pectin to thicken. It is a spicy jam that you can make for very little money without splurging at a gourmet shop.

Forget about buying these staples — homemade ketchup and mustard is a much more inspired way to use up those extra tomatoes (and mustard seeds!) at the end of summer.

For snack or dessert, these two vastly different (and tasty!) muffin recipes will cover all your bases.

Most of the foods we eat contain tiny amounts of bacteria and viruses, and if food is poorly handled or improperly cooked, these germs can make you sick. We'll give you 5 food-safety tips that will help you cook without worry.