Top Tips On How To Be A Whiz - Not A Klutz - In The Kitchen!

• Finally, the secret to perfect poached eggs: sprinkle ½ teaspoon of salt into the water just before you pop the eggs in; this helps the whites to set neatly and not wind up resembling a mad octopus!
• Keep salads fresh and crispy by lightly (and we mean lightly!) salting it after you’ve prepared it. It stays crisp for hours. Really! 
• Clean greasy hands the eco friendly way by combining equal parts of olive oil with sugar and rubbing them together in your hands. It’s cheap, green and also makes your hands soft and lightly moisturised
• Make a large batch of chicken stock and pour them into ice trays before freezing. This way, you can have pre-portioned home-made chicken stock cubes every time you need them without having to resort to the store bought variety
• Store your bananas apart as it accelerates the ripening process in other fruit and causes them to rot quickly if not eaten in time