Make your dinner taste as good reheated as when you first cooked it with these handy hints.

Temperature – Whether you’re reheating in the oven or in a saucepan, don’t have the temperature too high. If using an oven, go for about 170°c and if using the hob, use a middle sized ring on the lowest heat. Remember, you’re not re-cooking, just reheating…

Read the full article here Make your dinner taste as good reheated as when you first cooked it with these handy hints.

Temperature – Whether you’re reheating in the oven or in a saucepan, don’t have the temperature too high. If using an oven, go for about 170°c and if using the hob, use a middle sized ring on the lowest heat. Remember, you’re not re-cooking, just reheating.

So, you’re a student and having to fend for yourself! Check out our Student Survival Guide and you’ll be cooking Quick, Easy Recipes in no time.

Equipment – Don’t go and buy a 12-piece crockery set, all you’re soon-to-be housemates will be doing the same. Then you’ll have one mighty large washing up problem!..

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It is never too early or too late to start cooking. Some people love cooking and find it relaxing. Others dread it and would rather eat TV dinners every night. Wherever you stand, cooking is something everyone should try and at least have a basic knowledge of. I guarantee that if it wasn’t for lack of time, knowledge and the proper cookware more people would try their luck at cooking. To help out any beginners, I have put together a few tips for the novice chef to hopefully make the experience as pleasant as possible...

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Why cant the world just be metric!? Check out our free Conversion Chart to help you on your way.

Download the Conversion Chart here. Stick it on the inside of your kitchen cupboard – it’s the perfect size!..

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When Summer is here, there’s no better way to cook and grill than on the barbecue. Whether you’re cooking Spare Ribs or have a great BBQ Chicken Recipe, check out our guide to cooking on the barbeque.

Marinating – If you want to impress your guests, marinate your meat at least 2 hours before cooking (or over night). There are plenty of marinades available off the shelf, or, it’s easy to make your own with these basics:..

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Slow Cookers (or Crock Pots) are back and are a great way to cook hassle-free, tasty food. Dishes that benefit are those with longer cooking times such as: Stews, Curries and Casseroles. Check out our quick guide for Slow Cooker Recipes below.

Not for the Slow Cooker – It’s best to steer clear of fish and pasta in the slow cooker to avoid the risk of over-cooking and soggy-ness – nobody wants that!.

Timing – Use the conversion chart for times for traditional oven-cooked dishes..

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When your body’s crying out for a dose of pure goodness to be poured inside it, follow our Detox How To for £5 with this Detox Drink Recipe.

Firstly – Get yourself down the supermarket and get the following Detox food:

- Pomegranate Juice
- Frozen Summer Fruits
- Frozen Chopped Mango
- Pineapple
- Orange and Mango Juice

All you need to do…

Because Pomegranate Juice is stacked full of antioxidants, have a glass of this a day. And for the rest…..

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Cooking from scratch requires that you have a basic stock of kitchen cooking utensils and kitchenware. We came up with the following Top 12 Tools which every budding chef should have…..

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A major part of cooking from scratch is having the right ingredients. Check out our list of kitchen cupboard essentials.

If your food storage cupboard is fully stocked with the essentials, you’ll be surprised at how little you have to buy when cooking your meals from scratch. With a little help, we came up with the following Pantry Organiser...

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Cooking from scratch is easy, especially in the long run. We’ve thought of some basic A-B-C’s to help you on your way when following our cook-a-long video recipe podcasts.

Agenda – Plan your dinners and make a shopping list. You can download a shopping list for all our recipes...

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Get hooked-up with FitBrits in the Kitchen. It’s easy to get our Cook-a-Long Recipe Podcasts onto your iPod. Just follow these steps.

1. Make sure you have iTunes on your computer. You can get it here.

2. You can find FitBrits podcasts in iTunes in two ways. Either:

- Click on the “iTunes Store” link on the left-hand panel of iTunes, then, type FitBrits into the search field in the top-right.

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Summer is nearly here, so check out our latest cook-a-long podcast for Barbecue Beef Burgers.
Cook these and its a sure fire way to impress your guests!

Check out our BBQ Beef Burgers recipe and cook-a-long with us at your own pace.

Don’t forget to leave your comments on what you think of the recipe.

Freeze lasagne? Freeze Casseroles? Freeze Soup? Rule of thumb – YOU CAN FREEZE ANYTHING (well most things!). Check out these tips on how freezing meals can make cooking from scratch work for you.

Smoothies - Instead of painstakingly chopping fruit each time you have a smoothie, chop all the fruit, mix it up, separate it into sandwich bags and put them in the freezer – giving you bags of smoothie mix ready to blend…

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We hate it when people say cooking from scratch is more expensive. When cooking in bulk you save money. But if you’re yet to be convinced, check out these handy tips.

Plan – Plan your weekly meals (that’s right, 7 days worth of dinners). After the first month (or so), you will be surprised how many ingredients you’ve already stocked up to cook a full-blown meal. Then you’ll only need a couple of ingredients for each meal you cook…

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Well its certainly been the most popular FitBrits recipe and now it has an HD cook-a-long podcast.

Check out our Chicken and Prawn Curry recipe and cook-a-long with us at your own pace.

Don’t forget to leave your comments on what you think of the recipe.

Follow these simple cooking rules to save time on your quest to cook from scratch.

“Get Meal Planning” – Sounds a bit dull and over the top, however, planning your weeks worth of meals means you know exactly what to buy on the dreaded supermarket shopping trip. Also, you don’t end up dwindling down each isle of the supermarket and end up making regular trips to the corner shop...

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