Wax? Is there wax on the fruit? Surprised? First, let's clear up the following. That your apple shines like the one the witch handed to Snow White is not the fault of nature and natural ripening, but in most cases the glazing agents that the food industry (may) use to treat the surface of fruits and vegetables. With an old household trick, which we will give you below, you can clean the wax from the fruit in a natural way, and with this you can also clean it of all other impurities (pesticides, soil, dirt, etc.). But even before that, we trust you with how to check if your apple has been sprayed with wax.
Culinary
What do you eat for breakfast when you have a minute to spare? We simply love delicious German-style forest fruit pancakes, which are perfect for a morning meal on days when you don't have to rush.
The gold rush ate into every pore, including the food. We only remember donuts and (sparkling) wine with gold leaves. In the city of Kanazawa, the Japanese capital of gold leaf, as it is also called, you can now also imagine liquid ice cream wrapped in edible gold. And if you think that it is an expensive "fun", you are honestly wrong, because you can enjoy this kind of ice cream for as little as 7 euros!
Polenta fries are an alternative to this classic potato snack and proof that healthy versions of unhealthy dishes are not necessarily less tasty. Polenta sticks are just as good as fried potatoes, with a crispy crust and a soft center. They are not fried, but baked, and can be dipped in ketchup just like French fries.
Do you know the easiest way to cut an onion? We use onions in the kitchen a lot and most of us shed a tear while cutting them. Because we cut it wrong. We have already told you how to cut onions to prevent unpleasant watery eyes, but now we present you another useful trick that will make it easier to cut onions into pieces of any size and shape.
You are very different when you are hungry. Also slightly intoxicated. Snickers with alcohol does both! Turn a Snickers bar into spikes and pour your favorite spirit into it. Find out how below.
We present to you cakes that you can eat without a hint of bad conscience. Although they look like a classic cake at first glance, they are actually salads. Vegiedeco Salads are salad cakes, a new food concept by Japanese food stylist Mitsuki Moriyasuke. The ingredients for the salad are not thrown into a bowl, they are made into cakes. Is this a way to get kids to love vegetables at a young age?
What's better than cookies? Smarties Candy Cookies! Making these colorful cookies is so easy that you can even trust the kids with it, but then they'll probably run out of Smarties candies.
This is the best recipe for simple, no-bake chocolate pralines that you won't be able to stop drooling over.
What you see is not a raindrop, what you see is a zero-calorie cake. The cake, which looks like a drop, originates from Japan, where it goes by the name Mizu Shingen Mochi. The transparent dessert is made from mineral water and agar, a gelling agent from seaweed (a vegetarian alternative to gelatin).
We usually start the day not with a glass of beer, but with a cup of coffee or tea. Usually jam is also a gelled mixture of sugars and fruit pulp. Why usually? Because the Scottish brewery Innis & Gunn has prepared Marm & Ale, beer jam! From now on, you can also spread beer on bread!
Why should you always go to the store for wafers, when you can prepare them at home, which are just as delicious, and will impress young and old alike. Once you try this recipe, these will be the wafers you swear by. Forget about Kraš, forget about other brands. With a creamy and delicious filling that will melt in your mouth, these homemade wafers have no real competition!