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    Everyday Essentials

    Everyday Essentials are basic recipes, tips, and techniques that you will use many times and form the basis of many everyday recipes.

    Techniques and Tips include how to melt chocolate without it burning, easily lining a quiche dish, and how to prevent your cake being dry.

    Basic recipes include homemade mayonnaise, chicken or turkey stock, foolproof cheese sauce.

    • How to make Custard from scratch
    • Easy No-Yeast Bread
    • Marzipan
    • White Sauce
    • Homemade Mayonnaise
    • Best Gifts for Everyday Cooks 2025
    • Why is my cake dry? 5 reasons why and how to sort it out
    • How to... Melt Chocolate
    • 5 Shortcuts for Cooking from Scratch
    • Be a better cook - 5 tips to up your game
    • 5 things to consider when buying a Slow Cooker
    • Top 5 Herb and Spice mixes
    • Victoria Sandwich
    • Basic Chicken Casserole
    • Slow Cooker Stock
    • Royal Icing
    • How to... Marzipan a Christmas Cake
    • Foolproof Cheese Sauce
    • Basic Bolognese Sauce
    • Pastry for quiches - Pâte Brisée
    • How to... Spatchcock a Chicken

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    Hi, I'm Susie. Mostly I love cooking and baking, but combining work and home life often leaves me feeling that providing healthy, tasty food for my family is a chore. On those days I am decidedly an Everyday Cook...

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