Sure, you can follow a recipe. But with an elementary understanding of the most common cooking techniques—aka “ways to cook”—you can begin to enjoy the process, turning your dinner recipes from labor into love. Here are the basics of eight cooking methods that will help you learn how to cook and make you more comfortable in the kitchen.
HelloFresh uses easy-to-follow recipe cards with clear photos and concise instructions—making HelloFresh a cooking class of sorts. You don’t need to have world-class technique to follow any of our recipes, but these easy dinner recipes will help you practice some of the methods you’ve been reading about: