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These days it's easy to produce restaurant-style foods at home. How do you do that? Simply use the same spices they do. |
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| Mistake #1 - When cooking at home: don't scrimp on the salt and sugar | |
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Why do people like eating out? It tastes better than at home, usually because it contains more salt or sugar. There is also the fact that you don't have to do the dishes, but that's another story.... Try and emulate is restaurant-style food prepared in the home. Don't be shy and add plenty of spices and salt. Whatever amount you use will be 1/2 what a restaurant would use. |
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| SHAKE OR STIR ANY CONDIMENT OR SAUCE BEFORE SERVING | |
| Ivor Petrak was the General Manager of the Banff Springs for many years and always told us to remember to "shake the Worchestichire sauce" when making the Caesar's; telling us "all the good stuffs at the bottom". So true... |  |
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If you visit any higher-end grocery store you will find many examples of "Meals in a jar"; spices that create a certain dish. Simply sprinkle the spices onto meat or pasta and voila you are dining in your favorite restaurant; they just buy the spices by the kilo not the 300g jar. Examples and menu ideas: |
| Restaurant style/ Spice Mixture | Meat | Starches | Vegetables |
| Greek | pork, chicken, fish | pasta, potaotes rice | |
| Steakhouse | beef, grilled or in hamburgers | ||
| Tex-Mex | beef, chicken | potatoes, rice | |
| Italiano | chicken, pork, veal | pasta, rice | Mixed green salad or dressing |
| Seasoned Salt | beef, chicken, pork | pasta, rice | |
| Roasted Garlic and Peppers | beef, chicken, pork, fish | pasta, rice, potatoes | Mixed green salad |
| Lemon and Herbs | chicken, pork, fish | pasta, rice, potatoes |
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Seasoned Salt. Restaurants use it by the bucket on everything (like the home fries from your favorite diner; a bit spicy and red) to BBQ chicken. Remember, you are making restaurant-style meals from your own kitchen. Don't hesitate to use lots of salt, sugar and spices. No matter how much you think is alot (at least in the beginning, as you are starting out), a restaurant or prepared food product would use at least double that amount of salt or sugar.
By seasoning your meat and vegetables you also avoid many of the nasty stabilizers, preservatives and synthetic chemical products designed to make the prepared food pretty or heat properly.
Related Examples of gravies and sauces available canned or packaged would be: 4-Peppercorn Sauce Mix
Uncle Buck's Recipes - Basic and Creamy Vinaigrette, Tzatziki, Simple Soya stir-fry sauce, Peanut Sauce and more...
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