Food Seasonings

Mindy_2

I have some recipes which I think will lend themselves well to doubling up, but because I haven't done them before I want to do a half quantity (i.e. one meal) to make sure we like them. No point in having 3 lots of a meal that we hate in the freezer.

My problem is that if the recipe calls for 1t of chilli powder should I then put 1/2 t in the halved recipe? Or if it is 1/2 t of vanilla essence, should it be 1/4 t in the halved version?

Pink.

Hi Mindy,

That's right........if you are reducing a recipe just make sure that you reduce all the ingredients by the same proportion.

Pink

Mindy_2

Thanks, Pink.

I shall go and do some cooking with confidence tomorrow!

Fivenations

Best advice I was given about flavoiring food is that you can always add but you cannot take away, so I would halve to begin with then taste and adjust.