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Cooking becomes much easier when you know simple tricks like how to properly store ingredients and how long cooked foods last. In this archive of simple cooking tips, you’ll discover helpful how to’s and how long’s that will instantly make you a better chef!

Flat bread taco salad with taco meat, cheese, tomatoes, olives, and lettuce.
Cooking Tips | Leftovers

How Long Is Leftover Taco Meat Good For?

A large gray plate filled with spaghetti and meat sauce with green garnish.
Cooking Tips | Leftovers

How Long Does Leftover Spaghetti Last?

An Olive Garden breadstick on a plate next to the restaurant bag.
Cooking Tips

Can You Freeze Olive Garden Breadsticks?

A large sliced round loaf of cornbread with pieces missing on a cutting board.
Cooking Tips

How To Freeze Cornbread

Slice of lasagna with several layers, melted cheese, and green garnish on white plate.
Cooking Tips

How long can lasagna sit out? [Is overnight fine?]

Beef broth in a glass measuring cup next to can of beef broth all on white kitchen counter.
Cooking Tips

How Many Cups Are In a 14 Ounce Can of Beef Broth?

A white bowl filled with light colored broth with carrots and green garnish.
Cooking Tips

Can you mix chicken and beef broth? [Answered]

A slice of lasagna on a small rectangular plate next to tomatoes.
Cooking Tips

How To Tell If Lasagna Is Done (Frozen or Homemade)

Close up of nachos on a white plate with toppings and sour cream.
Cooking Tips

How To Reheat Nachos With Toppings & Sour Cream

Several slices of cooked bacon on brown parchment paper with green garnish.
Cooking Tips

Can Cooked Bacon Sit Out Overnight?

Several people eating and making tacos at a taco party with drinks and sides.
Cooking Tips

How Much Taco Meat Should I Make Per Person?

Evaporated milk in a clear glass canister on a blue background with spoon.
Cooking Tips

How Long Does Evaporated Milk Last? (Opened, Unopened)

Bowl of applesauce next to a bundle of cinnamon and fresh apples.
Cooking Tips

How Long Does Applesauce Last In The Fridge? (Tips for Storage)

Two large slices of feta cheese on blue and white striped kitchen towel with knife.
Cooking Tips

How Long Does Feta Cheese Last? (Tips for Storage)

Enchiladas topped with red sauce and cheese in a casserole baking dish.
Cooking Tips

How To Reheat Enchiladas So They Aren’t Soggy

Aged pepperoni sausage stick next to sliced pepperoni on a wooden cutting board.
Cooking Tips

How Long Does Pepperoni Last in the Fridge?

Cincinnati chili recipe in a pan.
Cooking Tips | Leftovers

How Long Is Leftover Chili Good For? (Room Temp, Fridge, or Freezer)

Large bowl filled with mashed potatoes next to three whole potatoes on table.
Cooking Tips | Leftovers

How Long Are Leftover Mashed Potatoes Good For? (Best Practices)

Crispy whole rotisserie chicken on a platter surrounded by green garnish on wooden table.
Cooking Tips

The Best Methods To Keep Rotisserie Chicken Warm Until Dinner

One whole and one sliced fresh bagel on wooden cutting board with cream cheese.
Cooking Tips

The Best Way To Store and Keep Bagels Fresh

Large brown, wooden bowl filled with dark, green fresh spinach leaves on kitchen towel.
Cooking Tips

Here’s How To Tell If Spinach Is Bad (and the Right Way To Store It)

4 bottles of different kinds of vegetable oil next to the seeds they're extracted from.
Cooking Tips

How long does vegetable oil last? Shelf Life and Proper Storage

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