“A lot of people think feeding a family on a budget means sacrificing flavor, but that’s not true,” Maurice Levene, known as Chef Moe on TikTok, says. “The biggest thing I teach is how to extract as much flavor as possible from affordable ingredients.”
Here are his top tips for doing just that:
1. Look for markdowns
2. Don’t overlook pantry staples
3. Build flavor before adding expensive ingredients
4. Salt to taste as you cook
5. Use every ingredient to the fullest
6. Low and slow is the way to go
“Those simple steps are often the difference between a meal that tastes basic and one that tastes restaurant-quality,” he says. “At the end of the day, good cooking isn’t about expensive ingredients,” he says. “If you understand how to build flavor, you can make a $10 meal taste like a $30 meal.”
? Read his advice and the full interview here: on.today.com/4p4WIM3
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