ONIONS SECRETS

After peeling an onion don't let it stay for a long time in contact with air, it quickly absorbs all air impurities, becomes dehydrated and loses it's good properties.

But we can use this onion ability, to absorb the smell of paint.
So when we do wall painting at home, we can put some water and onion slices in a open container and this way we can rid faster of the toxic smell of paint.

When you use raw onions in salads and want to soft its taste, put them into cold water for 45/50 minutes or into white wine vinegar for 20/30 minutes (in this case, pass them by cold water, after taking them out off the vinegar).

Fast soup

4 carrots peeled and sliced
2 potatoes peeled and sliced
1 turnip peeled and sliced
1 onion peeled and sliced
coarse sea salt to your taste
1 teaspoon of rice
5 teaspoon of olive oil

1 slice of toasted bread cut in small pieces (optional)


Put the carrots, the potatoes, the turnip and the onion in a pan and cover them with water, when it begins to boil add the rice and let it boil gently for 10 to 12 minutes, it's faster to cook because the vegetables are sliced. Turn off the heat, and beat the soup with an electric hand blender or food processor. Now add the olive oil and stir. Serve in plates or bowls and put the small pieces of toasted bread in the middle.

To your lettuce live longer

If you don't use all the lettuce on the same day, start to use the outside leaves and wrap the rest in a clean and dry cloth, put it in a bag and store it in the fridge drawer.

You will see that your lettuce will be fresh for several days.