• Love chocolate chip cookies but don’t feel like scooping tray after tray? This choc-chip cookie dough pie is the ultimate shortcut dessert. Made with a store-bought cookie mix and baked until crisp around the edges with a soft, gooey centre, it’s a crowd-pleasing treat that’s even better served warm with generous scoops of vanilla ice cream. Also See: Vegan choc chip skillet cookie Direction and styling by Claire Ferrandi  Photograph by Dylan Swart 

    If you’ve ever opened a kitchen drawer only to find it crammed with gadgets you’ve used once (or never), you’re not alone. Somewhere along the way, we were convinced we needed a separate tool for every task. Most home cooks can do almost everything with a handful of hardworking tools that pull double – or triple – duty. Not only do multipurpose kitchen tools save valuable cupboard space, but they also save money and reduce clutter. Better yet, you’ll actually reach for them every day. Here are the ones worth making room for. 1. Kitchen scissors A good pair of…

    Turn everyday vegetable odds and ends into a comforting bowl of goodness with this no-waste vegetable soup. Made with cauliflower florets, stalks and leaves, spinach stems, and stale sourdough, this clever recipe transforms ingredients that often end up in the bin into a rich, velvety soup. Finished with crispy cauliflower leaves, crunchy cumin croutons and a dollop of yoghurt, it’s a delicious way to save money, reduce food waste and make the most of every ingredient. Did you make this no-waste vegetable soup? Tag us @foodandhomesa #cookingwithFH on Instagram Also See: Beer, broccoli and Gruyère soup in bread bowls…

    Butter is butter… until you’re halfway through a recipe and realise you’ve got the “wrong” kind sitting in the fridge. It’s one of those kitchen dilemmas that crops up more often than you’d think. A cake recipe calls for unsalted butter, but you’ve only got salted. Or perhaps you’re making garlic butter and the only block available is unsalted. Most of the time, you don’t need to abandon your baking plans. The swap is usually possible, but knowing when it matters can mean the difference between a perfectly balanced bake and one that’s just a little too salty. What’s the…

    If you think about it, we spend a lot of time sleeping (or trying to). In fact, studies have found that we spend up to a third of our lives sleeping. Which means our sheets go through a lot – even if you’ve showered before bed, your body still sheds dead skin cells and soaks your linen with sweat, not to mention the bacteria, fungi, and other little creatures that might also be snoozing alongside you. Add your fur babies to the mix and your bed is cooking with a soup of the unwanted. It is therefore most important that…