Kitchen Basics and Safety · Beginner
A Guide to Reading and Understanding Recipes
Learn how to read a recipe correctly before you start cooking and how to use gram and milliliter measurements and spoon and cup measures.
What Will You Learn in This Lesson?
- Read a recipe from beginning to end before following it and identify hidden time requirements.
- Choose correctly between gram and milliliter measurements and spoon or cup measures.
- Apply the difference between level and heaping spoon measures.
- Scale a recipe correctly for a different number of servings.
Equipment You’ll Need
Required
- A digital kitchen scale or measuring spoons and cups
- A recipe (print or digital)
Optional
- A liquid measuring cup with milliliter markings
Alternative
- If you do not have a scale, use level measures with standard spoons and cups.
Safety
- If a measuring error results in too much salt or spice, it cannot be undone; start with less and add more to taste.
Course Content
7 sections
37 lessons
9 sa 41 dk total
Boiling: More Than Just Water
Written lesson
Free 20 min
Pan-Cooking Techniques
Written lesson
Free 16 min
Oven Cooking Techniques
Written lesson
Free 15 min
Basic Cooking Methods
Written lesson
Free 10 min
Controlling Heat and Cooking Time
Written lesson
Free 15 min
Stovetop Cooking Techniques
Written lesson
Free 15 min
Kitchen Layout and Work Area
Written lesson
Free 15 min
Basic Tools Used in the Kitchen
Written lesson
Free 12 min
Food Safety and Hygiene Rules
Written lesson
Free 15 min
Measurement Units and How to Use Them
Written lesson
Free 15 min
A Guide to Reading and Understanding Recipes
Written lesson
Free You are here 15 min
Essential Knife Types and How to Use Them
Video lesson
Free 20 min
Vegetable and Fruit Prep Techniques
Written lesson
Free 15 min
Safe Knife Skills
Written lesson
Free 18 min
Chopping Techniques
Written lesson
Free 20 min
Slicing Techniques
Written lesson
Free 20 min
Cube and Strip Cutting Techniques
Written lesson
Free 20 min