They'll make meals taste better and cooking easier
Food, glorious food. Where would be without it? Malnourished, yes, but – if the past year is anything to go by – also bored. Whether it involves making fresh pasta or fancy restaurant meal kits, experimenting with food is one of the activities that has consistently delivered us from catatonia throughout lockdown – just like TikTok. On that note, here are some of the best TikTok food hacks.
Why half cherry tomatoes – or anything small and spherical – individually when you can do it in one fell swoop beneath a tupperware lid? Plus the need for said tupperware lid is a perfect excuse for a takeaway.
@pierre.le.chef ##lifehack ##foodhack ##learnontiktok
♬ Ultimate life hacks - Kelly - The Life Bath
As lovely as they are, pomegranates aren’t exactly easy to peel – unless you use this method, which is apparently approved by Chrissy Teigen of all people.
@jenn_kerr_ Thank you Chrissy Teigen for this one ##pomagranite ##foodhacks ##snacks ##recipe ##foodtiktok ##yougotthis ##tiktokfood
♬ Repose - Aesthetic Sounds
While it’s tempting to immediately bin all waste after chopping vegetables, don’t – freeze it instead. And then use it to make vegetable stock.
@the_eugefood Stop throwing out all of your vegetable scraps, just make veg stock! ##CleaningHacks ##foodwaste ##theeugefood ##tiktokcooks ##vegetables
♬ Things Will Get Better... Eventually - Lo-Fi Eamonn
Listen, you can eat a cinnamon bun however you please, but there’s no denying that this tactic looks especially tantalising.
@platinumzean ##viral ##cinnamoroll ##cinnamon ##cinnabon ##food ##hack ##viralhack ##tiktokhacks
♬ original sound - Tik Toker
I’m done. You’re done. We’re all done. But is the meat done? Take yourself by the hand to check.
@pierre.le.chef Reply to @tastyhealthy_recipes The meat cooking hand trick ##didyouknow ##learnontiktok ##foodhacks ##cheftip ##lifehack
♬ CRUISING SAILOR - Fridolin Walcher
With the possibility of shell remnants and split yolks to contend with, cracking eggs is a risky business. But if you throw caution to the wind and simply drop one straight into a frying pan, there will be no such issues – according to TikTok, at least.
@goldilocks.bears.x WOW!!!! ? ##cookinghacks ##cookinghack ##kitchen_hacks ##cookingideas ##cookinginspo ##friedeggs ##friedegg
♬ original sound - maddy
All you need is plain flour and Nutella.
@caughtsnackin 2 ingredient Nutella cookies ??? ##Nutella ##recipe ##ukfood ##cookies ##chefsoftiktok ##ramsayreacts ##food ##chocolate
♬ Renee - Sales
Now, this might seem rather fanciful, but wouldn’t it be nice to just casually walk to the beach whenever you needed salt? We guess the landlocked among us will have to be content with Tesco.
@thegardencottage How to make your own salt for free! ? ##cottagecore ##foragetok ##foraging ##naturalproducts ##wildfood
♬ sonido original - ??
A useful way of ensuring your slices are all the same size.
@moodyfamilycooks Peppers ##cut ##learnontiktok ##cooking ##cook ##tip ##food ##easy ##foodtiktok ##tiktokfood ##cheftok
♬ Creative - SmiLE
We now refuse to eat raw tomatoes unless they are served to us like this.
@nanalyny ##tiktokfood ##foodporn ##foryou ##whoeverhas ##whileyouwerebusy ##tiktoklife
♬ Nanana Remix - tiafuentes212
Nothing is worse than making eye contact with someone as the contents of the wrap you’re eating spill out beneath you. Bid adieu to that by learning how to actually assemble a wrap correctly.
@masterofmunchies guide to the perfect wrap? ##fyp ##viral ##hacks ##foodtok ##nandos ##foodtiktok ##foodhack
♬ Lovely Day - Bill Withers
'Happiness' by Alexis Jordan just started playing out of nowhere.
@fitwaffle Would you try this? ##brownies ##nutella ##biscoff ##oreo ##tiktokfood ##foodtok
♬ Iko Iko - Justin Wellington