This simple act of prepping your ingredients prior to cooking is vital to making sure you have enough of all the ingredients needed to prepare the recipe. This way, you won’t need to step away from your dish and risk overcooking your fish while you chop up the remainder of your onions. The simple, yet effective method may seem time-consuming initially, but will end up saving you a lot of time in the long-run. RELATED: 6 Time-Saving Trader Joe’s Products That Make Meal Prep a Breeze Instead of relying on your sharp knife to help precariously lift a small amount of chopped carrots from your board, a bench scraper gives you a wider surface area to move ingredients from one place to another without making a mess on your kitchen floor. Also, avoid over-salting your dish by slowly adding more salt as needed progressively, rather than all at once. Sprinkle the salt from 12 to 18 inches above the food for even coverage, too. (Pro tip: even your sweet dishes will greatly benefit from a pinch of salt.) RELATED: 9 Smart, Surprising, and So-Helpful Ways to Use Salt RELATED: 5 Simple Meal Prep Tricks That Will Save You Tons of Time in the Kitchen
