Cooking Habits You Should Actually Ditch

Here are 13 of the most common tell-tale ones that you should actually remove from your kitchen routine.

Cramming too much food into one pan.

Using a nonstick pan to cook everything.

Stirring, flipping, and poking at your food too much.

Not waiting long enough for your pans to heat up

Using pantry staples that are actually expired

Cooking everything in olive oil.

Rinsing your chicken before cooking it

Using metal utensils on nonstick pans

Not letting your meat rest

Pouring used oil and bacon fat down the drain

Opening and closing your oven too much

Not taking care of your knives

Seasoning your food with salt, but not acid