The Lowry Hotel’s Head Chef Dave Ashton shares his tips for cooking while working from home

Breakfast

The most important meal of the day

• Add white wine vinegar to your water to make sure your eggs don’t stick to the bottom of the pan
• The trick is to use a big sized pan, the bigger the better. More room for your eggs to breathe
• Keep the water moving, but you don’t need to create a whirlpool.

Lunch

A winning meal to break up your day:

• Cut your cooking times in half by making a dish which can be used for lunch and dinners on various days
• A perfect option for this is chicken tikka, use it for a salad and then cook rice as an accompaniment to dinner.
• Can be made using any cut of the chicken that you want and marinated overnight.

Dinner

A dinner to make you smile, be stress-free:

• Utilise our tip of preparing the main part of your meal for lunch and dinner, leftovers are the perfect dinner dish.
• If you’re all out of leftovers then why not ring one of your local restaurants and see if they have introduced a delivery service, supporting local businesses right now can make a world of difference.