mix the ingredients

Meaning

This expression means to combine different food items together in a bowl or pot, usually before cooking or baking. You use it when following a recipe or explaining how to prepare a dish. It is a very common and simple phrase used in daily cooking.

Examples

• First, mix the ingredients in a large bowl before adding the milk.

  First, mix the ingredients in a large bowl before adding the milk.

• You need to mix the ingredients gently so the cake stays fluffy.

  You need to mix the ingredients gently so the cake stays fluffy.

• Can you help me mix the ingredients for the salad dressing?

  Can you help me mix the ingredients for the salad dressing?

• Make sure to mix the ingredients well so there are no dry spots.

  Make sure to mix the ingredients well so there are no dry spots.

• After you mix the ingredients, put the dough in the fridge for an hour.

  After you mix the ingredients, put the dough in the fridge for an hour.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ First, make the ingredients in the bowl.

  ✓ First, mix the ingredients in the bowl.

  Learners often use 'make' instead of 'mix'. 'Make' means to create something new, while 'mix' means to combine things that already exist.

• ✗ You need to mix with the ingredients carefully.

  ✓ You need to mix the ingredients carefully.

  You do not need the preposition 'with' directly after 'mix' when 'the ingredients' is the direct object of the action.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Before you bake the cookies, you need to ___ in a big bowl.

  💡 Put the food items together.

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  mix the ingredients

• Please ___ for the sauce while I chop the vegetables.

  💡 Combine the sauce parts.

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  mix the ingredients