Cannellini beans are large, white Italian beans that have a creamy texture when cooked. Enjoy cooked cannellini beans in chili, soups, stews or bean salads. Use canned cannellini beans, which are already cooked, when you are in a hurry, or save money by cooking your own dried beans.
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Dried shiitake mushrooms keep at room temperature indefinitely, making them an attractive year-round alternative to fresh mushrooms. For most preparations, you'll need to rehydrate dried shiitake mushrooms first, then use them in whatever dish you are making.
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Grilling chicken kabobs is sometimes challenging, especially when the chicken meat sticks to the hot grill each time you try to turn the meat. The next time you cook chicken kabobs on your gas or charcoal grill, you can take a few steps to prevent the chicken from sticking.
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Tiny quail make an easy and impressive dinner. Quail cook up quickly in a hot oven. Pick up some fresh, whole quail from the butcher and cook them by browning them on the stove top, then finishing them in the oven to get perfectly cooked quail with a nice, crusty sear.
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If the weather isn't cooperating, you can still grill a tasty chicken entree on your kitchen's stove top. You'll need a grill pan, which is a shallow stove top pan that has ridges to recreate the surface of a hot grill. You can find grill pans made from nonstick cookware or cast iron.
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Rather than buying a can of pumpkin puree, you can steam your own fresh pumpkin and use the tender, cooked meat as pumpkin pie filling or in a host of other baked goods, such as tasty seasonal cakes and cookies.
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Use applesauce to replace the oil in a cake recipe and you'll reduce the amount of fat and calories in the finished product.
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Red snapper is a saltwater fish that has a flaky white meat when cooked. Snapper has a milder flavor than other fish, making it a staple on many restaurant menus and in many homes.
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Raw potatoes sliced into French fry shapes cook up amazingly quickly when cooked in hot oil. While French fries aren't a healthy treat, you can at least choose the oil -- such as organic canola oil -- you use when you cook them at home, to reduce some of the potential health risks associated with fried foods.
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Boneless skinless chicken breasts are packed with protein while being lower in fat and calories than dark meat chicken or chicken cooked with the skin on. Smoked chicken breasts make an excellent lean protein source for any meal.
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Catfish fillets are a low-calorie source of protein. By grilling catfish fillets instead of frying them, you cut back on the amount of fat in the final dish. Choose lean grilled catfish as the centerpiece of a healthy meal.
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Snook is a white-meat fish with a tasty, flaky flesh. It's illegal to buy or sell snook, but you can catch and cook the fish legally. Snook is a lean, healthy protein that makes a great centerpiece for a low-fat seafood-based meal. Snook fillets cook quickly on the grill or blackened in a hot pan.
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Frozen schnitzel makes an easy weeknight meal. You can find frozen schnitzel made with chicken, pork or veal at any grocery store. The healthiest way to cook frozen schnitzel is to bake the frozen meat in a hot oven.
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Whole chickens that have been deboned and stuffed with a savory filling make an easy main course. You can find prepared stuffed chickens in the fresh or freezer sections of most grocery stores, or prepare your own filling.
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Lubrication is important to many functions on a bicycle. It helps moving metal parts rub against one another without creating high-pitched noises or warped metal. Pedals don't require grease or lubrication to the extent a bike chain or gears would since these parts are expensive and highly complex to replace.
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Bike tubes are sensitive things. Even with a protective rubber tire over them, sharp objects can penetrate your treads and puncture the tube. This can occur very sudden and take your bike out of commission. Most long-distance riders carry a spare tube--sometimes two--with them when riding their bicycle.
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Ankle weights are just one type of equipment used by individuals to increase their workload when walking. Some also choose to use ankle weights throughout the day as a means of integrating exercise into every step they take. While there can be some gains from using ankle weights, the risks often override them.
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The overnight shift can be a physically and emotionally demanding time of night for individuals to work, yet it has become more common in recent years. Some parents may resign themselves to working this shift, sometimes called the third shift, as a means of financially supporting their family.
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Kirsten Higareda, a high school libero interviewed in the Sept. 20, 2007 edition of "The Washington Post," knows what it's like to try and explain the libero position to volleyball spectators.
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Resistance training is one of the fastest ways to get in shape, increasing lean muscle mass and improving bone mineral density. But early on, lifting weights can literally make you vomit. A nausea response is most common in novice weight lifters, or in those who have not lifted weights for an extended period of time.
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