Home-fried foods offer the crisp and gorgeous golden crust so appealing in commercially fried products -- but often without unnecessary salt, sugar and additives added in industrial kitchens.
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Tomatoes are extremely high in ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin C. Ascorbic acid is a powerful antioxidant, but it also can make for unpleasantly acidic tomato sauce. Fixing acidic sauce is possible, but it takes a little bit of adjusting and experimenting.
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Sautéing raw onions brings out the natural sugars, rendering them tender and sweet, which is why they are referred to as “caramelized onions.” Technically, the word sauté means to cook something in oil over direct heat, but as technology changes, cooking terms evolve. "Sautéing"
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Center-cut beef shanks are cut from the foreleg, just below the shoulder. They are excellent for use in soups and stews because they take so well to being cooked in liquid. Beef-shank soups typically require several hours of simmering to tenderize the meat and draw all of the flavor from the bones.
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Cooking tender steaks can be difficult if you have a less-expensive and tougher cut of meat. The muscle fibers in meat have to be broken down and the proteins turned into gelatin in order to make meat tender.
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Whole cooked trout can be intimidating -- and slightly horrifying -- if you have never been faced with one before. Don’t panic. Eating whole trout is not difficult, and there are good reasons to enjoy it. One 3-oz. serving of cooked whole trout contains B vitamins, iron and 22 g of protein.
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Making homemade gravy is one of the most daunting challenges that a new cook can face. Getting the thickness right, making sure there are no lumps and not scorching it are all hurdles. Once you’ve leapt those, you still have to figure out how to season your gravy.
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Petite sirloin offers incredible tender juiciness for the price, making it one of the best deals in sirloin steaks. While grilling brings a lovely charred grace note to any cut of meat, cooking petite sirloin indoors also offers a crisp, well-browned outside and an inside cooked just the way you like it.
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Vitamins are nutrients found in foods. Even in tiny doses, they are essential to the body’s vital functions and overall good health. Vitamins are either fat-soluble or water-soluble. Biotin and vitamin C are both water-soluble vitamins that the body does not produce on its own.
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Forcible gallbladder flushes are a fad among adherents of alternative medicine, holistic cures and home doctoring. Apple cider vinegar and olive oil do have proven health benefits, and when used in moderation, can certainly support a healthy diet.
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Baking cream cheese poppers in the oven makes for a quick and hearty snack or appetizer. Baked cheese poppers are jalapeno peppers stuffed with cream cheese and then breaded and fried or baked. They also can be wrapped with bacon and baked without breading. Either way, they are spicy, creamy and easy to make.
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Effortless weight loss by drinking slimming tea either alone or in combination with your regular diet several times a day seems too good to be true -- and that's because it is. Most slimming diet teas contain some combination of stimulants, bulk fibers and laxatives to rev you up, fill you up and empty you out.
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The richness of a velvety, just-cooked egg perched atop silky melted mozzarella, tangy sauce and a crisp crust is a luscious treat you can enjoy at any time of day.
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The value of a digestive system "cleanse" to detoxify the body is controversial, but anecdotal evidence suggests that a short-term cleanse does have benefits in general well-being. One popular detox cleansing drink is the olive oil and lemon juice cleanse.
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Geranium essential oil has been in use for centuries as an herbal remedy for the symptoms of menstruation and menopause. Geraniums contain terpines, which are a natural substance that bugs do not like, so it is also used as a natural insect repellent.
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3 Ballerina Tea is not made from actual tea leaves. This particular herbal diet tea has only two ingredients: malva verticillata and cassia angustifolia, known respectively as Chinese mallow and senna. Neither herb contains caffeine or ephedrines, but they are both powerful laxatives and diuretics.
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Jasmine green tea is simply green tea that has been flavored with jasmine flowers. The benefits of green tea are still being studied, but there is no doubt about the high levels of antioxidants it contains.
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Cashews are actually seeds found on the bottom of a fruit called a cashew apple, which is native to northern Brazil. Because cashews are seeds, some people who are allergic to nuts are able to tolerate them.
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Coconut oil has been a staple of Ayurvedic medicine for centuries, both internally and externally. Mothers routinely massage coconut oil into their children’s scalps to encourage thick, shiny hair, and coconut oil moisturizer is a preferred way to treat wrinkles and help promote clear skin.
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Maintaining outdoor treadmills can be a challenge, but the rewards are well worth it. Using treadmills outdoors on your patio, porch or balcony gives you a safe and convenient place to walk or run while enjoying the pleasures and benefits of fresh air.
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