Healthy Main Dishes: Turkey Roasting, Seafood & Keto Entrees

Mastering main dishes requires techniques for moisture retention, safe reheating of seafood, and adapting recipes for Keto or low-sodium dietary needs.

Raw pork meat

How to Cook Omaha Steak Pork Chops

Omaha Steaks is a family run business that specializes in premium meat products. The company websites states they produce custom cuts to distribute internationally. The pork chop selections from Omaha are sent boneless and frozen. You have the option of using the oven or a grill to cook your meat.

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How to Bake Chicken With Rice-A-Roni

Rice-A-Roni is a seasoned rice and vermicelli mix marketed by Quaker Oats. Most people serve Rice-A-Roni as a side dish. But it can also be used with chicken and vegetables as a main course. Juices from the baking chicken enhance the flavor of Rice-A-Roni.

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Cornish Game Hens with Cranberry Sauce

How to Defrost a Cornish Hen in the Microwave

A Cornish hen is a small fryer that weighs 1 to 2 lbs. Like all forms of chicken, Cornish hens need to be properly handled to avoid food-borne illness. Part of this process is the defrosting of a frozen bird. The microwave allows you to thaw your hen immediately before cooking it.

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file roast on the grill

How to Cook Rib Eye Steaks on the Stove Top

The rib eye is a beefsteak taken from the side area near the ribs. The characteristic marbling in the meat helps to keep it tender when cooking. Rib-eye steaks vary in size, but they are usually about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick.

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Sliced and fried kielbasa

How to Cook Kielbasa

Kielbasa, or Polish sausage, is a mixture of ground meat and spices secured in hog casings that is cured and smoked. The sausage's key ingredients include pork, beef, garlic and marjoram spice. Cooking a kielbasa ring can be done in a number of ways, depending on your preference.

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Christmas Glazed Ham

How to Cook Pre-Sliced Ham

Pre-sliced ham can mean one of two things: ham slices or a full ham cut to aid in carving. Ham steak is individual ham slices cut to varying thicknesses. Utilizing these slices provides an economical way to enjoy ham without purchasing a whole roast.

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Grilled cod fish with spinach leaves.

How to Bake Cod With Spinach

When you cook something with spinach as a primary ingredient, you are creating a Florentine dish. In other words, when baking cod with spinach, the result is cod Florentine. Cod is a delicate fish, so spinach complements its flavor. The only two major requirements for making cod Florentine are cod fillets and spinach.

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How to Cook Salmon Mexican-Style

Salmon is rich is omega-3 fatty acids. This makes it a heart-healthy food. Eating just one or two servings of fish such as salmon each week will reduce your risk of heart disease. Salmon also offers the advantage of being versatile. When it comes to cooking, you can pan-fry, grill or bake the fillet.

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Zipper bag for pork preservation

How to Cook Pork in a Bag

Oven bag cooking offers a way to keep the meat moist as it roasts without all the cleanup. The bag holds the moisture in as the pork cooks to provide natural and effortless basting. Any pork cut that you cook in the oven should work well in a bagged environment.

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Cut pieces of baked meat on the table

Can You Cook Pork Loin in a Bag?

In 1525, hogs were introduced to the North America. Pork loin is just one of the many cuts popular on American dinner tables. The pork roast, or loin, comes from the area just below the ribs of the hog. Using an oven bag to cook your pork loin typically reduces cooking time -- and makes your cleanup easy.

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