Cooking & Baking Tips: Healthy Fats, Grain Prep & Substitutes

Mastering the kitchen involves understanding healthy fat profiles, variety-specific grain preparation, and safe food handling techniques.

Piece of butter melting on non-stick pan

How to Caramelize Sugar and Butter

Sugar is a substance frequently used to sweeten desserts and beverages. Although sugar is known to be high in carbohydrates, this should not concern you if you caramelize it with butter, since a little goes a long way.

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Moroccan Chicken

Chicken and Rice: The Calories

Chicken and rice is a tasty entree that is easy to make, and it will not work against you in your efforts to keep your calorie intake down. To make this dish, thoroughly cook six pieces of chicken in a little vegetable oil in a pot and add water, rice, Spanish olives, fresh vegetables, cilantro, salt and pepper.

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Vegetable and spaghetti pasta

How to Cook Spaghetti Sauce With Fresh Herbs

You can make a delicious spaghetti sauce with dried herbs, but cooking with fresh herbs gives the sauce a flavor as fresh as the herbs you add. One highly tasteful and fragrant herb commonly added to spaghetti sauce is sweet basil. Oregano is another herb with a powerful flavor and smell.

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Close-up of man chopping fresh celery.

How to Bake Celery

Celery is a crisp vegetable that contains vitamins A and C. Calcium is also found in celery. It is in the same family as carrots, and it can be purchased any time of the year. A wide variety of different types of celery are grown, but Pascal celery is the most familiar type. Celery can be enjoyed raw or cooked.

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Fried cod fillets and vegetables

How to Fry Cod Fillets

Fried cod fillets are crunchy on the outside and soft and moist on the inside, and they are incredibly tasty. Cod contains phosphorus, niacin and vitamin B12, and it is an excellent source of protein. A 100-g serving of cod supplies you with almost 18 g of protein. The number of calories in one serving is 82.

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