Cooking & Baking Tips: Healthy Fats, Grain Prep & Substitutes Written by Gwen Bruno

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.

What Is the Difference Between Parsnips and Parsley Root?

Published Aug,23 2011 | By Gwen Bruno

Both the parsnip and the parsley root are winter vegetables whose edible part develops underground. Although used for centuries in European dishes, neither of these vegetables is widely used in American cooking.

Facts on Quaker Oats

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Gwen Bruno

Oatmeal is a simple, inexpensive breakfast choice that can make a significant difference in your health. In 1997, the Food and Drug Administration made the first food-specific health claim for oatmeal, allowing Quaker Oats to display this claim on product packaging: "

How to Bake Banana Bread in a Small Pan

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Gwen Bruno

Banana bread is a “quick bread,” meaning that it is leavened with baking powder and/or baking soda rather than yeast. Banana bread baked in a traditional loaf pan measuring 9 by 5 by 3 inches takes about 55 to 60 minutes to bake. Small loaf pans or mini-loaf pans require less time to bake.