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.

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How to Cook Veggie Patties in the Oven

Cooking veggie patties in your oven takes longer than with stove-top cooking but requires less attention as the patties cook. However, because the steps you take to prepare the patties are the same, most any veggie patty recipe is a good candidate for oven baking.

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How Do I Thicken Curry?

Thin or runny curry is often the result of using unthawed frozen vegetables or adding too much cooking liquid. Attempts to tone down a too-spicy taste with coconut milk can remove some of its heat, but also cause the sauce to become thin. While thin curry is undesirable, it is not a reason to panic.

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How to Cook Pearl Couscous

Pearl couscous -- also called Israeli couscous -- is good nutrition with a slightly sad twist. Each 1 cup serving is fat and cholesterol free, low in sodium and includes significant amounts of vitamin C, potassium, protein and fiber. The sad twist, however, lies in the 650 calories each 1 cup serving also contains.

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Red Snapper with Olives

How to Bake Rockfish With Lemon

If you are considering trying rockfish for the first time, chances are good that you already have. While rockfish is the general name for this large species of fish, you may recognize and already enjoy red snapper or black bass, two of its more common varieties.

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How to Cook Stouffer's Frozen Lasagna

Learn how to cook Stouffers frozen lasagna with our easy-to-follow steps and guide. Find out why thawing is an option and get the best results in both oven and microwave methods.

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How to Cook Rice in a Slow Cooker

While it may come as a surprise, cooking rice using your slow cooker is just as effective as using a steamer or saucepan. Both white and brown rice cook equally well in a slow cooker, although brown rice takes about an hour longer to prepare.

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How to Cook Pearl Rice

Pearl rice is sweet, sticky and like other types of rice, it can be long- or short-grain, processed or unprocessed. Its taste and texture, both common characteristics of glutinous or starchy rice, makes pearl rice a good choice for sushi, rice pudding and a number of oriental main-dish meals.

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Heap of Red Lentils

How to Freeze Lentils

If you store uncooked lentils in a cool, dry area, such as your pantry, they will keep for up to one year. This is nice but not very helpful on a busy weeknight when you are trying to get dinner on the table in a hurry.

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How to Bake Cabbage in the Oven

Cooking cabbage on your stove can be smelly and reduces its nutritional value. The problem lies in sulfur-containing chemicals called isothiocynates that stink up your kitchen and 18.2 g per 1/2 cup serving of water soluble vitamin C that boiling water can destroy.

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