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.

Upside down pineapple cake with caramel.

How to Bake a Cake in a NuWave Oven

Marketed to save you time and space, the NuWave oven has the ability to cook any part of your meal, from appetizer to dessert. This appliance is approximately the same size as a large food processor unit and is made to sit on your countertop in a similar fashion.

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What Causes Allergies to Cilantro?

Cilantro is a lacy-leafed herb used to season foods and is popular in Tex-Mex dishes in particular. Cilantro resembles parsley but has a much more pungent odor and taste. Its seeds are known as coriander, and they impart a different flavor than cilantro leaves and aren't used to season the same types of dishes.

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How to Cook Microwave-Steamed Shrimp

Your microwave oven is a versatile kitchen appliance that allows you to cook many foods in a jiffy. You can even steam shrimp in the microwave, but you must take care to cook it properly because a microwave does not cook foods, including shrimp, as evenly as a conventional oven does.

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Homemade Grass Fed Prime Rib Roast

How to Cook a Ribeye Roast in a Convection Oven

You can save time and energy by cooking a ribeye roast in a convection oven. Professional chefs have used convection ovens to prepare roasts for many years, but you can now get a smaller sized convection oven for home use.

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