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.

Bowl of Rice

How to Cook Rice in a Proctor Rice Cooker

Proctor Silex rice cookers take the guess work out of cooking rice. You don’t have to worry about maintaining the correct temperature or cook times because the machine does it automatically. Proctor Silex has two models of rice cooker: the 10-cup 34733Y and the 8-cup 34734Y.

Read more →

How to Toast Oats

Toasting gives oats a nuttier flavor and decreases the cook time for oat varieties that cook more slowly, such as steel-cut and pinhead. You can use toasted oats in place of regular oats in breakfast cereals as well as recipes such as granolas, cookies and as the topping for crisps.

Read more →
Pasta and meatballs with tomato sauce

How to Sweeten Spaghetti Sauce

Tomatoes are a member of the deadly nightshade family and were originally considered poisonous when they were first introduced to England. In truth, tomatoes are full of healthy lycopene, beta carotene and several vitamins and minerals, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

Read more →