Top Cooking TipsTo Make You The Real Pro
There's very little point in having all the cooking tips in the world and the ingredients you are using are in fact off. It's therefore good housekeeping to know the shelf life of the most common food items to be sure that what you are preparing is fresh and wholesome.
One BONUS Tip - Go Low-FatHere are some great cooking tips you could use.
1. Instead of using oil and butter, sauté' food in water, wine or stock. 2. Avoid fried foods and keep it light. If you want to fry foods now and again simply use a little oil. A little oil spray or even better still, low-calorie olive oil. 3. When cooking fish or steak, instead of pouring the oil in the pan, brush it on the meat. This limits the amount of oil you will use over and above what you would consume. 4. A good way to skim fat off meals is to chill your stews, casseroles and soups in the fridge after being cooked as this solidifies the fat. 5. And before dumping loads of salt on food, taste it first. :) 6. Steam, stir-fry or use a slow-cooker for veggies as this preserves the nutrients. 7. If you have high blood pressure or high cholesterol use tomatoes, vinegar, herbs, onions, fat free or low fat sauces and dressings for healthier cooking.
9. Use fat free or 1% low fat milk when cooking instead of full cream. 10. Cook what you can 'stomach'. Your stomach is only as big as your fists so don’t cook too much. You may end up full but you also end up with a stretched stomach. Over time your stomach stretches and requires more food to feel satisfied. Keep your recipes, simple, full of natural flavors, quick, easy, FUN and full of variety. Brown sugar a solid rock? Has your bag or box of brown sugar turned hard as a rock? Try this helpful hint: Place a slice of fresh bread in the package of sugar and close securely. Let set for a few hours and your sugar will be as good as new! Baking Fish When baking whole fish, wrap in aluminum foil. When fish is done, it can be lifted from the baking pan without the fish falling apart. To remove the foil, slip a spatula under the fish and slide foil out after fish is on the platter. Boiling Corn: Never boil corn for more than 3 minutes. Be sure to place the corn in boiling water, and do not add salt. You will find the flavor is much better than cooking for 10 minutes or more. Corn will never get soft, no matter how long you cook it-it will only lose its taste. Bacon Minimize bacon shrinkage by running bacon under water before frying. This reduces shrinkage by about 50% Easy Methods to Can Tomatoes Fill large pot with water. Boil....Place the tomatoes in the boiling water for about 1 minute. Immediately remove the tomatoes and place in a colander. Pour ice cold water over them. This method will make the skin very easy to peel off. Put the tomatoes in sterilized jar and add cold water to cover them. Add 2 tablespoons of salt. Seal and cover! Another Easy Method to Can Tomatoes The easiest way to can tomatoes. Have a pot of boiling water, dip the tomatoes in the pot for about 1 min. Take them out and immediately run them in a colander of cold water. The skin will just fall/peel off. Place them in a canning jar add cold water to cover place a couple of Tablespoons of salt on top and presto, you can seal them. Vegetables Never overcook your vegetables. Overcooking will cause them to loose flavor, texture and vitamins. Trouble Whipping Cream? Have trouble making whipped cream? Can't get it to whip correctly? Be sure to put the bowl and egg beater in the refrigerator to chill SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE!Over 100 Quick and Easy Healthy Foods Sometimes cooking takes a lot of time in our life, but we got some good news for you. We gathered an excellent list of cooking recipes which are easy to prepare. There are categories of receipts like Breakfast, Salad Entrees, Soups, Fish, Chicken and Turkey, Lean Meat, Vegetarian Entrees, Side Salad/Dressings, Side Vegetables, and Desserts. You don’t even need to think what to cook tonight! For more information see The Healthiest Way of eating in 3 Steps and whfoods e-book about a Healthy Weight loss Plan Without Dieting.
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8. Try making smoothies with fresh or frozen fruit and low fat or fat free yogurt and protein powders. That could amount to 4 to 5 fruit servings per yummy shake.
