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How to Bread Fish, Meat and Vegetables

6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, Building Block Techniques

One building block cooking technique, dozens of dishes Here at EveryDay Good Eating, we like to take the mystery out of cooking.  We believe everyone can make–and deserves to enjoy–deliciously healthful food, everyday.  That’s why we teach basic,...

Q & A: How to Heat Oil for Sauteing

6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, Building Block Techniques

Kitchen Tip (+ a Little Kitchen Wisdom) At a recent Cooking Get Together we were preparing to saute onions for a healthy risotto.  As always, the recipe said, “heat oil until hot but not smoking.”  That directive led one of the participants to ask: Q. ...

Autumn Eating: Wilted Salad Recipe with Cool Weather Mizuna

6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, 7-Recipes--Healthy and Tasty, Building Block Techniques, Local and Sustainable Eating, Seasonal Eating, Uncategorized

Change is in the air, and as the hot days of summer give way to winter’s cold, it’s natural to start craving warmer foods.  The trouble of course, lies in autumn’s in-between weather:  one day cool, the next warm.  Wilted salads are the perfect...

How to Make the Best Brown Rice . . .

6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, 7-Recipes--Healthy and Tasty, 9-Green Your Cooking and Kitchen, Building Block Techniques, Uncategorized, Waste Not-Want Not

. . .  and Be a Green Cook at the Same Time A Bits and Pieces Cooking Tip: Use the cooking water from slow cooker beans to cook brown rice.  Earlier posts have described the benefits and how-tos for making slow cooker beans and how to accelerate the process if the...

Kale Cooking Lessons

3-Get Vegetable Friendly, 6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, 7-Recipes--Healthy and Tasty, Building Block Techniques

Had a great class last night about cooking kale–how to blanch it in salt water to remove the harshness and make it more tender.    Then we used it in a well-received dish:  Kale Pizza with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto and Sauteed Pears.  At the end, however, someone...

“Accelerated” Slow Cooker Beans

1-Healthy Eating Clarity, 6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, 7-Recipes--Healthy and Tasty, Building Block Techniques, Uncategorized

We love slow cookers, but sometimes they they can be a little too slow (or we can be a little too late!)  Yesterday, for example, I was presenting “How Can You Tell If You’re Eating Well.”  It’s a fun talk about “eating close to the...
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