Two helpful tips for cooking dried beans.
6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks
Fast Lunches–for Big Kids or Small
Looking for quick lunches that are wholesome, too? The frozen foods aisle has a good selection of real, whole foods all washed, cut and ready to pop in the microwave. Combine with a few strategic deli purchases and ready made sauces for a meal that’s faster than fast food but still tasty, fresh and healthful.
Affordable Organics?
Think organics are too expensive? Try this on for size: What if, every time you purchased an organic vegetable, you actually got not just one but two or three vegetables? No doubt that would make the economic equation a lot more attractive.
Recipe: Sauteed Beet Greens composed with Toasted Walnuts, Bacon Bits, & Chopped Egg
Want to make organic vegetables more affordable? Use every part of the vegetable and double your vegetable dollars, as in this recipe that uses beet greens.
The Beauty of Relishes
Could relish-making be the key for busy people who want nutritious meals without spending a lot of time in the kitchen? Time to move it from quaint and old-fashioned and into the category of vital skills for healthy eaters.
Best Practice Secrets of Good Every Day Cooks
For a recent magazine article, Martha Stewart was asked how often she orders take out. Her response was something like a couple times over the last 15 years.
Fact is, there are people “out there” who make healthy, good-tasting meals night after night like it’s no big deal. What do they know that most people don’t?
Cooking Disasters and Ugly Soup
What Not to Do When Cooking Opportunities for humility are never in short supply. In a recent class, a participant brought up the perennial problem of cooking failures. My response began with the reassurance that cooking disasters don't really happen that often, so...
Recipe: Millet (or Rice) with Garlic Scapes
Problem: You’re having rice for dinner, again. Solution: Jazz up grains with seasonal garlic scapes.
Kitchen Tip: Making Produce Safe to Eat
Just about the time salmonella and E. coli fade from the headlines, it seems like some new contamination case surfaces, putting us right back on edge about the safety of our food. Learn the simplest and most effective way reduce and even eliminate contamination on produce.
How to Make Healthy, Whole Grain Breadcrumbs
Transform throw away crusts into kitchen gold. How to make your own breadcrumbs for a healthier, lower cost alternative to store-bought crumbs–and save the environment while you’re at it!
How to Bread Fish, Meat and Vegetables
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, building block...
Q & A: How to Heat Oil for Sauteing
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. When heating...