Cooking
Olive oil, your health, your kitchen
Extra virgin olive oil has become such a symbol of healthy eating that it is hard to believe that it was once accused of increasing the harmful cholesterol. It was a fat, so it had to be bad for us. Fortunately, we left those times behind and now olive oil and most fats are much better understood.
The main reason olive oil is healthy is because it is rich in healthy monounsaturated fatty acids. About 75% of that monounsaturated fat is oleic acid, which is very stable even a
Read more
|
A Toast to Toaster Ovens
Microwave ovens are today's appliance choice of corner-cutting cooks. But long before these time-saving marvels hit the market, no kitchen was complete without a trusty toaster oven.
A toaster oven cooks like a toaster, and bakes like a tiny oven. It offer countertop convenience for space-saving cooking, and uses a fraction of the energy that traditional ovens will consume. Yet it does everything that regular ovens and microwaves do, from baking waffles to reheating frozen dinn
Read more
|
Cookware Longevity, Proper Care for Extended Life
Cookware is a household item we all use almost every day. No matter how good or expensive the utensil might be, proper care will not only prolong its useful life it will also provide you with better cooking results. We will list the most popular cookware metals and the best cleaning and care procedures. We will also list some don?ts along the way.
Copper- Purchase one of the commercial copper cleaners on the market. I also read that a soft cloth or sponge that is soaked with lemon
Read more
|
Spanish Style Recipes For Your Microwave
Want to impress your friends by having an all-out cooking Fiesta? Here are some recipes that you can serve at your Fiesta using your microwave. Your guests will think you slaved all day, but you really didn't.
I use microwave cookware made by Tupperware for these recipes. Try what you have, but I don't recommend glass or corningware.
Southwest Chicken Enchiladas
1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts; cut into strips
2 Tbsp SW Chipotl
Read more
|
Wild Game Cooking Tips
Fall and early winter are great times to change the menu and include some novel meats. In general, game includes deer, rabbit, wild boar, duck, antelope and to the more exotic ant-eater, flying fox, squirrels or even bats (eg. bat soup is a delicacy in Cambodia) which can be popular in some countries.
When I was little, my dad used to work in the jungle as logging contractor in East Malaysia. Each time when he went to work in the jungle for a period of few days to a week, he woul
Read more
|
BBQ - the new way to BBQ is the BarbeSkew
The BarbeSkew automatically slowly rotates the food on skewers ensuring it is cooked thoroughly but making sure it doesn't burn. Traditional barbecue food such as sausages, burgers and fish can be cooked in the rotating cages.
Entrepreneur Ed Wray, the brainchild behind the BarbeSkew, says: ?On a traditional bbq, the food is placed on the grill - it burns. It is turned over - it burns again. And then it is taken off the grill too early - uncooked. And what are you left with? Bu
Read more
|
What Food Is In The Cupboard? Part 1 Of 5
We all have our own favorite foods we keep in the cupboard and what I keep may be different to you. But there is a basic range of foods that most of us should keep. Discover them here.
Todays modern cuisine means there are heaps of different ingredients, which is wonderful from a taste perspective but sometimes it leaves us confused as to what we need in our cupboard.
Join me as we explore flours and sugars.
FLOURS
Flour is one of those things,
Read more
|
Should You Buy Nonstick Cookware?
Many people think that nonstick cookware is a must in a kitchen. Although I definitely don?t agree, I can see their reasoning. The biggest advantage to nonstick cookware is obvious: food doesn't stick to the pans while cooking which makes clean up very easy. You can cook foods with less fat than you would need to use with uncoated cookware. And, although most nonstick pans shouldn?t be washed in the dishwasher because the harsh chemicals can remove the coating, washing these pans by hand is pret
Read more
|
Indian Cookery - Mixing Your Own Spices
While you can easily obtain ready mixed spices in most supermarkets or Asian speciality shops these days, you get a fresher, more authentic taste when you mix your own. It may be a little time consuming, but well worth it for the extra flavour.
If you are going to mix your own flavourings from whole, rather than powdered, ingredients, you will need an electric coffee grinder or spice grinder, otherwise you will not obtain the powdery consistency.
A much used spice
Read more
|
All you Need to Know about Meat Smokers
Being an absolute foodie you must have, by now, realized why meat smokers are gaining popularity. There is not one American who does not realize how his tastes have got accustomed to the barbecue-style of cooking meat. All over the world when people eat meat they want it to turn out according to their preferences and taste. When roasting or baking it cannot be ensured that everyone will like what has been made. But with barbecued food that is not a worry, even a first-timer will take to it befor
Read more
|
|
|