Archive for September, 2008
Light and Healthy Cooking Tips
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008With the oversized portions that restaurants serve up nowadays, North Americans have become accustomed to consuming hefty quantities of food on a daily basis. This is okay if the meals they eat are healthy and low in calories. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work this way. Therefore it’s highly important that you choose healthful and low calorie foods when you eat at home, so you can minimize the damage from your restaurant splurges. This begins with cooking light.
Pottage Italiano
Monday, September 29th, 2008By Jim Nettleton
Here’s another terrific recipe that’s a real tummy filler. Enjoy!
INGREDIENTS
1 15 ounce can Hunt’s tomato sauce
1 tblsp. finely chopped garlic
1/2 small onion, chopped in chunks
1 tblsp. parsley
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. basil
1 whole mild Italian sausage
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup dry red wine – Cabernet Sauvignon suggested
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 cup freshly sliced mushrooms
1 cup coarsely chopped red bell peppers, with seeds removed
1 1/2 cups diced creamer potatoes
An Easy Gourmet Food Recipe
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By Jim Nettleton
Cooking and preparing fine, gourmet meals has always been a hobby of mine. Over the years, I’ve originated dozens of recipes that have pleased family and friends. Here’s one that you can prepare rather quickly that will have your diners praising your skills.
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INGREDIENTS
1 15 ounce can Hunts tomato sauce
½ small onion chopped fine
1 tblsp. Parsley, chopped fine
1 tsp. Basil
½ cup water
½ cup dry red wine – Cabernet Sauvignon suggested
Great Reasons To Start Cooking With Kids
Monday, September 29th, 2008There are many things kids can learn by getting involved with what you’re doing in the kitchen. Aside from the fact that kids love to do big people things, there is a vast wealth of knowledge and life lessons you can pass on when cooking with kids. Many things that your children are going to have to learn someday can be learned while they’re having fun and creating something at the same time.
Health Benefits
Low Fat Cooking: 7 Tips to Make Your Favorite Recipes Lower in Fat
Sunday, September 28th, 2008You can make your favorite recipes lower in fat and calories with a few easy substitutions. Here are seven tips to help you adapt any recipe to your new low fat lifestyle.
1. The first step is to take all of your recipes and make a note of the high fat ingredients. These can include whole milk, butter, margarine, cheese, sour cream, oil and eggs. Make a note of what needs to be substituted and then start to adapt the recipe.
Good Knives Are An Essential Kitchen Utensil
Sunday, September 28th, 2008All kinds of kitchen utensils are available. Just look in any kitchen store or in the aisles of kitchenware at other retail stores and you’ll see an amazing array of items used for cooking. If a kitchen utensil has only one function, it may not be used very often. However, there are other utensils that are more versatile, and needed and used daily.
Knives Are The Workhorse Of The Kitchen
If you do much cooking at all, you’ll use not one, but several kinds of knives. Each of these kitchen utensils has a specific function, like chopping, cutting, or filleting food.
