Cooking
Beginner Vegetarian Cooking: White Wine and Mushroom Risotto
Risotto is an Italian dish made by cooking Arborio rice in a flavorful broth. This version is made with vegetable broth and white wine, and is full of nutritious mushrooms.
Eggs: A Rundown On What To Eat And How
Eggs are a great source of protein, vitamins, & minerals, as we all hopefully know. However, the nutritional content of eggs varies a lot depending on what type of egg you use, the cooking method, & what the animals are fed. Here’s a quick rundown to help you learn more.
The Impressive Benefits Of Cooking With Animal Fats
Traditionally, many western cultures evolved to use animal fats as the main fats for cooking with, due to their availability, cost, & ease of use. While nowadays many people opt for cheaper seed oils for cooking, there has been a resurgence in the use of animal fats. Here’s why:
What You Cook Your Food In Might Be Killing You
There is a huge disconnect today between consumption of goods, how those goods are actually produced, and their effects on the body. This is true for everything from food to cookware. Because of this disconnect, people aren’t always aware of the hidden dangers in everyday items.
The Truth About “Vegan Eggs”
Many in the media are saying, once again, that eggs are bad for you, and that a vegan diet is much healthier. They want you to eat “egg substitutes” instead. Are these substitutes like “Just Egg” good for you at all, never mind being better for you than normal eggs? Read on.
Top 10 Highest Fiber Foods & Recipes for Gut Health
10) Sweet Potatoes: 1 cup of Sweet potatoes contain 4 grams of fiber. That's 14% of your daily value of fiber. For a tasty recipe, try Thai Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup
GMOs & Brassica Oleracea : How One Plant Became Six Vegetables
GMOs or Genetically Modified Organisms are contentious as health-conscious individuals avoid engineered foods for fear they may interfere with our genes or cause disease. Those outraged at scientists tinkering with plants should know evidence of GMOs dates back to 7,800 BCE!
Beef Stew Recipe by Michelin Chef & Winner of Master Chef Jr. - Nathan Odom
In 2015 Nathan Odom won Master Chef Jr. Season 3 at age 13. Now at 22, he has been the chef at 3 Michelin Star restaurant in Japan. He recently turned to Reddit for an Ask Me Anything Session, and ended up sharing the recipe for one of his favorite comfort foods - beef stew: @
Sicilian Orange Salad: A salad without greens
Insalata di arance or di portualle. This salad from Sicily is vibrant, delicious, and requires few ingredients. It's not totally clear, but most agree it was a simple, poor man's salad because all of the ingredients were readily available on the island.
Beef: Different Cuts And How To Use Them
There are so many different cuts of beef that it can be confusing knowing which to use in which scenario. What comes from where? What should be seared quickly in a pan? What should be slow cooked? In this memo, I’ll try and help you!
Why You Should Use Animal Fats In Cooking
Animal fats have recently been criticised as being unhealthy & causing dietary problems, however this is far from the whole truth! These traditional fats have been used for cooking & food preparation for centuries, and are valued for their unique flavours & nutritional profiles.
What Are “Seed Oils” And Why Are They Killing Us?
What are “seed oils” and are they actually making us sick? They seem to be the thing that everyone is talking about recently, and people are saying that they’ll the reason people are overweight & unhealthy. It seems a bit apocalyptic. Is this true? Well, yes.
Salty, Sweet, and Crunchy: A healthier snack for all your sports watch parties
Sitting watching the World Cup, I suddenly became aware of what the people around me were snacking on. Trail mix with caramels and chocolates added, chips and dip, and more littered the table. These options are terrible nutritionally speaking. And they don't even taste that good.
Finding Traditions in Food
I have written before about how we have a huge problem in our culture in the modern world. This problem is the fact that we have no historical traditions any more surrounding food.No big culturally important meals; no national recipes; no family meal times.
Pumping Iron: What foods are high in iron and how to get more
Iron, a natural mineral present in many foods, is an essential part of any diet. It's crucial for moving oxygen to tissues, physical growth, neurological development, cellular functioning, and synthesis of some hormones. So if it's so critical, why are tens of millions deficient?
Liquid Smoke : Savoury Shortcut or Culinary Cheat?
The term liquid smoke sounds like an oxymoron, but it remains far more accurate than the brown solutions original name ‘wood vinegar’. A bi-product of the charcoal making process, liquid smoke, like salt, has been used as a food preservative for hundreds of years.
Breakfast Bites the Big One: No bake breakfast bars to save time and turn up your energy level
Driving into downtown on my morning commute, traffic is at a near standstill. I believe there may be an accident in my lane. I change lanes and finally move on only to realize my lane was stopped not for an accident, but rather cars were lined up for fast food.
Cabbage for a Healthful and Wealthful New Year
New year, new opportunities and goals. Most might remember a grandmother making cabbage every January. But those memories also likely include that cabbage stuffed with pork and served up along side bacon laden black eyed peas and corn bread. Talk about a heavy start to 2023.
From Aquafaba to Apple Sauce : 5 Natural Ways to Replace an Egg
Hens eggs, a staple in cuisine worldwide, are suddenly in short supply. Severe outbreaks of avian flu have seen 140 million farmed birds culled since October 2021 and free-range eggs have disappeared from the shelves entirely due to restrictions on housing flocks.
8 Life-Changing Tips For The Beginner Home Cook
Over the past two years, I’ve gone from not being able to cook a meal to creating a successful business teaching other people how to cook at home. Here’s 8 important things you need to know as a beginner home cook:
A show stopping vegetarian friendly holiday centerpiece.
Most holidays around the world culminate in an elaborate shared meal with friends and family. This has been the case since prehistoric times when getting food with a successful hunt was not a given. The mere having of food meant there was something to celebrate.
What Happened to Real Food? (2)
Check out part 1 here:
What Happened to Real Food?
No man desires drink only, but good drink, or food only, but good food;For good is the universal object of desire.Plato, ‘The Republic’
Umami : The Fascinating Fifth Taste
The human body is an incredible thing. We have evolved highly tuned senses like sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste to protect against predators, overcome disease and avoid poisoning. We need to eat to survive and our sense of taste plays a vital role in keeping us alive.
Tacos: An easy vegan twist on a traditional dish with a storied history
Tacos were a traditional dish in the region of Mexico long before the Spanish conquest. Indeed, some etymologists suggest the name comes from the indigenous Nahuatl "tlahco," or "in the middle."