Cook Spa Food at Home
The holidays are over but the extra pounds are still hanging around. It’s time to make good on the New Year’s resolution to eat healthier and lose weight. Includes recipe for Steamed Oriental Salmon with Pureed Squash.
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Steaming Has Place At A Seasonal Table
Something steamed may be just the break you need during the holiday overeating season. Steaming is a traditional Chinese cooking technique that uses gentle heat and no oil to cook foods. Includes recipe for Steamed Fish and Vegetables.
The Savory Side of Chocolate
From a steaming cup of cocoa to brownies and fudge, chocolate is associated so closely with sweets that we rarely think of enjoying its rich flavor in savory dishes.
Healthy Dips For The Holidays
Party dips are good to have on hand for the holidays. Commercial dips are often high in fat, calories and sodium, but you can make low-fat, vegetable-based dips that are quick, easy and flavorful with ingredients you usually have in the kitchen.
The Secret of Hoison Sauce
Americans know hoisin sauce as the chocolate-colored, jam-thick condiment used on the pancakes served with Peking Duck. Incorrectly, some also call it barbecue sauce, although it is only one of a blend of ingredients Chinese cooks use for flavoring roasted meats and poultry.
Feast On Vegetable Soup
When the weather turns cold, soup is a great chill-chaser. For busy folks, soup is also a great time-saver. But no matter the weather or the time pressures, soup is an easy and efficient way to slip in extra servings of vegetables. Includes recipe for Creamy Vegetable Soup.
Reviving Chicken Cacciatora
As the local tomato season ends, chicken cacciatora, hearty but not heavy, is a perfect way to enjoy tomatoes in the winter because it is best made using processed tomatoes.
Discover Creamy Tuscan-Style Beans
Tuscan cooking is famous for its simplicity. Like the best cooking in the rest of Italy, it is a feast of regional dishes using locally-produced ingredients. But in Tuscany, these dishes are often minimal in terms of the number of ingredients used. Includes recipe for Tuscan-Style Beans.
Celebrating Autumn in Both Cold and Warm Climates
When the leaves of autumn turn gold, they often bring to mind favorite fall events – Halloween, homecomings and Thanksgiving, to mention just a few. And, now that the weather is cooler if not downright nippy, autumn also turns thoughts to favorite dishes.
Toss Together A Three-Season Salad
Looking around a farmer’s market recently, I noticed how the orange bell peppers, Golden Delicious apples and purple-red cabbage echoed the colors of the autumn trees. Their flavors, though, brought together the mood of three seasons. Includes recipe for Three Season Red Cabbage Salad.
A Colorful Shrimp Stir-Fry
If you like shrimp, as many do, it’s the best selling seafood in America – and love sweet summer corn, here is the perfect dish for a quick and colorful meal.
Beefsteak Tomatoes: No Longer A Local Treat
Depending on where you live, about this time of year summer creates an abundance of immense, vine-bending tomatoes known as Jersey Beefsteaks. Happily, the season for these beauties, often weighing a pound or more, lasts through September and sometimes even into October.
Spicing Up Your Salads
Every dieter knows salads are good for you. But they can get boring with the same old ingredients and the same old dressings. Flavorful, low-calorie dressings can make salads appealing again.
Stuff Yourself With Squash
Once again, this time of year creates an overabundance of summer squashes. Check out these great tips for serving up all that squash without boring everyone to pieces.
