Beyond the Label
Learning to Love a Low Sodium Diet
Learning to love a low sodium diet takes some time and work. But you’ll find easy ways identify and weed out the high sodium items in your pantry and swap them out for low sodium alternatives.
Can I substitute cream of tartar for lime juice?
Seems like a strange question, huh? And yet someone asked me that recently. I did some research and here's the scoop: lime juice and cream of tartar are both acidic ingredients that, in baking, combine with baking soda to give a rise to quick breads like muffins and...
Keep your potatoes from turning brown
No doubt you're making all sorts of potato dishes this winter, like my favorite potato and spinach au gratin or this tartiflette. Or it's holiday time and you're figuring out how to prep mashed potatoes for a crowd while keeping them pretty. Potatoes, like artichokes,...
Roasting poblano peppers
Poblanos, as I've discovered, are the most versatile of green chillies, my go-to heat. I use puree them for this corn and poblano chowder, cut into strips and fried with potatoes to stuff in tacos, simmered with pulled pork, even diced to season bacon jam. They have a...
You can stop washing your chicken now
There aren't many instances when one can say that Julia Child was wrong, but here it is: Do NOT wash that raw chicken before you brine/marinate/grill/bake/saute/ or cook it in any way. This is the news that NPR's Maria Godoy reported last week, and based on her...
Which Tea Should You Drink With Your Meal?
This is a sponsored post. Content and images were provided to us. If you are a true tea aficionado, you know that all teas aren't created equal. There are as many different teas as there are hours in the day, and each one has its own special character. Choosing the...
Sweet on sauerkraut
Sauerkraut has been gaining in popularity in the past decade as more and more of us discover what our ancestors knew very well: it’s a delicious and versatile condiment with numerous health benefits.
What’s The Best Program To Help You Lose Weight?
Everyone wants to know the best way to lose weight, but few people realize that the problem has already been well and truly solved. While many people anxiously wait for the next crackpot diet involving baked beans or baby formula, there are others who are walking,...
Can you print me out a burger, mom?
I am completely flabbergasted at this Jetsons-meets-Chickienobs notion that one day in the not-so-distant future we’ll most likely have the ability to push a button on a kitchen device and be delivered a steak or burger. It’s called “bioprinting,” and people are actually working to figure out ways to let us have our cows and eat them too. Check it out.
Slow-motion blender science!
Learn about the unseen forces at work in your blender in this cool slow-motion video from ChefSteps. Does it flow? Will it blend? And holy guacamole, Batman, are those golf balls in that blender? [youtube eCJ313gICFg] Feels like it's time for a smoothie!
Are calorie counts really accurate?
A recent almond study that showed that they have 20% fewer calories than thought, which begs the question . . . what’s up with calories? Are they estimates, abstractions, or even accurate? Here’s all the scoop for you – how they’re measured, what they represent, and why numbers vary. Plus, a very good video from a filmmaker who learned that some of his favorite foods have more calories than labeled.
Lay’s flavor contest winners: calories, nutrition, and ingredients
So many reality television contests rely on viewer participation - from American Idol to Top Chef, and so it's no small wonder this model has spilled over to food. FritoLay has gotten in the action by sponsoring a contest to come up with their newest flavor Lay's...