Fish can be a great food. It has a delicious taste, and several health benefits. It has taken me quite some time to appreciate fresh fish. The main reason may have been that I had a tendency to overcook it, which is not good for the flavor or texture. Fish cooks very quickly. As a general guide [...]
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Almost 50% of meals consumed in the US are away from home. This is a scary trend that continues to increase each year. With this, obesity continues to increase, and the lack of cooking skills with the younger population decreases. Many factors play into this increase in meals eaten away from home:
Lack of time for [...]
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What do you cook when it’s dinner time and a meal needs to get on the table? What meal do you fall back on when you don’t have anything planned? This is the question I posed to 10 of my dietitian colleagues and friends. There were definitely some trends in what dietitians cook when in [...]
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Raise your hand if anyone in your family has ever suffered from heart disease. Most of you are raising your hand. Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women. Most people think of heart disease of as a “man’s disease.” The truth is that the mortality rate of women with heart disease [...]
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