Begin with a small amount of sauerkraut to let your body gradually adjust. Start with just a forkful during a meal and monitor how you feel. Over a month or so, slowly increase your intake to 2-3 forkfuls at 2-3 meals a day. A good sauerkraut serving size is 2-3 forkfuls, about ...
This is one reason that it makes good sense to fill up on leafy green and other lower kilojoule vegetables when you are trying to lose weight. Also, while discretionary food serves can have similar kilojoules (about 600kJ) to a serve of the five food groups, they are usually much ...
When I have a new batch of bacon, I just pour this straight on top then cover the jar and refrigerate it.So what do I use my rendered bacon grease for? Oh, just about everything. It’s what I fry my eggs in and how I sear pretty much any meat. It’s also great for sautéed...
Determining how much rice to make per person all comes down to whether the rice is a part of the side dish, or if it’s the main dish. Examples of rice as a side dish If rice is by itself as a side with no meat or vegetables over it, it is a side dish. If rice is provided...
What Happens When You Let Meat Rest? This is why it is so important to rest meat before serving: As the meat rests, the constricted muscle fibers begin to relax. The pressure on the juices is slowly released and they redistribute towards the edges of the meat. ...
Chicken. Always use deboned whole chicken legs, not breast meat. There are a few advantages to deboned chicken whole legs over chicken breast. The chicken leg is more flavorful since it is dark meat. Its shape is also suitable to form a rectangle for rolling up. Besides that, the skin ...
Fatty cuts of meat Fat can be good for you provided you’re eating the right quantity for your goals. However, like carbs, fats can be overconsumed accidentally too. To help you gauge: a serving size of fat is roughly the size of your thumb! THIS is a single serving of almonds (...
When the oil is ready, gently lower in a couple of potato balls being sure not to crowd the pan and lower the temperature of the oil too much. Move around gently and fry until the outside turns golden brown. Scoop out with a slotted spoon and let drain on a wire rack. So satisfying...
Nothing satisfies a meat and potato craving quite like a classic, hearty shepherd’s pie. In thiscomfort foodstaple,ground beefis cooked with aromatics and red wine before being combined with corn and peas, all covered with a blanket of velvety, richmashed potatoesand topped with Parmesan before...
Shelled garden peas should go directly to the table with only a brief stop at the stove. The sweetness of the peas is at stake. The conversion of the pea’s natural sugar to starch begins immediately after harvest. Some cooks say the greatest lag time between picking and serving peas shoul...