Week 4
Bulk Cooking – Winter Week 4: Therapeutic Use of Cinnamon, Save Time with Frozen Broccoli
Share|Week 4 By the 4th week of guided bulk cooking, I hope you are finding your own style and methods of organizing your own kitchen to make it personalized and doable for weeks 5 and longer. I hope you are also experiencing the benefits from having your meals planned and prepped before it’s time to eat. My single biggest tip for increasing the nutrient-density of your diet each day: be prepared for your next meal before it’s time to eat. Befriend planning, prep, and cooking. To enjoy health you must first enjoy time in your kitchen. Here’s my notes from Week 4 which will hopefully help you enjoy you next cooking session even more. Maple Fruit...
Read MoreBenefits of Using Frozen Produce: Nutrition, Cost, Convenience
Share|Benefits of Using Frozen Produce In the age of local and raw, most healthy cooks are either confused about whether they can still use frozen fruits and vegetables or they’ve been overlooking it since the days when only sliced carrots and peas (or of course the mix of both) were available. But today, there is significantly increased variety, many organic and even local frozen winter CSA options, and a health crisis demanding we eat more produce. This makes frozen fruits and vegetables an attractive option. Nutrition Comparable to fresh and potentially higher: Depending on storage conditions of fresh (including how long and at what temp you stored it at...
Read MoreShopping – Winter Week 4: Varieties of Sweet Potato, Purpose of Kudzu Root, Benefits of Crimini Mushrooms
Share|Which Variety of Sweet Potato Works Best I prefer the lighter skinned variety (pictured in the center above) of sweet potato. It has a meatier, mild tasting flesh that withstands cooking in soups well. The darker skin variety which have the very rich orange flesh, often sold as ‘yams’, work well for fries or whipped (this could be used as a home-made puree used as a substitute to pumpkin in the Pumpkin Lasagna). My bottom line: the varieties are largely interchangeable, but play with different ones. Often when people think they don’t like sweet potatoes, they just haven’t found a variety yet that they do like. If you associate sweet...
Read MoreTrail Mix Ingredient: Dried Edamame
Share| Dried Edamame and Dry Roasted Soy Nuts Attached is a picture of these products to help you in your search. Dried edamame and dry roasted soy nuts are typically sold in the bulk or ‘healthy snacks’ sections of grocery stores. Oddly, sometimes not together. At Whole Foods – Minneapolis, I find dried edamame by the snacks and dry roasted soy nuts by bulk. A Must Watch on the Ingredients List: Ensure that they are DRY roasted, several varieties have added oils (which you do not want) Both products can be used equally well in any of the seasonal trail mix recipes from the meal planning kits. Online Source: Seapoint Farms Dried Edamame...
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