Healthy Cooking Tips: All the Flavor Less Fat

[Hyped_up_on_coffee]

Healthier Flavor Alternatives

I have a bachelors in Culinary and Food Service Management so naturally I learned a bit about nutrition in school. A problem most culinary students have is that they usually rely on bacon, cheese, and butter to get good flavor, but there are many things that people can do to get a great tasting meal without getting diabetes. Here is a list of a few ingredients or things that can be used to get a bomb flavor profile:

• Herbs


• Spices


• Garlic


• Onion


• Shallots


• chilies

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Cooking with Herbs

Herbs are pretty awesome, basil is pretty great on pasta - it can be used to make a pesto or simply cut thinly in order to complement the flavor profile. Rosemary goes pretty great on lamb, and dill can be used to create a tzatziki sauce which also has cucumber, yogurt, and a bit of lemon juice.

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Cooking with Spices

Ethnic cuisine often relies on spices in order to get its flavors, in India they rely on many spice mixes for their fool like garam masala. Spices can also be used to create rubs and barbecue sauces.

Cooking with Garlic, Onions & Shallots

Garlic, onions, and Shallots are all aromatics they pack a lot of flavor. They are the basic essentials in a lot of restaurant recipes. Garlic is obviously used a lot in Italian food and it helps provide a lot of its flavor. Roast garlic and puree it up with any soup , I like roasted tomato soup with bell peppers and garlic.

If you have to make a sauce I suggest adding shallots to it and then straining it, these babies pack a lot of flavor as they are a cross of an onion and garlic.

Tips for Making Spicy Food

Spicy food rocks! Chillies have capsaicin and it can help clear sinuses, has cardiovascular benefits , and boosts your immune system. A spicy salsa is also a great way to add a lot of flavor to your favorite foods.

Healthy Cooking Techniques

Aside from that remember to use healthy cooking techniques such as baking, grilling, and poaching. Use oils to a minimum, and use a lot of vegetables. I hope this article gets your creative juices rolling and that you experiment with the following to spice up your boring diet, if you are going on one.</p>

[TStorm]

Great take for those who want to bring a change of taste in food they eat already.

In the country where I live, for great taste, we only rely on these things you mentioned. for most meals, we never use cheese, butter etc for flavor or taste.

finding the right combination ratio of these things may require a few hit and trials, but is worth it, I can guarantee.

[bubble_tea]

"they usually rely on bacon, cheese, and butter to get good flavor, but there are many things that people can do to get a great tasting meal without getting diabetes"

I think you meant to say high cholesterol, because I don't think you can actually get diabetes from eating lots of fat.

[Hyped_up_on_coffee]

thats what every professor I have had says

[molan]

mm bacon who can live without bacon :P

In type 1 diabetes the body's immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells, but currently the cause remains uncertain.

As for type 2 diabetes it is a little more complex. It's the combination of genes and lifestyle that influences the development of type 2 diabetes. So you can't say bacon etc. causes diabetes, however you can reduce the risk by eating healthy.

[bubble_tea]

@molan and asker: That's strange, I always thought excessive intake of sugar will cause diabetes, depending on your genetics. My friend whose father is diabetic always told me she shouldn't eat that much sugar, but she was never worried about her fat intake.

[molan]

Truth be told we don't know for sure what exactly causes type 2 diabetes, except we can see both genetics and eating habits in combination is the key.

Both sugar and fat can cause problems if the result is overweight and you have the genes. But the exact combination is yet unknown.

[AshleyMD]

Less fat doesn't equal not getting diabetes, people get diabetes from eating too much sugar. I love your effort to help people to become more healthy but please try to avoid misinformation as best as possible. Also please remind people that fat in and of itself is not the problem but trans and sat fat is which is like you said the butter (sat fats) and fried foods (trans fats). Oils (unsat fats) are actually good for you and you seem to imply that they are not.

[bubble_tea]

Actually it's more difficult than that. Some sat fats are healthy (e. g. coconut oil that is used a lot in Asian cuisines). Some unsat fat aren't healthy (don't remember which ones). Most importantly, you need both kinds of fat (in a certain ratio) to be healthy. Something that's never healthy is trans fat.

[AshleyMD]

@bubble_tea but you need more unsat fat than sat fat, unsat fat is generally healthier than sat fat, sure it might be more complicated, as most things are, but the base argument still remains: trans fats are bad, sat fats are usually bad and unsat fats are generally good, obviously though everything in moderation, too much of anything is bad.

[fiego]

@Hyped_up_on_coffee What is the healthiest (and best tasting) way to cook chicken? I'm excited to get a recipe from someone that is in Culinary school... thanks in advance.

[Hyped_up_on_coffee]

I would grill it and probably like put some type of rub on it , like these.

www.cookinglight.com/.../view-all

[fiego]

@Hyped_up_on_coffee Thanks the weather is supposed to be nice this weekend and I'm going to BBQ and try the Southwestern Rub.

[Hyped_up_on_coffee]

Yay that sounds awesome

[NateInAk]

So marinated and grilled chicken. Thoughts?
And who can live without bacon and butter?
I guess a better question is how long can you live WITH them haha

[Hyped_up_on_coffee]

lol you don't need to cut them out. This is just an article to help people on boring diets to survive

[NateInAk]

Oh trust me, I'm NOT cutting them out anytime soon lol

[essaypr]

very good!!