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Cooking ideas: Light risotto – make a low-cal version of it
To manage your weight successfully, you don't have to cut off all your favorite dishes – it's often enough to cook them differently. For instance, delicious risotto can contain fewer calories, but still be delicious, and you just need to alter the recipe a bit.
Kate Yakimchuk cooking ideas weight management risotto calories dieting 27 January 2024
Coriander Seeds: Health Benefits – You Didn't Know About It
Coriander seeds and leaves have a whole palette of flavors: from nutty to lemony.
Diana Dashkevich spices health healthy food health facts 27 January 2024
Food storage: Opened pickled vegetables – how long can they stay fresh
Picked vegetables tend to stay fresh for a really long period of time – it's one of the most long-lasting methods of preserving food. Meanwhile, as long as the can or jar is opened, they can't stay fresh and edible forever.
Kate Yakimchuk pickled vegetables food storage food tips ideas 27 January 2024
Food storage tips: Mold – how it appears in the fridge
When you leave some food on the table for a week, then you might expect it to become dry or moldy – it's a pretty natural thing to happen. Meanwhile, when you keep your food in the fridge, then you might expect it to stay safe from mold, but it still happens regularly.
Kate Yakimchuk mold bacteria healthy food danger food storage 27 January 2024
Tea magic: Use different kinds of tea – they help your nervous system
People drink coffee to stay awake, and they drink tea to relax and calm down. It's not just a tradition – lots of kids of tea actually contain ingredients that can help your nervous system a lot.
Kate Yakimchuk tea nervous system health benefits drinks tips 26 January 2024
Safflower: Health Benefits – You Didn't Know About It
Safflower has been used in folk medicine for several centuries to treat diseases of the cardiovascular system, tumors, and improve blood circulation.
Diana Dashkevich spices tea health health facts nutrition facts 26 January 2024
Romanesco Cabbage: Health Benefits – Important to Know
Compared to cauliflower and broccoli, Romanesco is more delicate in texture and has a milder, creamier, nuttier flavor without a bitter note.
Diana Dashkevich vegetables vitamins health health facts food facts 26 January 2024
Nutritionist's tips: Proteins, carbohydrates, fats – why are they so important?
While some people try their best not to consume too many calories to stay healthy, others understand the importance of the overall healthy diet. The key is to properly balance all the proteins, carbohydrates and fats in your diet.
Kate Yakimchuk healthy food nutrition facts nutrients vitamins dieting 26 January 2024
Nutritionist's tips: Winter diet – how to get enough vitamins from food
In winter, our bodies often lack not only vitamin D from sunlight, but also lots of vitamins and nutrients from various foods. While different kinds of food are available all year long, our food preferences might change during the year, which can affect your health.
Kate Yakimchuk fruits nutrition facts winter diet vitamins food 26 January 2024
Nutritionist's tips: Your body lacks iron – the main signs
Human body needs lots of elements and vitamins to stay healthy and functional, and iron is one of them. A person with a diverse and healthy diet can easily get all it needs from its food, but if your diet is imbalanced, then your body might lack iron.
Kate Yakimchuk iron nutrition facts healthy food nutrients food 25 January 2024
Expert Opinion: Which Vitamins Boost Immunity – Useful Tips
Vitamins A, B6, C, E and D are most important for the proper functioning of the immune system.
Diana Dashkevich health health facts healthy food immune system 25 January 2024
Butter: Health Benefits - You Didn't Know About It
The taste of fresh butter is creamy; depending on the variety, sweet or salty undertones may be more noticeable. The texture is plastic, homogeneous. Good oil does not crumble when cutting.
Diana Dashkevich butter food healthy food food facts 25 January 2024
Food history: Sublimated foods – how they changed the life in the USA
Food has never been so accessible all the time – it used to be a huge problem to grow, buy, and store foods. Luckily, preservation methods helped people of the pact a lot, and new inventions have made it even easier for us to get fresh food almost anywhere and anytime.
Kate Yakimchuk sublimated food food storage benefits history food 25 January 2024
Food storage tips: Soups – keep them fresh for a long time!
While it's relatively easy to freeze some cooked meat or vegetables to eat them later, it might be way harder with liquids like soups. Soups are way harder to store, and you should eat them fresh – so what should you do?
Kate Yakimchuk soup food storage cooking tips food ideas 25 January 2024
Beverage ideas: Make a tincture – add frozen cherries!
If you like having a collection of alcoholic beverages at home, and enjoy the home-made ones, then you probably have a few tinctures at home, too. The best thing about them is that they often taste amazing, and they also are extremely easy to prepare.
Kate Yakimchuk tincture drinks alcohol drink ideas party ideas 24 January 2024
Capers: Health Benefits
Capers are not food. But rather, decorating food. In cooking, they play the role of a powerful seasoning: one spoon of capers is enough for them to impart their strong spicy-mustard taste and aroma to the entire environment and invigorate the most bland dish.
Diana Dashkevich capers food facts healthy food cooking 24 January 2024
Enoki Mushrooms: Health Benefits
Enoki is one of the traditional ingredients of Pan-Asian cuisine. Their structure is somewhat reminiscent of honey mushrooms, but they have a pale yellow color, a long stem and small caps. It tastes a little like egg yolk.
Diana Dashkevich mushrooms cooking food facts food storage 24 January 2024
Nutritionist's tips: Artificial sweeteners are better than sugary drinks
Nowadays, lots of people don't trust artificial sweeteners, or simply dislike the taste of particular sweeteners. Meanwhile, drinks like cola with artificial sweeteners instead of sugar can have lots of benefits.
Kate Yakimchuk artificial sweeteners nutrition facts sugar health tips 24 January 2024
Coffee ideas: Brew it differently – coffee brewing ideas
If you really love coffee, then you probably know a few methods on how to brew it – it just makes everything more exciting! But even if you tend to use just one coffee brewing method, you can always learn some new things online.
Kate Yakimchuk coffee brewing coffee machine drinks caffeine brewing 24 January 2024
Nutritionist's insights: Overeating VS Not eating enough – how stress affects it
When stressed, people can develop different relationships with food. While it's usually based on their personality and experiences, it can also be affected by the type and reason of their stress.
Kate Yakimchuk nutrition facts overeating hunger hormones appetite stress 23 January 2024