Posts Tagged "learn to cook"

Lentil Soup in 10 Minutes

If you have limited time to cook nutritious evening meals, a pressure cooker can make cooking easier. I love mine because when my pressure cooker is on the stove, I know that delicious, healthy food is literally only minutes away!

Pressure cooking requires only 30% of the time that traditional cooking methods need to finish–saving you time and effort.

And don’t worry—gone are the pressure cookers of old that had soup exploding everywhere! Today’s pressure cookers….

Get a Complimentary Healthy Holiday Cookbook

Happy December!

You know that fresh, healthy food is delicious, but your loved ones might not understand your love of greens. So, if you are going to bring ‘healthy’ food to a holiday gathering, I suggest it be extra delicious lest you have to listen to “rabbit food” jokes all night long.

Behind the Scenes at my Natural Foods Cooking Program

I just finished teaching my October Natural Foods Cooking Training. One of the concepts we talk about in class is how to use recipe templates—basic recipes like soup and hummus that you can easily change for variety. Check out this short video showing you how having go-to templates makes it much simpler to whip up a delicious, healthy snack or meal in no time:

Coconut Oil LOVE!

I have a confession—I’m in love with coconut oil! So much in fact, that you’ll notice many of my recipes feature this object of my affection. Because coconut oil is a saturated fat, it is especially great for baking. In my Natural Foods Training Class we prepare a coconut oil pie crust that is SO flaky–my mouth is watering just thinking about it!

Besides making killer pie crusts, coconut oil also….

How to Get Your Cooking Mojo Back!

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful time of year as we transition from summer to fall. This back-to-school, back-to schedule time is a great time to get back into your kitchen and cook up healthy, comforting meals.

But what if you just don’t feel like cooking? Last week, I got this email from Pat: