Amazing kitchen tricks.1. To cut down on the amount of fat you use in cooking, use olive or canola oil Noun 1. canola oil - vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids canola vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants in recipes that call for butter or margarine. When using olive or canola oil, substitute a teaspoon when the recipe calls for a tablespoon. Less oil will work just as well and save a few calories, too. 2. For thicker, creamier soups, forget the flour, butter, or heavy cream. Instead, take out about half the vegetables and puree pu·rée or pu·ree tr.v. pu·réed or pu·reed, pu·rée·ing or pu·ree·ing, pu·rées or pu·rees To rub through a strainer or process (food) in a blender. n. them in a blender until smooth. Then stir back into the soup. 3. To make a delicious sandwich spread, open a can of white or black beans, or chickpeas; drain, and rinse. Puree with garlic, lemon, cilantro, and ground cumin cumin or cummin (both: kŭm`ĭn), low annual herb (Cuminum cyminum) of the family Umbelliferae (parsley family), long cultivated in the Old World for the aromatic seedlike fruits. . 4. Bake whole sweet potatoes or yams instead of white potatoes. To cut cooking time in half, split the potatoes lengthwise length·wise adv. & adj. Of, along, or in reference to the direction of the length; longitudinally. Adj. 1. lengthwise , and bake them cut-side down in a pan lightly coated with olive oil. HealthWise |
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