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Watch the Knives: Kitchen Safety 101

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Watch the Knives: Kitchen Safety 101

When it comes to cooking in your kitchen, you may focus more on how your dishes look and taste, but that isn’t the most important thing. Cooking and baking can actually cause some serious problems if you don’t take proper precautions. Here are some of the basics of kitchen safety you should regularly be reviewing. Wash Your Hands You may hear a lot about washing your hands, but that’s for a good reason. You don’t want to contaminate your food with any bacteria or dirt that is already on your hands, and you don’t want to cross-contaminate your food when...

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How to Get More Veggies in Your Diet This Winter

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How to Get More Veggies in Your Diet This Winter

Sure, the weather is cold, the leaves have fallen, and the ground is frozen. But you don't have to sacrifice your eating habits to canned vegetables and under-ripe fruits. Getting fresh, healthy, delectable food is just as possible now as it is the rest of the year. You just have to know what veggies to look for. Here are some tips to get healthy, whole foods back in your diet even when most food isn’t in season.   Brussels Sprouts Remember being a kid and not wanting to eat your Brussel sprouts? And then you grew up and realized how...

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5 Reasons Why a Carbon Monoxide Detector is a Must-Have in Your Kitchen

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5 Reasons Why a Carbon Monoxide Detector is a Must-Have in Your Kitchen

Carbon monoxide kills about 200 people every year and injures another 5,000. Without a detector, you will never know it's there. Let's look at reasons why you must have a carbon monoxide detector in your kitchen. 1. Colorless, odorless, tasteless and toxic You can't see it, smell it, taste it, hear it or feel it, but if it builds up in your home, it can injure or kill you. A carbon monoxide sensor can detect this deadly gas and alert you to its presence while the level is still low enough not to be a danger to you. 2. Produced...

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Common Ways Beginner Chefs Fail at Healthy Cooking

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Common Ways Beginner Chefs Fail at Healthy Cooking

Cooking at home is possibly the single greatest thing you can do to improve the quality of your diet. Unlike processed foods, which are full of sugar and preservatives, home-cooked meals can be perfectly calibrated to your calorie goals, nutrition requirements, and special dietary needs. Buying ingredients, learning different cooking methods, and mastering tools all take practice, but it's worth it.   Using Nonstick Cookware At first glance, nonstick cookware sounds like a healthy choice, because it will take less butter or oil to keep your food from sticking, right? Well, yes, but if overheated, the fumes can make you...

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