By reading the nutririon labels on food packets you’ll discover how many grams of fat per serving each food contains. Some fat in your diet is healthy, but too much can be  problem. While there’s no need to become obsessed with details, having some idea of what you’re eating helps you shed excess weight and maintain a balanced diet. An egg has around six grams of fat, a glass of milk can have up to ten grams, while a bowl of toasted...

The creative cook can often cook her way out of a kitchen error, but the smart cook aims to prevent such creativity from being necessary. Here are some of my favorite cooking guides that are included with my recipes as well as those that I’ve picked up from cookbooks and magazines. You can find a lot more in my blog posting here. 1. Don’t use to much oil in sauteing  Oil is better than solid fat. Among the vegetable oils, corn oil...

1. Eat slowly, chewing food thoroughly. Food should be eaten slowly, and should be thoroughly masticated. 2. Eat regularly. Regularity in eating is of vital of importance. The stomach cannot properly handle a delayed meal. 3. Eat nothing between meals. Never should a morsel of food pass the lips between meas. 4. Eat in cheerful surrounding and with pleasant table conversation. A merry heart does good like a medicine. 5. Drink water...

A simple way is to marked a calendar and start on a day of your choice like Monday is pork, chicken ‘ Tuesday vegetables and so on it. It saves money to make a plan before you go to the market what you serve for each days meals including, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and desserts.   1. Avoid preparing foods of the same food group in one meal, such as starches -pancit, spaghetti and rice; or proteins –baked beans, gluten minudo...

  Meal planning doesn’t have to take a lot of time! The more you plan the easier it gets. A little planning goes a long way in helping you have healthy eating habits.   Use the Basic Six as your guide in making your menu. Try to plan weekly menus. Avoid having the same menu on the same day of the week, week after week. Make use of foods in season. They are fresh, wholesome and inexpensive. Menus should be flexible to...

If you want more nutrients, antioxidants and fiber in your diet—eat more vegetables! We know it’s tough to expand your vegetable vocabulary when you don’t know how to cook unfamiliar varieties, so we’ve compiled this cooking tips for our favorite vegetables.   1. Choose the fresh vegetables. Cheap ones are not always the best buy. 2. Wash vegetables thoroughly before pairing or cutting. 3. Don’t soak potatoes, kamote and...