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Healthy Side Dishes: Slow Cooked Baked Beans
Healthy Soups and Stews: Amateur’s Light Breeze Chicken Chili
Healthy Appetizers: Mint Chutney
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“Cilantro, mint and a hint of spice make this a magnificent chutney that would go great with lamb. I had searched everywhere for this recipe. The stars aligned one day and I not only found a fabulous house to rent, but a landlord who knew how to make Mint Chutney! This is Roselyn’s recipe.”
Why I Don’t Cook “Light,” “Diet,” or “Healthy” Recipes — Loving Food While Losing Weight
I have been known to say that any cookbook is a weight loss book, because I strongly believe that cooking for yourself at home is the best way to lose weight. I know this axiom isn’t totally accurate (hey, Paula Deen!), but it contains a lot of truth.
Another reason I like to issue this advice is that I’ve seen weight loss and home cooking goals evaporate in the face of recipes that are engineered to be low-cal, low-fat, and low-sodium. Those recipes can also be incredibly low-flavor. Regardless of how “good” the nutrition facts of a dish are, it doesn’t benefit your health or your weight loss efforts if you don’t eat it, or if you’re snacking an hour later because dinner didn’t satisfy.
Jade’s Thai Kitchen in Chiang Mai — Kitchen Tour
Who cooks and eats here: Jade and Toby Keller, son Cy, and dog Dot
Where: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Rent or Own? Rent
Jade and Toby’s kitchen in Thailand feels familiar and inviting at first glance, but if you look closely you’ll notice several elements you don’t often see in American kitchens: a shelving rack for helmets for the couple’s scooter transportation, a (tiny) portable oven instead of a large range for baking, a power converter to operate all the coffee-making equipment.
Those are just some of the ways Jade’s cooking life has changed since she and her husband moved to Thailand four years ago, but you know what? They love it.
How To Make Quick Vietnamese Beef Noodle Pho — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn
Vietnamese beef noodle pho is an easy soup to fall in love with. Those chewy noodles. That savory broth. The tender slices of beef. All those crunchy, spicy, herby garnishes that we get to toss on top. On a cold evening, after a rough day at work, when we’re sick, on a lazy weekend afternoon — a bowl of piping hot pho is pretty much always a good idea.
Beef pho (pronounced “fuh“!) feels like a restaurant staple, but it’s not actually all that hard to make a quick version at home. This recipe for Quick Vietnamese Beef Pho was one of our favorites from The Kitchn Cookbook, so much so that we wanted to walk you through how to make it, step-by-step.