Steam-cooking in a little water
This is an excellent method of cooking vegetables, and can be considered on a par with cooking in a steamer. In a saucepan, bring a little liquid (water, broth, stock) to the boil. Add the vegetables, cover and steam-boil your vegetables, checking on the water level from time to time. Do not let them boil dry.

Whipped Turnip Puff Recipe

Vegatable Main Dish Recipes: Rice and Beans….Grains and Greens

Steaming is a simple, gentle technique and a very good way of cooking vegetables that you want to serve plainly. Pour a liquid (water, stock, broth) into the lower compartment of the steamer. Bring to the boil and place vegetables in the steamer. Cover and cook until the vegetables are just tender.

Tomatoes and Okra Recipe

Hominy Grits, Eggplant, and Tomato Casserole Recipe

If we want our vegetables to retain as much of their goodness as possible, we need to make a significant effort to cook them well. As we have seen, steaming. cooking in a small amount of water and microwaving– are preferred techniques to boiling, because with the latter the cooking liquid, which remains unused, leaches nutrients from the vegetables. And in order to help cut down on fat consumption, we must use as little oil as possible when stir-frying vegetables in a wok or pan and when roasting them.
Whichever technique you decide upon, take care not to overcook vegetables. Overcooking destroys many nutrients in food, including important vitamins. Whether they are cooked whole or sliced, vegetables need to be about the same size so that they will cook evenly and be ready simultaneously. If your green vegetables are ready a little too early, plunge them into a large quantity of cold water to stop the cooking and prevent loss of colour. When they are just cooled. strain them immediately and keep them cold and moist. Vegetables can be reheated in a covered saucepan in a little water, by steaming, by adding them to boiling water for a short time, or by microwaving them.

Curried Vegetable Cousous Recipe

Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Water and milk are in most cases the best drinks for children and are much cheaper than many commercial sweet drinks. Sweetened drinks often make children even thirstier, and can increase the risk of tooth decay. For really sweet indulgence, get some healthy sherbet

Pineapple Sherbet Recipe

Lemon Sherbet Recipe

Seasonal fruits and vegetables are always cheaper than those out of season. Many of us stick to the same three or four vegetables, forgetting that sometimes we are paying top prices for out-of-season, produce. Try new-season vegetables, such as asparagus and artichokes, which are becoming cheaper and cheaper every year.

Garden Zucchini Skillet Recipe

Green Beans with Caramelized Onion and Tomato Relish Recipe

Most families could economize by cutting down on the quantity of meat they eat. Many of us eat more meat than we need. As we have seen, the recommended consumption of trimmed meat per day is only 125 g per person.
Try the cheaper cuts of meat, which are often tastier than the more commonly bought cuts. You’ll be amazed at how delicious beef spare ribs, shin of beef, oxtail and rabbits can be.

Here are some meat recipes:

Chinese-Style Beef Ribs Recipe

Sherried Veal Pot Roast Recipe

The kitchen
Make the most of your family kitchen. Nutritionally sound home-cooked food is tastier, healthier and cheaper than restaurant food and take-aways. Here also you can save a few dollars a week, some of which could be invested in equipping your kitchen a little better and perhaps buying a wok, a steamer and a good knife or cleaver.

A good knife here refers to sharp and able to cut things faster. Personally I prefer to use bigger and longer knife, especially when it comes to cutting vegetables. I find them to cut things faster compare to shorter knives.

Make full use of multi cooker, slow cooker, thermo cooker and many others which can be quite a saver in terms of money you spent on restaurant food. They are especially great in helping you to cut down on cooking time also!

Healthy Low Carb Diabetic Diet

Good food is often thought to be expensive, perhaps because people assume that good food means rich food. Following the general recommendations of this book, which advise us to eat less fatty meat, use less fat and salt and eat more cereals, pulses and seasonal, fruits and vegetables, will undoubtedly help you to economize on your food bills (not to mention the doctor’s bills!).

The Garden

One can save several dollars a week by growing a few seasonal vegetables. The outstanding freshness of home-grown vegetables is something to treasure. Children love to help you in the garden and will learn how to grow things for themselves. Favorite herbs, like parsley, thyme, rosemary, chives and basil, are easy to grow in pots and can be used as a substitute for salt to season many dishes.

Eggplant Parmigiana Recipe

Cream of Carrot Soup Recipe

Our kitchen usually reflects our lifestyle. A kitchen should be a light, pleasant and comfortable room that stimulates an interest in cooking and good communication. A family kitchen should be sufficiently spacious to welcome children during meal-preparation and to allow for the inclusion of a table within the room itself.
A double sink is always handy and I prefer a wall oven to a low-level one, for it is more convenient for the cook as well as being out of reach of young children. A kitchen that opens out onto the living area enables the cook to communicate freely with other members of the family while working. A large window overlooking the backyard provides a pleasant outlook and brings lots of natural light into the room. It is also useful for keeping an eye on younger members of the family playing outside.
A kitchen seems to work best when the sink stands somewhere between the work bench and stove. These three elements should not be too far apart so as to economise on legwork, and the stove and oven should be very close to one another.

Cooking Tips

Healthy Low Carb Diabetic Recipe

How To Store Fish?

Unwrapfish and check that the insides of whole fish are well cleaned. As with meat, pack fish slices or fillets carefully on top of one another before wrapping in plastic. Put on a plate or dish on the highest shelf of the fridge where it is coldest.

How To Store Dairy Products And Eggs?

Low-fat cheeses and fatty spreads are stored as high as possible in the fridge. If you buy butter for special occasions, keep it in butter compartment where it will stay soft. High-fat cheeses are kept down low in the fridge or in the vegetable crisper. Eggs are porous and stat fresher if stored in their carton rather than in special egg compartments in the fridge door.

Poached Sea Bass with Pesto Verde Recipe

Eggs Benedict Recipe