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Soups & Stews - Winter bounty

Soups and stews are a way of enjoying the season's peak produce.  These one-pot meals represent true comfort food that can be created from the humblest ingredient to the most exotic.  More...

 

One-pot meals

One-pot meals that incorporate all essential meal ingredients into one pot represent true simplicity. 

The advantage of one-pot meals are that they combine all the basic food groups, carbohydrates, proteins, dairy, fruit and vegetables into one pot.  These meals range from hearty casseroles and stews that can take up to 1 ˝ - 2 hours to cook through to curries, stir fries, risottos and pasta meals that can be cooked in under 30 minutes.  More...

 

Sources of fat

Dietary patterns lows in saturated fats have been found to reduce incidents of heart attacks.
 
The Heart Foundation recommends having a diet low in saturated fat and using only small amount of oil, margarine, nuts and seeds.  More...

 

Cheese use & storage

Cheeses are generally eaten because of their individual characteristics.  Very rarely do you buy a cheese to convert into another dish, the only exception being fresh cheeses.  More...

Previous articles

  • Benefits of fish
  • Pastry Pies
  • Liquids
  • Barbecue tips
  • Sources of protein
  • Pasta
  • Soups
  • Breakfast
  • Frying
  • Condiments/Seasonings
  • Heart Foundation tackles sodium levels in lower cost foods
  • Challenge to Burger Makers
  • Low Carbohydrate Diets
  • Fruit & Vegetables
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