Bakeware and Cookware Selection & Care Part II

Selecting the right cookware and bakeware makes home cooking much more pleasurable. You do not have to spend $100’s on individual pieces or a set.

In Part II of this two part video:

• Reactive versus non-reactive.
• Oven safe.
• Cost & quality.
• Flatness
• Buy a set or individual pieces?

Bakeware and Cookware Selection & Care Part I

Selecting the right cookware and bakeware makes home cooking much more pleasurable. You do not have to spend $100’s on individual pieces or a set.

In Part I of this two part video:

• Bakeware & Cookware materials.
• 18/8 versus 18/10 stainless steel.
• Nonstick versus uncoated.
• Teflon® and PFOA health risks.

Healthy Eating On $5 A Day?

For many individuals and families, meal costs run into the $1,000 annually. A $5 or more breakfast, a $10 to $20 lunch, and a $15 or more dinner. And that is for one person. The cost or dining out and prepared foods usually goes on a credit card. Is it any wonder, many people do not have any savings?

After 5 years of producing my YouTube cooking videos, I reviewed my annual food cost. Unlike professional food photographers, the foods I prepared were all eatable after being photographed. They were foods I actually eat. My annual food costs? About $1800 or $5 a day. $5 a day for three meals and snacks.

I live in Phoenix, Arizona where food costs are moderate due to intense competition. Regardless of foods costs in your area, you can eat for a fraction of the cost of dining out. The catch? Over 95% of my meals are home cooked.

I know many people claim they do not have the time to cook or they do not want to cook. Fine. That is a decision you must make.

Considering the facts that about 70% of adult Americans are overweight or obese and that 60% of the American diet is prepared foods there appears to be cause and effect.

Also consider the fact that home cooked meals have less chemical additives than prepared foods.

This video looks at how you can slash your food budget and eat healthier.

Bharadvaja’s Twist

Bharadvaja’s Twist begins in Hero pose and works your upper and lower body. This moderately difficult pose has a number of physical and mental health benefits. Review the contraindications before doing this pose. While it may look simple, it can be challenging it you have limited range of motion or flexibility in your neck, shoulder, elbow, hips, knees and ankles.

English Name: Bharadvaja’s Twist

Sanskrit Name: Bharadvajasana

Difficulty Level: 4

Start Position: Hero

Instructions:

Step 1.

Keep your right leg in Hero pose and extend your left leg.

Step 2.

Bend your left knee and place your left foot in your right hip.

Step 3.

Holding your left foot with your left hand wrapped behind your back, twist to the left and place your right hand on your the outside of your left thigh.

Step 4.

Gaze over your left shoulder. Hold the pose for a few breaths or as long as the pose feels comfortable. Release. Return to Hero pose and repeat on the other side.

Physical Benefits:

  • Strengths back muscles
  • Improves flexibility
  • Opens up the chest
  • Improves knee, hip, and ankle health
  • Helps relieve menopausal discomfort
  • Lowers blood pressure
  • Improves digestions
  • Opens up the chest
  • Reduces low back and neck discomfort

Mental Benefits

  • Increases focus
  • Calms the mind
  • Increased mental clarity
  • Relieves mild anxiety & depression

Contraindications:

  • Knee, hip, or ankle injury
  • Headache
  • Migraine
  • Arthritis
  • Heart disease
  • Neck back injury
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