To Sift, Or Not To Sift?

Some recipes, like cakes, call for sifted flour. Unlike countries that use metric weights in grams, U.S. recipes use cups. One cups of sifted flour does not equal 1 cup of four sifted. In both cases, it aerates and removes clumps of flour. But, the weight of sifted flour is less than unsifted flour. More flour can contribute to tough dry cakes.

Sifting ingredients does not mean you must invest in a sifter. A large sieve can serve as a sifter when needed.

In this video:

• Reasons for sifting. 00:37
• Why sift flour and sugar? 1:57
• When to sift. 2:30
• Use a sieve for sifting. 3:11

Tips For Novice Cooks: Little Or No Cooking Recipes And Meals

Eating healthy meals does not require a lot of cooking experience. A food industry myth is that eating out is more economical than home cooking. And yet, one of the first thing cut during hard economic times is dining out.

You do not have to spend hours in the kitchen preparing healthy meals. Hundreds of recipes and meals requiring little or no cooking. When you compare the cost of home cooked or prepared foods to commercially prepared foods you can eat organic meals for a fraction of the cost.

In this video:

• Cooking is older than homo sapiens. 00:36
• Recipes that do not require cooking. 1:54
• Simple cooked recipes. 3:34
• Slow cookers versus pressure cookers. 6:01

Tips For Novice Cooks: Recipe Blog Nutrition And Stylized Food Photos

Most cookbooks, cooking shows, and blogs use professional stylized photos you should ignore. In most cases your version will not look like the photo or video. Even foods plated by a cooking shoe host are stylized to make them more appealing. It is legal, but deceptive. Courts allow stylized photos citing “reasonable consumers” know they do not represent the actual foods.

In addition to stylized food photos are nutrition facts that are too good to be true. All commercially prepared foods must have accurate nutrition information. The requirement does not apply to recipe blogs. Nutrition information that sounds too good to be true probably is.

In this video:

• Ignore stylized recipe photos. 00:33
• Recipe blog nutrition facts accuracy. 2:48

Tips For Novice Cooks: Recipe Ingredient Measurements & Temperature

Some recipes require more accurate ingredients measurements than others. For example, cakes, muffins, biscuits, pastries and pie crusts.

Most recipe blogs and cookbooks using measuring cups do not specify which type of cup to use; wet or dry. There are significant difference that can drastically affect a recipe.

Also, some cake recipes specify sifted ingredients and room temperature ingredients.

This video clarifies when to use room temperature ingredients, what room temperature means and how to accurately measure ingredients.

In this video:

• Why use room temperature ingredients? 00:30
• Accurately measuring ingredients. 2:15

Tips For Novice Cooks: Anatomy Of A Recipe

Many recipes promote failure instead of success. Recipe blogs now dominate the internet. Anyone can become an expert cook, nutritionist, diet expert, and food photographer. At least according to their blog.

Many recipe blogs provide more advertisements than useful information. Blogs that offer nutrition facts can provide erroneous or misleading information to make their recipe appear to be healthier than it actually is.

In this video:

• Anatomy of a recipe. 00:37
• Recipes are a guide. 1:38
• Beware of inaccurate statements and tips. 4:37

Easy High Protein Baked Fish With Potatoes And Carrots

Easy baked fish recipe with potatoes and carrots that takes as little as 10 minutes to prepare and provides about 35 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber for 400 calories.

This recipe makes 3 to 6 servings. Nutrition information is based on 3 servings providing at 14 ounces of food for about 400 calories.

Unlike frozen and prepared meals, this recipe uses all natural ingredients and has no chemical additives or preservatives.

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