About me
I've read that no-one cooks anymore, but I don't believe it. I like to make quick meals from scratch, with lots of fresh vegetables and whole grains. My family used the DASH eating plan to rebalance our menues, which has made meal planning easy. We eat more and weigh less! I hope BigOven will do USDA-type portion sizes/exchanges to help us all improve our recipes.
Now, I'm seeing diabetes, pre-diabetes, and triglyceride problems all around me, so I've learned to tell a good carb from a bad carb. Using some ideas I picked up from the South Beach diet and some from Neal Barnard, I'm making some of my favorite recipes and meal plans a little better on the blood sugar.
I don't like computers in the kitchen. I like to be able to update a chapter of my personal cookbook from time to time, or easily print out a little booklet of recipes after a party. To speed things up, I created a tool that can automatically format an entire BigOven recipe-box. I started the Printing Recipes and Cookbooks discussion group here, and created the Recipe PrintingTools group at Google Groups to store files. Please share your questions, tips, your favorite customized BigOven recipe themes and other tools.
Steve advised me how to make a cheese sauce work by allowing more time for the white sauce to thicken, then turning off the heat letting the cheese melt slowly. No curdling. No separating.
It turns out, chocolate is best melted gently, too. More gently than I had ever thought. When I found out how to melt chocolate without ruining it, I had to write it down before I forgot. Lately, I'm making a lot of Chocolate, Cocoa, and Cinnamon Patties
My Favorite Foods
Simple foods prepared from scratch, with fresh flavors and plenty of garlic. Lots of vegetables. Almost anything from "The Frugal Gourmet". Decent bread. Hearty one-pot meals.
I like Barilla Plus pasta, but hate boxed whole-wheat pasta.
Website
http://familynutritionist.blogspot.com/
Groups
ReneeM is a member of
Ask a Chef,
Bread Machines and Bread Bakers,
Cooking How-To,
Diabetic,
Food Photography,
Grilling,
Growing Fresh Herbs,
Kid Friendly Food,
Lighter Fare,
Menu Planning ,
Nutrition News and Info,
On diet,
Printing Recipes and Cookbooks,
The Lazy Chefs,
Tools of the Trade,
veg love,
Vegan Cooking,
Weight Watchers
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