How to Use Starches as a Thickening Agent

When starches are used as a thickening agent you always need to make a slurry then pour it into the hot mixture. (examples include: cooked cream pies, puddings, sauces, gravy, …

Perfect Buckwheat

Yield: about 3½ cups Buckwheat is a gluten free, three sided seed, but we call it a grain. It’s goes under the name of buckwheat groats and has a distinctive …

Millet

Millet is actually a seed but is referred to as a grain. It’s one of the oldest and most nutritious grains for nearly one-third of the world’s population. It is …

Sauté Onions (without oil)

Oil is not a necessary ingredient to brown onions. When we learn to cook without oil we cut back on consuming empty calories. There are two methods to achieve this: …

Date Paste

Date paste is tasty way to cut back on processed sugar. It’s easy to make, keeps well in the fridge and can be frozen.

Fluffy Brown Rice

Before my instant pot I use to struggle with making fluffy brown rice. I like to keep this recipe as a reference for anyone unfamiliar with how to cook rice.

Quinoa – stove top

Yield: about 3 cups cooked Although quinoa is a seed, we call it a grain. I found quinoa to be one of the hardest grains to cook. From my experience, …

One Minute Quinoa – instant pot

I follow the cooking directions to 1-Minute Quinoa that came with the Instant Pot. To keep your grains from getting mushy, pay close attention to the liquid to grain ratio.

Wild Rice (how to cook)

Always wash wild rice before cooking and never add salt until the grain is cooked. Adding salt at the beginning will harden the outer bran and prevent water absorption.