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I got this tip from a nutritionist. So today I made some cabbage but I didn't put oil like I always do just a little water in the pan and I honestly couldn't tell the difference in the taste. Growing up I always thought oil was necessary but I don't think it is.
I do this too with vegetables, I add a tiny bit of water and let them steam. It works well with basics like onions and peppers too. I steam it for a while covered until they soften and then uncover them until they brown a little. I actually prefer this to cooking in oil.
I use water, broth and oil, it depends on what dish I am cooking and who I am cooking for as to what I use. Some dietary restrictions of friends and family require different cooking methods and I am more than happy to oblige when need be.
My husband uses vegie and chicken broths all the time--the sodium free/low ones--for chicken, vegies, whatever else. Everything tastes good he makes with them!
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I make vinaigrette according to the recipe on the Pampered Chef salad dressing container, which has lines to show the vinegar and oil. I always use 1/2 broth in place of 1/2 oil, and it tastes perfectly fine, and saves a bunch of fat and calories.
I never ever use oil of any kind. I use water and/or butter.
Fry your eggs in a pan with about 3/4 inch of water and cover them with a lid and watch them come out fantastic. Use a slotted spoon to remove them.
You can add vinegar to the water.
You now make really good poached eggs.
I have used vegetable stock to saute for over a year now. It saves hundreds of calories.
My method is heating the pan, adding the a cup of stock...maybe a bit more and then adding the vegetables (6 CUPS OR MORE ) then putting the lid on....keeping the temp high. Check after a couple minutes and see if more stock is needed adding just enough to prevent burning. Let the veggies release their liquid and soften a bit....then remove lid and cook...adding more a little stock as needed.
When veggies are almost done I let the stock evaporate as I stir constantly....letting veggies brown slightly, watch carefully.
I never ever use oil of any kind. I use water and/or butter.
Fry your eggs in a pan with about 3/4 inch of water and cover them with a lid and watch them come out fantastic. Use a slotted spoon to remove them.
You can add vinegar to the water.
You now make really good poached eggs.
That is exactly how we poach ours. I did have one of those egg poachers, but they were a little Hard to handle. The steam would be coming out and the little handles were hard to grasp plus they weren't that easy to clean. I went back to the way you are saying and would never do it any other way.
Depends of the dish a flavor profile I am looking to achieve.
I know that we use a lot less oil/fats than previous generations of our family.
Well, except for Costco Organic EVOO. I could slurp down tablespoons of that stuff everyday. We seem to drizzle a lot of it over everything.
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