There’s no better way to broaden your skills in the kitchen and keep your meals interesting than to use new cooking techniques. From poaching and sautéing to roasting, braising, and steaming, there are a variety of ways to play up the different textures and tastes of food and enhance the quality and flavors of your meals. For example, sautéing is a cooking technique in which you use a very small amount of extra-virgin olive oil or canola oil to cook a variety of meats and veggies — be sure to sauté with a nonstick skillet or pan. Similarly, stir-frying involves cooking small pieces of food in a large pan or wok while stirring over very high heat. The trick to stir-frying is cooking the meat and then the thickest veggies before adding the ingredients that take the least amount of time to cook. Visit our healthy cooking glossary in the South Beach Diet Kitchen to learn about other cooking techniques.
This Week’s Challenge: Try a new cooking technique when preparing a meal for your family. Have you tried poaching eggs? Braising meat? Using a slow cooker? Take your cooking skills to the next level and play with different flavors and foods. Let us know what you learned and how your meal turned out. Share your experience and recipe pictures here!
This Week’s Challenge: Try a new cooking technique when preparing a meal for your family. Have you tried poaching eggs? Braising meat? Using a slow cooker? Take your cooking skills to the next level and play with different flavors and foods. Let us know what you learned and how your meal turned out. Share your experience and recipe pictures here!
