Cooking tips

Low Fat Cooking: * Get into the habit of measuring the oil you use while you cook, rather than just pouring it out of the bottle. It will be much easier to moderate the amount you use.
* Use non-stick cookware so that you don't have to use as much, if any, fat. When sauteing, use a small amount of chicken broth or wine instead of butter or oil.
* To make fat-free broth, chill your meat or chicken broth. The fat will rise to the top, and you can remove it before using the broth.
* Many vegetables and fruits, including potatoes and apples, retain many of their nutrients in their skin. So when possible, leave the skin on your fruits and vegetables and cook them whole.
* Romaine lettuce is loaded with vitamins compared to iceberg. It has three times as much Vitamin C and six times as much Vitamin A.
* Vitamin C is destroyed quickly in cooking - so cook your vegetables with Vitamin C in the smallest amount of water possible and for a short amount of time.
* Stock up on spices. One of the keys to cooking low-fat and not getting bored is to spice your food well. When you have finished your recipe, always taste it and adjust the spices to meet your taste.
* Purchase the best (i.e. heaviest) set of non-stick cookware you can afford.
* When cooking a dish with both vegetables and meat (i.e. in stir frys and stews), reduce the amount of meat by 1/3 and increase the amount of vegetables by 1/3. You will hardly notice!
* Thicken gravies with milk or broth blended in the blender with flour. Be sure to cook long enough to remove the raw flour taste. You'll never notice the lack of fat.
* Use olive oil for cooking when appropriate. It adds to the taste of the dish and is better for you.

Stuffed Mushrooms

It is often used to found in chinese resturant. it is my favorite i wish i want to always try this in a healthy way. so i tried it today and it came out well. hope u try and let me know.

Ingredients
10 nos -Mushroom(button mushroom)
2 no -Baby carrot(grated)
¼ no -Onion(chopped finely)
1 no -Garlic (chopped)
1 dash -Lemon juice
3 pinch -Salt
1 pinch -Chilli powder
2 T -Bread crumbs
2 T -Roasted peanuts (crushed)
1 stks -Cliantro( chopped)

Instructions

step 1. Clean the mushroom and remove the stem
step2. wipe the mushroom gently with the paper towels
step3. apply little bit of oil inside the mushroom and outside(just a little bit)
step4. keep it aside
step5. meanwhile we can prepare the stuffs.
step6. chop onion and garlic very finely.then chop the stem of the mushroom, add breadcrumbs, salt, chiilipowder,lemon juice,grated carrots and crushed peanut(roast the peanut before crushing-crush in the mixer)

step6. mix it in to a dry filling if it is very dry add some oil to make it adpt.
step7. stuff inside the filling.

step8. bake it in 325(F) to 20 mintues.
step9. garnish it with cliantro.