| We all know we should be eating healthier. But it's | | | | they will dry out easily when cooking. To avoid this, |
| not just changing our eating habits in restaurants that | | | | try a marinade. Marinades aren't just for flavor |
| needs to be done. We can also change how we | | | | (although that is a great benefit!). Using acidic liquids |
| cook our food at home. Healthy cooking at home | | | | will actually help break down the tougher connective |
| doesn't need to be bland or boring! In fact, you may | | | | tissue in the meat. Try one of the many low fat |
| find some of these tips will add more flavor to your | | | | marinades available in your grocery store, or make up |
| dishes!The first thing to do is choose leaner cuts of | | | | your own with ingredients such as balsamic or red |
| meat. The obvious choices for low fat cooking are | | | | wine vinegar, herbs and spices. Depending on the size |
| chicken and fish, but other meats can be lower in fat | | | | of the meat portion, you can marinade from 20 |
| as well. When shopping for red meat, the words | | | | minutes to several hours. A great marinade for |
| 'sirloin' and 'round' are cuts which are naturally lower in | | | | chicken is yogurt. Mix fat free yogurt with some |
| fat. Check the meat and choose the one with the | | | | lemon juice, salt, pepper and any other spices you |
| least amount of marbling and trim off any excess fat | | | | like and coat your chicken breasts. Yogurt marinades |
| before cooking. Look for ground beef that is 95% | | | | are best after 8 hours or overnight.Tired of bland |
| lean. Pork is also another great lean meat.The | | | | vegetables? |
| problem most people have with lean meats is that | | | | |