How to Bake a Chicken Breast: The 4 Best Recipes

July 30, 2010

Simple baked chicken can be a bit bland and lack flavor. But if it is seasoned well and prepared with care, simple baked chicken can come out with full flavors and juicy meat. Here are four of my favorite recipes for a simple, yet tasty baked chicken breast. Here is Epicurious’s recipe for chicken baked [...]

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How to Bake a Potato: The 4 Best Recipes

July 30, 2010

Baking a potato is a simple task that requires a decent amount of waiting around. While time consuming, the tastiest baked potatoes require anywhere from 1 to 1 1/2 hours to bake. Serve with some delicious toppings and you’ve got a great side dish to serve with steak, chicken, or salad. Here are four of [...]

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How to Bake a Sweet Potato: The 4 Best Recipes

July 30, 2010

Baked sweet potatoes are incredibly versatile. They can be served with toppings that transform them into both sweet and/or savory side dishes. Here are four of the best recipes for baked sweet potatoes. Here is a recipe from Epicurious for Baked Sweet Potatoes and Acorn Squash baked with brown sugar: 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled [...]

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5 Tips for Baking Healthy Pies (With Graham Cracker Crust Recipe)

July 26, 2010

Pie fillings usually have very few ingredients, so it is easy to substitute parts of the recipe to create a healthier pie. The more difficult part is the pie crust. 1. Next time, try a graham cracker crust. It has less fat and calories than other cookie crumb crusts such as ginger snap or Oreo. [...]

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7 Tips for Baking Healthy Muffins

July 26, 2010

Muffins, although they are filled with leavened goodness, can be made healthy. Skip the bad stuff and add natural, healthy ingredients to your baked goods to keep you healthy and happy! 1. Skip the store-bought brands. Anything you buy at a supermarket or any place such as Starbucks is full of everything that you do [...]

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Tips for Healthy Baking: What You Need to Know

July 23, 2010

I recently found a website that offers dozens of great tips for transforming your fatty and sugar-loaded baked goods into healthy and even sometimes sugar-free or fat-free treats. We all love cupcakes, ice cream, and muffins. But few people know how truly simple it is to substitute the less healthy add-ins in baked goods for [...]

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Top 3 Healthy Oatmeal Cookie Recipes

July 23, 2010

Oatmeal cookies can be crispy or chewy. You can add dried fruits, raisins, or chocolate chips to the batter. All of these things add extra flavor, but they also add extra calories. But if you can find a way to cut back on the things that originally add most of the fat and calories (butter [...]

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Top 3 Healthy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes

July 23, 2010

The best peanut butter cookies are always full of nutty, buttery flavor. But that delicious buttery taste does not have to come from sticks of butter and pounds of sugary peanut butter. To make healthy peanut butter cookies, simply use a few substitutions. Substitute fatty butter for a different and, if you will, less fatty [...]

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Top 3 Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

July 22, 2010

Warm and gooey chocolate chip cookies do not always have to be filled with sugar and fat. Delicious and healthy chocolate chip cookies can be created using less fat and sugar, whole wheat flour, spices, and fewer chocolate chip morsels. Here are my top three favorite healthy chocolate chip cookie recipes. Healthy Chocolate Chip and [...]

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Healthy Baking Substitutes

July 22, 2010

Today’s world is full of food substitutions. Everywhere you look, you find dozens of healthy options for baking substitutes. Grocery stores and bakeries alike are now even offering gluten-free and vegan options for baked goods. Everyone is struggling to eat right and eat healthy. But when a recipe calls for a pound of butter and [...]

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