How To: Stock a Healthy Kitchen

The reason I hate the concept of "dieting" is because of all the half-truths and myths that are associated with it. Cooking and eating healthy food does not mean I eat boiled chicken and raw celery sticks morning, noon and night. The only way you can switch to a healthy lifestyle is if you eat food that tastes good. And the first step to cooking and eating healthy food that tastes good is knowing how to stock a healthy kitchen....

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Why You Should Start Eating Spinach

Because there are few vegetables that are as versatile to prepare and are as packed with nutrients as spinach. While the best way to eat spinach would be raw - because cooking does kill a lot of nutrients, quick steaming or a short stir-fry would work just as well. Despite what US pop culture might have you believe about spinach being a gooey, gormless mulch, it's a versatile veggie that can be added to a variety of Indian dishes. So,...

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Palak Dal aka Spinach Dal Recipe

It terms of hearty vegetarian food, there are few things that come close, forget beating, palak dal (spinach dal). It's the goodness of pulses along with the super goodness of spinach cooked only enough to ensure that you're not destroying the nutrients, while packing quite a punch in terms of veggie protein and iron. This palak dal recipe ensures that you have a very large bowl full of it. The advantage here is that you can eat it not only...

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Unhealthiest Burger at the Unhealthiest Restaurant in America

WARNING: Even looking at the pictures might cause your arteries to clog up. To be fair, I haven't investigated every burger made in America and really on Google for all my research. So if you can find a burger that can beat this 8,000-calorie behemoth, please do let me know. Till that happens, the appropriately named Quadruple Bypass Burger at the hospital-themed Heart Attack Grill is the unhealthiest burger at the unhealthiest restaurant in America. So, while everyone and the...

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Zero Oil Cabbage Recipe

Even though it's entering the mainstream now, the concept of half your plate being fruits and vegetables is a very important lesson in healthy living. One thing to remember though is how you cook those vegetables matters immensely. The thinking behind this zero oil cabbage recipe was to come up with a recipe that would provide all the goodness of veggies without compromising on the taste and without adding anything unhealthy. For those of you who are fans of cooking...

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Healthy National Dishes [One-Dish Meals]

National dishes become national dishes either because they are a staple of the majority of that country, they incorporate many local ingredients or cooking styles or they represent the majority of ethnicities of that country. What's interesting though is that in addition to contributing to a country's national identity, most national dishes are complete, balanced and healthy one-dish meals in themselves. Others - like Fish and Chips - are, quite clearly, not. So here are some healthy national dishes for...

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