Build a Flexible Weeknight Dinner Around Sheet-Pan Salmon
Salmon, potatoes and vegetables can make a practical sheet-pan dinner with little prep. The portions and packaged seasonings or glazes you use affect its nutrition.
Healthy Cooking 12 articles
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Should You Rinse Rice? Let the Dish Decide
A rinse can wash away loose surface starch and help rice cook into distinct grains. For creamy risotto, leave the starch in place, and don't count on rinsing to remove arsenic.
Air fryer dinners bring crisp flavor with less oil
Sixteen dinner recipes show the air fryer is more than a kitchen gadget. It makes lighter versions of favorites like orange chicken, schnitzel, and fish tacos-cutting oil, keeping crunch, and packing in protein.
Community Healthy Lifestyle Café opens for accessible nutrition education
A year-long Community Healthy Lifestyle Café is now open in the Hywel Dda region. It offers monthly nutrition and wellbeing sessions for people with learning disabilities, their carers, and support staff-filling a real gap in accessible health education.
Sustainable seafood recipes change the way we cook at home
Fast, sustainable seafood recipes like maple and miso sheet-pan salmon are making it easier for home cooks to eat well and help the environment. These meals show how simple choices at dinner can support both flavor and the planet in under 30 minutes.
The healthiest cooking oils for your kitchen
The oil you cook with can shape your heart health and more. Here's what dietitians say about which oils to use every day, and which ones to save for special dishes-backed by the latest research.
Why Extra Virgin Olive Oil Remains the Top Choice for Healthy Cooking
Extra virgin olive oil stands out as the healthiest cooking oil, thanks to its high polyphenol content and monounsaturated fats. Learn how to use it for maximum benefit and when to reach for alternatives like avocado oil.
Veg Everything Cookbook Brings Fresh Energy to Vegetarian Cooking
Tanya Sichynsky's Veg Everything offers 101 inventive vegetarian recipes from top contributors. Priya Krishna's coconut saag stands out, reworking a classic with coconut milk for a modern, plant-based approach.
Potatoes Face Nutrition Myths as Cooking Methods Change the Story
Potatoes have been blamed for everything from weight gain to blood sugar spikes, but nutritionists say the real story depends on how you cook and eat them. Here's what the evidence shows about their nutrients, glycemic index, and place in a healthy diet.
Peanut butter toast or oatmeal for heart health
Peanut butter toast and oatmeal each offer unique heart benefits-unsaturated fats or cholesterol-lowering fiber. Here's how they compare, why combining them may be even better, and what to watch for on your breakfast plate.
Roasted Carrots with Olive Oil Unlock More Vitamin A Than Raw
Roasting carrots with plant-based oils like olive oil can boost your body's absorption of beta-carotene, the nutrient your body turns into vitamin A. Dietitians explain why this simple kitchen move makes a real difference for your nutrition.
Jamie Oliver Puts Fast Home Cooking to the Ultimate Test
Jamie Oliver's new book and TV show claim you can cook a real meal from scratch in just 20 minutes. But can everyday families actually pull it off, and what does it take to make fast food genuinely healthy at home?