How To Be a Healthy Cook: Food Tip of the Day - Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

What does the concept of, "How to be a healthy cook," mean to you? What images does it conjure up in your mind? Do you think of only using the freshest of ingredients? Do you think of not using saturated fats such as butter or lard in your cooking, or cutting down on sugar and salt? Do you think of baking or grilling meats instead of shallow or deep frying them?

The reality is that in order to be a healthy cook, you have to consider all of these questions and more. The concept of being a healthy cook does not mean being a good cook. It is possible to be a cook of very average ability and still be a healthy cook, just as it is possible to be an internationally renowned chef and be anything but a healthy cook.

How to be a healthy cook is about acquiring an awareness of what you cook and how and always applying these principals in your culinary pursuits. The article linked to below explores this consideration in much greater detail and offers some very useful tips and advice in this respect.

How To Be a Healthy Cook