May 25th, 2010 
My Health got a bunch of vegis and was wondering the best way to cook then on a skillet or in the oven..
any recipes for cooking them or healthy ideas using vegis only?
thanks a bunch!
thank you! sounds like a plan since you all agreed..ill go with the oil and pepper etc.
thanks!
May 22nd, 2010 My Health What is the healthy and delicious recipe for snacks foods without using oven?
I need recipe for our class in school Im Grade 7….
We will cook a snacks foods in Friday! we want to WIN! PLS HELP ME!!!
May 10th, 2010 My Health I really must apologize straight away because this is an incredibly stupid question.
I was reading a magazine that features a woman who cooks meals whose healthy recipes are designed for those with MS. She makes them all in a Dutch Oven, though – an item I’ve never heard of.
I’ve been looking at Dutch Ovens on eBay and in MANY of the ads they say things like “you can use on stove top and in freezer.” They do not, however, point out specifically that it can be used INSIDE an oven.
The chef who wrote the article cooks all of her meals in a Dutch Oven IN her oven.
I can cook in a Dutch Oven IN my oven, right?
They’re very expensive so I have to make the right choices here.
Thank you!!!
December 13th, 2009 My Health 
Feeling under-the-weather? Too exhausted to cook something good? Still wanting tasty food? There’s a quick solution and its two feet away from a possible frying-related accident: the oven. Thanks to oven recipes, steaming, hot food is now often readily available, and can be reused for an amount of times.
Oven recipes have been around for as long as the oven itself. In 3200 B.C., settlers among the Indus Valley Civilization were already reported to have had ovens in their mud and brick houses. However, the Greeks initially utilized the oven for bread-making, so you could say that the first oven recipe was one for bread, As a result, over seventy different kinds of bread had been developed in Ancient Greece alone. After the Greeks progressed onto making various cakes and pastries, the oven became popular around the world. Nowadays, no kitchen is complete without a standard cardboard box-sized oven, and no food results from it without an oven recipe.
Oven recipes have no clear-cut definition, but naturally they require the usage of an oven. It is often assumed that oven recipes do not involve any other technology used for cooking, but most of the time, that is not the case. One may fry, grill, boil or use any other method of cooking for the ingredients, as long as using an oven is the last step before achieving the final, tasty product. Ovens are used for roasting and heating food; therefore, most oven recipes cover either pastries (most of which are baked) or meat products, such as casseroles.
The highlight of oven recipes is the wide range of food one can produce from just one kind of technology. A common misconception for oven recipes is that they are all difficult to make, as well as time-consuming. When thinking of them, people usually think of cakes, pies, roast beef, and casseroles. However, most do not realize that a lot of them are simple. In fact, some oven recipes include recipes for toast, brownies and even covers food made from leftovers, such as fish and chips. A roast beef may be expensive to cook, but simple toast for breakfast, thanks to the toaster oven, costs less than a dollar to make.
Another advantage to oven recipes is the reusability factor. As mentioned earlier, leftovers are common ingredients for the easiest recipes. Extra beef or pork can just be thrown into a casserole, while other foods can simply be reheated in a microwave oven. If a dish can’t be consumed entirely, leaving it in an un-operated oven will keep it safe from ants, and it won’t rot quickly. Oven recipes are easy ways to save money, especially when on a tight budget. One of the few disadvantages is that, with leftovers, the quality of food may not be as good as before. Also, ovens require a lot of grease, vegetable oil or butter to operate, and most results of oven recipes are quite oily. However, oven recipes cover their fair share of healthy food. You just have to find the right recipe!
December 10th, 2009 My Health Everyone wants to eat healthy, but who has the time? Especially if you have kids, you’re lucky if you have time to cook, let alone worry about it being healthy. That’s what is so great about cooking with a solar oven: it takes very little time to prepare, doesn’t have to be watched, and can produce some great tasting (and healthy) results.
First things first, you need to have a solar oven. You can make one yourself, but why spend the time? www.SurvivalOvens.com has a simple, well built model, and better yet it’s pretty inexpensive. Do you have your oven? Fantastic. Now just go out and find a sunny spot in your backyard. Set up the oven, and if at all possible point it due south. Now just find a good ovenproof pot or casserole dish, and you’re ready to go. Keep in mind the darker the pot, the higher the temperature it can reach.
Now, onto the cooking. Grab a small top round of beef from the grocery store, along with some carrots, celery, onions, garlic, potatoes, and some cheap red wine. Got everything? Perfect. Rinse off the potatoes and peel them, then rinse again (they grow in dirt, dirt tastes bad). Cut into half inch pieces and throw in the pot. Scrub the carrots and slice into coins, then dice the onions and celery and add to the pot. Smash the garlic and take off the paper, then you guessed it, throw it in. Put in the top round and then pour the red wine in, about half a bottle. Put the lid on and into the solar oven it goes for about 6 hours (longer is fine, you can do it before you go to work if you want).
Not only is this the best pot roast you’ll ever have, it’s good for you. There is very little fat coming from the top round, which is a very lean cut. You get beta carotene from the carrots, fiber from the potatoes, and minerals from the onions and garlic. Studies have shown than tannins can help with a healthy heart, so even that little bit of red wine is good for you. Oh, and don’t worry about the alcohol content if you have kids, it all cooks out.
The biggest problem that you’ll have with this dish is what to do with all of the leftovers. Don’t worry, we have plenty of ideas. You can shred the beef and make all kinds of things, from tacos to sandwiches, or just toss it with pasta for a quick and healthy meal. If you want to use all the leftovers, shred the beef, then just put some mashed potatoes over everything and put back in the solar oven for 3 hours. Very easy, rustic, and healthy shepherd’s pie.
Need some other suggestions? Try serving the sauce made from the roast over a sauteed chicken breast, or over rice pilaf. Still very healthy, and since you’ve already cooked half the meal, very little work.
And to think, all that is from just one recipe. Imagine everything that you could come up with if you had a mere ten recipes! So go ahead and try it, have fun. Make your family a delicious, nutritious, and easy meal in your solar oven next weekend. You’ll be amazed how easy it truly is.
Karianna Perry, http://www.survivaloven.com
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