How To...
Don't know how to do it? Dr. Gourmet explains common cooking techniques and the hows and whys of what they are and why they work. More Cooking Techniques
Just Tell Me What to Eat!
The Delicious 6-Week Weight Loss Plan for the Real World
Timothy S. Harlan, MD, FACP has counseled thousands of his patients on healthy, sustainable weight loss. Now he's compiled his best tips and recipes into a six-week plan for you to learn how to eat great food that just happens to be great for you.
Get the prescription for better health as well as healthy weight loss, including:
- What to eat
- How to cook it
- When to eat it
- What to eat at a restaurant
- What to eat if you're in a hurry
- and best of all....
- Why eating great food is the best health decision you'll ever make.
Cooking Techniques
Parboil
To partially precook a food by boiling for a short time in water. Heavier foods like carrots and potatoes are parboiled and then can be added near the end of a recipe so that all the ingredients will finish cooking at about the same time.
If the food is to be held for a short time, it may continue to cook after being removed from the boiling water. As with blanching, it should be refreshed in an ice water bath.