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Chef Susan writes a monthly newsletter, LCK’s Cooking Well, featuring information and tips on ingredients, planning, cooking, and other culinary-related tidbits – all part of an endeavor to prepare delicious, enjoyable meals that also support better health and well-being.
Several archived articles are featured below.
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Build Flavor to Lower Added Salt
How do I lessen the use of salt in my cooking and still create food that tastes appealing? - Question from LCK's Cooking Well Reader This is a great question and one that is often asked. Salt is a key cooking and baking ingredient, providing a flavor boost to a...
Omega-3 and Migraine Headaches
Delicious ingredients are good medicine. As a migraine sufferer for most of my life, I am always tuned into research on the topic. While going through files on my computer recently, I came across a New York Times article that I had saved about how omega-3 fatty acids...
Use “Grocery Store Helpers” to Your Advantage
Dinner Planning Tip #12: Use “Grocery Store Helpers” to your advantage during the busy holiday season and any time of year. For the final dinner planning tip of 2022, I am bringing you one that definitely makes things easier! Let's face it, we all can use a bit of...
6 Tips for Working With Chocolate
Chocolate… it’s a favorite of many, signifying all things delightfully special, and decadent! Whether in its simplest form or in a more complex dessert, chocolate is a versatile ingredient. Use it as the main attraction, a complimentary ingredient, or used as a...
Prepping Ahead – a Helpful Dinner Strategy
Dinner Planning Tip: Prep a few things ahead. For as long as I can recall, I have been a planner and I like feeling prepared. This plays out in my home kitchen all the time. I am not a “meal prepper” in the sense of making a week’s worth of meals all in one...
7 Cool Summer Wines
Hot days definitely call for a few cool summer wines! I am a city girl and love living in a walking neighborhood. While I also very much enjoy quieter time spent at the ocean, in the mountains, or visiting a park, the city is my home. I truly enjoy the vibe of...
Culinary “Liquid Gold” – Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Extra Virgin Olive Oil is known as culinary "Liquid Gold" for a reason. If there is one ingredient that is central to a healthy, Mediterranean way of cooking, it is extra virgin olive oil. It’s no wonder! This “liquid gold”, as it is often referred to, is rich...
Incorporate Colorful Fruits into Dinner Plans
Incorporating colorful fruit into dinner plans and recipes adds moisture, flavor and natural sweetness to help lower the need for added sugar. Stroll through a summer farmers market or the produce section of a grocery store and notice how your eyes are drawn to...
Luscious, Creamy Avocados
Avocados are luscious, creamy, and so versatile! They add body and moisture to recipes while providing a large nutritional punch. avocado | noun a pear-shaped fruit with a rough leathery skin, smooth oily edible flesh, and a large stone an edible fruit of...
Nutrient-Rich, Budget-Friendly Chickpeas
Chickpeas are a nutrient-rich, budget-friendly, versatile ingredient that definitely should be in your pantry! “Vegetarian and frugal it may be, but the chickpea is one of the most versatile ingredients you could keep in your cupboards.” — Yotam Ottolenghi...
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