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Welcome to 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.

 

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Build Flavor to Lower Added Salt

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...

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Omega-3 and Migraine Headaches

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...

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6 Tips for Working With Chocolate

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...

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Bloom Your Spices to Extract More Flavor

Bloom Your Spices to Extract More Flavor

 Why is it that the flavors of some dishes come through so deliciously while others seem flat? Using a simple technique to extract more flavor from spices may be the answer.   Either through reading my posts or attending my classes, you may recall that I strongly...

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