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Renee Shelton is a classically trained culinarian frequently writing about baking, healthy cooking, fishing & sewing.

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Healthy Cooking

Welcome to the Healthy Cooking section of Suite101.com.

Looking for recipes, cooking tips, and new trends in whole foods? Want to know which beans and legumes go together for a combination protein? Need a brush up on foods that naturally lower cholesterol, or on dietary fats? Searching for new ways to use your fresh produce? Whether you want ideas for cooking light, healthy snacks for kids, or recipes that fit your low fat, low carb, vegetarian or diabetic lifestyle, it's all here.

From heart healthy recipes to low fat desserts, we have it all. Read about using whole foods and fresh ingredients, and new ways for everyday pantry items. Email me with your ideas or healthy cooking tips. Explore the many offerings from our 'Healthy Menu' below. And happy healthy cooking.

Latest articles in Healthy Cooking

 Grass-Fed and Grain Fed-Meat: Humane, Healthy, Organic, Better?

Grass-fed, organic, humanely raised meat is now a popular option for many consumers, but is it better for you, sustainable, or tastier than grain-fed meat?

Feb 5, 2012 – Jeremy Perkins

Recipe for Low Carb Buttermilk Waffles

You needn't give up familiar breakfast dishes to be healthy. These waffles are sugar free, grain free and gluten free, as well as being low in carbohydrate.

Feb 2, 2012 – Adrienne Larocque

Healthy "Fried" Potatoes (Loaded Full of Flavour, Not Fat!)

Making healthy meal choices can be frustrating and difficult. This easy recipe is a melt-in-your-mouth side dish that's loaded with flavour (not fat!)

Jan 24, 2012 – Debora Marino

Yams (Yams, Sweet Potatoes, Taro Too?)

These three nutritious tubers are not identical. Some Yoruba attribute frequent twins to one, the yam. Why not eat some to ring in the "year of the dragon?"

Jan 23, 2012 – Catherine E Whitehead

Healthy Fish Pakora (A Baked Version of the Savoury Indian Snack)

Fish Pakora is simply steamed fish, cut into pieces, battered in spices and deep fried. This healithier version keeps all the taste but eliminates the fat.

Jan 16, 2012 – Debora Marino

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