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Sticky Rice Cooking School

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011


Electrolux announces its new partnership with Sticky Rice Cooking School, a specialist in Asian cuisine and cooking techniques, located in Adelaide Hills, South Australia.

Sticky Rice Cooking School was established by Claire Fuller in 2008. Since opening just two years ago, the unique culinary experience offered by Sticky Rice has received notable accolade. As well as reaching the national finals in the Australian Travel and Tourism Awards (2009) for Best Food Experience, it was also voted a ‘Top 3 Hotspot’ in South Australia by Adelaide Magazine (2009).

Each hands-on cooking class is hosted by one of the many highly acclaimed guest chefs involved with Sticky Rice, including Australian food lovers’ favourites: David Thompson, Christine Manfield and Simon Bryant. During the class, chefs share their expertise, as well as best-kept industry secrets; helping participants to create restaurant quality dishes in exotic cuisines such as: Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, Japanese, Indonesian and Malaysian.

Sticky Rice Cooking School features premium kitchen appliances by Electrolux, to provide class participants with the very latest in cooking technology.

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Healthy Vegetarian Cooking

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

You may think of the average vegetarian as being someone who is healthy and lean, but you may be surprised to learn that there are many who are true vegetarians that are overweight and even obese. You can live a great life full of health and well-being if you incorporate vegetarian cooking into your life, but you must make sure that you know what you are putting into your body and what could be problematic to your health. Not all things on a vegetarian diet are actually good for you.

Healthy vegetarian cooking starts with healthy cooking oils. This means avoiding the oils that have trans fats, as they can cause heart attack in the long run. Vegetable oil sounds like the perfect oil for a vegetarian diet, but that is not actually a good idea. Instead of this type of oil, you want to go with a non-animal and trans fat free oil like canola or olive oil. If you cook with these you can be assured of better health in the long run as long as you don’t overdo it.

You should also make sure that you are eating the right type of breads in your vegetarian cooking plans. Whole grain and whole wheat breads are far better for you than traditional white bread, and can help you stay healthy. These are going to digest slower and keep you fuller longer, and are great for your digestive system. You can also find muffins and other bread items with these ingredients that you can use in some of your vegetarian cooking creations.

Of course, you want to add a lot of vegetables to your vegetarian cooking. The trick is to steam them, or to cook them down just a little with low heat so that they still have some bite to them. If they are completely cooked down, you have just cooked most of the good stuff out of them. Green is good, but remember to add color to your dishes as well so you can get the best of everything.

Technically, sugar is okay in vegetarian cooking. However, that does not mean that you should be eating a lot of it. This is the main reason why some vegetarians are having trouble with their diets and their weight. As with anything else in life, too much anything that would be harmful to your health. Instead, think about adding more protein to your diet with beans and tofu, and cut the number of white foods and sugar that you add to your veggie dishes. Simply cut the meat is not enough to turn your health around. You must do it the right way by avoiding the foods you can think is okay but actually sends you two steps back.