After watching how Serena cooks perfect quinoa, check out 3 healthy quinoa recipes that you should try: 3 healthy quinoa recipes.

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– get that piece of eggshell out of the yolk?


– quickly soften up a stick of butter?


– make perfect muffins without a muffin tin?

Watch this video to see the Top 10 Life-Changing Baking Hacks you’ll want to adopt and share with your family and friends!

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Brooklyn is a weight-conscious beauty consultant who’s into skin care, fitness, fashion and … healthy cooking. This entertaining video is chock-full of recipe ideas … especially creative meals with meat and eggs … and helpful tips that you’ll want to try. Great to share with family and friends!

You’ll notice that she’s a big fan of tupperware:

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This is for anyone who doesn’t have the time to cook meals every day of the week. It’s important to realize that it’s not really healthy to cook up too much food, and then leave the left-overs in the fridge for the next day or two. Instead of letting leftovers pile up in the fridge, it’s obviously healthier to use the freezer to preserve the flavor and nutrients.

In the video, Jordy shows how to plan, prepare and cook efficiently in advance for a whole week … making good use of the freezer for a healthy diet.

 
Here are Jordy’s tips and secrets:

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The main factor affecting baked items is the low pressure resulting from the higher altitude; this leads to lower boiling points, faster evaporation and rapid rising. In addition, low humidity can dry ingredients out resulting in a dry texture and crumbly product. I use three basic adjustments for high-altitude baking: reduce leavening agent, reduce sugar, and increase liquid. Often, one or all of these things is enough to adjust a sea level recipe successfully. Keep in mind that every recipe is different and any or all of these adjustments I suggest may be required.

1. Decrease Leavening Agents:
When adjusting a sea level recipe, for each 1 teaspoon of leavening agent called for, decrease it by 1/8 to 1/2 teaspoon.


2. Increase Liquid:
Because at higher elevations, faster evaporation occurs and drier climates can lead to a drier product to begin with, it’s important to add additional liquid in any recipe. Also, flavors in baked goods can become weaker or less pronounced as there are fewer moisture molecules to carry the essence; adding 1/2 to 1 teaspoon extra of whatever flavoring you’re using will assure a flavorful baked good. When adjusting any sea level recipe, add 2 to 4 tablespoons more liquid per 1 cup called for.


3. Decrease Sugar:
The increased evaporation also results in the concentration of the sugar in the recipe. This leads to a weaker structure. As we noted above, a weak structure leads to fallen cakes and flat cookies. When adjusting a sea level recipe, decrease the amount of sugar by 1 to 3 tablespoons of sugar per cup called for. I rarely measure but generally do a scant cup for each 1 cup called for.

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