Now that you’ve learned how to cook healthy, tasty meals, let’s spend some time talking about how to do so quickly.  This, to me, is the most difficult part of cooking. I typically don’t have time to food prep for an entire week in advance. I come home, often late, after a long day, and really don’t have much energy left to cook. It is so much easier to go to a drive through or to call for a pizza. But with a little bit of knowledge and planning, I can have a much  better meal at home than I can if I use the other options available to me. The Culinary Institute of America also offers a video lecture series called The Everyday Gourmet: Great Meals in Less Time. In this six, thirty minute video series, Chef Bill Briwa covers the following:

Into the mind of a chef

Launching the day

One fresh thing

Evolution of a quick dish

What makes a meal?

A chef entertains

 

Again, this series can be purchased through Amazon or The Great Courses or rented from various libraries.

 

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