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The soul food kitchen is the gathering place in many southern homes. It’s often the first place family members gather when they wake up and the last room the leave before going to bed. It often the central meeting place for serious family discussions as well as family celebrations. A soul food kitchen is any place where the central theme is southern cooking. Southern food is any recipes where food is cooked in plentiful amounts, with robust seasonings and you can feel down to your soul.
Here’s a few soul food kitchen tips for the new cook. If you’re a seasoned southern cook you’ll no doubt pick up some valuable tips as well.
1. Buy the freshest ingredients.
This may seem like an obvious point, but it would surprise you at the number of new cooks who settle for ingredients that’s not the freshest meats, vegetables or breads. Often cheaper cost is the culprit or temptress that lets them settle. As you will soon learn freshness makes a big difference in taste that no amount of seasonings or cooking techniques can cover up. Freshness is the foundation of a good tasting dish.
2. Cook Healthier.
Traditional soul food recipes have received the dubious reputation as being unhealthy because of the high amounts of fat, calories and salt it contained in the past. But now thanks to research and the efforts of creative southern cooks, healthier versions continue to evolve and reduce the health risk of the past. For example, eliminating or reducing pork products as seasonings, such as fat back and ham hocks, reducing the health risk. Replacing them with smoked turkey eliminates the risks caused by saturated fat and sodium.
3. Season Healthier.
Another way to have a healthier soul food kitchen is to include healthier seasonings and reduce the use of salt, lard and butter. Using more natural and healthier seasoning will still give you a tasty dish without the health risk associated with the traditional seasonings mentioned. Natural seasonings such as garlic powder, onion powder, rosemary, thyme, basil, oregano, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar and others.
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