Ep.86 | Living Your Best Happy Healthy Diabetic Life: Chef Robert shares his favorite tips, hacks and wisdom!!
What is a HACK?
So, here comes the The happy diabetic cooking academy definition ---in the context of cooking, a "hack" refers to a clever or unconventional technique or shortcut that makes a cooking process easier, more efficient, and more effective and saves time. It's a way to achieve a desired outcome with less effort or resources. Hacks are often simple, practical, and easily implementable strategies that can improve a process or solve a cooking problem.
In todays podcast episode, I’ll share my favorite time saving hacks.
It’s my favorite Kitchen Hacks to make your time in the kitchen count!
These hacks can help make your cooking experience more efficient and enjoyable!
The Recipe of the Podcast!
Roasted Veggies
Roasted Carrots
Roasted Carrots (or any vegetable!)
happydiabetic.com/recipes/roasted-carrots
Roast until the vegetables are tender enough to pierce with a fork and you see some charred bits on the edges. Softer vegetables cook more quickly, while harder vegetables like potatoes will cook more slowly. Smaller pieces will also cook more quickly than larger pieces. If you’re roasting a new-to-you vegetable, start checking after about 15 minutes, and keep roasting until you see charred bits.
Those charred bits are what make roasted vegetables so good, so even if the vegetables are already tender and cooked through, keep roasting until you see the vegetables start to turn toasty around the tips and edges. If in doubt, roast an extra five or 10 minutes — it’s unlikely the extra roasting will hurt, and very likely that your vegetable will be even tastier.
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 425-450, line a 15x10x1 inch backing pan with foil then a light coat of non stick spray so many flavors to choose from.
Start with about 1 lb of veggies, you don’t want to crowd the pan.
Cut the veggies in a uniform manner so they all cook at the same time
Step 2
Prep-
Peel or scrub; into 1/4-inch slices. Toss the vegetables in a bowl with 3 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil (or avocado oil), 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper. Be careful not to add to much oil…easy does it.
Step 3
Place the veggies on the parchment of foil lined pan
Step 4
Roast away until you see some color and the veggies are tender.
Roasting Time at 450 F
20 to 25 minutes
Honey and pumpkin spice optional as an after cooking seasoning
