Baking Again

Photo by Aleksa D. Published on 30 November 2015
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I made my own granola/protein bars last night.  I found a recipe that used what I already had in the house.  They are delicious. The only problem being, one of the two people I made them specifically for, does not like them.  That’s okay though more for me. 

I also made them healthy and surprise, surprise they taste good.  I think I am finally picking up on some of the substitutions for common foods like butter, and sugar.  They were a whole heck of a mess and I have a tiny kitchen.  Still worth it.

I also made a bunch of brown minute rice, which is the healthiest rice around.  It has a lot of resistant starch which is very good for us.  I plan on making a healthy fried rice and rice pudding.  It’s strange I get away from cooking, and baking some times, then once I do it again it’s so worth it.

I am still relearning how to cook.  I need to learn the different spices and how to use them.  In the past I have often used premade sauces and spice mixes.  Since then I have found out how full of sugar and salt and fat most of them are.  Butter was a 'go to' for making things yummy.  Of course butter is also pure fat.

I love the taste of butter.  The only reason I would have potatoes, rice, or bread was for the taste of the butter.  Let me know if anyone has found a good substitution for butter.  In cooking I use a lot of coconut oil.  In some ways cooking and baking healthier is very rewarding.  In some ways…  I miss the butter, salt and sugar. 

It was so much easier cooking things from cans and jars.  Sure this will someday be the natural way to cook for me, but for right now I am still relearning and it feels odd.  How goes it for others and healthier options?  Is it awkward or already feeling like the good new way?