Cooking a Homestyle Recipe into Delicious Low Fat and Healthy Food

    Use more herbs and spices. Herbs and spices have practically no calories or fat. Fresh is best – chop or crush and add liberally to a recipe. Hot flavors such as ginger, horseradish, mustard, chili flakes or red pepper flakes will provide bite and add flavor to comfort food.
    Toast spices for extra punch. cooking whole or ground spices in a heavy skillet over medium heat until fragrant, usually about 3 or 4 minutes. The flavor-rich results can be stored in the freezer for several months.
    Sear meat and brown vegetables. Searing meat to develop flavor is a usual first step in homestyle meals such as pot roasts. Browned onions or minced garlic lightly fried in a small amount of oil contribute rich flavors for delicious food. Chopped onions can be sweated with a small amount of water at the beginning of a homestyle recipe instead of being fried in oil.
    Marinate ingredients. People indulge in comfort food for the moistness as well as the flavor. Meat, fish, fruits, vegetables and tofu can all be soaked in a liquid before cooking to achieve the same moistness fat would.