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health benefits if you can? Lastly, I adore

the flavor of coconut sugar, which is rich and

caramel-like, and a great substitution for

brown sugar.

Other uses: Use coconut sugar in recipes where

you want the sweetener to add flavor, instead

of disappear amidst the other ingredients. Try

it on oatmeal, blended in a banana smoothie,

stirred into coffee, in baking recipes that use

warming spices like cinnamon, or wherever

you’d normally use brown sugar.

Where to find: Most groceries stores, almost

all health-food stores, Whole Foods, The Fresh

Market, Amazon, Thrive Market, Vitacost

Cooking Notes and Tips

Part of properly stocking your pantry and

kitchen is stocking your brain with the

knowledge to make your cooking adventures

go as smoothly as possible. With that in mind,

here are some useful notes and tips to help

you expand your cooking knowledge.

TECHNIQUES

• Simmer versus boil. When a liquid is

simmering, you will see very small bubbles

around the edges, but not in the middle.

When a liquid is boiling, you will see large,

rapidly forming bubbles all over the surface

of the liquid.

• Dice versus mince versus chop. “Dice” refers

to cutting food into specific cube sizes. A

large dice is ¾-inch pieces, medium dice

is ½-inch pieces, and small dice is ¼-inch

pieces. A mince is even smaller than a small

dice—smaller than ⅛th of an inch, and

this is usually used for potent flavors like

garlic, ginger, and jalapeño. “Chop” refers

to a rougher, more casual style of cutting,

usually where the ingredients will be pureed

or blended.

• Sauté. To sauté food means to cook it in a

little bit of fat over high heat, and it is how

most vegetables are cooked at the start of the

dish. Sautéing brings caramelization to the

Dicing is a

basic food

prep method.

Depending

on the recipe,

you may

want a large,

medium, or

small dice.