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fredag 16 oktober 2009

Introduction To Healthy Cooking Classes

By Janice Anderson

A new niche has arisen in the cooking classes niche, namely the healthy cooking classes sub-niche.

What sets healthy cooking classes apart from the rest of the pack is the fact that they are entirely devoted to the promotion of healthier eating habits, so that the people taking such healthy cooking classes are taught how to prepare healthier meals and how to make ordinary dishes in healthier ways.

And going by the numbers of people signing up for such healthy cooking classes, it would seem that they are increasingly popular. Added to this is the fact that the popularity of the healthy cooking classes is bound to attract even more players in the cookery education sector to develop even more healthy cooking classes to meet the demand, with even more people looking out for the healthy cooking classes, as people are always likely to be attracted to things around which there seems to be some buzz, thence creating what can be described as cycle of popularity.

The typical healthy cooking course normally starts with an introduction to the concept of healthy eating (as opposed to irresponsible eating), before taking the students through the benefits of eating healthy for their holistic well being, and then getting into the nitty gritty of healthy cooking.

Most healthy cooking classes have a unit (or more precisely some lessons) devoted to teaching the students how to select healthy foods " seeing that some very unhealthy foods are nowadays being misrepresented as healthy; mainly due to ignorance on the part of the buyers.

Another common element of the healthy cooking classes is emphasis on how to make palatable meals using what are defined as healthy cooking techniques. These healthy cooking techniques include methods such as boiling, steaming and stewing " as opposed to what are considered unhealthy cooking techniques such as deep fat frying. Using these healthy cooking techniques, a person has a way of ensuring that they dont end up making the healthy foods they so painstakingly select unhealthy - just by the way they cook it. The use of these healthy cooking techniques also gives the people taking them the opportunity to learn ways making what are otherwise considered unhealthy foods (such as red meat) a bit healthier by virtue of the method of preparation employed in making them, and thereby mitigating the potential harms of such foods.

Healthy cooking classes are not expensive. Indeed, many are being offered to the students for free over the Internet, with the money to finance the courses coming from having the makers of the various healthy foods advertise their wares on the websites offering the healthy cooking classes.

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