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Ellie's Real Good Food
Chef Ellie Krieger helps people get the most out of life by cooking in the convergence where delicious and healthy meet. This cooking series offers healthy, time-saving strategies for menu planning, food shopping and cooking. Ellie also discusses the concept of volumetrics, the method of incorporating low-calorie, high-volume ingredients into recipes to make them more filling.
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Keeping it Real
Season 2 Episode 213 | 26m 46s | CC
Ellie demonstrates how to create great flavor and color with whole ingredients when you're cooking at home... and how to identify added colors, flavors and preservatives in prepared foods. Recipes include Grilled Chicken with Cherry Bourbon BBQ Sauce; Yogurt Ranch with Kaleidoscope Crudité; 3-Ingredient Maple Vinaigrette; and Vanilla Cupcakes with Pink Cream Cheese Frosting.
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