Please provide some do's and don'ts on cooking healthy recipes.

Salt: Salt your food last. You will consume less sodium!

Ignore: Stevia is the best no cal sweetener. Others actually can cause hunger! best not to use them!

1: 1 teaspoon (tsp) = 5 ml, 3 tsp = 15 ml = 1 tablespoon (tbsp), 2 tbsp = 30 ml = 1 ounce (oz).

Ignore: Don't overcook any recipe, so you can enjoy the full antioxidants in them.

Always: Always see how you can combine healthy recipes together to get the full antioxidant potential.

Get: Get a few of your favorite recipes together and combine different ideas to arrive at a healthy recipe.

Do:: Do: use fats that are liquid at room temperature Don't: use fats that are solid at room temperature.

Do:: Do: use fresh ingredients Don't: use processed food.

Do:: Do: add lemon juice and garlic Don't : add soy sauce.

Do:: Do: trim the solid fat Don't : skip the olive oil.

Use: Use plain no-sugar added fat-free yogurt add your own fresh fruits berries or nuts 4 healthy yogurt.

If: If you’re on a lower fat percentage diet, ditch the yolk, and eat the egg white only.

Try: Try honey, herb sweeteners, fruit, and natural raw sugar in moderation.

Toss: Toss some kale or other leafy greens in a little oil layer on baking sheet @ bake 5-10 min til crisp.

Put: Put handful of nuts in food processor till it forms nut butter, add a little oil 2help if it'a 2Dry.

Olives,: Olives, marinated veggies like eggplant, artichokes or peppers make wonderful quick snacks.

Roast: Roast chickpeas (garbanzo beans) & toss them with a little spice 2 serve as a snack.

Need: Need something sweet dark chocolate =best w'some antioxidants. The >% of cocoa, the less sugar.

Use: Use a food grade spray bottle with your favorite healthy oil instead of a chemical-laden spray.

Ignore: Olive oil is healthy but it's still high in calories. Use it sparingly if you want to lose weight.

Your: Your kids will be more likely to make healthy food choices by your example than your rules.

Avoid: Avoid processed foods for healthiest meals.

She's: She's recipes that are easy to prepare in the shortest amount of time.

When: When cooking use lower heats than recommended to avoid over browning food.

When: When grilling, it's important to marinade meats in rosemary oil to reduce toxic acrylamides formation.

Steaming: Steaming vegetables is more nutritious than boiling them.

Eating: Eating organic, steel cut oats has a lower glycemic index then eating regular, rolled oats.

Cooked: Cooked brown rice has more B vitamins and trace minerals in it then does regular plain white rice.

Ignore: Olive oil, nuts, fruits and veggies are an important part of a well balanced diet.

Ignore: Buy from the produce aisle and the butcher counter - nothing packaged or pre-prepared.

Ignore: Minimize fried foods especially using vegetable oils.

Do: Do eat more whole foods that do not require elaborate preparation and extra ingredients.

Ignore: Substitute butter for healthy fats and oils like olive or avocado oil.