MyFoodMyHealth Culinary Assumptions

Whenever the following foods are mentioned on MyFoodMyHealth, it means the following unless otherwise specified in the recipe:

• All milk is whole.
• All yogurt is whole milk.
• All eggs are large.
• All butter is unsalted.
• All salt is sea salt preferably.
• All white flour is unbleached.
• One medium onion is 6 ounces. It yields 1 cup.
• 1 garlic clove equals 1 teaspoon minced.
• All peanut butter is sugar free, with no hydrogenated oils.
• All bacon is nitrate free.
• All parsley is flat-leaved.
• Add 1 tablespoon salt to 4 quarts boiling water for blanching vegetables or cooking pasta.
• One lime yields about 3 tablespoons fresh juice.
• One lemon yields about 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) fresh juice.
• Unless it is stated that a dish goes from the freezer to the oven, defrost it first.
• Let meat sit for an hour at room temperature before cooking.

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