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Despite its name, an electric rice cooker is not just meant for cooking rice in an easy way, but its versatile nature can enable you to cook many other one pot dishes to make your life easy in the kitchen.

If you think about it, the rice cooker works similar way as the slow cooker by using moisture and heat over a period of time to cook food, trapping the flavors in the cooking pot.  Rice cookers that can make upma, khichdi, mixed dals and also steam momos, vegetables and much more.

Keep your secret snacker at bay with one of these 10 easy and healthy snack ideas for the office

Unlike olden days where one had to plan, prep, and cook a complete meal to be fed when hungry, our everyday life is filled with options in recent years. We sometimes tend to take a break from preparing a whole meal from scratch.

Organising, storing and maintaining a fresh and sufficient stock of groceries and staples is a task that is one of the everyday challenges that the homemaker faces. If the predictability is miscalculated, you may have more staples and groceries than required, or you might also face their shortage. Hence, organizing pantry is of essence and a matter of practice every day.

Stock these 10 nutritious foods in your fridge and you'll be able to whip up a healthy meal or snack any time

Rich in vitamins and minerals, raw jackfruit contains no cholesterol or saturated fats and is a must-have at your dining table. Rich in vitamins and minerals, raw jackfruit contains no cholesterol or saturated fats and is a must-have at your dining table.

Work your way to a healthy and fit life by doing these simple exercises at work.

We Indians love to experiment when it comes to recipes. Though we prefer traditional foods to prepare everyday, we also do try out new recipes from a neighbouring cuisine and exotic recipes once in a while, to break the monotony. While we are on experiments, what might seem light but is trivial is, using the right cooking oil. We must know which cooking oil suits what method of cooking. We should also be aware of what cooking oil is required to bring in the authenticity of the recipe, so that we do it exactly the way it is done.

Keep these 10 dieting don'ts in mind and start your weight loss journey

That weekend party can upset all your carefully laid diet plans. Get around it with these simple tips from Roshini Gilbert, VP of Services at HealthifyMe

Baking is an art and a science that requires an accurate recipe and guidance, which will make you, bake the perfect cake. Most of us, who have learnt baking, either had a mother or a grandmother who gave us that guidance and tips to ensure the cake would come out perfect every time.

Did you know Betty Crocker was a maternal and guiding presence in kitchens across America? She was a person women could trust with their most frustrating kitchen woes in 1920s when families moved to big cities and did not have their ancestors to teach them skills such as cooking and baking.

Yoga isn’t just exercise; it’s a way of life. Try these 5 yoga moves to overcome the stress the daily grind brings

The body needs proteins, before and after workouts. HealthifyMe senior nutritionist Neha Jain explains, “Proteins are the building blocks of our body. You need them for the daily wear and tear of muscles, to speed up recovery and to gain strength.”

From leaving you feeling refreshed to improving your digestion, enhancing your liver function and fighting cancer, the benefits of sugarcane juice are plenty.

Many of us would love the baked goodies like cookies, breads, pies and cakes. Indulging in these sweet treats is a luxury, which we allow ourselves to be gratified, once in a while. Especially when we are expecting guests at home, hosting is mostly complete only with sweet goodies. Fresh home baked desserts like cakes, pies or custards can add pep to your homemade recipes.

You don’t really need a lot to get started in the Kitchen, we all look at cooking the simpler and smarter way, spending less time in the kitchen at the same time being creative and perfect in flavors’. This is possible if you have the right tools, pots and pans and appliances for cooking. Investing a really good quality cookware will make your life a whole lot easier and allow you to cook with ease.

That moment when you arrived home and you knew it from the fragrance that your mother had cooked your favourite food is a memory so dearly enjoyed when we grow up and cook on our own. We know that our carefree time of childhood might be seen only through the eyes of our growing kids. Parents strive hard to recreate their children, the moments that are imprinted in our memories. Cooking Indian recipes that are native to the culture and region is one among those efforts. Including at least one meal a day that our fore grandfathers ate sets so many things right, from cultural inheritance, eating habits, to staying healthy.

Often, people who don’t gain weight regardless of how and what they eat, brag about having a high metabolism, but what does that really mean?

Kitchen is the special space of the family, which binds everyone together emotionally. Remember those little gossips that happen when your close relatives come over? That time when your best friend visits house and spends some time chit chatting in the kitchen which is private to your family, only feeling privileged to be getting to know you more.

Whatever your fitness goals may be, your pre- and post-workout meals are extremely important. Workout foods fuel your workout, help build muscle, kickstart weight loss and enhance recovery.

Eating right is something we have to cultivate mindfully. Eating right not just aims at the portions, but also the kind of foods we have filled our meal plate with. The vitamins and minerals help keep us lively and kicking, whereas the protein and carbohydrates are required for the maintenance of our body cells on a day to day basis.If you are a woman who is into physical exercises in the form of Yoga, Dance Forms, Running, Walking, Zumba, Aerobics, Crossfit, Strength training or anything else where your body goes through physical activity, then it’s all the more reason why you must focus on what goes into your body. 

A change in mindset coupled with modifications in diet & workout regime can help control diabetes.