If you think learning how to cook is too hard, you're in for a treat. This beginner's guide to cooking shows you everything you need to get started today.
The data doesn’t lie: where processed and fast food lives, obesity and chronic disease follows. There’s simply no getting around the fact that what you choose to eat everyday will directly affect the state of your health now and in the future.
And if you’re thinking that you can exercise your way out a bad diet, think again.
Multiple studies have shown that exercise has a negligible effect on long term weight loss and weight maintenance.
I’ll say it again:
The ONLY WAY to lose weight and live healthy in the long run is to cook meals at home…
…because you’re almost guaranteed to eat real food.
But don’t worry, this process is MUCH easier that you think.
Check it out:
From learning how to cook to becoming a healthy home cooking superstar, this beginner’s guide to cooking is for you.
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How to Cheaply Stock Your Kitchen
With High Quality “Must Have”
Cookware
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Kitchen Essentials List: 30 of the Best Kitchen Utensils & Cookware
The Ultimate List of Kitchen Tools for Healthy Cooking
Michael Ruhlman’s Essential Kitchen Tools
Creating a Functional Kitchen: Essential Cookware and Tools
The Minimalist Kitchen: What You Need (and Don’t Need) to Set Up
Your First Workable Home Kitchen
The Sweet Home’s List of the Best Gear For Your Kitchen
Your First Kitchen: 5 Guides to Help You Set Up Your Kitchen With
the Best Basics
1. Cookware
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How to Cheaply Stock Your Pantry
With the Most Often-Used
Ingredients
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Pantry Essentials: Food Items You Should Always Have in the Kitchen
Basic Pantry 101
How to Stock a Minimalist Pantry
17 Healthier Condiments and Sauces to Keep in Your Pantry
22 Recipes for Homemade Condiments
Whole30 Pantry Stocking Guide
Online Store For Healthy Pantry Essentials: Thrive Market
2. Ingredients
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How to Eat Healthy
in a World of Fast Food
and Processed Junk
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12 Baby Steps to Optimal Nutrition
How to Eat Healthy, Lose Weight and Feel Awesome Every Day
6 Things That Are Terribly Wrong With the “Western” Diet
A Beginner’s Guide to Healthy Eating
How to Fix a Broken Diet: 3 Ways to Get Your Eating On Track
3. Eating Healthy
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How to Plan Your Weekly Meals, Stress Free
15 Tips for Better Weekly Meal Planning
The Definitive Guide to Effective Meal Planning
Personalized Meal Plans for Busy Professionals
4. Meal Planning
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The Ultimate Guide To Grocery Shopping
The Healthy Shopper’s Guide to the Grocery Store
Your Guide to the Grocery Store
50 Tips for Grocery Shopping
15 Money-Saving Ways to Outsmart Your Supermarket
What’s The Big Deal With Food Waste?
Online Grocery Delivery: Amazon Fresh & Amazon Subscribe and
Save
5. Grocery Shopping
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Food Preparation Tips, Tricks & Techniques
15 Basic Cooking Methods You Need to Know
Knife Skills: The 4 Knife Cuts Every Cook Should Know
Rouxbe Cooking School
New York Times Video Cooking Techniques
Epicurious Essentials: Cooking How-To’s
How to Cook Everything: The Basics
6. Prep & Techniques
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Cooking For One Tips: Clean As You Cook
37 Ways to Give Your Kitchen a Deep Clean
37 Tips For Keeping Food Fresh Longer
The Ultimate Food-Storage Guide
How to Store Food Properly in the Freezer and Fridge
7. Cleaning & Storage
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How to have FUN&
Overcome
Common Cooking Challenges
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31 Proven Ways to Actually Have Fun Cooking for Yourself
How to Get Your Significant Other on Board With a Healthy Lifestyle
10 Steps to Start a Daily Cooking Habit
How To Savour Your Meals, Slow Down Your Pace, and Have a Pleasure
Filled Relationship with Food and Life
9 Simple Tricks To Eat More Mindfully
8. Overcoming Challenges
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Quick and Easy Healthy Recipes (30 minutes or less)
400+ Healthy Recipes (That Won’t Break the Bank)
Over 100 Quick and Easy Recipes
101 Healthy Low-Carb Recipes That Taste Incredible
100 Days of Real Food Recipe Index
9. Recipe Resources
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27 Diagrams That Make Cooking So Much Easier
Top 10 Food Infographics to Hang in Your Kitchen or Save to Your
Phone
14 Infographics to Help Organize Your Kitchen
10. Cheat Sheets & Charts
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