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Healthy Heart Choices Cooking School

Learn to Cook with Confidence

Healthy cooking gets easier when you understand the "why" behind the technique. Learn one skill at a time with approachable lessons designed to help you cook with more confidence, more flavor, and more variety.

Meet Your Cooking Guide

Healthy cooking doesn't have to be complicated. These lessons are here to help you understand the techniques, tools, and everyday choices that make cooking easier and more enjoyable.

Every lesson is fully written out, so you can learn without watching the video.

Cooking Techniques

Step-by-step courses for the tools and techniques you'll use most.

Vegetables and chicken cooking in a wok
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Cooking with a Wok

From choosing a wok to your first beautifully cooked dinner.

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A golden omelet sliding onto a plate
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Making the Perfect Omelet

What to cook first, when the eggs go in, and four ways to fold it.

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A blender of berry smoothie
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Making Perfect Smoothies

The smoothie formula, perfect texture, soups, dips and quick cleanup.

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A swirled bowl of hummus
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The Art of Hummus

History, the silky step-by-step recipe, 24 flavors and plating.

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An air fryer with roasted vegetables and salmon
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Mastering the Air Fryer

Crisp vegetables, tender proteins, whole-meal timing and safe temperatures.

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A gas grill with steaks and vegetables
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Become a Gas Grill Master

From lighting the grill to steak, fish, vegetables and pizza.

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A gas griddle cooking several foods

Mastering the Gas Griddle

Heat zones, cooking a whole meal at once, from mahi to fried rice.

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An electric pressure cooker with vegetables, beans and lentils

Mastering the Pressure Cooker

Discover how to use a pressure cooker with confidence for healthy soups, beans, grains, proteins, and easy meal prep.

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Healthy Eating

Sourced, practical topics about everyday food choices. General information, not personal medical advice.

A human heart with a soft warm glow of inflammation easing into a calm green aura, framed by healthy plant foods — leafy greens, tomatoes, berries, avocado, walnuts, lentils, whole grains and olive oil

Healthy Heart, Calmer Inflammation

What the Research Shows About Food, Inflammation, and Heart Health

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The human body's artery and vein system in red and blue with the heart at the center, framed by healthy plant foods — leafy greens, tomatoes, avocado, berries, walnuts, beans, grains and olive oil

Healthy Heart, Healthy Arteries

What published research shows about food patterns and plaque progression — visual, science-based, no exaggerated claims.

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A shopper comparing two unbranded cereal cartons in a grocery aisle

Reading a Nutrition Label

How to understand what’s really in packaged foods and drinks

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A blood pressure cuff wrapped around an arm beside a round dial gauge, in a bright, calm hospital room with soft morning light

Healthy Heart, Steadier Pressure

What the Research Shows About Food Patterns and Blood Pressure

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Herbs, spices, citrus and a colorful finished meal

Flavor Without the Salt

Learn how herbs, spices, citrus, vinegars, aromatics, and cooking techniques can create big flavor without depending on excess sodium.

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A glowing green pancreas outlined in mint on a deep green background, ringed by broccoli, salmon, beans, olives, nuts, berries and avocado

Can the Pancreas Recover?

What the science says about type 2 diabetes, nutrition, weight loss, and pancreatic function.

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Understand Your Serving and Total Carbohydrate

A nutrition label describes a specific amount of food. Your portion may be smaller or larger, so start with the amount before comparing the numbers.

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Choose Fats With Your Heart in Mind

Fats contribute flavor and energy. Their type, amount and what they replace all matter in an overall eating pattern.

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Find Sodium in Everyday Foods

Salt added at the table is only one source of sodium. Foods that do not taste especially salty can still contribute a substantial amount.

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Build a Satisfying Meal

A satisfying meal can combine vegetables, a protein source, a suitable carbohydrate food and portions that fit you. There is no single arrangement that fits everyone.

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Use Your Personal Targets in My Week

The planner separates what you prepare from your personal portion. It compares your planned food with targets, not with a record of everything you actually ate.

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Know When You Need Individual Guidance

Food education can help you prepare questions and explore choices. It cannot replace an individualized plan from a clinician or registered dietitian.

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Meal Prep & Storage

Freezer, thawing and leftover know-how. Storage tips for each recipe stay on that recipe's page.

  • Storage & Meal Prep BasicsComing soon
  • Freezer-Friendly Meal PrepComing soon
  • How to Freeze Individual PortionsComing soon
  • Safe ThawingComing soon
  • Reheating Without Drying Food OutComing soon
  • Batch CookingComing soon
  • Using Leftovers SafelyComing soon

Kitchen Basics

Cookware, knives, heat and food safety fundamentals.

  • Choosing CookwareComing soon
  • Knife BasicsComing soon
  • Cooking OilsComing soon
  • Seasonings and SpicesComing soon
  • Understanding HeatComing soon
  • Food ThermometersComing soon
  • Basic Food SafetyComing soon