Cooking with wine adds a great deal of flavor. And it’s a healthy way to cook too! – Sautéing food in wine adds moisture to the dish without adding extra fatty ingredients such as butter or oil. Speaking of the latter, when you cook with wine, you can still use oil, but you just don’t need as much of it as when you cook without wine.

Choosing a proper wine for cooking is simple – avoid buying cooking wine. Your dish should “drink” the same wine you do. That’s because cooking wines often contain ingredients that are neither healthy nor tasty, including food coloring, preservatives, and salt.

The wine that you enrich your stew with doesn’t need to be expensive or fancy. Just make sure to use a dry wine of your choice, but not a sweet one. In other words, the less sugar the wine has the better. Use lighter wines when cooking pasta, chicken, or fish and heavier wines when you cook red meat or pasta with red sauce.

If the content of alcohol in your wine concerns you, take into account that alcohol evaporates quite significantly during cooking. The longer you simmer you dish in wine, the less alcohol remains in the dish. For example, after an hour of cooking, 75% of alcohol in your wine evaporates.

No matter what dish you cook, when you cook it in wine, the dish benefits from the bouquet of flavor the wine brings to it. Naturally, each wine has its own taste. So, to achieve the best result, don’t be afraid to experiment using different kinds of wine in your cooking. We’re sure you’ll love it!

Chicken Baked in Wine with Tomatoes and Garlic

In this diabetic-friendly recipe, chicken is first pan-fried, then bake in the oven. The combination of wine and spices gives the chicken a delicate aroma and unique flavor.

Slow Cooked Turkey Breast with Wine, Onions, and Lemon Juice

If you have a slow cooker, try this diabetic-friendly turkey breast recipe. The meat languishes for a long time in a fragrant sauce and turns out to be very juicy and flavorful.

Duck with Cherries in Red Wine

Duck with cherries in red wine turn out very tender and juicy, thanks to the wine, that also gives the meat very rich flavor. Cherries combined with wine add a little sourness to the duck. This diabetic-friendly dish looks very beautiful and appetizing, which makes it a strong contender for the main holiday entrée on your table.

Champignons Fried in Wine

A simple and delicious diabetic-friendly side dish. Hard to find a better fit for a steak than this!

Beef Stew with Red Wine and Mushrooms

This is a diabetic-friendly recipe for a hearty and rich beef stew with mushrooms.

Filet Mignon in Red Wine Sauce

This rich and delicious diabetic-friendly entrée is perfect for a special occasion!

Coq Au Vin (Rooster in Wine)

This is a diabetic friendly recipe for Coq Au Vin – a classic French chicken dish, which is a chicken stewed in wine.

Steak with Figs and Apples in Wine Sauce

This is a recipe for a diabetic-friendly main entrée bursting with flavor. – An amazing special occasion dish!