Web Chef Review: Nuts.com Holiday Gift Basket
Look at this glorious Nuts.com Holiday Gift Basket – wow, it’s chock full of all sorts of delights! They say, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” I would venture to say that goes for women too! Nuts.com Holiday Gift Basket – What Did We Think? Chocolate-covered pretzels, chocolate-covered gummy bears & multicolored chocolate-covered sunflower seeds. Have you ever had...
Using the Right Flour Makes Baking Delicious & Beautiful
Baking is certainly an art-form, and using a great flour makes your baked goods delicious & beautiful. Whether you’re baking a basic bread, cookies for the kids, or something more fanciful & substantial like a pastry crust for quiche, using a flour that’s of high quality is important. You want a flour that’s pure, is evenly & well ground, and that tastes good. Maybe you use flour in small batches, or you...
Boost Brain Power with 15 Smart Foods
Brain Foods are foods that boost brain power, increase brain function, protect and enhance memory, help to prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, protect the brain from degeneration, and improve focus for longer periods of time. Our brains are powerful, organic machines that control all movement, thought and sensation, while calculating our needs and reacting with super sonic speed. The amount of data stored as images, text...
How to Cook Pear Vinaigrette Roasted Whole Chicken + Video
This Pear Vinaigrette Roasted Whole Chicken recipe is so succulent & delicious, you will want to prepare it often for friends & family. I am using a brown rice stuffing for my chicken, containing lemon, ginger and sweet potato, then slathering the bird with my Pear Vinaigrette to add some more complexity to the flavors. How to Cook Pear Vinaigrette Roasted Whole Chicken: The vinaigrette, which I made myself, contains pear...
How to Cook Guilt Free Fish n’ Chips with Lime Mayo + Video
I have a great recipe for How To Cook Guilt-Free Fish & Chips, which is a healthy baked version that satisfies the desire you might have for greasy, fried fish and chips. On this menu is Oven-Baked Whole Grain Crusted Tilapia, with Baked Sweet Potato Steak Fries & a Lime Mayo Dip. For the chips, I use partially peeled sweet potatoes, which are super healthy. The tilapia is a perfect, moist, white fish for breading & baking...
How to Make Black Pudding Sausage
Black Pudding, also referred to as blood pudding is a type of sausage that has existed in the civilized, and not so civilized, world for a very long time. As long as humans have kept animals to eat and for clothing, they have been making some style of black pudding. Apparently, according to research, the first known mention of black pudding in 800 BC was referred to in Homer’s The Odyssey. Traditionally a British dish, black...
How to Roast Pulled Pork + Video
Living down South in the USA for much of my adult life, I had the opportunity to eat some amazing pulled pork! Although everyone has their own unique way of making their own pulled pork, I use a variety of methods, just depending upon my mood that day. This is not a quick recipe, but the flavor you develop by taking the time to brine, rub & slow roast will be appreciated by all who devour this dish. How to Roast Pulled Pork:...
How to Make Granola: National Oatmeal Day
National Oatmeal Day is here, and oatmeal isn’t just for breakfast… It’s versatile as lunch, used in breads & other baking, as well as snacks and the like. Oatmeal Nutrition: When it comes to nutritional value, oats have it. This is especially so for fiber in oatmeal. Half is insoluble, which helps digestion, and the other half is soluble, which lowers cholesterol. All oats are whole grain. Types of Oatmeal: Oats...
Eat Better, Eat Healthier Month: Easy Nutrition & Health Guidelines
Eat Better, Eat Healthier Month is here, and we’re going to cover easy guidelines to help you accomplish those two goals. Simple guidelines, when it comes to healthy eating, are essential to encourage people to apply them. If it is too complicated, people tend not to want to do them. 7 Easy Nutrition Guidelines: Restrict saturated fats and avoid trans fats. Rather, consume a greater amount of poly & monounsaturated fats....
Vegetarian Awareness Month: Different Types of Vegetarianism
Vegetarian Awareness Month is an opportunity to not only brush up on our knowledge about being a vegetarian, but to eat some great vegetarian dishes too! Worldwide, there are millions, maybe even billions of people, who adhere to a vegetarian diet and sometimes not through choice, but because meats aren’t available to them. Others choose vegetarian or partially vegetarian diets for health, religious or philosophical reasons....
How to Quick Brine a Pork Loin + Video
I’m making a Quick Brine for a Pork Loin today, as I want to make something extra tasty for our celebration. Pulled pork is on the menu tonight, and I can’t wait…It’s one of my favorite dishes, done right, that is! Before I rub it with sensuous spices, I am going to quick brine it. I’m doing this quickly because that’s all the time I had. This brine is full of aromatics including apple and ginger,...
National Cholesterol Awareness Month: A Refresher Course
National Cholesterol Awareness Month is here, and with it, some sad truths and necessary actions need to be made. The world seems to be suffering from a national high cholesterol and fat epidemic. The fact is that our bodies require cholesterol & fat. The main source of energy is fat, and certain types of fats protect the heart. Cholesterol helps in making the skin around cells and the acids required to digest food, the material...
Healthy School Lunches – Be Ready for Back to School
Instead of sending your child through the cafeteria line with a $10 bill each day for school, get into the trend of packing them a healthy lunch. Healthy is in right now, as is budgeting. So, your child will not be the only one brown bagging or bento box-ing lunch this year! Keeping your kids healthy should be of paramount importance to you and here’s how you can improve their lunches…the easy way! Think of food in 6...
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