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...
Web Chef Review: PBfit Peanut Butter Powder
PBfit Peanut Butter Powder is a wonderful, new, healthy product that will surprise you. Peanut butter powder, you ask? Yes! Why would you want peanut butter in a powdered form? Let me tell you… When BetterBody Foods makes PBfit, first, they extract 75% of the oil from the peanuts. The peanuts are then finely ground, with some sugar & salt for flavor, and the consistency ends up being like that of icing sugar. Removing that...
11 Aphrodisiac Foods: Valentine’s Day Treats
It’s Valentine’s Day, and many of you are thinking up a romantic idea for two, and Aphrodisiac Foods can get your heart racing… There is a wide variety of aphrodisiac foods out there, but here are 11 of my favorites. 11 Aphrodisiac Foods: The foods below are not in any particular order or ranked as aphrodisiacs. 1. Avocado: An avocado is a rich, creamy food full of great things for your body, but there’s more...
School Lunches Do Not Have to Be a Challenge
It’s Back-to-School, and what a challenge to keep up with the nutrition, variety & tastes of your child when packing School Lunches… You want to try and keep it simple, easy to transport and handle, as well as being healthy, low in fat, and the list goes on. Sandwiches are still a great go-to for lunches, using last night’s leftover roast beef or roast chicken on a bagel or in a pita pocket. Keep it interesting...
Cooking: Did it Make Us Human?
I just watched a most interesting BBC documentary called “Did Cooking Make Us Human?” This documentary had great information on food, how we used to eat it, and how we evolved due to us learning to use fire and cook our food. Fire allowed us to become predator and not prey. As well, in turn, cooking the food with fire allowed us to get more nutrients out of our foods. This allows our bodies to use less energy digesting raw...
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...
Web Chef Review: Drogheria Smoked Cyprus Sea Salt
If you’re looking for that “je ne sais quoi” in your kitchen…I’ve found it! It’s Drogheria Smoked Cyprus Sea Salt. I need to calm down on this stuff because I want to eat it on everything. It’s one of the tastiest salts I’ve ever used. The smokey flavor from this high quality Cyprus sea salt isn’t something I’m mad at! #justsayin The beige color tantalizes your brain, as it...
How to Handle our Over-Indulgence of Food
Wherever there is delicious food, there is a certainly a chance of over-eating with those tasty tidbits. Isn’t it often the way…No matter who you are, you are going to over-eat at some point. Some may over-eat every time they eat, some may over-indulge but once a week. Not many people are strict dietary adherers, are they…? #justsayin You could check this fat loss program, or maybe another one. Possibly you need to...
Would You Play Heineken’s Departure Roulette?
Imagine you’re at the airport ready to get on your plane… …And it happens. A free trip is offered to you to go to a completely different location from where you’re off to – a more Adventurous Destination! You’re wondering what the catch is, aren’t you? The Catch: You don’t know what that destination is…AND you have to depart right then and there. On the spot! Would you do it?...
Web Chef Review: Ember Woodfire Grill Restaurant – Livonia, NY
Hipped to this cool restaurant by some friends, I was so curious, I had to look them up online. They dubbed this restaurant as the best restaurant in Livonia, NY… After checking out what they have to offer, I’m convinced the food must also be as stellar as what they are feeding you with their food philosophy. First & foremost, their food is made from scratch comfort foods. They use ingredients that are seasonal &...
Food Senses: Hunger & Eating
Well, if you haven’t already realized, let’s get on the same page…We use all 5 of our senses when we eat. Sight Audibles Smell Touch Taste That’s how we “take it all” in, so to speak. There is extensive research being done on how the scent and taste senses affect what we eat, how we eat, when we eat and how much we eat. This research even indicates, in many instances, why we eat, explaining cravings...
Is Basil King of Herbs?
Basil, or known by its Latin name, Ocimum basilicum, is maybe the most “common” of herbs that grows all over the world. In fact, that may be why it is referred to as the “King” of herbs in its own right. Photo right: My very own Basil plant in my garden. Historically speaking, being so named the king of herbs came from St. Constantine along with his mother, St. Helen. They discovered the Holy Cross, and as...
How to Make Kiwi Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Sometimes, simple combinations are the way to go when “cooking” or preparing food. In fact, many times, 3 ingredients is all you need to make something amazing. Often, more ingredients than that and you can start messing up and overpowering the people wanting to eat your food. The simplest of combinations can be fully appreciated, flavors isolated with your taste buds and your brain, and fully, completely enjoyed. Yes,...
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