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This Year's Thanksgiving Dinner
I hope everyone had a nice holiday. I had the honor of cooking dinner for a small group of four people. The meal was vegetarian (actually vegan, except for one dessert), mostly organic, with no added sugar and nothing refined.
Spring Vegetable Paella
Just in time for spring! What so great about this dish it provides loads of nutrients from the vegatables. It’s quick and easy to make!2 Ingredient Recipes
My mother is a reader of Woman's Day Magazine (whose recipes I usually love) and she passed on these 2 ingredient recipe cards to me. Sure, some of them are a little odd and I will probably never, ever attempt, but there were a few that immediately grabbed my attention and I can't wait to try out! (Pineapple with coconut sorbet...:DROOL:)
If you want the actually cards to print out and some additional ideas: http://www.womansday.com/food/6577/2-ingredient-recipe-cards.html, http://www.womansday.com/food/6373/none.html
Appetizers
Marinate mixed olives (jar) with freshly grated peel and juice from 1 lemon in refrigerator at least 24 hours.
A new effort to help shoppers stay healthy: Country of Origin Labeling
A new effort to help shoppers stay healthy http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/113/story/277025.html Published: Monday, October 06, 2008 Press and wire reports WASHINGTON - No more wondering where your hamburger came from, or where your lettuce and tomatoes were grown: Shoppers can now see lots more foods labeled with the country of origin. It's a law years in the making but timely, as China's milk scandal and the recent salmonella-tainted Mexican peppers prompt growing concern over the safety of imported foods. Still, hold the import-bashing: Numerous outbreaks in recent years have come from U.S.-produced foods, like spinach grown in California.Why Carbohydrates Are Important
Are you struggling to get through your workouts and feel physically exhausted after your workouts? Are lacking in energy every day? This might be due to lack of carbohydrates.The Dirty Dozen: Top 12 Foods to Eat Organic
Courtesy of MSN: http://green.msn.com/galleries/photos/photos.aspx?gid=164&ocid=T003MSN51N1653A 1. Beef According to the Environmental Protection Agency, "meat contains higher levels of pesticides than any of the plant foods." Pesticides end up in the environment, then in the animal, and then in you.Salad-Making 101
Making a good salad is truly an art. Salads seem to be the epitome of health food, however, there are many big mistakes made that drastically reduce or destroy the nutritional value of your salad.
Let's outline the steps to making a fabulous salad both in taste and nutrition!
Dinner Parties for All Budgets
It's a party!
$: Southern Shindig
Nothing gets people's mouths watering like down-home cooking -- the main event at this party. Order takeout fried chicken and make all the fixings yourself, or fry up a batch of easier-to-cook chicken-fried steak.
Negative Calorie Foods
Here is a list of negative calorie foods. What it means is that when you eat these foods raw or in some cases slightly cooked with nothing on them your body burns more calories digesting and processing them than what is in the actual food itself. Fruits apple cranberries grapefruit lemon mango orange pineapple raspberries strawberries tangerine papaya Vegetables asparagus beet broccoli cabbage (green) carrot cauliflower celery Chile peppers (hot) cucumber dandelion endive garden cress garlic green beans lettuce onion radishes spinach turnip (Calorie-count.com)
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