Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Include More Greens in Your Diet

For those of us who have been brought up eating lots of red meat at every meal, the idea of ​​a meatless dish is unfathomable. But you can do. There are many health benefits of eating more vegetables and less meat.

1. Once a week Vegetarian
Choose a day of the week that becoming a vegetarian. It need not be smooth. Find recipes on the Internet or create your own with what seasonal vegetables. Use lots of mushrooms that have a coarse-textured flesh to fool your taste buds.

2. Eat a green salad every day
Make this a habit and once you're used to it, not feel good, if you have not eaten their salad.There a lot of salads you can do with, for example, red and green cabbage, lettuce, arugula, spinach , tomato, carrot, cucumber, avocado, peppers, beets, etc..
The color of the salad more the better. Read More 

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Organic Raw Kale Salad


Organic raw Kale is a cruciferous vegetable, belonging to the mustard family. It is high in calcium and contains forty-three percent of the recommended daily servings of protein in dry weight. Organic raw Kale provides long lasting energy to sustain throughout the day. We are living in an age where many foods are based on none other than convenience. The fundamental problem exists with this is that all the highly processed foods available and have no life, and lack of vitamins and nutrients in whole foods.

In the United States today, the leading cause of death in humans is heart disease. Diet is one factor that contributes to heart disease. It's not healthy for the heart when we eat highly processed foods that have large amounts of refined sugar, carbohydrates, and no live enzymes, vitamins or minerals. The choices of food you eat will ultimately impact the level of your current health status. Organic fruits and vegetables are full of life force energy that ensures you are getting all the important nutrients of the mind and the body needs to stay healthy and thrive. It is important to focus on the selection of meals per day. One thing I noticed in the last ten years, when I make a choice of healthy foods that will make it easier to repeat that action in the future. Read More

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Delicious Lemon Cupcakes



Lemon muffins are to die for. They are personally one of my favorites, very sunny and you can always count on one to put a smile on your face. They are fine if you want a touch of lemon. They are great if you're looking to cook something easy. I never tire of lemon cupcakes are so many things you can do with them, you can even add vanilla cookies to add a touch of vanilla, which are so flexible. I love the flexibility that comes with them because you can always find a new recipe and not have to give the lemon flavor that is a win-win.

Ingredients:

* 3 / 4 cup butter, softened
* 1 cup sugar
* 3 eggs
* 3 teaspoons grated lemon peel
* Extract 1 / 2 teaspoon vanilla
* 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* Bake 1 / 2 teaspoon powdered
* Bake 1 / 2 teaspoon baking soda
* Salt 1 / 4 teaspoon
* Cream 1 / 2 cup sour
* 1 / 2 cup shredded coconut \

COCONUT LEMON glaze:

* 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
* 2 tablespoons butter, softened
* 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
* Extract 1 / 4 teaspoon vanilla
* Lemon 1 / 4 teaspoon of juice
* 1-1/4 cups powdered sugar
* 3 / 4 cup shredded coconut, divided
* Grated lemon peel, optional.  Read More


Thursday, January 26, 2012

Italian Food: Favorite recipe of Sicily



The Italian and Sicilian food come with a lot of flavor and style, which represents the lifestyle of the Italians and Sicilians. Many people think of them as one of the same, but the Sicilians practice many customs that differ from their fellow Italians continent. These differences include the food. Sicilians use a lot of fish in their diet, among many other variations of this means more. This is no surprise since Sicily is an island in the Mediterranean, where fishing is an important part of culture and economy. Sicilians enjoy food like fried rice croquettes with mozzarella cheese, zucchini stuffed with cheese and anchovies, a, olives, fried meat and fried steaks to name a few. A dish that is very popular among the locals is Porchetta, a roast pig makes a high-fat food that are tasty and delicious. Another dish is gnocchi alla Romana, a dish made with Parmesan cheese, flour, and eggs boiled in milk balls and then baked. Read More

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Pasta Cooking-Recipe Tips


Now that we've covered some of the most time of pasta, like making pasta from scratch, let's move on to more familiar ground. Have you ever noticed how great the pasta aisle at the supermarket is.Dry pasta can be used for hot or cold? It stores well and does not lose its flavor. There is even some great jerk sauce that makes the preparation even faster. Dry pasta dishes after use and packed some of the ingredients for the sake of convenience. Baked pasta dishes are ideal for a crowd or leftovers the next day. Dinner can also feed everyone lunch the next day? Perfect! This version of baked ziti using store-bought pesto, but this can be cool, if you prefer. Read More

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Testy Espresso Brownie Pudding



I love espresso! I also like the dessert. What would happen if you put the two together? It would be nice! So what would happen if you add the chocolate? Oh, could only make it better! I know, let's make an espresso chocolate pudding and a couple with a chocolate espresso brownie. That just might be heaven on earth! This is my espresso brownie dessert recipe. I think you'll fall in love!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

For the espresso brownie combine the following:

1 / 2 cup flour

1 / 4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

3 / 4 teaspoon baking powder

1 / 8 teaspoon salt

1 / 2 teaspoon vanilla

2 tablespoons oil

2 tablespoons half and half
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Lobster Bisque Soup



Great chefs are creative ways to use less than perfect ingredients to make perfect dishes that diners request at every session of wine and dinner. The lobster bisque soup is a dish perfect example. Before discussing the intricacies of preparation and the subtlety of its flavors, is a good idea to know the origins of this delicious soup. After all, the appreciation of food begins with an appreciation of its history and even the many people who contributed to its development in its modern form.

Background bisques

We can thank the French for many types of seafood soup that we enjoy today. All soups seafood soups are smooth, creamy and spicy wines from the voltage crustaceans the size of lobsters, shrimp, crabs and crayfish, even. It should be noted that cream soups and mashed roasted vegetables like squash, tomatoes and mushrooms and seafood soups are not technically considered bisques despite the general allocations of those soups. Fish soup containing chunks of ingredients, while bisques have a smooth texture with any of the pieces. The term "bisque" is often regarded as derived from the Bay of Biscay, an area known for its abundance of seafood. However, this etymology is not widely accepted in culinary circles.

Instead, the term comes from the question "bis troubles," meaning twice cooked. This is in reference to the current process of preparing seafood seafood soups of all kinds - first, the seafood saute lightly while still in their shells and, secondly, simmer shellfish with other ingredients, drain and add the cream. Read More

Cuban Flan making process



Place 1 / 2 cup sugar in a saucepan and melt over medium heat until it turns a caramel syrup. Pour this quickly in an 8 x 8 Pyrex pan. Initially, this turn of hard rock, that's fine.



Place 5 eggs, 1 can condensed milk 1 can evaporated milk 1 package of four ounces of cream cheese, 1 and 1 / 2 teaspoon vanilla, 1 / 4 teaspoon salt and 1 cup whole milk drunk. Blend until smooth.

Pour mixture into 8 x 8 Pyrex pan. Place this in a Pyrex bowl over 9 mold 13, which have invested about 1 inch of very hot water. Bake for 60 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.

Cool the pudding on the counter of one or two hours before placing in the refrigerator and chill at least 3 hours. After the custard has cooled completely, loosen the sides of the flan with a knife and place in a shallow pan. Read More

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Organic Raw Kale Salad



Organic raw Kale is a cruciferous vegetable, belonging to the mustard family. It is high in calcium and contains forty-three percent of the recommended daily servings of protein in dry weight. Organic raw Kale provides long lasting energy to sustain throughout the day. We are living in an age where many foods are based on none other than convenience. The fundamental problem exists with this is that all the highly processed foods available and have no life, and lack of vitamins and nutrients in whole foods.

In the United States today, the leading cause of death in humans is heart disease. Diet is one factor that contributes to heart disease. It's not healthy for the heart when we eat highly processed foods that have large amounts of refined sugar, carbohydrates, and no live enzymes, vitamins or minerals. The choices of food you eat will ultimately impact the level of your current health status. Organic fruits and vegetables are full of life force energy that ensures you are getting all the important nutrients of the mind and the body needs to stay healthy and thrive. It is important to focus on the selection of meals per day. One thing I noticed in the last ten years, when I make a choice of healthy foods that will make it easier to repeat that action in the future. Read More

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Popcorn Making Recipe Tips


Popcorn made at home is a wonderful gift and healthy can be as fun to make, as it is to eat. Described here is the general recipe for making popcorn in the normal field of buttered popcorn theater and beyond. From high-quality ingredients is important. Popcorn with a moisture content of good will go a long way toward improving taste.While margarine is fine in a pinch, try going with a good butter. The flavor is much more attractive and enjoyable. Salted butter is fine, but keep in mind that you will not need the salt to the finished product as much. In the same line if using unsalted salt a pinch at the end. If for health reasons can not or do not want the butter and salt there are many options to replace ingredients. Read More

Tips for making Soda



You can have your Own Soda, and save money at the same time? Of course! Did you know that is really easy to make your own drinks at home? As with anything new there will be a slight learning curve as you learn the combinations that work best flavor or quantity of a particular ingredient that you need. Have fun with it, make healthier drinks, fun flavors, and reduce the use of plastic and aluminum a little more in the process. Are you ready?

Why make your Own Soda?

As you know brand soft drinks are full of calories and tons of corn syrup, high fructose, which is a kind of healthy for you. Also here are some other great reasons to make your Own Soda:

#Less use of plastic bottles and aluminum cans

#Full control over the ingredients

#Many different flavor combinations

#You can use "Real" fruit instead of artificial flavors

# Ability to control taste

#And much more. Read More

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Encourage Vegan Diet among Children



Parenting is a huge challenge and would be a great feat to raise a child ideal. Early lessons start at home and will be important for parents to stay engaged in teaching the correct values ​​that their children should acquire even at an early stage in life. One of the values ​​that parents should be able to teach their children is a healthy diet. It would be very easy for children to be attracted to the idea of ​​eating junk food or prefer unhealthy food choices and would be very smart if parents can teach their children to eat their vegetables without having to deal with remorse. Living the life of a vegetarian can be difficult to enforce, especially among children, but there are strategies that enable vegetarian meat substitutes like tofu and seeds from germinating for more palatable in the eyes of their children. Read More

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Testy Tomato and Red Pepper Soup


Soup is a food that is made by combining ingredients such as meat and vegetables with broth, juice, water or other liquid. A basic tomato soup is just tomatoes cooked with celery, onion and carrot for flavor. Can add other seasonings like salt, pepper, sugar, garlic and green pepper and milk can be used to create the cream of tomato soup. Whether made from a can or at home, tomato soup is a source of vitamin C, vitamin A and iron. Canned tomato soup is low in calories but high in salt. One cup has 85 calories and 695mg of sodium. This represents 28 percent of the recommended daily value of salt, based on a diet of 2,000 calories a day. You will receive 17 g of carbohydrates, which includes 6 grams of sugar and dietary fiber. Read More

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Enjoy Soups - Ham and Split Pea Soup


 There are many ways to prepare this soup and you can use green peas or yellow, depending on what you prefer, or that you have in your pantry. Personally I prefer the greens and yellows use for beans, a bathroom and not like hummus. You can leave thick soup or puree until thick and smooth, but it is entirely up to you. I would add the cumin seeds and coriander seeds, which have been dry fried to enhance their flavor and a dry red chile, but do not have to use these things. If you want a spicy soup than usual, use a teaspoon of coriander seeds and cumin seeds two, dry fry for a minute or two until fragrant and add to soup when you add the water. The red pepper, crumbled dried can also be added at this time. This recipe for green soup is traditional split pea with ham. I hope you like it.

Ingredients:

750 gr of smoked ham hock or knuckle, washed and rinsed

500 g green beans, cleaned to remove any dirt or sand

1 large onion, chopped

2 stalks celery, trimmed and halved

4 medium carrots, cleaned and thinly sliced

4 cloves garlic, halved

2 large sprigs of thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme

8 sprigs of curly parsley or flat leaf-

2 bay leaves, torn, but still intact

10 black peppercorns

salt to taste

freshly ground black pepper to taste

4-6 berries of pepper (optional)

parsley sprigs for garnish each plate, if desired. Read More