At Thanksgiving time, I make a big turkey and a lot of stuffing. Then I package each in dinner-sized portions so I can have it all year round. I found a great way to make my stuffing even more interesting. I made it into a waffle. With my stuffing containing wild rice, water chestnuts, and [...]
Is there a color left for a packet of sweetener if and when a new one is developed? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the following is the packet color lineup for sugar and no-calorie sweeteners: White: Sugar Brown: Sugar in the Raw® Pink: Sweet ‘N Low® Blue: Equal® Yellow: Splenda® Green: Truvia®, [...]
I know this doesn’t have to do with cooking, but it touched my heart and I thought maybe it would touch yours, as well. Just get out the Kleenex. A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on [...]
Why do people put themselves through the agony of dieting only to gain it all back? It’s because they don’t have a very good relationship with food. Food is to nourish not only your body but also your soul. When you’re constantly in a mind battle over whether you should eat something, eating no longer [...]
Want to have a healthier holiday season this year? Take this quiz to test your knowledge of calories and fat in traditional holiday foods. The answers are at the end. But don’t peek! Which appetizer contains the least amount of fat? Three stuffed mushrooms 2 tablespoons of cheese ball with nuts Three pizza rolls Which [...]
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Anyone who enjoys cooking or even wants to learn should consider adding some kitchen equiment to their wish list for thier holiday gifts. I think a must have is a pressure cooker. With time being so limited for many to get a meal on the table, a pressure cooker can speed up the cooking process [...]
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Financial times are tight, but we still have to eat. There are ways that you can keep your grocery bill in line. Try some of the following: Buy in bulk as long as you can get it eaten before it goes bad. For example, why buy potatoes one at a time when you can buy [...]
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Last time I wrote about Eye Hunger. Today, I’m going to be discussing Nose Hunger, adding one more petal to our “Types of Hunger” Flower. Don’t deny it! If you smell someone barbecuing or you pass a bakery and a waft of cooking cookie dough comes your way, all of a sudden you feel hungry. [...]
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Right now I’m eating caramel corn from a bag I bought at the fair the other day. It was just sitting on my desk begging to be eaten. Am I actually hungry? No. But my eyes are. Unfortunately, we often eat for other reasons than pure hunger. Check out my “Hungry Flower”, each petal representing a [...]
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