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admin on July 12th, 2010

Spin-a-Recipe®  just posted a new recipe to the slot machine — Beer Braised Meat.  Spin for hundreds of variations.  By using less expensive cuts of meat and braising it, you get succulent and tender meat.  Tougher cuts of meat also tend to be less fatty.  By skimming the braising liquid, you end up with a [...]

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Here’s a great gift idea for Mom on Mother’s Day that is so unique and clever, she’ll be using it all year round. Give her a gift of membership at http://www.spinarecipe.com. She gets to play a slot machine to select recipes to cook. Then she can spin the wheels for the ingredients. No more thumbing [...]

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admin on April 29th, 2010

Michael Ruhlman, a food writer for the Huffington Post, started a buzz going with his post, Message to Food Editors: What 30-Minute Meals Really Mean.  He contends that saying you’re “too busy to cook is just b*******” (his words not mine).  As a dietitian, I’ve heard both sides.  There are those who agree with Michael [...]

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admin on June 5th, 2009

Do you realize that people who don’t live in high-tech societies rarely say “I don’t have time for that.”  In the June issue of “The Costco Connection” there was a great article discussing both sides of the issue of whether timesaving devices (e.g. computers, emails, text messaging, DVR) actually save us time.  On the side [...]

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