Tuesday, November 27, 2007

5 Steps to Your Own Cake Business

If you are gifted in the cake baking and decorating field and you would love to make a profit from your creations, then you are the perfect candidate for a successful cake business. The best part is, you can do it all from home! Cakes, having been around for hundreds, if not thousands of years, have definitely stood the test of time. Cakes are in demand and that is probably never going to change. So, there you go, that's job security!

Step One: Obtain or create a list of the crucial supplies. You already have an oven, a mixer and some of the basic baking tools. On the other hand, you will need to purchase some specialty cake decorating tools that most people don't have lying around. Get an ample amount of baking pans in a variety of shapes and sizes, as well as icing flutes and spatulas.

Step Two: Consider taking a cake decorating class or two. This will be a small investment but can reap many benefits. Many community colleges, cooking schools and even grocery stores offer wonderful, educational cake decorating classes. A class is a great way to brush up on old techniques and learn new ones. Your cake business will require you to be the best you can be!

Step Three: Practice, practice, practice. The old saying is true, practice makes perfect, especially in a cake business. Test all kinds cake and frosting recipes until you find the best. Ask friends and family for a taste test so you have several opinions. I have never known anyone to turn dow free cake and frosting. Try out different frosting techniques until you have mastered them all. Even after you have launched your business, keep practicing so your skills remain fresh and you continue to improve as a cake artist.

Step Four: Spread the word. Word of mouth is the best and free! Tell your friends and family. Once you have provided cakes for a couple of events, hopefully, those people will refer others to you. Order some business cards with all your information so you can give them to your clients and they can pass them on to others. There are websites that will create them for free for your cake business.

Step Five: Start a website for your cake business with pictures of your work and pricing information. If a customer is interested in your service but wants to see some examples of your work, you can simply refer them to your website. Of course, if they want a taste sample, you will have to actually bake them something. Lastly, you may also want to set up a way for customers to place orders online.

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Andreaetta and Vondre' Whaley are known as "The Cake Couple." They specialize in helping cake bakers get more customers. You can visit their website at http://www.sellcakeslikecrazy.com.

Dinner Recipes

Cooking can be fun if creativity is involved in it. Everyone wants to try new recipes which are great in taste and less time consuming. Some people are very conscious about their health and try some low crab recipes befitting to their daily diet whereas some very busy people want quick dinner recipes or crock pot recipes which can be done within minutes without compromising for the taste. In today's busy world where people have to give the best shot in the office hardly find time to spend on cooking. Both parents in the family have to work and meet the needs and demand of their children as well as to cope up with the price rise.

For such people quick dinner recipes are of great help. You can take the help of internet and search online the recipes which require less time. There are many website full of new recipes for you to try and enjoy. These websites will help with new ideas and techniques which can be used effectively for making dinner quickly. It is the advantage of some site that the recipes they are offering are able to provide without any charge. They tell you the time saving tips and the things you can do ahead to make dinner time quick and simple. In this way taking the help of such website will definitely prove beneficial for many who want to make their life easy and saving time by trying some of the recipes given in the website.

Evening is the time when all the family members are together and that is why dinner is considered as the main meal of the day where it is expected to have plenty of options, variety and flavor and so preparing dinner can be a herculean task, spending hours together in the kitchen. Even this task can be made easy if certain things are taken into account: -

The best idea to make sure the meal prepared is tasty and fresh is to going for meal planning. Planning for the upcoming meal will keep you away from the hassles. Proper planning and buying all the ingredients required in advance for the coming week will make the task easy and you get along well even after a long hard and tiring day. You will be sure of what to make in the dinner and will avoid one more visit to a local fast food joint.

Every family member has their choice and demand and wants to have the same for the dinner. To handle such situation try to find out through an informal poll and include at least one favorite in the entire meal. It will not have unsatisfied eaters at the dinner table. In addition to the meal planning you can surf through those hundreds of websites that offer satisfying dinner recipes. The recipes you might think are time consuming these sites would give some amazing shortcut to cut short the required time for any recipe. Isn't it wonderful to have new twist on pork, beef and fish dishes along with countless number of chicken dishes.

Whether you are trying to make quick dinner or those which will reduce the fats but don't forget to give them the balanced diet essential for their growth and development. Looking for more information on Dinner Recipes check out www.EASYDINNERRECIPES.NET your guide to Dinner Recipes.

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Cheesecakes: The 8th Wonder of the World?

Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games was also the place where cheesecakes were invented. The cheesecake was used as food for the Olympic athletes of the time. Now, the modern iteration of the cheesecake is a scrumptious dessert loved by all.

A scrumptious energy bar in the ancient Greece, a cheesecake was made from mainly cow or goat cheese mashed into a pulp. Honey, wheat flour and some water were added to give sweetness, volume and texture and also soften the mixture. It was then formed into patties or cakes. After it was baked and let to cool, it was then served to the athletes. Cheesecakes developed a following soon after as they tasted good. Soon, it became a prominent element in Greek cooking. It was also customary during those days for a bride-to-be to make and serve mini cheesecakes to the groom's associates in the ancient Greece. The custom of serving of cake for wedding has since then evolved into the present wedding cake.

When the Roman army came to Greece and defeated the Greeks; they have lived amongst the Greeks and followed many of Greeks tradition and food. As the Romans swept into other parts of the world occupying country like Europe and Britain, they have introduced cheesecakes to these nations. Cheesecakes were well loved by these nations and soon, many different versions of cheesecake came about as the result of this. Spreading from the old world to the new, even the USA too has become a capital of cheesecakes.

The modern cheesecake consists of a mixture of a selection of cheese including cottage cheese, cream cheese, or ricotta. This mixture is what adds different flavors to a cheesecake. In the USA, there are two major cheesecakes varieties and the more common of the two is the Jewish cheesecake or more popularly known as New York Style cheesecake. Basically, The New York Style cheesecake is a cream cheese based cake on a cracker crust. Many variations of this dessert have evolved over time using this basic recipe by adding different flavors and toppings, such as Key Lime, Tiramisu, chocolate, and fruit flavors such as mango and strawberries.

The Italian cheesecake which is made with ricotta cheese and bits of candied fruit with a pastry crust is another popular variety of cheesecake. Expert chefs have for many generations guarded their own secret family cheesecake recipes to be passed down to the next generation. Traditional cheesecake is high in calories and fat due to the nature of the ingredients used but thanks to today's modern developments of artificial sweeteners and low fat ingredients have made this dessert available in healthier selections such no fat and sugar added cheesecakes and even sugar free cheesecakes without any flavor loss.

Want to select a dessert that will savor your taste buds? Look no further as cheesecakes are the perfect dessert! Why not give your loved ones a surprise by making them cheesecakes? The only hard part about making them is deciding when the cake is cooked. Unlike a traditional cake, the semi solid nature of cheesecakes can collapse easily. Keep in mind that you can re-bake an undercooked cake but you can't undo an over baked one. It is important that you follow the baking time specified in a recipe. You can try one of the many cheesecake recipes that are simple to make with tastes great and cheap too.

If you crave for more elaborate offerings there are also many exotic gourmet cheesecake recipes out there which are more complex to make but are certainly more enticing to the diner. These recipes can be obtained both online or in bookstores. Then again the fastest and easiest way to enjoy a slice of your favorite cheesecake is simply head down to the nearest bakery or cake house and order a portion of cheesecake in the flavor you desire. So go ahead and indulge yourself in a succulent feast of your favorite cheesecake.

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The author proudly writes for an online cheesecake store where he samples tasty flavors such as pumpkin cheesecake and chocolate cheesecake, along with 20+ other flavors.

Chocolate Cheesecake is the Perfect Comfort Food

Usually, I would not turn down a piece of mouthwatering cheesecake. Nobody I know has the capacity to say no to this utmost delightful and rich dessert. It is now enjoyed by almost everybody in different parts of the world. It has also been adopted as a comfort food for the stressed lot.

A cheesecake is a sweet desert. The blend of ingredients including eggs, cream and soft cheese makes the taste resemble custards and crème brulee more than a traditional cake. The texture of any cheesecake can be light and airy to thick and rich to smooth and creamy. The moment you have it in your mouth, it explodes and dissolves away-just like falling into a sweet dream. Embellish it with fresh fruits, glazes or whipped cream to add intense flavor. To make sure the cheesecake is extra scrumptious, refrigerate it overnight.

The cheesecake is made of cream cheese. Cream cheese was around since Renaissance. It was Marco Polo who recorded how the Mongols made cheese. They made it from skimmed milk which they either boiled or simply left in the sun to dry. The first recorded mentioning of cheesecake was during the Grecian Olympic Games. Cato the Elder later discussed on how to prepare the desert in his farming manual, "De Agri Cultura". Only in the late nineteenth century did two New York farmers came up with rich cream cheese which was most probably inspired by French Neufchatel. It was made for the Empire Cheese Company which later became the famous brand Philadelphia Cream Cheese. What is so special about this cheese? Why, for making cheesecakes of course!

There are many variations and versions of cheesecake to date. However, fundamentally cheesecake is usually made of cream cheese, sugar, eggs and cream. The influence of one's customs, original food and spices also plays a role in the wide range of variations of cheesecake all around the globe. For instance, the Italian or Roman cheesecake is made of ricotta cheese. Germans uses quark cheese for their cheesecake and Greek style uses Mizithra and Mascarpone cheese in their recipe. Flavorings such as vanilla or chocolate may be added to create a different taste in the cake. More often than not fruits such as strawberries and kiwis are also used to compliment and add extra zing to the cake. For the more adventurous type, liquor is also added to create more punch to the recipe. Typically, cheesecake is made with a crumbling crust, which usually acts as the base of the cake. Graham-cracker, cookies or other digestive biscuits are crushed and splattered evenly on the baking pan to create the crust. Depending on the recipes, some version of the cheesecake does not even require any baking.

A favorite combination when indulging on cakes is chocolate cheesecake. The obsession with chocolate has created a new genre of cheesecake for all chocolate and cake lovers alike. The blend and mixture of these two, infamous exotic comfort food really brings cheesecake to a higher level. The reassuring taste of cocoa in the cheesecake intensifies the satisfaction of the whole experience when indulging on a piece of chocolate cheesecake.

Cheesecake is a favorite comfort food for those who are looking for a quick lift up from daily pressure. The cake is a combination of luxuriousness and simplicity. With every bite, the taste is just pure bliss. It is so simple to have that it can go on your desert plate almost anytime of the day.

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You can find Greg Scott sampling a variety of cheesecakes including a creamy and smooth New York cheesecake or a sugar free cheesecake at www.EliteCheesecakes.com.

New Orleans Recipe - Roux And What is That? No Fail Roux

Every good cook wants to know the secret of the roux in cooking.

Roux is basically brown flour used to thicken the consistency of gravies or in New Orleans just about everything.

Most recipes for dishes utilizing a roux tell you to sautee' your vegetables in oil and then add the flour and stir and cook until it is brown enough.

One problem with this approach is it takes a lot of time and many people who don't cook a lot end up burning the roux and all the seasonings and then you have to start over.

Today you can buy packaged roux mixes at most supermarkets but if you cook a lot that can get expensive. My mother learned how to prepare her flour and make it into a roux so that it was ready anytime she needed some. When I was young, those products that are packaged were not available and she cooked a lot.

My mother developed what she called her NO FAIL ROUX and taught it to me.

When I am cooking, this allows me to thicken my gumbo or other dish at anytime during the cooking process rather than at the beginning when I am cooking my seasonings and vegetables. I also don't burn my roux and have to throw everything away and start over.

So here is the NO FAIL ROUX

Preheat your oven to 250 degrees. In a large baking pan, spread 5 ponds of all-purpose flour. This does has to be watched and stirred constantly to prevent burning. The process will take about one hour. Let the flour brown to peanut butter color Place this in a large jar or airtight container. The mixture can be refrigerated or simply left in your pantry and will last indefinitely. After you have prepared your seasonings just add the flour to get the desired consistency and voila your roux is ready. I sometimes thicken my gumbo at the end if I don't like the consistency.

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New Orleans Recipes - Jambalaya

Another dish that my mother and grandmother made on a regular basis was Jambalaya.

To the uninitiated, this is sort of like the creole version of Chinese fired rice except much better. In my house it was always a main dish that didn't need any side dish because it was so good and so filling. Now my brother used to eat it with his red beans but that is another story. This dish can also be prepared and used as a compliment to meats and barbecues or at parties.

This recipe does not have shrimp but my mother would often add shrimp to the Jambalaya. If you want to do that just peel and devein your fresh shrimp and add it to the mixture and when it is finished your shrimp will be fully cooked. I would not add more than one-half pound of shrimp to the recipe below. I like to substitute andouille sausage for the smoked sausage.

Bon Apetit'

3 to 4 c. smoked sausage

2 large onion, chopped

1 bell pepper, chopped

1/4 c. minced garlic

2 to 3 Tbsp. minced parsley

2 tsp. salt

3 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp. black pepper

2 c. rice

2 c. dry sherry or chicken broth

16 oz. tomato sauce

Bacon fat or oil

Saute onions and bell pepper in bacon fat or oi!. after 5 minutes, add garlic and saute. Slice sausage and add. Cook 15 to 20 minutes. Add tomato sauce, rice, wine, or chicken broth, water, and remaining ingredients. Cover and cook over medium high for 5 minutes; lower heat and simmer until rice is fully cooked

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Fruit Juice Can Boost Brain Power

17. Fruit Juice Can Boost Brain Power

Your brain is a phenomenal power center considering the multitude of tasks it performs â€" and it never takes a rest. Even while sleeping it works to keep all vital systems operating and supports your essential brain functions including dreams. Your brain like the rest of your body is affected by the level of nutrition in your food and drink. Liquor may make you tipsy, and like junk food can damage your brain in the long run. If you choose poor nutrition, it may increase unstable oxygen molecules called free radicals. Free radicals can damage your brain cells and dull your overall thinking ability. However raw food nutrition, especially organic fruit and vegetables , can help protect your brain cells and your thinking /memory abilities. They contain good amounts of vitamin E, an antioxidant that helps in reducing the damage caused by free radical toxins. In ancient times, peopleâ€™s thinking abilities were also protected by regular consumption of healthy fats such as olive oil that consist of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. Besides, tasty juices are also great mood elevators as they not only taste good, but also look great. Never was temptation so healthy and beautiful!

Natural Creativity Boosters

Thinking can improve since fresh juice is a good-mood booster that contains trace elements such as zinc which acts as a nerve and brain tonic. And packaged juice cannot generally provide the natural goodness of fresh home-made juice. Fresh juice usually looks and taste healthful and refreshing, and it contains beneficial micro fibers. Fruits can help you ward off the ill effects of todayâ€™s work and life stresses. When you start your morning with fresh juice for breakfast it can be especially beneficial because it provides a calm and peasant ritual to start your day! It can add a spark to your routine and fresh juice has the ability to make you more creative and innovative which can contribute to a more successful career. Try fresh juice daily to claim these benefits â€" today and every day!

Champion Juicer â€" Your Health Buddy

Fresh juice provides a healthy option, and the best juice is fresh homemade juice! In fact juice from a masticating juicer is a great choice. This juice provides maximum nutrients and is tastier too! For your best nutrition donâ€™t get lazy and have packaged or chemical laced fast food. The centrifugal juicers may make less effective juice since they can discard some fiber and micronutrients. The Champion juicer, built since 1955, is one of the best masticating juicers available.

This popular masticating juicer is powerful and famous for its durability, reliability and real integrity. Manufactured by Plastaket Manufacturing Co. in California, this juicer is backed-up with a 10 year limited warranty. You can use lots of different juice recipes with a Champion Juicer to make your juice blend. Or just make up your own juice recipe.

Champion juicers chew the fibers and break up the cells of vegetables and fruits. What you get is a great health drink that gives you more fiber, enzymes, vitamins and trace minerals. Your health benefits from this sweet dark, rich colored juice with a full-bodied flavor. To obtain more information about Champion Juicers go to www.AChampionJuicer.com

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Wilson Sager works for WWW.AChampionJuicer.com an ecommerce business marketing a masticating juicer. The Champion Juicer is a fruit and vegetable juicer. And drinking fresh fruit and vegetable juice may improve or maintain your good health

Easy Recipe Tricks

Let's face it. You don't always have five hours to prepare a gourmet meal. In fact, most of the time it's hard to even find an hour to throw something together.

Here are some fast, easy tricks, tips and techniques to save you time and energy.

Buy a salad mix: Those pre-made mixtures have come a long way. They're not just lettuce anymore. Dressing, toppings such as almond slivers and dried cranberries, and more make it look like you really spent some time. Open the bag and you have salad.

Prefreeze your Chicken Breasts: It's always good to have some chicken in the freezer. They'll thaw in minutes and you'll have a nice meal ready for the family.

Frozen bread dough: There's so much assortment these days. From crescent rolls to biscuits to the traditional dinner roll, they're all available and you're house will smell delicious while they're baking. Who has time for yeast anyway?

Frozen fruits: Will save you money and time by allowing you to have strawberries in the middle of winter. Yum.

Shredded cheese: Most recipes call for cheese to be shredded anyway so why not buy it preshredded?

Canned stock and broth: Who really has 24-48 hours to make stock from scratch? Not worth it at all.

Shelf pasta: It's a really quick simple meal when you've got nothing else to make. Also it lasts forever, so you don't have to worry about it going bad.

Salad dressings: Paul Newman is doing us all a favor by having his face on so many different varieties of salad dressing, plus his version won't spoil as fast and probably costs less.

Artichoke hearts: As much as I love a good fresh artichoke the work you have to do to get that little heart is sometimes not worth it.

Tomatoes: Canned tomatoes are awesome and lots of recipes call for them nowadays instead of the fresh kind. Plus you can buy them in so many sizes and types.

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Bruschetta and The Basic Art of Italian Cooking

Bruschetta is a food that originated in central Italy. In Tuscany, bruschetta is called fettunta - which literally means 'oiled slices.' In the USA, we tend to think of bruschetta mainly as grilled slices of Italian bread with fresh tomatoes, basil, olive oil, and garlic.

In Italy it is one of the easiest and quickest dishes to prepare for a casual dinner or an evening with family or friends. Bruschetta is sure to please each guest, with its wide array of ingredients that complement each other well. It's also a lower calorie version of pizza. Any topping you can put on pizza, you can put on bruschetta - just less of it. It makes a great snack, appetizer, and even a meal!!

Following The Basic Art of Italian Cooking tm method, bruschetta is quick and easy to prepare, since you can choose almost anything you may have in your pantry for toppings. If you follow the classic recipes for bruschetta, there are only several key ingredients needed. All you need is an oven for toasting the bread, great authentic Italian bread (should be crusty on the outside and soft inside), garlic, and extra virgin cold pressed olive oil.

Like all great Italian recipes, each type of bruschetta is made with a small amount of ingredients and each ingredient is important to the taste of the finished product. The most important ingredient is the bread. It should be a bit crusty outside and can be day old as well. Italian style bread or a French style baguette each work well.

The next important ingredient is extra virgin, cold pressed olive oil, but only a small bottle is needed. The olive oil should simply be drizzled on top of bruschetta - this saves calories and olive oil! To 'drizzle' place your thumb over the spout while pouring so only a 'drizzle' of olive oil comes out.

You can't miss with a selection of bruschetta for appetizers or a choice of three types of bruschetta for a light meal. If you'd like to throw a bruschetta party for the holidays, you can put together a simple and quick, yet fun and delicious party by arranging the following ingredients on a table and letting the guests choose their toppings.

Place sliced crusty (preferably day old) bread on a cookie sheet, and drizzle with ½ tablespoon of olive oil. Place in broiler till golden, then turn over and do same to the other side. Or, if you would prefer to make it yourself, just combine any of these toppings and serve:

* 1 bottle of extra olive oil with pourer top for drizzling * Fresh mozzarella cut into small cubes * Cream cheese (regular, low fat, or fat free), and chopped hazelnuts and walnuts * A can of tuna, chopped celery and celery leaves * Chopped olives - green and black * White chicken meat cut into cubes or thinly sliced, with chopped green olives * Grilled vegetables - eggplant or peppers; onions, chunks of cheese * Tomatoes, cut into small cubes (should be fresh and ripe plum tomatoes), fresh basil, chopped garlic * Celery and celery leaves chopped * Basil leaves chopped * Anchovies canned in olive oil * Lettuce, baby spinach or arugula * Thinly sliced ham, prosciutto, salami, cheese chunks * Pesto sauce (you can buy pre-made), shredded mozzarella * Canned tomato paste (1 tbsp per slice of bread), shredded provolone or mozzarella, dash of oregano

Be sure to drizzle with a light touch of olive oil after you have placed on the toppings.

If you are serving on individual plates, drizzle some olive oil on the bottom of the plate, and place the bruschetta in the center with a sprig of fresh parsley or basil on the side for a nice touch.

Buona Bruschetta!!

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Former international supermodel turned celebrity chef and bestselling author-Maria Liberati completed her culinary training in Italy. Her cooking method is so special it has been trademarked. The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati tm promotes an all natural, slow food way of eating that promotes a healthy lifestyle based on the Mediterranean diet principles. Maria has been featured in antional TV, Radio, print media such as The San Fr

Diabetes and Nutrition Go Hand-In-Hand

Food is an essential component of anyone's life. The selection of foods becomes even more important for a good diabetes and nutrition program. In the North American culture, poor food choices have culminated in a population of obese individuals, many are pre-diabetic, others have type 2 diabetes and some have gestational diabetes. In all of these cases a proper diabetes and nutrition food management plan, can reduce weight by the recommended 5 to 7 percent. A diabetes and nutrition program can even help lower your blood sugar level and improve your general state of health.

It is not sufficient to simply rely on your insulin shots or medication prescribed by your doctor. They cannot do all the work. You will have to learn to regulate your food intake.

With the abundance of food available to us, sometimes it is not easy to choose wisely. That piece of chocolate cake can be much more tempting than having a small fruit salad in natural juices for dessert. A trip to your favorite fast food restaurant is more inviting than bothering to cook a meal on the evening that you come home tired from work. Perhaps all you want to do is curl up on the couch and not even bother to drag the family out for a meal. In this situation the idea of calling the restaurant to order that fried chicken or greasy hamburgers is oh so tempting.

However does it necessarily stop there? Do you limit eating out or ordering in to once a week, twice a week, or do you not even consider how many times you do this. What about breakfast, do you have a solid nutritious breakfast or do wake up already on the run, and grab a donut on your way out the door, or not even bother to eat breakfast at all? Yes we know, you are busy, busy, busy, but those calories are empty, empty, empty. There is very little nutritious value in much of the food choices you are presently making. Yet, these same foods are loaded in calories designed to keep the extra weight on. They are fatty and loaded with sugar.

Sometimes the idea of a diet scares people. They look at it as depriving themselves of the foods they love. A diet first of all is not a system of deprivation; it is a way of life. Do not look at it as depriving yourself of the foods you love, but rather look at it as giving yourself the healthy life style that you deserve. Do not look at is as losing anything, you are gaining a healthier you and in doing so, you are adding precious years to your life.

To start this journey to a healthier you, begin by learning how to make healthy food choices. A diabetes and nutrition program is designed to show you the proper foods to eat and then help you regulate the amount of food you eat in order to keep your blood sugar levels and weight in control and at normal levels. Included in this information you may also find good health smart recipes that are not only nutritious but delicious.

Once you learn the proper foods to eat you will also learn that you can extend your diabetes and nutrition management to outside the home. You will learn how to eat the proper foods when you are visiting friends and family, or going out to eat in restaurants. With a proper diabetes and nutrition and management program you can lead a normal life and enjoy much of the same foods you have always eaten; only now you will know how to do it the right way.

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Carol Roach, M.Ed, B.A. is an author publisher and professional writer working with www.exquisitewriting.com. She hails from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and specializes in psychology and health-related topics. She also has diabetes. Carol recommends Fit4D (formerly Fitness4Diabetics) as a health coaching service for those affected by diabetes.

Sushi Recipe

Sushi is a delicious, healthy and easy to prepare food. Deciding on and finding your ingredients, preparing the beautiful presentation, and enjoying your creation are all part of the fun of sushi. Finding a great sushi recipe is the first step in putting together a wonderful meal.

Sushi, traditionally, refers to rice, but it has developed to include the whole concept of the finger food. It commonly is a fish or vegetable, served with vinegar rice. A sushi recipe can be presented in several ways. Some common ways are wrapped in seaweed, served in a bowl, in bite size pieces or in a cone type wrap. Wide ranges of vegetables, seafood, and shellfish are used throughout a sushi recipe.

There are some common ingredients that you should always have on hand to prepare a good sushi recipe. These include seaweed, called nori, rice, and sushi vinegar. These are the base ingredients you will need to start with for any sushi recipe. Several sauces such as soy sauce, and wasabi; a spicy paste like substance, are commonly served with sushi to enhance the flavor. Common vegetables in a sushi recipe include carrots, cucumber, peppers, and avocado. Common seafood used in sushi recipes are crab, salmon, octopus, and shrimp. This is by no means an exhaustive list of what you can use in your sushi recipe. The sky is the limit. Get creative as you like with your sushi recipe.

Where can you find a good sushi recipe? There are several great places where you can find a good sushi recipe. A great place to start is the Internet. By doing a quick search through a search engine for sushi recipe, you can find some great websites that will provide you with a great sushi recipe. Often, they will provide you with detailed pictures and instructions that can help when preparing your sushi recipe. Also, try bookstores for their cookbook selections or local sushi restaurants to see if they will share their sushi recipe.

There are several pieces of kitchen equipment that can help you in preparing a sushi recipe. One of the most important pieces of equipment is a sharp knife. A sharp knife is essential in cutting and preparing the ingredients for your sushi recipe. It will allow you to cut your fish into thin slices, slice vegetables into attractive shapes and designs, and do all of these with ease. Another very helpful piece of equipment is a bamboo mat, traditionally called sushimaki sudare or makisu. This mat is what you use when you roll your sushi such as in a California roll. It is possible to roll with your hands, but the rice can be very sticky, so the mat can help eliminate a little frustration while preparing your sushi recipe. Other equipment such as rice cookers and sushi presses can also help make the preparation quicker, but they are not essential for preparing a good sushi recipe.

A final touch in the presentation of your sushi recipe is the plates and dishes you serve them on and the utensils that you use to eat them. Patterned china dishes, saucers, and cups are a beautiful touch. You can also use matching dispensers for items such as soy sauce. Often, chopsticks are used when eating sushi. Chopsticks come in all styles from wooded to metal and can complement your presentation beautifully. You can also eat sushi with your fingers, so make sure to have some nice matching napkins with the dishes.

It is easy to find the ingredients you need to complete your sushi recipe. Sushi recipes generally use basic ingredients that can be found easily. Many of the ingredients, if not all, can be purchased at most local grocery stores. If your grocery store does not carry what you need, try asking them to bring it in. Many companies will bring in supplies that are requested by their customers. For more complicated recipes that require special ingredients, many Asian specialty stores carry the more obscure ingredients on a regular basis. These stores can provide hard to find sushi recipe ingredients, often directly from Asian suppliers. A final option for finding your sushi recipe ingredients is online. There are countless websites that you can use to order everything from your good ingredients to equipment to finishing touches such as utensils.

Sushi is a wonderful food style. It's fun to follow a sushi recipe and see your final result. Many people consider preparing a sushi recipe an art form. It can be an exciting addition to your family dinner or an impressive dinner party concept. With a great sushi recipe, you can make out standing delicacies. It can be a great bonding event; gather the family together and everyone can make their own sushi dish. Grab your sushi recipe, your ingredients, your equipment, and have some fun.

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Eugene Yeng is the webmaster of www.thairecipe-sushirecipe.info . This website is a resourceful portal on sushi recipes and thai recipes.

Salad Ingredients - What Can I Use?

When it comes to making the perfect salad, you first need to learn a little bit about the different types of foods, which can be used. Many salads today will be a combination of several different ingredients each providing their own unique texture and taste the final salad. In this article, we will take a look at various different salad ingredients that you can use and which will help you hopefully to make the perfect salad every time.

1. Lettuce & Green Leaved Plants - Often the most common variety of lettuce that people use to make a salad quickly is the iceberg variety. But there are plenty of others you may want to try which will add a completely different taste and texture to your salad. For instance why not try a butterhead lettuce which is very tender tasting one or the cos lettuce whose leaves are much coarser in texture.

Although if you would like to try something completely different when it comes to making a salad then avoid using lettuce altogether. Instead why not try something like Augula which originally comes from Italy and comes with a very tangy but mildly peppery taste to it. Or if you want to produce something a little more exotic which has asian connotations to it try adding Bok Choy. Although slightly bitter in taste a squeeze of fresh lemon juice often helps to counteract this.

2. Fruit & Vegetables - Do not restrict yourself to using the more conventional types of fruits and vegetables that people often include in their salads. Rather than going for tomatoes why not try something a little more unusual say add in sliced up apple or oranges. Also for those who want to try a recipe that incorporates Bok Choy which we mentioned previously then slice some of it up place in a bowl and add to it some bean sprouts, sliced cucumber and green onions. Then to finally finish this salad off drizzle over a salad vinaigrette dressing made using soy sauce and sesame seed oil.

Other fruits and vegetables that you may want to include in your salad in place of tomatoes, cucumber and green onions are broccoli, beans (red, black, green or kidney ones) and carrots. Also, you can further add more flavor to your salads through the use of herbs and spices including not just garlic, but basil, rosemary and cilantro.

3. Meat and Fish - A salad does not need to be purely made up of fruit and vegetables but can also be used in combination with other ingredients as well. One famous that is world renowned and uses meat (chicken) as a main ingredient in it is Caesar's salad. But if you are looking to use such ingredients in your salad then ensure that you do not use too much and where meat is concerned you use the leanest pieces possible.

But if you are someone who does not like to eat meat or fish but is not a vegan then you can replace this with cheese instead in order to provide you with the protein your body needs. Plus a great way of adding additional texture to a salad where you are just using salad ingredients or cheese is to add some croutons or nuts to it. Both will add an additional crunchy texture to the meal and provide essential nutrients, minerals and vitamins that your body needs. The best types of nuts to use in a salad are walnuts, peanuts and almonds.

But when it comes to you finding the right kinds of salad ingredients for your salad recipes it is important that you use the freshest ones possible. When shopping for your ingredients avoid those which are marked or bruised or those where the leaves have begun to wilt. Also before you begin preparing the salad make sure that each ingredient has been thoroughly washed to remove any unwanted toxins or chemicals from them. Even salad ingredients which have been packaged and are ready to use should be washed.

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Five Backpacking Recipes

Do you find most backpacking recipes to be dull and boring? I do, and that is why I came up with some exciting, flavorful foods for taking on the trail, that give your taste buds joy and eliminate the monotony of the same bland foods day after day. Here are five easy recipes that make eating while backpacking something to enjoy, and no longer just tolerate.

Mini Pizzas

These are easy to make using English muffins, a packet of pizza sauce, and cheese. The English muffins can be rewrapped in tinfoil, while the pizza sauce can be put in a small plastic container, and the cheese in a zip lock bag. When you are ready for this meal you simply add the pizza sauce and cheese on top of the English muffin and wrap them in tin foil. In order to prevent the cheese from sticking to the tin foil, make it loose on top. These can be cooked on top of a stove, or by leaving in the sun for an hour or so, just long enough to melt the cheese. Other ingredients, such as onions, mushrooms, or black olives can be added for a more flavorful variety of toppings.

Biscuits & Gravy

The biscuits can be made at home. I pack them in a water bottle with a large opening on top, since this saves space. The gravy mix is easy to pack since most come in a powdered form than can be put in a Ziploc bag. I find mixes that only need water added, but you can also find one that needs milk, and bring along some powdered milk. When ready for this meal you can head some water and the gravy mix and pour it over the biscuits. The biscuits do not need to be reheated, since they will get warm from the gravy. You can also bring jelly packets and use any left over biscuits as a treat with jelly spread on them.

Noodles With Wild Mushrooms

There are many varieties of mushrooms that are sold in their dried form. These can be purchased at most grocery stores, and an assorted pack of wild ones can provide a wonderful variety of tastes. The noodles can be any type, but I find the flat varieties most efficient for space and durability. Other than the noodles and mushrooms, a couple tablespoons of butter, as well as salt and pepper, are needed. The dried mushrooms need to soak for a couple of hours before being cooked. The liquid used to soak them is reused to cook the noodles in. After the noodles are cooked, they need to be mostly drained, with a slight amount of liquid left in. Add the mushrooms, butter, salt and pepper. Another great addition is some parmesan cheese sprinkled on top.

Backpacking Recipes That Don't Need Cooking

Pita Pockets with Hummus

This is a quick, filling, and versatile meal. Pita pockets can be found at most grocery stores, and are ideal for packing since they are flat and compact. Hummus is great because it provides a lot of protein and flavor, and can be purchased in powdered form where water is added to reconstitute it. The hummus can be spread inside of the pita pocket, and cucumbers and olives can be added to enhance the flavors.

Tuna Fish on Tortillas

This is a great meal that is easy to make. The tuna fish can be purchased in a pouch. Sweet relish should be packed in a leak-proof plastic container, and mixed in with the tuna during preparation of this meal. The tuna and relish mixture is then heated and served on top of a small tortilla. A slice of cheddar cheese can be put on top of the tuna, and will melt slightly from the heat of it. The tortilla can then be folded in half, or rolled up. This is surprisingly good tasting and very filling.

While there are many more ideas for tasty backpacking recipes, this is a sample of how simple and scrumptious cooking for the backcountry can be. Enjoy!

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Sarah J Holt writes for The Ultralight Backpacking Site. To get the ebook "Ultralight Backpacking Secrets (And Wilderness Survival Tips)" for FREE, as well as photos, gear recommendations, and a new wilderness survival section, visit: http://www.The-Ultralight-Site.com

How To Lose 10 Pounds Quickly, Easily and Safely - 6 Ways

If you find yourself carrying extra weight around your mid-section that you'd just as soon lose as fast as humanly possible, keep reading. In this short article, I'm going to share with you a few ideas on how to lose ten pounds quickly, easily -- and safely.

Oh, and if you're not particularly fond of exercise like me, don't worry. I'm not going to suggest you haul yourself out of bed at 6 am every day and workout for an hour. If you want to know how to lose 10 pounds fast, simply change your diet. That's all you have to do.

If you want to exercise, you can do that too. Just make sure your family doctor gives you the green light before signing up at the local gym.

Here's how to lose 10 pounds quickly, easily and safely with a few simple dietary adjustments:

If you drink cream in your coffee, stop. I used to love my cups of fresh-roasted coffee topped up with 18% cream. But when I decided it was time to get serious about losing at least 10 pounds, I started taking my coffee with skim milk at first, and then I switched to black. This was two years ago and I've maybe had two cups since with cream. It takes a bit of getting used to, but now I wouldn't go back for anything.

Eliminate sweet treats, desserts, and junk food item from your diet. Cut out potato chips, cookies, candy bars, pastries, cakes and anything remotely similar to these snacks. If you normally eat these items, cutting them from your diet is a surefire way to lose 10 pounds easily.

These foods provide no nutritional value and only help pack on the poundage. Not a good thing at any time -- and if you want to lose weight, you've got to drop this unhealthy snack habit right away.

If you regularly consume sugary soft drinks, make a change in favor of water. Like all habits, this one might be hard to break, especially if you haven't grown to enjoy a fresh glass of water as your beverage of choice.

If you've got a juicer or blender in your kitchen, it's time to put those wonderful machines to use. Fresh fruit and vegetable juices give you nutritious refreshment that fills you up. Healthy smoothies make a great snack at any time of year and they help prevent you from reaching for chips, or a candy bar mid-day, when those hunger pains set in.

Buy extra vegetables like celery, broccoli and carrots, and prepare these into ready to eat, bite-size pieces. Keep them in the refrigerator for a quick and healthy snack -- whenever you get hungry. But please avoid the dip -- that's where all the fat is.

When cooking, look for opportunities to replace butter or margarine in recipes, in favor of olive oil. In most cases, it's an easy adjustment that's healthier for you.

If you're serious about discovering how to lose ten pounds quickly, easily and safely, you'll follow these simple steps. Just remember that if you follow through, you'll be doing yourself and your waistline a world of good.

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Losing 10 pounds FAST isn't difficult - when you know simple little things you can do. And the best part is... any one of these could single-handedly get you the body you want. You don't need to do them all. One simple idea put into action - that's how to lose 10 pounds quickly, easily and safely. For lots more simple ideas that really work, Click Here Now.

A Good Homemade Salsa Recipe can be Delicious and Easy to Make!

A good homemade salsa - not the store bought salsa - will spice up a meal as well as add that little extra touch to your party and your party trays. Even though salsa is readily available at any food store, it's just not the same as one which you make yourself. And making a good salsa from scratch isn't all that difficult either. With just a little time to prepare and the right salsa recipe, you can create a good homemade salsa that will have people clammering for more.

To make the process of creating a salsa recipe as quick and effortless as possible there are some things you can do. For example a food processor or a food chopper can cut down on the time it takes and is much less messy when you have to clean up.

You can also add your own 'branding' to your salsa. You can take it and make slight tweaks here and there to suit your taste. You can add more tomatoes or reduce the peppers to create a more mild version of your salsa. Or you can put in other kinds of peppers such as jalapenos to put that extra zing into your salsa.

To make a thicker and full bodied salsa, extract the seeds and the juice of the tomatoes before preparing. Also any extra liquid can be extracted when boiling for an extra measure of thickness. You will have to experiment a little bit to get the consistency of your unique salsa recipe just right.

You can start to creatively come up with new ways to use your homemade salsa - you don't have to use it only with chips. For example you can add some salsa to your nachos or bean dips. You can also take your fried or grilled meat and serve that with your salsa as well. Don't limit yourself.

You can take your salsa and use it to make quite a healthy snack. You can bake tortillas in order to make tortilla chips for a low fat snack and serve your salsa with it.

Don't be surprised if you keep getting asked to make it over and over. If that is the case you may want to make larger batches - maybe twice or three times the amount the recipe calls for. The extra salsa can be put into containers for freezing. You will always be prepared for those guests who just seem to pop in.

Keep experimenting and tweaking your homemade salsa recipes and you will find those recipes that have that perfect taste for you and your guests. And the people will keep coming back for more!

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Get Fat for Thanksgiving Without Any of Your Grandma's Recipes

Grandma's recipes are great for turkey, stuffing, and cranberry but not for making money. The only kind of fat that I'm gaining this Thanksgiving is in my bank account. For those who want a fat account this Thanksgiving instead of - or maybe in addition to - a fat belly, the quickest way to get there is to stop listening to Grandma's old fashioned financial advice.

I have recently become something of an expert on the funnel concept in network marketing, and I have been amazed at how well it works when you apply it correctly. See, the thing about a funnel system is that if you are going to invest in this powerful business building tool, you can't go into it with your Grandma's marketing plan. This funnel isn't some cornucopia or horn of plenty that just fills itself from day one, but it does build momentum as you apply an effective marketing strategy with your team. Then, and only then, does it become the massive Uber Funnel that acts like a horn of plenty for your bank account.

All Thanksgiving analogies aside... as hard as it is to believe, the Uber Funnel system (based on Ty Coughlin's revolutionary Reverse Funnel System) really works and makes huge residual profits by doing what we in the industry have tried to do for years. It quite simply eliminated the BS part of network marketing, where you run around like the Mad Hatter inviting everyone and anyone to your tea party. Those were the outdated recipes (for failure) that I have been eliminated by automating the process through the funnel system.

I know that I can only afford the time and energy to work with serious home-business entrepreneurs, and funnel makes sure that we build our teams with business-minded marketers. Secondly, the system provides "plug 'n play" automated income streams, complete with online training, so those new serious players on our team can get up and earning faster than ever. This system is all about the automation and elimination of the major business stalling problems that we have all encountered if we have been in MLM or NWM for any length of time.

Yes, I have an interest in the Uber Funnel system because my team and I use it profusely, but anyone reading this can easily check it out for themselves and see if you don't find it solving those same annoyances and archaic business killing methods that it resolved for us. http://uberfunnel.com

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Michael Rakow is a prolific author and coach on topics including marketing, finance, self-employment, home-based business, MLM, real estate, network marketing, and finance for military service members.

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4 Simple Steps to Hassle-free Cookie Baking

Baking cookies can be a joyous process, but often it can also be disorganized and stress-inducing, especially during the holiday season. The process can be much less complicated if you take the time to organize your baking procedure. Follow these simple steps for a hassle-free cookie baking experience!

Step 1:

Do some research. Gather your favorite cookie recipes, and search books, family & friends and the internet for recipes youâ€™d like to try. (Be sure to write down where you got each recipe, so if you have questions, the answers will be easier to find.) Print out the recipes or print them on index cards for easy reference.

Step 2:

Compile a list of what youâ€™ll need. Make a list of all the ingredients youâ€™ll need, compiling a rough list of how much youâ€™ll need of each ingredient. Before you go out to the grocery store, check your own supply of ingredients (and double check expiration dates), so youâ€™ll know how much you need to pick up. Check your baking supplies for wear, as well.

Make sure you have enough containers to keep the cookies in, and if youâ€™re giving them out as gifts, pick up some decorative plates or tins to hold them. (Dollar stores have some great items for storing and giving out cookies!)

Step 3:

Make your dough. If you donâ€™t have enough time to make the dough and bake on the same day, you can freeze the dough for days (sometimes even weeks) before you begin baking. Wrap each type of dough into separate parcels, and identify each by writing the name of the recipe on the plastic wrap.

Step 4:

Bake your cookies. Some recipes call for dough to reach room temperature, so be sure to leave enough time for frozen or refrigerated dough to get to a lower temperature. Start baking cookies whose recipe calls for the lowest oven temperature first. Then proceed to the next recipe, working your way up in temperature.

Cool cookies on a clean dish towel, wire cooling racks or aluminum foil. Once the cookies are completely cooled, line containers with wax paper and then with layers of cookies. Cookies can also be frozen for up to two weeks inside a container, or if you wrap them in small stacks, you can freeze them for even longer. Defrost the cookies by leaving them out until they reach room temperature.

And thatâ€™s it! Five simple steps to hassle-free cookie baking. All thatâ€™s left to do now is enjoy the cookies and share them with friends and family!

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Tonia Jordan is an author on http://www.Writing.Com/ which is a site for Writers.

How To Pick Up The Right Dish To Prepare

Cooking refers specially to the preparation of food following recipes by subjecting edible materials to the action of heat. But cooking involves much more. Cooking of food is a science as well as an art and it depends for its success on known and established principles.

In its full sense, cooking means not only the ability to follow recipes, thereby producing a successfully cooked dish, but also the ability to select materials, a knowledge of the ways in which to prepare them, an understanding of their value for the persons for whom they are prepared and ingenuity in serving foods attractively and in making the best use of food that may be left over from the previous meals, so that there will be practically no waste.

A factor that should not be disregarded in the problem of food is waste. We should understand the distinction between waste and refuse. These terms are thought by some to mean the same thing and are often confused, but there is a decided difference between them. Waste, as applied to food and cooking, is something that could be used but is not, whereas refuse is something that is rejected because it is unfit for use. For example, the fat of meat, which is often eaten, is waste if it is thrown away, but potato parings, which are not suitable for cooking, are refuse.

The base of the pyramid is the "carbohydrate" component. Thus rice, pasta and cereal products should make up the bulk of our food intake. The next tier consists of "protein" products like meat, seafood and soy. Proteins should comprise a proportionately smaller component of our diets than the carbohydrates. The smallest contribution should be from the "fat" group as this is linked to the development bof obesity and heart disease. Vitamins and minerals are trace elements that are found in varying quantities in the various food substances.

More recently, healthy eating advisors advocate the minimum daily consumption of two pieces of fruit and two portions of vegetables. This is to ensure the intake of fiber is adequate for the regulation of bowel movements.

Couscous is traditionally steamed and fluffed to separate the granules. Boiling and stirring can reduce quick-cooking couscous to a sticky, starchy mush. Like pasta, couscous does not have much of a flavor itself. Thus couscous dishes are made with flavored stocks, herbs, and spices, with vegetables, dried fruits, nuts, and/or meat added or used as a topping.

Most packaged couscous is considered the instant variety and will cook very quickly off the stove by absorbing a boiling liquid. However, authentic couscous (roughly-ground hard durum wheat) will require significantly more time and a good steaming vessel called a couscoussiére.

Our forefathers dried meats and seafood into jerky as a matter of necessity, to preserve the food for long periods without refrigeration. Nowadays, we consider jerky as a convenience food, perfect for hikers, campers, or just an easy, non-messy snack. Commercial jerky products come in many flavors with any number of preservatives.

Homemade jerky is easy to make. It can be made from a variety of meats (wild and domestic), poultry and even seafood. By making your own jerky, you not only control the ingredients, you also save money.

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Jon Caldwell has been an avid lover of baking and cooking recipes. You can find more resources on how to cook better at http://www.RecipeBasics.com

Easy Recipes For Delicious Salads

Salads are nutritional and can be the great source of vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals and lot more. They are considered as light meal and much more than an appetizer. Their preparation mostly involves vegetables (leafy vegetables) and sometimes fruits. The dressing forms the crux of it, which differentiates the taste of different salads. Occasionally it is prepared with meat, fish cheese or nuts, which makes it a high calorie-content. Basically these delicacies are healthy with low calories, most commonly found on every dining table in US

The most commonly consumed green salad consists of variety of vegetables like lettuce, spinach or arugula. This is not all, as the recipes can also be seen with tomato, cucumber, peppers, mushrooms, onions, spring onions, and red onions, carrot and reddish. We come across people who love to try different things in their daily diet they make different combinations in the same dish to give it different taste and flavor. For this reason we find green salads complimented with pasta, olives, cooked potatoes, croutons, beans, rice meat, cheese and fish. That is why salad is not just any mixture of leafy vegetables but needs proper garnishing and serving with of course the right mix of ingredients.

There are wide array of sumptuous chicken and summer salad recipes with tantalizing taste and mouth-watering aroma.

Lets look at one of the recipe called Chinese chicken salad recipe which easy to prepare and tasty to eat. The almonds and noodles in the salad add a crunchy taste to it and the dressing makes it spicy and sweet. Take a quick look at the ingredients needed.

Chinese chicken salad

Ingredients:

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1 packet of chicken noodles 1/2-cup of chopped green onions Few sliced almonds to add crunch 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

Dressing essentials:

1/2 cup of sugar 1/2 cup of olive oil Wine vinegar or same quantity of rice preferably 1/2 cup rice 2 tsp. of soy sauce Seasoning from the ramen

Method

To start with the Chinese chicken salad, you need to bake/grill and cube the 4 chicken breasts properly. Once this is done you have to combine all ingredients together. When the ingredients are mixed properly put the dressing on it immediately before serving.

During summer the intake of regular diet is less but the salads with nice dressings and variety of toppings can actually work as appetizers. The summer salad recipe involves fresh vegetables. Just go through the recipe to find out more about it.

Mid- summer Italian bread salad

Ingredients

1 clove of garlic 1 (1 pound) loaf or Italian bread preferably 1 cup of finely chopped tomatoes 1 cup of peeled, seeded and chopped cucumber 1 cup of chopped red onion 1 clove crushed garlic 2 cups of chopped fresh basil 1/8 cup of chopped fresh thyme 1/4 cup of olive oil 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar If the bread is too fresh toast it till it becomes dry and crunchy.

Preparations

First of all rub the peeled clove of garlic from inside of wooden salad bowl. After that chop the bread into small size pieces. Mix bread, tomato, tomato, cucumber red onions, garlic, basil and thyme in the prepared bowl. Finally add oil and vinegar for lightly coating. Toss and serve the Mid- summer Italian bread salad

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Cooking with Seafood and Herbs

At home my mom didn't cook much with herbs, like rosemary, basil or dill. She used such herbs mainly for treating everyday maladies. But then I got married and I started to cook more often. I love to experiment and cook new recipes. So I started to try new ingredients, new condiments, seasonings. So I discovered herbs for cooking. Herbs enrich the flavor and odor of food. They just give that special touch to a dish.

My other passion is seafood - all kinds of seafood. So you can already guess that I love to combine seafood with herbs. Dill, fennel and marjoram are herbs that combine very well with fish. Not everybody like coriander (or cilantro) but it is very often used in the Asian cuisine, and coriander goes perfect with a coconut seafood recipe. Ginger and lemongrass are also common herbs used in Asian recipes. Bay and thyme are great seasonings for seafood soups, stews and chowders. Parsley and chives go always well with a seafood salad. And basil is the perfect partner for tomatoes. Therefore, if you are preparing some seafood recipe with a tomato sauce you can enrich its flavor with basil leaves (preferably fresh leaves).

Below you can find some seafood recipes, where thyme, parsley, dill and chives are used.

New England Clam Chowder

Ingredients:
2 pounds clams, scrubbed and rinsed
4 slices bacon, cut crosswise into strips
2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh chopped thyme
1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
1 large potato, cut into small cubes
1 leave leek
1 1/2 cup milk
1 cup heavy cream
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Put the clams in a large pot with some water and cook over high heat for about 5 to 10 minutes or until the clams are open. Discard any unopened clam. Strain the clams, reserving the broth. Set aside to cool down.
2. When the clams are cool, remove them from their shells and chop the big ones.
3. Cook the bacon until brown and crisp, then pour off all the bacon fat, reserving the bacon. In the same pot, melt the butter and saute onion until it get soft but not burnt. Add thyme, potatoes, clam broth, milk and leek and bring to boil. Cover and simmer until the potatoes are tender.
4. In a blender or food processor blend until smooth.
5. Pour the blended mixture in the pot. Stir in the clams, cream and bacon and season with the pepper and the salt to taste. Place the pot in the heat and slowly reheat for 2-3 minutes. Garnish with parsley and serve.

Layered Crab Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
4 cup torn lettuce
2 cups (1/2 pound) fresh pea pods, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 1/2 cup chopped red peppers
2 cups chopped cucumber
1 1/2 cup crabmeat or 1 package (8 oz.) imitation crabmeat
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon dried dill weed or 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
Sweet red pepper rings
Fresh dill sprigs
Salt to taste

Directions:
1. In a 2-1/2 quart clear glass serving bowl, layer lettuce, pea pods, chopped peppers, cucumber and crabmeat.
2. Combine mayonnaise, sugar and dill; spread over crab. Season with salt. Cover and chill several hours or overnight.
3. Garnish with pepper rings and dill.

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You can also find other crab salad recipes and clam chowder recipes

What Do You Know About Italian Pasta and Pizza?

There are two main categories of pasta used in Italian food, dried pasta and fresh pasta. Right now there are over 350 different shapes and varieties of dried pasta being used in Italian food. Some varieties are common and others are specific to a certain regional area. The shapes used in Italian food can range from the classic tubes and strands to butterflies or bowties and even unique shapes such as tennis rackets. Italian food is taken very seriously in Italy and by law all dried pasta is required to be made with pure durum semolina flour and water. This standard is adhered to by most pasta makers all over the world and only this type of dried pasta is used in good quality Italian food.

The other form of pasta used in Italian food is fresh pasta. All pasta actually starts out as fresh pasta but certain pasta recipes require that the pasta be eaten fresh and soft, not dried. Fresh pasta is often made with slightly different ingredients than dried pasta. In the northern parts of Italy fresh pasta is most often made with all-purpose flour and eggs. However, the southern parts of Italy make their fresh pasta with semolina and water. It should be noted that different recipes can call for different variations. These different recipes give a distinct flavor to the Italian food of different regions. Some types of pasta are meant just to be eaten fresh, while others are meant to be dried. There are also some types of pasta that can be fresh or dried; it depends on what Italian food dish is being prepared.

When a variation of pasta can be either dried or fresh it is sometimes argued that the fresh style is best. Making fresh pasta is a point of pride for many Italian households and is reflected in the quality of the Italian food that they prepare.

Italians eat pasta then any other country in the world and is considered the cornerstone of Italian food.

On pizza

Italian food is unique amongst world cuisines in that it has birthed not one, but two international sensations. Of course I'm talking about pasta and pizza. Pizza is one of the most widely eaten foods today. While most people think of pizza in America as Italian food, it really is not like the pizza of authentic Italian food. It is said that with one taste of pizza made in the style of authentic Italian food, you will never go back to the Americanized version. Even when eating at Italian food restaurants it is hard to capture the distinguished taste of true Italian pizza.

So for real Italian food pizza it is necessary to step out of the confining ideas of just a few types of pizza and open your mind to the different possibilities. Italian food is full of variety and you could literally spend a year in Italy just trying all the different styles of pizza that made Italian food so universally popular.

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If you are interested in getting more information and tips, you can visit this link:Information Guide. And feel free to make it your guidance inspiration worth years.

Dinner Recipes

Whether you are trying to make quick dinner or those which will reduce the fats but don't forget to give them the balanced diet essential for their growth and development.

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Special Recipes - for Allergy-Sensitive People

A food allergy is a type of immunologic reaction due to intake of certain food protein. Millions of people around the world have been affected by food allergies.

Currently, the only cure for people who are allergy-sensitive is to prevent intake of foods which makes them allergic or what is termed as â€œallergens.â€ To avoid food allergy attacks, it is a must to carefully prepare the food that will be consumed by allergy-sensitive people.

People who have food allergies can still taste delectable delicacies eliminating the â€œallergensâ€ which triggers their allergy.As of this writing there are more than 200 allergens-free Recipes for Allergy-Sensitive People. These recipes fall into mainly three categories: * Egg-free Diet There are different egg substitute which you incorporate on your cooking recipe such as:

- Puree from apricot - Plain gelatin with warm water - Mix of baking powder, vinegar and liquid * Peanut-free Diet These days, there are a lot of peanut-free recipes you can prepare. To name a few of peanut-free recipes are: (1) SoyNut Butter Cookies; (2) Smoothie made from Super Soy; (3) Tofu Pie made from SoyNut and Banana; (4) Ginger soup; and (5) Sauce prepared from SoyNut.

* Milk-free Diet Milk allergy is an allergic response of the immune system when an individual has consumed one or more proteins acquired from cowâ€™s milk.

Internet is full of information about allergies and recipes. Why not visit here and get all information about allergy, recipes and allergy-free diets at one place.

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Jasper Knowapp does extensive research in the health and fitness domain. You can get it all at his website at http://health-fitness-remedies.info/health-fitness.html

A Romantic Dinner Made From You

Men and women out there like you believe in the sentimental power of a romantic dinner. Some carefully chosen recipes, flowers, candles, and some smiles, can transform a simple dinner invitation to an extraordinary dinning experience made just for you two. If you enjoy the intimacy a romantic dinner arrangement can bring to your lives, then it would be a great idea to try out another romantic meeting without spending your time thinking of how much this dinner will cost, but rather concentrate your thoughts on pleasing your partner in the comfort of your own house. You can pull it off with a minimum of fuss as long as you plan some things beforehand.

Put your imagination to work and you can create your own romantic miracle. Dream up something you can prepare a day or even some hours ahead of time, concentrating on your partner's food preferences, and get down to work. It takes only a ten minute drive to your local grocery store for some fresh ingredients and then your idea can lead your special other to the romantic unknown culinary world you of your own creation. Your masterpieces can be of any nature. You do not have to become a chef to convert a simple one meal dinner to a extravagant eight meal course that will make your partner's lips wanting to taste more often your cooking efforts.

Begin by selecting the place you want both of you to enjoy this special treat. Whether this is outdoors under the starlight or indoors at a carefully garnished table, the important thing is that you are going to start a new relationship ritual that you will love to indulge yourself with from time to time. Then examine the weather conditions. If the season's temperature is high, select cold served food and iced drinks. If the frosty air makes you want to stay inside, then go for hot chocolate and warm food. Both will create the memories you are looking for and both will equally surprise and please the other party.

If you want to elevate the experience to a two parties deal, try cooking something together. It is such a romantic start to be able to explore your cooking talents and laugh at each other's "mistakes." Be generous with your presentation and decorate everything adequately as this dinner is made to be enjoyed by both of you. Float several candles in a glass punch or salad bowl, arrange some flowers on the dinner table, dig out those pieces of flatware you never use, and get as creative as you can. You don't have to spend a fortune to get the romantic feeling across the other side of the table. Being romantic is all about intuition and letting your feelings become part of the meal you specially prepared for both of you. It can be memorable as any and it doesn't have to cost much at all.

Get your inspiration hints from observing your partner's food likings. If your partner adores sweet deals, offer some delicious treats that will make him or her appreciate the effort even more. If your last anniversary was a success, bring back that night by recreating the atmosphere with some simple romantic touches.

Prepare ahead of time-it would be awful to run out of an ingredient while in the process, or to mess up the recipe because you forgot to read it through carefully the first time. Regardless if this is going to be a "big" surprise to your significant other, be sure that he or she will have a blast with the idea of you announcing something like, "Would you like to join me for dinner? Tonight romance is specially served for you!"

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Some cheap healthy recipe ideas to be made at home by busy people.

Letâ€™s face it, we are all busy, over extended, tired. Whether you are working your way through school, providing for a family, a single mother, or a working couple your life and your time are very taxed. Companies like the fast food giants, know this and they exploit it. They are aware that the idea of slaving over a kitchen stove after a long day, while the kids run around screaming is a dread that most people live with everyday, and as such offer you a cheap alternative, the 5 min $10 meal with no cleaning or preparation involved. I have seen this so many times, a tired and over whelmed mother walking her kids into MacDonaldâ€™s or the like to feed them and save the hassle of shopping, preparing, cooking convincing the kids to eat and then the horrible clean up at the end. I feel for you I really do, but I also worry about the health of our nationâ€™s children as they grow up with this kind of diet. So for that reason I have sat down and made up this little list of a few very healthy, very tasty meals that are cost effective and will consume very little of your time. I hope they are of some help in lightening your already over bearing load.

1. Simple Sushi rolls. These are super easy to make, and can constitute anything from a lunch box meal to a full dinner. The preparation time in minimal, the clean up time is nearly non issue and the health benefits are through the roof. Here's how itâ€™s done! What you need: ã€€ â€¢ Nori sheets (seaweed squares) â€¢ Cooked rice â€¢ Cut up a few cucumbers into sticks â€¢ A small saucer with soy sauce â€¢ Your choice of seafood ã€€ I tend to use the following for my sushi nights: Crab meat: comes in long strips and is easy to roll into sushi rolls Hotate (scallops): see salmon, plus these are a great source of energy. Salmon: I just love salmon Muscles: tasty as hell Tuna with some light mayo: great for the kids if they don't like the idea of fish. Now making this type of sushi is similar to a burrito, you just start with the Nori, add some rice, then add you choice of raw seafood and cucumber sticks, fold the nori like a burrito, dip it lightly in the soy sauce and enjoy. Note you can also use left overâ€™s like chicken, roast beef etc to make these for the kids lunches the next day. The concept is sushi, but there are many applications.

2. Simple stir fry. Grab some basic vegetables; I use cabbage, bean sprouts, chick peas and carrot (thin sliced) Some thin cuts of meat, I prefer chicken but any will do. Udon noodles Soy sauce Rice Cook the meat with a modest amount of soy, till nearly done, add vegetables, as the vegetables begin to cook add a small cup of water to create a soup, then add udon, cook for a few more minutes. Serve with rice to the side. This dish takes me about 20mins to prepare in total. Simple tasty and healthy. There are a couple of ideas for now, I will be adding more detailed recipes to my diet page at INFORM 4 FREE each few weeks so please feel free to stop by and have a look for more simple healthy meal ideas, there are quite a few up there already. Eat healthy, save money and enjoy meal time together.

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Perfect Cheesecake Crust

When making a cheesecake, it is important to get the base or cheesecake crust right otherwise it can become crumbly and fall apart when you cut it or try to eat it. Follow these simple directions for a perfect cheesecake crust everytime.

Generally speaking, you need to use half the amount of butter compared to the amount of biscuits required. For example, if your recipe requires 180g of biscuits then you would use 90g butter.However, if you are using biscuits such as a shortbread, you can use a little less butter because of the butter content that is already in shortbread.

1. Put biscuits into a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin or put biscuits into a food processor and pulse to the desired texture of fine crumbs. Add butter and any other required ingredients and mix with a spoon until all ingredients are combined. To test that you have the right consistency, presssome of the mixture up against the side of your mixing bowl with the back of the spoon. If the mixture stays against the side then you have the right consistency. If it crumbles down, add a littlebit more melted butter.

2. Lightly grease the inside of your springform cake tin with butter or spray on oil. Press biscuit mixture into the base and up the sides of the tin (if required) using the back of a spoon or the tips of your fingers. Ensure that you have an even coverage all around.

3. Stand your cake tin on a bench and using a straight sided glass, work it over the biscuit base and around the sides of tin to smooth out the crust. Refrigerate crust for at least 30 minutes if baking is not required in your recipe.

4. If your recipe is for a baked cheesecake, don't try and remove the cheesecake from the pan until it has been refrigerated for a minimum of 4 hours, preferably overnight for bigger cheesecakes.This allows your cheesecake to set properly and makes it easier to cut.

When your cheesecake is set, stand the cake tin on an inverted glass. Release the catch on the side and gently lower it over the glass. Using a sharp knife, gently run it around the edge of your crust to neaten it up. Do this very carefully so that the crust doesn't crack.

5. If you wish to remove your cheesecake from the base of the tin, you need to make it with the base of the springform tin upside down. It is the ridge around the base that makes it difficult to remove the cheesecake once it has been made.

The other method you could use is to line the base with cling wrap for a no bake cheesecake or foil if making a baked cheesecake prior to making. Let the wrap or foil hang over the sides of the tin. This way you will be able to remove the base easier by gently sliding a spatula underneath and sliding the cheesecake onto a serving plate. Keep in mind though that youwill still have either cling wrap or foil underneath when serving.

For other helpful ideas go to My Cheesecake Recipes.

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The author of this article is the owner of My Cheesecake Recipes. Site includes cheesecake recipes such as Apricot Swirl, Toblerone, Triple Chocolate, Mocha Choc Chip, Pumpkin, Low Fat Chocolate Ripple and many more. Also a handy hints and tips page for that perfect cheesecake everytime.

Bleuberry Dessert Recipes

Blueberries are plants native to North America and are in season from May to October. Flavors range from tangy to sweet. Blueberries contain few calories and no fat and make an excellent choice for dessert recipes since they burst with flavor and full of anti-oxidants. Frozen blueberries work well when fresh ones are out of season. Here are a few blueberry dessert recipes.

Blueberry Pound Cake Recipe

2 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup white sugar 1 cup butter 2 cups white sugar 4 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups fresh blueberries 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Directions 1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch tube pan with 2 tablespoons butter. Sprinkle pan with 1/4 cup sugar. Mix together 2 3/4 cups flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. 2 In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Dredge blueberries with remaining 1/4 cup flour, then fold into batter Pour batter into prepared pan. 3 Bake in the preheated oven for 70 to 80 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Fresh Blueberry Pie Recipe

10 1/2 cups fresh blueberries 1 cup sour cream 2 tablespoons flour 3/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg -- beaten 1 pie crust (frozen) 9 inch * topping * 3 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons oleo 3 tablespoons pecans (chopped fine)

Combine and mix flour, sugar, vanilla, salt and egg at medium speed for 5 min. or until smooth. Stir in blueberries, pour into 9 inch pastry shell, bake at 400F for 25 minutes. Combine: 3 T flour, 3 T oleo, and 3 T. pecans . Sprinkle over top of pie. Bake 10 minutes more. Chill before serving.

Low-Fat Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins Yield: 12 Muffins 2 c Whole wheat pastry flour 1 t Baking soda 1 1/4 c Buttermilk 2 Egg whites, lightly beaten 1/2 c Honey 1/3 c Vegetable oil 1 c Blueberries, fresh or frozen Sift the flour and baking soda together. In a separate bowl, whisk the next 4 ingredients together until creamy, then stir in the blueberries. Form a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet. Fold together until the batter is moistened yet slightly lumpy. Pour into greased muffin tins and bake in a preheated 350F oven for 25-30 minutes.

Blueberry Cobbler

2/3 cup sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch 3/4 cup water 3 cups fresh or frozen blueberries 1 teaspoon melted butter 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup milk 3 tablespoons melted butter

In a saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch, stir in water. Bring to a boil; stirring constantly, boil for 1 minute. Add blueberries. Pour blueberry mixture into a lightly buttered 1 1/2-quart baking dish or 9-inch pie plate. Sprinkle with cinnamon and drizzle with 1 teaspoon melted butter. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Pour milk and 3 tablespoons melted butter into a measuring cup; add to flour mixture all at once. Stir just until mixture is moistened and forms a ball. Drop spoonfuls onto the blueberries. Bake at 425Â° for 25 to 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Serves 6.

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DIET TIPS

Have a look on following diet tips they are key to successful weight loss program.

* Drink lot of water or if you are not able to drink lot of water you can replace water with calorie free drinks but say no to sodas and fizzy drink as they are having lots of calories.

* Try to add vegetables and fruits to your diet.

* Try new healthy recipes it will add variation in your daily diet.

* Eat whenever you are really hungry and try to eat small portions of food.

* Do not stuff your stomach before sleeping because you are having no chance to burn your calories when you are sleeping.

* Do not put off the food you like it will result in eating them more then before so you can decrease their amount but do not stop eating them.

* Eat five small meals instead of 3 big ones.

* Try to take more protein in your diet it you will be satisfied faster.

* Add some flavor to your food.

* Stuff your refrigerator and kitchen with healthy food that is fruit and vegetables so that you could not eat junk food when you are hungry.

* Avoid sitting before television with a packet of popcorn or chips.

* Whenever you visit a restaurant or a cafe prefer ordering salads over desserts.

* Never skip your breakfast you will eat more in the second part of the day.

* Avoid white bread and pastas.

* Chose an active lifestyle.

* It is better to have an exercise session when you want to fight stress than to eat something.Click here to know more about losing weight Jitesh Arora

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Breakfast Recipes

Undeniably a treat, but a perfect late brunch dish which we always serve at New Year. This can be assembled in advance, see notes below.

Step 1: I small onion finely chopped, 500 g sliced mushrooms, 2 tbsp butter, 1/2 cup creme frâiche.

Cook the onion in the butter until golden, then add the mushrooms cooking on high until the liquid evaporates. Add the creme frâiche and cook until it is absorbed. Season well with salt and pepper. Transfer the mushrooms to a large oven proof serving dish.

Step 2:Make 500 ml Bechamel sauce following your usual recipe, but add 1 cup creme fraiche at the end, making a Mornay sauce. Season very well with salt pepper and nutmeg. Spoon half the Mornay sauce onto the bottom of the dish, over the top of the mushroom mixture.

Step 3: Beat 12 eggs with salt and pepper, add to a pan in which you have melted 6 tbsp butter. Stir over a medium heat. Once the eggs start to cook remove them from the heat and add a further 2 beaten raw eggs. Do not worry if the eggs seem very undercooked; they will complete their scrambling when the assembled dish has its final cooking.

Step 4:Pour the egg mixture in to the baking dish. Spoon the remain Mornay sauce over the top and sprinkle with 2 tbsp parmesan cheese. At this point the dish can rest in a warm place for up to an hour. Place the dish in an oven at 225 degrees centigrade for 10 minutes or until the cheese has browned. Serve at the table in the dish.

Preparation in Advance:

The mushroom mixture and Mornay sauce can be cooked the day before. Spread the cooked mushrooms and 1/2 the Mornay

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All-Filipino Desserts

All Filipinos seem to be born with a sweet tooth, and most of us never really outgrow it. We're never too old for a candy bar or a rich filled doughnut. That's why desserts have always been a big part of Filipino cuisine. For many of us, a meal isn't a meal without something cold and sweet to top it off. It doesn't matter if your meal consists of rice and dried fish; without dessert, it's simply not complete.

However, our idea of dessert has evolved a lot through the years. Ask any kid what his favorite dessert is and he'll most likely say ice cream, cake, or something not really Filipino. If you think the same way, maybe it's time you tried the old favorites and rediscover Filipino food. Here's a quick guide to local desserts and some Filipino desserts recipes you can make on your own.

Rice cakes

With rice as our staple food, it's really no surprise that we'd turn it into a dessert as well. In fact, we have more than a dozen varieties of kakanin, the local term for rice desserts, most of them sold at practically every corner. Because they are rice-based, they are seldom eaten after regular meals (which already have rice as the main course). People prefer them for merienda in the late morning or afternoon. Some of the most popular Filipino rice cakes are puto, suman, biko, bibingka, and kalamay.

Native pastries

If you're looking for a lighter dessert, Filipino pastries may be just what you need. Our native pastries cover everything from small bite-size tarts to tropical fruit pies. They may seem complicated at first glance, but they are actually one of the easiest Filipino food recipes. In fact, if you're just starting out, pastries make a great beginner recipe. Start with simple snack tarts such as this one.

Easy Caramel Tarts

Ingredients: 1 tbsp flour 1 c milk 1 c golden syrup 1 c brown sugar 1 tbsp white sugar 1 tbsp butter 2 eggs, separated ½ tsp vanilla

Procedure: Beat the egg whites until stiff, then beat in the white sugar. Set aside. In a saucepan, combine the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Pour into baked pastry shells. Top with the egg white mixture and bake for about 10 minutes or until the meringue turns brown.

Puto and kutsinta

Puto a steamed cake made from rice flour, often topped with cheese or salted eggs. It is often sold with kutsinta, a brown jelly cake served with grated coconut. The two go together because the soft, grainy texture of the puto contrasts the tart smoothness of kutsinta. Both are among the simplest Filipino recipes; you can make a batch of each cake in less than two hours.

Puto

Ingredients: 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 2 cups milk 6 tsps baking powder 3 eggs (use only egg whites for a lighter cake) Procedure: Combine all the ingredients except the egg whites. Mix well and let stand for one hour, then fold in the eggs. Pour into baking pan or muffin pans and steam for about one hour.

Kutsinta

Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour 1 tsp lye water 3 cups water 2 cups packed brown sugar

Procedure: Mix all the ingredients in a bowl; beat well. Half-fill a muffin pan with the batter, then steam covered over 2 inches of water for about 30 minutes. Top with grated coconut.

Bibingka

Bibingka is actually an Indian dish (bebinca), but the Filipino variety is unique because it uses rice flour instead of white. It also comes with a variety of toppings such as butter or margarine, cheese, salted eggs, or grated coconuts. Bibingka is a popular snack in the Christmas season, where it is often sold with puto bumbong (same as puto, but cooked in bamboo vessels and flavored with coconut or purple yam)and other Filipino cooking recipes. It is traditionally cooked in charcoal ovens, which gives it a smoky flavor. Of course, you can also tweak the recipe and bake it in modern ovens. Here's how.

Ingredients 2 c plain flour ¼ c baking powder ¾ c sugar 1 ¼ c coconut milk 3 eggs, beaten ½ c Edam cheese, grated ½ butter, melted ½ c grated coconut 1 tsp salt

Procedure: Preheat your oven to 375oF. In a bowl, dissolve the sugar in coconut milks and add in the eggs. In a separate bow, sift the flour, add the baking powder and salt, then sift again. Combine with the egg mixture and beat well. Pour into prepared pans and bake for about 15 minutes. Top with cheese and resume baking for another 20 minutes, brushing with margarine occasionally. Give it a final brush when done, and serve with coconut on the side.

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Carlo Villamayor is the owner and co-author of the Filipino food blog, Kusina.ph. A devoted cook, he makes it his personal mission to spread the joy of Filipino desserts recipes with food lovers the world over. Bon appetit!

Finding the right weight gain foods

For some people actually trying to gain some weight can just be as difficult for those people who are trying to lose it. There are plenty of reasons why a person may find themselves being over weight and there are many reasons as to why a person actually weighs less than they should. However in this article we provide some tips on ways of helping such people to find the right weight gain foods for them to increase their weight.

Tip 1 - Increase your calorie intake

The first thing you should do is weigh yourself and then look at just how many calories you are consuming currently each day. Then what you need to do is actually increase your calorie by 500 each day.

Tip 2 - Eat Big Meals

Instead of you eating small meals at regular intervals as would be suggested to many people who are trying to lose weight you should be aiming to eat much larger meals instead. Also between each meal you should attempt to have a few snacks as well. Although the snacks you eat should be of a healthy nature. Try something like a few raisins or dried fruit which will increase both the number of calories and carbohydrates that you consume. Plus ensure that the snacks you eat provide you with sufficient amounts of nutrients that are essential when your body is changing and growing.

Tip 3 - Health Fats

If you are looking for a balanced and healthy way for you to gain weight through the foods that you eat, then you should be trying to use more canola or olive oil in recipes in place of butter and also avoid creamy sauces as well.

Tip 4 - Weight yourself weekly

It is important that you should be aware that you are unlikely to seen a sudden increase in your weight. But certainly putting on 1 or 2 pounds each week is extremely good and so by the end of each month you should find that you have gained an extra 5 to 8 pounds on top of what you originally weighed.

Also if you find at any stage when you are using particular kinds of weight gain foods in order to help improve your weight that you are not actually putting any more on then it is time to start looking at actually increasing the amount of calories you are consuming. Again it is best if you just increase the amount of calories you are consuming to no more than 250 on top of the additional 500 you are already consuming each day. However hopefully this will not occur until much later when you have actually been able to gain weight that suits your body size and shape.

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