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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Use spices to cook like a connoisseur on a paupers budget!
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Don't have the money to make delectable dishes?
Or just don't know the secrets of flavoring with spices and herbs, and making food stretch?
The former is never right no matter what your income is.
If you have the money to buy enough food to at least feed your family then you have enough money to make whatever you feed them enjoyable, even if it'...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Turn your love of chocolate from a secret pleasure to a fun social event
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Larry Friedlan
Chocolate isn't a Food, but an Experience
Few words evoke the emotional enthusiasm people feel toward chocolate. It has a treasured place in our personal collection of memories - the Easter baskets, the birthday treats, the candy displays at Christmas, the heart that told you someone loves you.
It started young. During our special...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Top cookie flavors for baby showers and other parties
- Cookies are a very popular treat at any party event and as a snack in general. There are now hundreds of different types of cookies that can be served to your guests and at parties. In case you are having difficulty choosing which flavors to serve, here are the five most popular cookie flavors based on our research study:
1. Chocolate Chip - This should be no surprise but chocolate ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Top 10 mistakes when buying seafood
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The best way to break down the mistakes that are done when buying seafood is to look at each type of seafood and the characteristics it should have when you purchase it. You should buy high quality seafood whether it is fresh or frozen and these tips on what to look for to keep you from making the top 10 mistakes when buying seafood.
When you go to buy fresh whole fi...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Tips for eating healthy this winter
- (ARA) - It's easy to eat right during the summer months with an abundance of fresh produce available from a wide variety of sources. But as winter rolls around, those juicy ears of corn are just a memory. That doesn't mean, however, that you drop your healthy eating habits with the dropping temperatures.
You still need to get your five servings a day of fruits and vegetables. Make a...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - There is more then one way to prepare the perfect swiss steak
- There is more than one way to prepare a swiss steak.
More than likely your recipe will call for either round or chuck steak, but you can also use cube steak.
The type of steak you use is entirely up to your palate. Swiss steak can also be either baked in the oven, cooked in a slow cooker or crockpot, or even cooked in a large skillet on top of the stove.
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - The world's best pickles
- I knew they were the world's best pickles the moment I tasted one. That first taste took place around 1950, and I've tasted a lot of pickles since, am a pickle hound in fact, but I've never come across anything else as good.
They came to us by way of my Uncle Ronald Smith, who was an electrician in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana where I grew up. One day he was doing electrical wor...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - The wonderful world of peanuts
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By: Lara Velez
HISTORY
Before I begin with the history of peanuts you should probably know that the peanut is not a nut. The "pea"nut is actually more closely related to the pea. It is a member of the legumes family. Also, peanuts do not grow in trees like nuts do. They grow on the ground. They start out as flowers, and eventually wind ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - The wonderful wok: stir frying basics
- Want to enjoy the tantalizing taste of Asian food at home? Invest in a wok! Stir-frying is one of the easiest ways to create a delicious, healthy dinner in minutes. Learn to prepare meals the Asian way: light on meat, heavy on the vegetables, and quick-cooked on high heat to retain vitamins and flavors. A few basics is all you need to get cooking!
Purchase your wok. You don't need t...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - The untold secrets to making homemade vanilla ice cream
- Have you ever wondered if there was a healthful alternative to the sugar and preservative filled vanilla ice cream you buy in the supermarkets?
If you have or if you would truly like to try homemade vanilla ice cream then this is for you. I have a recipe for homemade vanilla ice cream, that will knock your socks off when you taste it.
The first thing you need to know ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - The ultimate chocolate chip cookie experience
- Just about everyone loves freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Many of us have fond memories from our childhoods of the aroma of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies filling up the house. Our eager little eyes anxiously awaiting their arrival from oven to countertop.
Chocolate chip cookies are the ultimate comfort food. There's just something about them that makes us feel warm and ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - The truth about turkey
- All along, turkey has been associated to once a year family feasts. You know,
the Thanksgiving turkey. The Christmas turkey. Roast turkey stuffed with some
yummy stuffing, eaten with gravy or cranberry sauce is a must for the end of the
year celebrations.
The fact is, turkey is such a healthy meat, it should not be reserved ONLY
for Christmas and Thanksgi...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - The proof of the cake is in the recipe
- Seeking the most informative assistance relating to recipes.
When you are looking for better information on recipes, it will be tricky separating value packed information from foolish recipes proposals and directions so it is sensible to know how to judge the advice that is offered.
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - The history of coffee
- Who would have thought that a berry that was discovered by a herd of goats would be the single most important ingredient in the world's most popular drink? Legend has it that back in 850AD, a goat herder noticed his herd was full of energy and eating berries he had never noticed. Since the goats seemed to have such a reaction, the herder decided to give it a try! The berries also gave him a burst ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - The evolution of pizza
- Trying to trace the history of the first pizza is a surprisingly controversial subject. Some claim that this popular food is based on early unleavened breads served in the early centuries in Rome. Others trace a connection from modern pizza back to the pita breads of Greece.
It's fairly well established that the first pizza as we know it today was created by a man named Raffaele Esp...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Surviving the heat of the kitchen
- (ARA) - You've seen aspiring singing idols, survivors in the wilderness and gold-medal athletes. Now meet the Best Teen Chef in America Patricia Homma, who saut?ed, roasted and whisked her way to the top award in a national high school Culinary Arts scholarship competition sponsored by The Art Institutes, a leading educator in design and culinary arts nationwide.
After an intense tw...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Supporting local flavors
- In the last 10 years Americans have seen a boom in local food markets and for good reason. While Americans continue to buy more fast food, they still expect perfect ingredients and they are finding them.
So why are they turning to their local markets more and more? In a nutshell they want fresh, healthy produce with great flavor. There are numerous other benefits to buying local pro...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Summer days are happy days
- (ARA) - Summer -- the farmers' markets are bursting with fresh fruits, heavenly herbs and vividly colored veg., all ripe and ready to drop into recipes. But the easiest summer food is food you don't have to cook. Instead of turning on the oven, reach inside your fridge for the best fruits and veg. of the summer.
I keep mine in sight -- easy to do with my Amana Easy Reach Plus refrig...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Spanish food: how to make the perfect paella
- Looking for a traditional Spanish recipe? Without doubt, the
best-known is going to be the prodigious paella ... that tasty,
adaptable, gregarious dish famed throughout Spain and the World.
And, what an impressive choice of recipes exist for a pleasurable
paella: seafood, chicken, rabbit ... or a mixture of all three!
Perhaps you are non-meat eating ... w...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Spanish food - how to make the perfect paella
- Looking for a traditional Spanish recipe? Without doubt, the
best-known is going to be the prodigious paella ... that tasty,
adaptable, gregarious dish famed throughout Spain and the World.
And, what an impressive choice of recipes exist for a pleasurable
paella: seafood, chicken, rabbit ... or a mixture of all three!
Perhaps you are non-meat eating ... w...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Spanish food - how to make spicy gazpacho soup.
- Home-made soups are so good for you - all that nourishing stock
and chock-a-block full of vitamins and minerals.
But ... who on earth could face boiling bones for hours on end
during the scorching Spanish summer weather, not to mention
preparing the soup once the stock is made? I don?t think it
would tickle anybody?s fancy to then have to tuck into a...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Soup to nuts? holiday entertaining guide
- (ARA) - As the holidays approach, it's natural for us to feel both festive and frantic and increasingly stressed as our list of errands gets longer than Santa's. To make sure that this season is about true holiday spirit and joyous time with family and friends, heed the sage advice of an entertaining expert who shares her simple secret . . . serve soup!
?Most soups are not complicat...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Soul food
- The history of American soul food can be traced all the way back to the days of slavery. More often times than not, the slaves were given the most undesirable part of the meal, the leftovers from the house. Pairing this with their own home-grown vegetables, the first soul food dishes were invented. After the slaves were freed, most of them were so poor that they could only afford the most undesira...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Solving the 7 most common whole wheat bread baking mistakes
- Let's face it EVERY cook makes mistakes (yes, even us professional bakers make boo boo's).
I'm going to list here, the 7 most common whole wheat bread baking mistakes that you're probably making, or might make if you're not forewarned, and what you can do about them.
Whole Wheat Bread Baking Mistake 1
By far the most common bread baking mistake is when ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Smooth refreshing smoothies
- More people today are discovering the healthy benefits of drinking a delicious, refreshing smoothie for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Instead of soda pop at your next meal or diet cola, consider whipping up a smoothie made with fresh fruit, yogurt, skim milk or juice.
Smoothies will give you a real energy boost and are healthier for you than cola or soda.
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Shaping up holiday side dishes
- (ARA) - If dinner rolls and bread are usually guests at your holiday table, you can save a step and impress your guests by substituting savory stuffing loaves, muffins or balls. Molded stuffing is a tempting two-in-one side dish that is easy, too, since convenient packaged stuffing mix is the perfect foundation from which to start your adventure.
Wowing your guests this way isn't a ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Shake things up with fun milkshakes
- Milkshakes have been around since the old days of drugstore soda fountains. Now days we tend to drink milkshakes mainly when we go out for a bite to eat at a fast food restaurant.
Milkshakes are healthy (they contain calcium) and delicious. The most common milkshake flavors are: strawberry, vanilla and chocolate.
But you don't have to wait for your next fast food trip...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Sbiten - russia's traditional winter-time beverage
- Sbiten, the traditional beverage for wintertime in Russia, is a drink with a long, colorful history. Research shows that sbiten has been around since the fourteenth century. Traditionally, Sbiten was served from oft-heated copper samovars by the sbitenshchik, who served it up until the beginning of the twentieth century on Russian street corners.
I have always loved all things Russi...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Sandwich rolls
- 2 3/4 cups (675 ml) Five Roses All Purpose White Flour or Never Bleached, or with Wheat Bran
1 tbsp (15 ml) sugar
1 tsp (5 ml) salt
1 tbsp (15 ml) Instant yeast
1 cup (250 ml) water
1 tbsp (15 ml) olive oil
1 beaten egg
Reserve 1/2 cup (125 ml) flour. Mix remaining flour, sugar, salt and yeast ...
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- 2007-04-06 10:19:42 - Regional cuisine hunan cuisine
- Hunan cuisine shares many commonalities with its close, more well-known cousin, Szechwan cooking, Both cuisines originate in the Western region of China. The climate there is sub-tropical ? humid and warm enough to encourage the use of fiery spices to help cool the body, and to require high spicing of food as a preservative. With similar climate, the two regions also share many ingredients ? rice ...