Food Bites - April 27
Posted April 27, 2007 – 9:01 pm in: African, Beverages, Coffee, Condiments, Diet, Herbs and Spices, How To, Low Fat, Main Dish, Oriental, Pork, Poultry, Thai, Tips, Vegetable2 Ingredients, 2 Recipes, 4 Meals – Here’s a couple of recipes using pork and green beans.
Curry pastes – A necessary ingredient in a Perfect Pantry.
Honey Glazed Lemon Roast Chicken Recipe – A simple and delicious recipe for roast chicken.
What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like? – Pictures to give a visual sense of what a 300 [...]
Dispelling The Top 10 Nutrition Myths
Posted April 4, 2007 – 11:43 am in: Diet, TipsDon’t drink alcohol. Take vitamins. Avoid eating eggs. We’ve heard these pieces of nutritional advice for years - but are they accurate?
Not necessarily, say two exercise physiologists presenting at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 11th-annual Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition in Dallas, Texas. Wendy Repovich, Ph.D., FACSM, and Janet Peterson, Dr.P.H., FACSM, [...]
Brain Food - Eat For Productivity
Posted March 13, 2007 – 12:03 pm in: Diet, TipsI can really tell the effect my eating has on my workstyle when I’ve been consuming junk. Lifehack.org has some good tips for optimizing your eating habits.
The brain is a hungry organ, it’s cells requiring two times the amount of energy than that of other cells in the body. To work well and efficiently throughout [...]
Weight Loss Diet and Exercise
Posted March 13, 2007 – 11:29 am in: DietMy latest annual check-up revealed high trigyliceride levels. The doctor called me in and told me I needed to lose some weight —about 30 pounds— and get exercising. He wants me to be re-tested in July. If there is no significant change in weight other indicators, he’ll put me on medication.
My preference is the weight [...]
Top 5 superfoods of 2007
Posted February 27, 2007 – 11:46 am in: Diet, Resources, TipsI suspect these superfoods continue to have health benefits beyond this year. If you’re looking to improve your health, these nutrient-rich foods are a good addition to your diet.
By now, deeper into the winter months, most of our well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions have taken a backseat to the buzzing of our BlackBerrys and the business of [...]
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Posted February 12, 2007 – 10:32 am in: Condiments, Dessert, Diet, Fruit, Low Fat, Side DishIngredients:
2 cups peeled, cored, and chopped apples
2 cups fresh or frozen (unsweetened) strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries
1/2 cup frozen apple juice concentrate
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan.
Bring to a simmer, then cover and cook over very low heat for about 25 minutes, or until apples are tender when pierced with a fork.
Mash [...]
Food Bites - February 10
Posted February 9, 2007 – 3:10 pm in: Baking, Cookies, Diet, Learning, Pork, StewMorsels from this week’s food-blog browsing:
Ganache with Panache – a recipe for ganache and a mocha chocolate chip cookie.
Savoury Pork Stew – serves 8.
What Does 200 Calories Look Like? – From 3 pounds of celery to a couple of tablespoons of canola oil.
Growing Influence of Food Bloggers – Some thoughts from Catherine on a New York Times article about [...]
Create a Personalized Food Guide
Posted February 6, 2007 – 12:32 pm in: Diet, Learning, Links, TipsCatherine points to the updated Canada Food Guide. Among the on-line features is the ability to create a pesonalized version of the food guide. Once you have gone through steps, you can download and print a PDF version of your food guide.
My Food Guide is an interactive tool that will help you personalize the information found [...]
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Posted January 29, 2007 – 4:05 pm in: DietI tend to go with chips and ice cream which leads to a whole host of problems. Tea and some whole-wheat toast should be a better deal.
What is the secret to getting a solid 7 to 8 hours of sleep? Head for the kitchen and enjoy one or two of these 10 foods. They relax [...]
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Posted January 25, 2007 – 12:30 pm in: Diet, How To, Salads, VegetableMost people have heard about the importance of including leafy greens in their daily diet, but many of us admit to confusion when it comes to the choice, taste, storage and preparation of the less familiar, but vitamin-loaded leafy greens like kale, collards, dandelion greens, and Swiss chard.
This short video clip, The Power of Leafy [...]