Sep 29, 2009

A 10 secret menu items at fast food restaurants

Oh God, looks like I have news only from fast food. CNN.Com has the article

A horrible reality: Fast food advertisements and reality

ads vs reality
My six year old is very attracted to advertisements but thank God not those of food because he is not such a lover of food outside home, and I know many are really pulled by what they see and to many it plays a major role in decision making.

Now this reality is very horribly wrong with fast food

The list is long you can always go to adsvsreality

Sep 28, 2009

A chocolate chip? turn them into chocolate delights that everyone will beg for more

chocolate chips

In my cakes recipes shared with you in this blog you might want to try the chocolate cake. Why? Because it is really easy and incredibly delicious and treat that anyone will enjoy. If you love cake decorations then using that recipe the sky is the limit you can be able to turn it into a chocolate delight work of art
I use the chocolate chips for this cake recipe


What are chocolate chips you may ask?

Chocolate chips are small chunks of chocolate. They are often sold in a round, flat-bottomed teardrop shape and Chocolate chips are a required ingredient for making chocolate chip cookies according to wikipedia.

Types of chocolate chips

chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, mint chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, and white and dark swirled chocolate chips

If you go to family.go.com
here you will find some really nice recipes "25 chocolate delights" and definitely you will find something interesting for your childrens next birthday parties.

Sep 25, 2009

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Aaahhhh! Deliciously Dangerous Potato Gateau

potato gateau simple italian recipe
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Something interesting for family like this Deliciously Dangerous Potato Gateau for family

Our Simple Dinner Recipes Potato Gateau
Ingredients
1 kg of Potatoes
2 egss
200 gr boiled ham
200 gr mozzarella cheese
150 gr of grated parmesan
Breadcrumbs
salt
Pepper
Butter

This simple easy Italian Dinner recipe for you to try and share with family
Boil the potatoes make puree, cut the ham and cheese and mix together with the potatoes. Then mix with the eggs salt and pepper, mix well.
Butter the Oven container with butter and sprinkle with the breadcrumbs, add the potato mix layer and on top spread the remaining breadcrumbs and some small pieces of butter put in the oven at 180° for about 20 minutes
We had this for dinner last Saturday at a friends home. I forgot to download the picture but later will do so you can see it here on the post.

Sep 24, 2009

Back to health: Tylenol recall 2009

tylenol recall 2009


The McNeil Consumer Healthcare (the makers of TYLENOL®) is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Children's and Infants' TYLENOL® liquid products that were manufactured between April, 2008 and June, 2008: Read on the recall here
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But what about the others? High street list of Pizza shame who tops the list

Pizza's examined included:
pizzas at Pizza Hut, Pizza Express, Zizzi, Prezzo, Ask and Frankie & Benny's.

And Pizza Hut topped a new Pizza League of Shame for having the fattiest, smallest and least tasty dishes on the High Street.
hop over to yahoo and read on

well, as for me I only give you one advice it is easy to make a simple easy homemade pizza healthy for family and do not have to worry about pizza fat, pizza thing or pizza hut if your aim is to know how to make pizza let me teach you how go to my labes Pizza recipes here
easy homemade pizza recipes

And bear in mind when in Florence eat what Florentine give you when you are home eat like Florentines do

Eating like Florentines: The florentine eggs (Uova alla fiorentina in Italian)

To make the famous florentine eggs all you need is 4 eggs,300 g spinach, 2 spoons of olive oil, 2 spoons of parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to taste
Steps to do this:
Clean the spinach under running water and put in a cooking pot with only water on the leaves, add some salt, cover and cook for 5 minutes.
After this pass them again under running water and press out all the liquid.
On a pan heat the olive oil and the spinach, let them cook rapidly adding pepper.
Put the spinach in an oven container and in the middle press a hole and put on the eggs plus sprinkle with the parmesan cooking in the oven at 180° for around 5 minutes
This egg florentine serves 4
See also eggs Benedicts

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Sep 21, 2009

An explosive of goodies a dangerously delicious vegetable cake kids will love it

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Sep 20, 2009

Recipe Ideas with left over wines

Making good use of leftover wines.

After a nice party with family and friends and you find yourself with some left over wines, what do you do? Drink?

I do not drink wine but a times have been in the same situation with just a little wine sitting there for ages.
Here are some ideas for that wine especially now in times of recession we do not throw nothing.
Think of a simple easy pasta with grated Parmesan cheese, butter and fresh herbs, a splash of wine would do miracles to the serving.

Use left over white or red wine to enhance flavour for your meat dishes (I especially love white wine with chicken + rosemary and garlic) Mmmm...yummy you find the recipe in this blog.

With red wine I also posted in this blog beef marinated in left over red wine.

Not to mention with fish!

Sep 18, 2009

Man carries a Wendy's plastic spoon in his lungs for 2 good years

I was briefly looking at the news from abcnews.go.com and found this story of a Man who had carried a 1' plastic spoon for 2 years in his lungs and when removed the plastic spoon carries the logo of Wendy's.
Read about John Manley story at abcnews

Tags: John Manley, Wendy's, plastic spoon

While you are there check out 3 nice recipes:

-Wolfgang Puck's Pan-Roasted Chicken With Lemon and Whole-Grain Mustard
-Wolfgang Puck's Bread Pudding With Berries
-Wolfgang Puck's Stacked Tomatoes and Mozzarella With Balsamic Reduction

Sep 17, 2009

An all time favourite: Chicken, beef or vegetable curry



From my Thai recipes I have posted in the past here is how you go on with this dish

Beef Pa-naeng (beef in dry Red curry)


Living in Thailand. Like the Italian cooking I think that with Thai cooking you get a few basics and then you are set to vary in different ways. With my Thai cooking I gained after doing my cooking class in Chiangmai way back in year 2002, was full of surprises and new adventures. I had just got married the year earlier and it was fun travelling far away after I had left my mother country just a year earlier.
Little did I know that a year later we would move to Thailand for my husbands work and live there for the following 2 years.

Ingredients:
250g Coconut Milk
160g Pa-naeng or red curry paste (I use one spoonful- as thai food is usually hot make sure you dose this according level of support of hot chilli)
650g Beef tenderloin, thinly sliced
35g Fish sauce
30g brown sugar
30g finely crushed peanut or chunky peanut butter
6g Kaffir lime leaves, thinly sliced
20g red chilli peppers, thinly sliced lengthwise (I use capsicum as it is meant for garnish)

-Mix the coconut milk with the red curry paste in a sauce pan. Heat the mixture and stir until it forms bubbles.
-Lower the heat and continue stirring the mixture until the red oil surfaces.
-Add sliced beef in the hot curry mixture . Raise the heat, add fish sauce and sugar. When beef is almost done , add crushed peanuts. Lower the heat and cook the beef until it is done and the sauce becomes thick.
-At this point, more fish sauce and sugar can be added if needed. The regular taste trend of this dish is the balance between saltiness and sweetness.
-Garnish the curry with the thinly sliced red chilli peppers (I use here capsicum)and kaffir lime leaves.
Serve with steamed rice.
Note: Thai meals are served not in courses but various dishes at the same time all with steamed rice.


With this base you can make all sorts of curries varying only the ingredients. Shrimps, vegetables of your choice just a little creativity in your Kitchen and dinner is served

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Sep 16, 2009

How to prevent prostate cancer?

Excessive weight or obesity has been linked to prostate cancer risk.

What can we do to prevent prostate cancer?
From the web:
Much research has been done on how foods could affect risk of prostate cancer.

From foodconsumer.org


- Eating plant-based diets may help patients with prostate cancer.

- Drinking black tea may help stop progression of prostate cancer

- Taking lycopene supplements alone or along with soy isoflavones may prohibit growth prostate cancer

- Drinking lots of green tea a day was linked with reduced risk of advanced
prostate cancer, but not localized prostate cancer

- Taking supplements of soy isoflavones may help men at high risk of prostate
cancer


- Eating just one serving or more of broccoli and cauliflower a week may
reduce risk of prostate cancer by up to 45 percent.

- Men consuming high levels of soy products rich in isoflavones might be able
to drastically reduce risk of prostate cancer.

- High dietary intake of selenium may reduce risk of prostate cancer

- Eating tomatoes and broccoli together can maximize their protective effect
against prostate cancer. (My mother in-law insist that my husband should and should eat lots of tomatoes- which I try to do)

- Eating just one portion of salmon per week may decrease the risk of
prostate cancer - I love white fish than salmon anyway!

- Drinking pomegranate juice may help slow the growth of prostate cancer- (I hate pomegranate God help)


- Eating oily fish or taking omega-3 fatty acids supplements may help prevent
the spread of aggressive prostate cancer to other parts of the body while high
intake of omega-6 fatty acids may do the opposite

- A hot pepper compound known as capsaicin may help men fight prostate
cancer


- Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables could be a good defense against
prostate cancer

- Consumption of lycopene and other carotenoids may help prevent prostate cancer.


- A recent study suggested that eating lycopene and vitamin E rich diet may
protect against prostate cancer.

Sep 14, 2009

Bella Italy: Inflated restaurant bills in Italian restaurant

Odd but true in various occassions recently, Japanese tourists to Italy has dropped by more than 50 percent in a decade, with inflated restaurant prices a major complaint. Read UPI.com

Most recently there has been cases of inflated bills at restaurants in Italy some like this case of 2 Japanese tourists in a restaurant in Rome the bill 695 euro according to tgcom

In another post in Italian another case of inflated bills with even pictures of the bill at this time dinner went for whole 954 euro see for yourself here

Sep 13, 2009

Elementbars.com: Customizable nutrition bars

Elements bars: You build your own custom energy and protein bars out of which each of these energy bars are handmade, contains only natural and organic ingredients, and to add to the beauty and uniqueness it is delivered fresh for an unforgettable delicious home-made taste.


1. Choose your core of the bar: chewy, oaty, crispy or datey

2 Pick your choice of fruits - dried choices apricots, blueberries, cherries, prunes, raisins, cranberries.

3. Add in your favorite nuts . Skip this if you do not like nuts like me

4. Add sweets.

5. Still want more? Ok, you add add nutritional boosts to your bar like whey or soy protein.


At element bars you customise energy bars, customise protein bars great choice of homemade protein bars or homemade energy bars

GMA's recipes and more: grilling, easy recipes, dinner, food, diet, low-calorie, gourmet, meals

From http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Recipes/
Get a treat of the latest Good Morning America recipes, this page will give you more than you need to turn your love for food an interesting journey.
Here is a peep at what is currently featuring at Good Morning America recipes.

-Charlie's Enchilada Casserole
-Diane Sawyer's Meatloaf and Sandwiches
-Add Some Sizzle to the Grill -- Emmit Smith's Smoked Baby Back Ribs
-Recipe: Cool as a Cucumber Salad
-Recipe: Corn, Tomato and Basil Summer Salad
-Recipe: Sweet Cream Biscuits and Fruit

Good Morning America recipes gives you a wide selection of recipes and insider information and secrets for your summer grill, labor day recipes, back to school, kid snacks, lunch, burgers and much more.
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Sep 12, 2009

The 50 Million Pound Challenge; Join the challenge

The 50 Million Pound Challenge

From the desk of Dr.Ian

The 50 Million Pound Challenge provides vast information related to dieting, healthy eating habits, and balanced meals. The program shares some of Dr. Ian's simple tips and guidelines for eating healthy. He points out that it does not require drastic changes to your diet, just smart replacements for some of the more unhealthy items, as well as smarter portion control.

Your diet should include:

* Fruits
* Whole- or multi-grain breads
* Low-fat or skim dairy products like milk, cheese and yogurt
* Lean protein sources like chicken, turkey and beef
* Vegetables, just be conscientious of how you're preparing them. Also, stay away from those are too starchy like white potatoes.
* Make healthy beverage choices like water, 100% juices and herbal tea without sweetener
* Eat breakfast and don't skip meals




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Sep 11, 2009

Health tip diet and staying healthy and strong

What is gall bladder?
The gallbladder or gall bladder is a small non-vital organ that aids in the digestive process and stores bile produced in the liver.

What is bile?
Bile or gall is a bitter yellowish, blue and green fluid secreted by hepatocytes from the liver of most vertebrates. In many species, bile is stored in the gallbladder between meals and upon eating is discharged into the duodenum where the bile aids the process of digestion of lipids by emulsification.


HealthDay News -- Gallstones are stones of varied sizes that form in the gallbladder, and are usually composed of cholesterol or excess bilirubin in the bile. Some gallstones cause no symptoms, while others can cause significant pain.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers this list of gallstone warning signs:

- Pain that occurs in the upper-right or upper-middle abdominal area. It may come and go, and may be more noticeable after you eat.
- Pain that spreads to the back or beneath the right shoulder blade.
- Pain that feels dull, crampy or sharp.
- Pain accompanied by fever or jaundice (yellowing of eyes and skin).
- Nausea or vomiting.
- Passing stools the color of clay.

If you notice some of these signs then see a doctor.
What can I change in my diet
Good Foods for the Gallbladder includes fresh vegetable juices if you can do it fresh for your self the better.
Vegetable juices especially Beet and cucumber are good for gallbladder
Other green vegetables celery, carrots try to avoid cabbages
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Love affair with coffee



Keurig 5060 27-Cup-Capacity K-Cup Spinning Carousel, Chrome



This K-Cup spinning carousel displays 27 assorted coffees and teas, so making it really very nice to select your cup. This nicely built chrome-plated unit features lazy-susan base for simple rotation and it is good size for the counter top and when not in use it fits easily in a regular kitchen cabinet.
It's lightweight at less than 3 pounds; K-Cups sold separately

For those who are thinking the next kitchen in thing to add to their daily pleasures of simple organised and modern living you might think of this for your next shopping.

Oh, just a note you do not have to go shopping for it when by just clicking on this image you can order right now and since its in stock amazon will ship fast!
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Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food

The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals."
VS "Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food."


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Sep 10, 2009

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Healthy Living: This Autumn/Fall thinking healthier habits

Been looking around the web for interesting healthy recipes to add to my collection here at simple healthy Italian recipes.

One of the resource I found is foodnetwork.com

Who is Food Network?
Food network is a collection of easy recipes full of healthy eating ideas and to add to all this find also Chef Recipe Videos so if you are hunting for all that Food Network is the place to go. You will love the Food Network search and find the best recipes, food videos, healthy eating advice, party ideas and cooking techniques from top chefs, shows and experts

Sep 9, 2009

Healthy Living: This Autumn/Fall thinking healthier habits

Diet food: Eating healthy and keeping yourself slim



Recession has been with us for a year now but although recession left households without extra money to enjoy like they would like it brought together a period of eating cheaper and eating cheaper is not always eating badly.

What I have seen even myself doing is adding on more of vegetables and fruit as snacks as they relatively cost less. I have been forced to make choices that maybe I do not like but have left me eating more healthier.

In my house I have seen introduction of vegetable soup (which you can see recipes in this blog) to atleast once a week.

But looking at what is happening out there recession has not sent everyone on budget
especially the boomers as the boomers age they are looking to stay stronger and for longer. So this has contributed to the health and wellness sector exploding with new health products and services to cater to this health-conscious part of the community.

One of the major sector is the cutting of Carbs where it is quick to notice that not just boomers are prefering to make cuts on carbs but also parents with obese children.

Looking at the business side of food and nutrition even if you are not a fitness conscious like me, eating healthy food follow many simple healthy recipes in this blog and find out for yourself that there could be an easier way to keep yourself slim without necessarily spending your pocket out.

And for Moms looking for easy business in health industry like me, thousands of diet food products on the market these days, diet food has become a multi-billion dollar industry and you could easily cash on it too!

Fortune Cookies: Favors to branding your food business



Fortune Cookie Recipe
Fortune cookies are great wedding favors, graduation presents, tokens of appreciation and birthday gifts.

How about Branded fortune cookies as the answer to low cost branding for the restaurant sector?
Cookies-4U might have answers for you.

What's in a Name? A Ellen American Idol twist

We have learn't that Fox has chosen 'DeGeneres is new 'American Idol' judge'

Lets take the news of ellen american idol or american idol or ellen degeneres or ellen, american idol judges with a nice recipe you can mix and enjoy as you sit watching and enjoying the American Idol

Absolut Vodka + dash of Campari + an orange twist = Shinning American Idol nights

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Sep 8, 2009

Mangosteen secrets and beauty

Mangosteen Smoothie: Mangosteen health benefits


Use half cup of blueberries and raspberries
1 banana
1 cup of yogurt any flavour
1 cup of orange juice
Blend until smooth

Please: If you need thicker smoothie then you could use frozen berries


All The Secrets of Mangosteen

Author: Dane Stanton

There's a great deal of talk about mangosteen going around the health community these days. Why? Because mangosteen is a newly discovered fruit. When I say newly discovered I mean the fact that research has been done that proves all types of theories that mangosteen has the ability to heal many diseases and in fact increase people's lifespan. So what is it?
Mangosteen Fruit
Mangosteen
is the fruit of a slow-growing ultra-tropical tree. It has been grown and used in Asia for centuries, but isn't easily cultivated in the Western world. When the tree is about ten years old, it begins to produce small purplish fruits. These fruits are what the buzz is about.
The fruit has two parts: a thick, purplish hull and a soft, white inner fruit. The inner fruit is prized for its delicate flavor, and it is called "The queen of fruit." It's the hull that has the most health benefits, though.
It's important to not that the actual hulls of the mangosteen don't taste anywhere near as good as the outside flesh so don't be shocked when you bite into the middle, because I told you so! It's usually a more bitter taste and you'll find that the center is where the purple juice is stored. Mangosteens are known fro having high density stores of xanthones.
Xanthones
Xanthones are nutrients that are powerful antioxidants. Antioxidants repair cell damage and improve cell function. Xanthones work on all of our body systems. They are good for brain function, heart and lung function, immune system function, muscle and joint function and digestive function. They have powerful health effects because they work at the cellular level, and they work in all of our cells.
Benefits of Mangosteen Xanthones
Most of the talk about mangosteen has been directed towards its ability to improve different areas of health. There has been a great deal of research done on mangosteen and so far every result has been promising the say the least. Individual anecdotal reports show that this fruit has real and powerful health benefits.
One of the benefits that mangosteen is said to contribute towards is the reduction of hives on people who have strong allergies. Many people who have tried fruit will tell you that their allergies have become less and less frequent ever since they started eating mangosteen. Another benefit that that researchers still aren't 100% sure about is mangosteen's potential to reduce the likelihood of people getting cancer. This information is only speculation, however many lifetime consumers of mangosteen will tell you otherwise and in fact support the argument that mangosteen does reduce the likelihood of getting cancer later in life.
One other supposed benefit is mangosteen's potential to improve respiritory infections such as asthma. This is probably one of the biggest reasons why people in the Western world have become so fanatical about Mangosteen.
Finally the last benefit that mangosteen is contributed for is its ability to improve skin strenth. You can actually get mangosteen oitment which is reasonably cheap compared to the fruit that health to heal skin marks and sores. Hives being one example.
It's important to understand that these claims haven't been proven yet; the research is still preliminary. This fruit may or may not be the cure for the common cold and cancer. However, because it definitely has the health benefits of high concentrations of antioxidants, it could make you feel better and healthier.

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Sep 7, 2009

Signature must have products this Christmas


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Enjoy this assortment of signature truffle assortment from Godiva Chocolatier. Comes in popular flavours such as Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, French Vanilla and more.
Need more on Chocolate gourmet:dark and white chocolate truffles, including the new Extra Dark Chocolate, Hazelnut Praline, Double Chocolate Raspberry, Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Smooth Coconut, French Vanilla, Cappuccino, Strawberry, and Roasted Almond check out Godiva

Sep 5, 2009

Simple easy quick Italian recipes: Pineapple cake easy simple recipe

simple easy pineapple recipe

Ingredients:
For the base:
2 cups flour, 1 spoonful sugar,1/4 spoon salt,1/4 spoon of cinnamon, 1/4 spoon nutmeg, 2/3 cup of butter.

For the filling:
1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup white flour, 1/2 spoon cinnamon, fruit (apple, pineapple etc), 1 spoon butter, 1 spoon sugar, 1/2 cup cream.

In a container mix the flour with the sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add softened butter (can use half butter half margarine) mix well adding a little cold water to make dough.

Divide the dough in half 1 piece bigger than the other. Put the small one in a plastic bag in the fridge. Roll the big piece of dough into a disc like 30 cm diameter and lay in a baking pan that you prepared with some butter

In another container mix the filling ingredients except the fruit. Then when have mixed all other filling ingredients add the fruit and mix well. Pour the mixture in the prepared dough in the pan. After this roll the other dough. Cover the mixture and seal the borders by pressing the 2 doughs. Make some cuts on the top dough. Spread some butter on top and sprinkle a spoon of sugar.

Cover with aluminium foil. Put in an oven preheated at 200° for 35 minutes, remove the aluminium foil and cook further 10-20 minutes or until juice is boiling from the cuts on the crust.
Leave in oven another 5 minutes. Leave it to cool for 30 minutes before serving.

I have misplaced a simplified recipe of the same. After I find it I will share it here

Sep 4, 2009

Tea time in the village (Meru-Kenya)



I am just about to finish the tea my family sent me from Kenya... the lovely picture is of my village and the farms just next to our families. Lovely, green place but what Im hearing of the dry weather there is scary

Mama send me another kilo of tea before the price goes up

From yahoo news
The price of a cup of tea could be about to rise as a worldwide shortage sends wholesale prices up. Skip related content
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Dry weather in Kenya, India and Sri Lanka has hit crops leaving supplies short. Production in some areas is down 15%

Sep 3, 2009

Recipes to explore:

Recipes to explore Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon
This recipe is adapted from "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck (Alfred A. Knopf, 1961)

-Emeril Lagasse is at the grill with a tasty menu for Father's Day! On the menu today are Southwestern Turkey Sliders. Easy, tasty and sure to please dad!
Ingredients chunk beacon, mushrooms, beef, onions, red wine

Sep 2, 2009

Ribena and vitami C

This is surely a nice read for everyone who believes in advertisements

Schoolgirls rumble Ribena vitamin claims

Junk food for breakfast

According to dailymail.co.uk s

More than 1.2million children begin the day by eating junk food or smoking cigarettes instead of having a proper breakfast, a survey shows.

Read more: 1.2 million children junk food or cigarette before going to school

Wine for health: Benefits of drinking wine

According to New York (Reuters Health)
Cancer patients who are undergoing radiation treatment might want to drink some red wine before they undergo the treatment. The article notes that a study carried out in women with breast cancer found that drinking red wine can help limit the toxic effects of radiation therapy.

Read on here

This is absolutely good news for wine and health industry.
For more on all related news follow the tags below
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Sep 1, 2009

My Martini Please

My Martini
gin, dry vermouth & olives

stir and serve

How many serves of meat should a person eat a day according to the food pyramid

- Whole grain foods, vegetable oils, and fruits and vegetables are emphasized.
- Physical activity and weight control are emphasized.
- Red meat and refined grains (like white bread and white rice) are de-emphasized and listed as items that should only be eaten sparingly.
- Nuts and legumes receive their own category.
- Dairy products are de-emphasized and placed in a category with calcium supplements.
- A daily multivitamin tablet is recommended for most people, and moderate daily alcohol intake is a healthy option unless this does not make sense for the individual.