Nutrition

This is a great summer salad, leaving you refreshed even on the hottest days. For those who like to have a little protein with there salad, both grilled chicken or shrimp go well with this dish. Don't let the number of items scare you, this is a simple recipe and well worth the extra time. Great for the family or summer parties. Spinach Salad Makes 1 salad 4 oz. Spinach - cleaned and stem removed 2 oz. Mango - peeled, seeded and diced into ѕ" pieces 2 oz. Papaya - peeled, seeded and diced into ѕ"...

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Kids have to eat. Three meals a day, every day. All moms know how important it is to have an arsenal of quick meals handy. You never know when you'll have to put healthy food on the table in a hurry, or when you need ideas so dad can help. Dunk It Lucky for us, kids love dip. Cut some fresh cucumbers, carrots, zucchini, broccoli, celery, and bell peppers and serve them with ranch dressing. Even finicky veggie-haters will eat their veggies with dressing on them. Saved by a Sandwich Start with two waffles, an English muffin, bagel, croissant, or a hotdog, hoagie or hamburger bun....

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One year when I was growing up on our Wisconsin dairy farm, the Brownie leaders had announced we were going to make some extra-special candy at our next meeting. So - when school let out one winter afternoon - I lost no time getting to the gym where we always had our meetings. For once nobody was late, and when we entered the gym, the Brownie leaders already had everything set up. "What's in the pans?" asked one girl. On the table were several square cake pans full of some clear caramel-colored stuff....

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Numerius was a slave and ate one meal a day consisting of gruelmade with cracked wheat. While Spurius a plebian purchased his meals from street vendors, food shops and taverns located nearlarge public buildings and bathhouses. Marius a patrician and amember of the Roman senate had the means and the influence toenjoy his meals that were cooked and served by slaves in one oftwo spacious dining areas within his home. Quintus a freedman lived in the country where he grew vegetables and raised somelivestock for an absentee owner....

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In all fairness to my mother and the great homemaker that she is, our family did enjoy the fruits of her "from scratch" dishes. She made great tuna fish sandwiches, and her pancake batter never had any lumps. Pepper steak from the electric wok was one of my favorites; I didn't care for the peppers, or the onions for that matter, but the thin slices of beef that had been soaked through and through with salty teriyaki sauce was right on the money. Come to think of it, that may have been the only dish that mom made that had sauce....

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During the 1990s, a physician voiced on a national TV show that drinking red wine reduces heart disease. It made all the headlines. He cited the relatively lower levels of the disease in France despite their ever so famously high fat diets. Since that program, it seems that red wine health effects have been on the forefront of the wine consumerґs mind. Good for the Heart Coronary artery disease is caused by a build up of cholesterol in the arteries that supply the blood to the heart. If the arteries get partially blocked the heart cannot get enough oxygen and the result is pain....

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Buy a Breathalyzer This is a critical first step in your protection againstgetting a DUI. It could be the difference between going tojail and going home to sleep in your own bed. Think about it: A $100 investment to avoid $10,000 inexpenses and all of the time and hassles related to a DUI? Talk about a great return on an investment. Stop readingright now, go to the Internet, and purchase yourBreathalyzer. It is that important. After you receive it, make sure you put it in your car. Itdoes no good at home in a drawer....

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Wine tasting is properly known as 'Wine Degustation'. It is the art of being able to note the various differences between difference types of wine, and even the various differences between the vintages of the same type of wine. There are basically two parts to Wine Tasting, first is 'What are we looking for' the second is 'How are we looking'. We'll start with the How, and move on to the What. The first thing we want to do is see that the color of the wine is good. Put some light behind the glass and look for clarity....

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I must admit, that for many of us, walking into a store to buy a bottle of wine can be a little like visiting a foreign country and not knowing the language. If you're buying wine for yourself that's probably not a big deal, although it might be nice to be somewhat knowledgeable so that you're more likely to buy something you will enjoy. However, if you are buying a bottle of wine as a gift, then being able to interpret information on the label becomes a bit more important. But, first things, first....

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People have been drinking fermented beverages since the dawn of civilization. At first, the production of alcohol may have been accidental. Over time, it became an art. Mead is a beverage made from fermented honey. This very drink was the founding father of wine and beer. A purist might just stick to just the simplest recipe of honey, water, and yeast, but some people, like myself, add a few additional ingredients to compliment the main ingredient. My first introduction to mead was on my birthday....

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