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Posts from the ‘Informational’ Category

Savvy Sauce Recipes – Advanced Sauce Techniques

Those of you who read last week’s blog on sauce recipes will have realized that sauces, in their classic forms, can be tricky, time consuming, possibly expensive, to make and certainly no friend to any type of diet. Read more

The Mediterranean Diet Explained – Tips and Recipes

Lately the Mediterranean Diet is very popular and highly recommended. Correctly titled, it’s not actually “The Mediterranean Diet” but rather “A Mediterranean Style Diet” because this is not a calculated, calibrated formula for eating specific items over a given time to achieve a set goal.  Read more

Spotlight on Vegetables – Tips for a healthy summer food preperation

One steamy afternoon last week, I joined a group by the pool. One woman was describing her meal plan for guests the next day. Understandably, unwilling to cook in the heat, she had called a caterer. Read more

BEWARE RISING MEAT PRICES – Meat Buying Tips and International Meat Recipes

Sometimes it doesn’t feel good to be right. In fact, at times you’d rather be wrong and this is one of them for me. For nearly a year, I’ve been reporting predictions that meat, especially beef prices, were going to continue to go up. Just a few weeks ago, I warned that the usual pattern was to see them rise right after a holiday. Read more

Carbs Don’t Make You Gain Weight – What You Should Know About Carbohydrates

It’s been a long discussion on carbohydrates, but I think an important one. With each new season, be it Spring, Summer or the Holidays, attention is always focused on improving one’s image, usually on losing weight and carbs get trashed. Protein diets and fitness are the rage, but though protein does build muscle, it’s carbohydrates that provide the energy to get out of bed, let alone work out.   Read more

The Real Truth about White Potatoes and Carbohydrates – They are Healthier Than you Think

The potato, or specifically the white potato, is native to the Andes and a member of the famous nightshade family. When it comes to; “Don’t get no respect!”  this amazing tuber has every reason to complain because it has set records on the fast track to success. Read more

Memorial Day Barbecue Things to Remember and Sauce and Rub Tips

Last fall I wrote about growing up in a seaside resort town and the immediate changes in atmosphere that happened literally overnight on Labor Day when “The Season” ended. Read more

Pasta and Carbohydrates – Truths, Myths and Pasta Recipes

Last week we discussed that though protein may build muscle, it’s carbohydrates that keep you going because they provide energy. However there are two types of carbohydrates, the simple and the complex. Read more