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    Chicken,  Grill It!,  How Food Works,  Main Course,  Meals For Two,  Recipes

    Tips for Flavorful Cooking Experimentation

    September 14, 2020

    Cooking is not only a great skill to learn on its own but it’s also a fantastic way to keep yourself occupied during a pandemic. I use recipes frequently, some of you might recall several years ago when I did my own little cooking experimentation; I did not repeat a single meal for a year. When it comes to food, I improvise quite a bit, using a recipe for “flavor inspiration” based on what I have available in the house at the time. Part of my reasoning for starting a blog was to help home cooks elevate their cooking abilities by learning the basics of preparing food and how to…

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    Tips to Avoid Stress Eating

    April 30, 2020

    During times like these, stress eating is not only unhealthy but can aggravate mental anguish. It is important to know how to avoid stress eating. Sometimes the stress accumulates. For example, you are running late for work and the car breaks down. You wait for over an hour for a tow truck. When you finally arrive at work, your daughter calls from school to say she is sick and needs to go home, but you have no car. You try calling your mother to help out but cannot reach her…NOW, YOU ARE STRESSED. What about being in “self-quarantine” for two months because of a fatal virus infiltrating the population. Then,…

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    5 Steps for a Successful Garden Plan

    April 9, 2020

    You must start with a successful garden plan to grow nutritious, sustainable food for your healthy meal plans. Now more than ever, growing your food can be a stress reliever, save you money, and provide your family with delicious vegetables and flavorful herbs. Supermarket organic options can be costly, and with the current shopping restrictions, who wants to go to the store? To achieve a bountiful garden, you must start with a plan… Planning Your Garden Whether you are using containers or plotting a garden in the ground, having a plan is crucial for success. Ideally, you should keep a record of what you grow, plant maintenance, and your harvest.…

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    A Refrigerator Make Over

    April 2, 2020

    With recent events, it may be more difficult than ever to maintain a healthy lifestyle. A cluttered refrigerator tends to make it harder to spot those healthy ingredients, meals, and snacks. Plan a refrigerator make-over this weekend. When you stock it with smart, delicious choices, living a healthy lifestyle becomes that much easier. Take these first three steps to a refrigerator make-over 1.What to toss out… A messy refrigerator can create overwhelm when you go to the refrigerator for a snack. Get rid of old condiments and anything that has been sitting in your fridge that you know you are not going to use. You will also want to get…

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    Peaches are considered a “drupe” fruit in the culinary world. A drupe is a single seeded, fleshy fruit with a soft, juicy layer surround a hard endocarp, the seed protecting part. Besides peaches, apricots, plums, cherries and mangoes are all drupe fruit. In the culinary world, fruits are usually high in sugar content, however, this is counterbalanced by their rich load of fiber, vitamins and antioxidants, often concentrated in the skin of the fruit. Peaches are a wonderful ingredient due to their versatility in the kitchen. Propagation of the Peach The peach is a deciduous tree (meaning every fall, these trees lose their leaves) native to Northwest China, where it…

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