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Super Cheap, Super Tasty Chinatown Food Walk
Posted on 4th | Posted by admin in Food and Drink
Chinese Lunar New Year coming up this Sunday. Year of the pig, or “DingHai.” Chinatown is not how it was. In the old, pre-Giuliani days — we’re talking 1988 — we stupidly wandered down Mott Street during the absolute climax of the celebration (the climax, in contrast to our one-second toaster pops, lasted a mind-blowing 48 hours), bottle rockets, cherry bombs, M-80s missing our eyes by nano-meters–total lawlessness. More perilous than the old July 4ths (again, pre-Giuliani). These days, we’re lucky to catch a dragon dance team from the local senior citizens center. Still, Chinatown food is better — and cheaper — than ever. We took the following walk, never spending more than a buck on any item. Bring a friend and gorge.
Easy Spaghetti Recipe - Restaurant Favorites
Posted on 4th | Posted by admin in Food and Drink
Spaghetti recipe is a well known dish from Italy. There are tons of easy ways to eat your spaghetti. Here are below the 2 most common ways to have your home made spaghetti. These also can be found in great restaurants around the world. Here are these secrets of favorites Spaghetti recipe.
Adriatic Spaghetti Recipe
Ingredients:
1 Bay leaf
1 Green chili pepper chopped
1 lb Spaghetti
1 small Octopus (about 3 1/4 pounds)
1 teaspoon of Cumin seeds
1/2 cup of Olive oil
1/2 lb Of Tomatoes, peeled and cut into strips
3 Cloves garlic, (inner buds removed), chopped
Chopped parsley
Oregano
Rosemary
Salt and pepper
A Brief Yet Enlightening History Of Caffeine
Posted on 4th | Posted by admin in Food and Drink
Those crazy party dudes of the social sciences, anthropologists, have discovered evidence as only they can that caffeine has been knowingly used as a stimulant since the Stone Age. This may not be exactly on the level, since apparently their primary source of information is an episode of The Flintstones.
The Salad Trap: Why Salads Are Usually The Devil
Posted on 3rd | Posted by admin in Food and Drink
Fresh, green, loaded with vegetables and all our other favorite toppings, the salad has satisfied dieters and non-dieters alike for years. Dieters always turn to the salad as a clear indicator that their new “diet” has commenced. A newly dieting person sometimes will comment on how they are “trying to eat more salads and fresh vegetables” instead of their former fatty fares. They proudly order up these green, leafy bowls of goodness with all certainty that their health will improve and their waistlines will diminish. I see these seemingly proud types of people almost daily, yet usually it’s with some trepidation.
Ny Steakhouse Is A Perfect Ambience For Fooding And Partying
Posted on 3rd | Posted by admin in Food and Drink
When you are back from your office, you need a pleasing environment that can refresh your mind and relax you. Your home is the place where you do have all the luxuries and other elements to rejuvenate you fully. But one aspect is common in all of us and that is change which every human wants, in order to enjoy all the experiences of life. One thing that can help you do this is to visit a steakhouse, where you can relax revive by having a wonderful time with your family and friends. You can rejoice in a steakhouse which offers everything from dinning to partying and you will definitely have a good time there. New York is a wonderful city that has many restaurants which specialize in various food items for different people with different taste.
Nairobi Kenya Indian & Italian Restaurants-top Nairobi Restaurants
Posted on 2nd | Posted by admin in Food and Drink
Kenya Indian Restaurants
Westlands is the centre of Nairobi’s Indian population, but there are a few budget options downtown as well.
Haandi
(The mall Shopping centre, Ring Rd, Westlands Mains Kshs 600-995)
An international award winner widely regarded as the best Indian restaurant in Kenya, Haandi has sister restaurants in Kampala, London and Middlesex and sells its own souvenir T-Shirts. The menu reads like a recipe book crossed with a guide to Indian cuisine, and includes a wonderful Mughlai (North Indian) and Tandoori dishes and plenty of vegetarian curries.
Chowpaty Pure Vegetarian Restaurant
Baking Cakes - Creative And Fun Ideas For The Whole Family
Posted on 2nd | Posted by admin in Food and Drink
I love to bake! I came on the internet looking for new ideas and recipes that I could share in the fun with my children. My boys love to crack the eggs, use the mixer and fight over the beaters! We have all been there. As a child I love to like that mixing tool. And a secret…, I still sneak some baking in after the boys go to bed just so that I get a chance to indulge.
I enjoy making cupcakes. After the fight is over and the cupcakes are in the oven we mix up the icing. We make a bunch of different colours. Once the cupcakes cool, we have a decorating party. The boys enjoy this part. They usually eat the icing instead of putting it on the cupcakes. It is so enjoyable to watch the boys use their artistic skills. We also make tones of memories.
I am now venturing into a new cake. It was my sisters 35th birthday and I made my first shaped cake. I did not use a “pre made” tin. It was all free hand. I made a wine bottle. I used a rectangle baking dish for the bottle and a loaf pan for the neck of the bottle. I cut it into the shapes needed and trim the edges to make it look like a bottle. I also filled it with cherry filing. You will need glue to keep all the parts together, which I used the icing. After it sat in the refrigerator overnight to harden a bit, I use the icing bag with a Wilton tip #18 to decorate it. It took about two hours to decorate it. It was a lot of fun. To see a picture please visit my blog page.
There are a lot of websites on the internet that can help you give your cupcakes and cakes the extra touch that they may need. I have found sites where you can purchase accessories for your cakes. This helps me get my creative juices flowing. These products are inexpensive as well. I also found that it is less stressful to bake if you have the right tools ie: icing bags, tips, icing knifes and all the eatable decorations close by.
I am no pro at the art of baking. But I was quite surprised by what I was able to do. My husband has volunteered me to make all the birthday cakes for our family members. For my birthday, the request will be an ice cream cake… my favourite! They are so easy to make. Two quick suggestions for the ice cream cake… 1. You need to work quickly and 2. Make sure that the kids are in bed or there will be no ice cream left for the cake. You can always start with a vanilla base and add anything to it like smarties, oreo cookies, nuts, fruit, etc. There are endless recopies for the ice cream cake.
So if you want to bring joy to your children’s heart and make great memories with your family I challenge you to get your fingers covered in fun and try your hand at “creative cupcakes” and “funky cakes”. Let your inner child out and your imagination run wild. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!!
Orecchiette Alle Cime Di Rapa
Posted on 1st | Posted by admin in Food and Drink
The prescription for typical excellence of the Apulia is “Orecchiette alle cime di rapa“.
We begin with the ingredients of the prescription for four persons:
- 3 segments of garlic
- extra oil d’oliva vergine
- it knows them
- black pepper
- chili pepper
- 500 grams of orecchiette
- 1 anchovy
- 1 chilo of turnip tops
Preparation:
We carry to boiling a pot d’acqua and after that we pour ourselves within the orecchiette.
In the meantime, in an other pot to make to rosolare l’aglio nell’olio, to add to the thread of anchovy and the chili pepper for approximately 3 minuteren.
A Health Food For Snack Or Dessert – Four-berry Pudding
Posted on 1st | Posted by admin in Food and Drink
My Doctor said “you have to change your diet or you are going to plug your arteries!”
He had been telling me that for years and I just dismissed it because I did not feel bad so what could be wrong with it. Well now that I am over 50 and gravitationally challenged I realize what he was trying to tell me. After my cholesterol and blood pressure began going higher and higher. I had many bad eating habits I had to break, such as, eating anything out of the vending machine at work when I had a break. Trans Fat, and sugar content never concerned me then. After reading several diet and health books the common theme to them seemed to be portion control to lose weight and a more natural diet to maintain health. Berries seemed to be good for you for both diet and health so after experimenting with several recipes I came up with one that naturally turns into a berry pudding that is great for snacks. I eat that now for my breaks along with some beef jerky and my cravings to eat and snack are satisfied by a much healthier treat.
Low Fat Diet
Posted on 30th | Posted by admin in Food and Drink
Low Fat Diet
Low fat diet will help us look Slimmer and Healthier. Healthy body needs vitamins, minerals, proteins and fat.
Low Fat Diet will help decrease the risk of heart diseases, diabetes and some types of cancer. It is necessary to lose unwanted excess fat. For this a Low Fat Diet would certainly help.
Fat level differs from person to person. Women need four times of fat in excess than men. As long as we keep the fat level in average we are on the safer side. Nowadays there are various ways to burn fat from our body. The predominant way to burn fat is to “Cut Down Calories Through Diet”.
Most of us will think that skipping breakfast or lunch will help to lose fat. But for proper functioning of our metabolism we should have our diet in time with vitamins and nutrients. This will make us healthy and will help to burn fat.
Fat
Fat is necessary for our body metabolism (proper functioning of our immune system and body hormones).
Body fat is of two types
1) Essential Fat
2) Storage Fat
If our body exceeds the average fat level then it risks our health. However, lower fat levels will also impair the health. Usually some amount of fat will be stored in our body that can be used in the time of need.
How to loose fat using Low Fat Diet?
You can try any or all of the following low fat diet ways.
Vitamin C’s Role in Low Fat Diet.
To lower the intake of fat, we have to take vitamin C, Starchy and fiber food.
Vitamin C will help to burn fat. Take Citrus fruits, lemon, oranges and Grapefruit.
Some other foods that burn fat are Cabbage, Carrot, Broccoli, Watermelon, Apple, and Blueberries.
Low Fat Diet - Salads
While making salads use yogurt, lemon juice, tomato juice, spices, mint or coriander for dressing. Do not use Salad cream, which is high in fat. You can make salads using green leaves, lemon juice, tomato, vinegar, pepper, some mustard seeds, nuts such as almonds or walnuts, pumpkin seeds, dates and so on. This will contain only good fat needed for our body.
Low Fat Diet - Soup
You can take any kind of vegetable soup, which will supply the essential fat to our body. Do not boil the vegetables for longer time; this will destroy the nutrients in the food.
Low Fat Diet - Milk
Use only skimmed milk.
Low Fat Diet - Fish
We get Omega 2 and Omega 6 fat from fish, which is an essential fat. Try taking Salmon and Tuna.
