Healthy Chicken Recipes to tingle your Taste buds (India Network)

Eating healthy is not just about eating what is on your plate. There are many ingredients that form a formidable part of your daily platter. There are many vegetables and fruits that are considered top notch in this category. Visual cues can help with portion sizes-your serving of meat, fish, or chicken should be the size of a deck of cards, a slice of bread should be the size of a CD case, and half a cup of mashed potato, rice, or pasta is about the size of a traditional light bulb. India is a diverse country, famous for different preferences and varied taste of people. There are different regions and areas that specialize in different cuisines and ingredients that make the cuisines a success. Preferences vary for different people, some people prefer vegetarian and some prefer non vegetarian. If we speak about non vegetarian, what comes to your mind instantly? I would say chicken.
Chicken is one of the most widely used ingredients across all age groups according to various surveys. I would say that my dinner plate would not be complete without a proper dose of chicken in it. A chicken recipe with a proper touch of spices would make up a perfect recipe. It is a myth that health and tasty food does not go hand in hand. There are many finger-licking chicken recipes that are also high on health quotient. If you merge the proper ingredients together, it will provide you with various healthy chicken recipes that would leave an everlasting impression on your taste buds. This is the reason chicken is considered as one of the most versatile ingredients in the field of cooking. There are various types of chicken loved by people all over.
Tender on inside, crispy on outside or delicious marinated chicken breasts dripping in healthy peanut butter and yoghurt. Different regions, different people prefer different types of recipes. Let us discuss one such chicken recipe that is high on health meters and would definitely leave an everlasting impression on your taste buds.

Indian Chicken and Rice Salad

Ingredients - 12 Servings - 3

1 1/2 cups (300g) basmati rice
2 1/4 cups (560ml) water
2 cups coarsely shredded Steggles roast chicken
1 tablespoon tandoori paste
2 tablespoons natural yoghurt
1 Lebanese cucumber, thinly sliced lengthways
1 carrot, peeled, thinly sliced length ways
1/2 cup coarsely coriander
1/2 cup mint leaves
Mango chutney, to serve
Natural yoghurt, extra, to serve

Rinse the rice in a sieve under cold running water until the water runs clear. Place rice and water in a large saucepan. Cover with a tight-fitting lid or foil and bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and cook for 10 minutes or until water is absorbed. Remove from the heat and set aside, covered, for 5 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly.
Step 2

Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the chicken, tandoori paste and yoghurt and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until well combined and heated through. Remove from heat.
Step 3

Spoon the rice among serving bowls. Arrange the cucumber and carrot ribbons over the rice. Top with chicken mixture, coriander, mint, mango chutney and dollop with yoghurt. Serve immediately.

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A Fresh Garden Makes For Easy Party Food (Twistson Snacks)

What better way to pay homage to the planet than to lay out a garden of fresh foods? Our Mother Earth gives so much, and one of the best things that springs from her ground are vegetables. So why not plan a garden that will provide you with ingredients for the best easy party food and recipes for the family.

Imagine being able to easily whip up this Marinated Fresh Vegetable Salad

You may have a large plot of land, or just a small corner of a rooftop apartment, but either way, it's possible to grow something that can be added to your recipes to give them a truly fresh quality. While being green is about the environment, you may want to also think about the 'other' green. Planting your own garden also saves money.

Planning
The first thing you'll need to do is determine what you want to grow. This decision should be based not only on what you eat, but what also grows well in your climate, how much sun you get in the proposed garden area, and in the size space you have.

Preparing
You will either need to prepare existing soil, or build a raised bed. For a few quick starter tips, see this video on How to Plant a Vegetable Garden. Here are easy-to-follow instructions for building a raised bed.

Maintenance
Having a garden isn't a plant- it -and- leave- it venture. Understand the commitment it will take to nurture your vegetables. Be realistic what you will want to plant, and the also the quantity based on this criteria. Water availability and time spent watering is perhaps one of the most important factors in successfully growing a vegetable garden.

The top 10 most popular vegetables to grow are:
1. Tomatoes
2. Cucumbers

3. Sweet peppers
4. Beans
5. Carrots
6. Summer Squash
7. Onions
8. Hot Peppers
9. Lettuce
10. Peas

Imagine the delicious recipes for the family you can make from this list!

Beware - the 10 hardest to grow vegetables are.
Cauliflower
Celery
Sweet Corn
Eggplant
Head Lettuce
Carrots
Muskmelon
Onion
Sweet Potato
Artichoke

You may notice that carrots wound up on both lists. While popular to plant, carrots require just the right type of soil (preferably humus, not clay) and at least 6 inches of soil needs to be well tilled and loosened.
Onions are also on both lists. They are tricky because a certain amount of daylight is needed for growth. Selecting the right type of onion is critical.

The benefits
The most popular of the home-grown foods is the tomato. While not actually a vegetable, the tomato is one of the foods most often planted in a vegetable garden. Once you've harvested your juicy tomatoes, you may find you have more than you know what to do with. Giving them to friends is a great idea. Using them to create delicious, easy party food is another.

Here are some fabulous Fresh Tomato Recipes from Cooking Light.

While carrots may be one of the more challenging vegetables to grow, here are some fresh carrot recipes that may tempt you into growing your own!

If you'd like to get in touch with nature, save money, and have fresh vegetables to use in your recipes and easy party food, plant a garden and have a happy healthy day!

Source: http://www.twistsonsnacks.com/a-fresh-garden-makes-for-easy-party-food

We are the best source on the web for delicious, entertaining easy finger foods and easy party food recipes ideas. Twists on Snacks are sponsored by John Wm. Macy's Cheese Sticks. They're known for our award winning, twice-baked and hand rolled gourmet snacks.

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Rhubarb and Apple Crumble recipe

It occurred to me this evening that there's a distinct lack of pudding on this blog. The Seed and Sultana Flapjack is the only non-savoury recipe so far and I think of that as breakfast - it certainly wouldn't pass for dessert. For someone with such a sweet tooth as I have, this is a pretty major oversight so let's redress the balance a little!

We (Dave) planted a rhubarb crown in our garden maybe five years ago and I love picking the first rhubarb stems of the year. They are always so sweet with a delicious flavour. By now, the stems are getting bigger but are still more sweet than sharp. The plant itself takes very little looking after so it's easy food. As long as we (Dave) clear the brambles often enough that they don't strangle it, our little rhubarb seems quite happy. I have two favourite recipes that use it - the Lamb and Rhubarb Tagine I previously blogged, and tonight's pudding, Rhubarb and Apple Crumble. If you were to buy this crumble, eight servings would probably be suggested. I reckon it will really serve four (or two, twice!).

Ingredients:
3 large rhubarb stems
3 Royal Gala apples
small knob of butter
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp ground ginger

6oz plain flour
3oz butter
3oz sugar

Preheat oven to about 180C.

Peel the rhubarb with a vegetable peeler and chop into roughly inch long pieces. Peel and core the apples and chop into pieces of a similar size to the rhubarb. I used Royal Gala today because they were on special and I bought an extra bag. Any eating apples would be fine.

Put the rhubarb and apple into a saucepan over a medium heat with the butter, sugar and ginger. Heat until the fruit has softened, the sugar has dissolved and there is liquid in the pan. Stir frequently so it doesn't stick.

When the fruit has softened but before it purees, remove from the heat and pour into an oven dish. The one pictured is an 8 inch diameter pyrex dish and, I believe, is actually older than me! Set aside while you make up the crumble topping.

Put the flour, butter and sugar into a large bowl and rub together unti the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. We like a lot of crumble on our crumble but you could get away with 4, 2 and 2 ozs if you prefer to make the fruit more the focus. Substituting a couple of the flour ounces with rolled oats can give a nice texture, or with ground almonds for a pear crumble. I digress.

Sprinkle the crumble breadcrumbs over the fruit and pat it down gently.

Put the crumble into the centre of the oven for about 20-25 minutes, or until the liquid starts bubbling up around the edges. Serve with cream or ice cream. If any lasts to a second day, you can either serve it cold or reheated.

Enjoy! And if you have any other great rhubarb recipes, please post them in the Comments below.

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Cinnamon coffee cake recipe

A coffee cake, defined:

Are you in camp No 1 or No 2? I tend to go with number two - I think that's also how coffee cake is usually defined in the UK (evidence: Mary Berry's coffee cake in The Telegraph has coffee in the batter and in the icing/frosting). However, about half of my readers hail from across the pond, and there definition No 1 seems to be more common (evidence: The Pioneer Woman's "the best coffee cake ever" has no coffee in it; you won't find any coffee in Martha Stewart's 12 favourite coffee cakes either). I'm not sure how coffee cake is defined in down under. Anyone?

In any case, here's a cake I've baked no less than four times during the last week - twice for my family and friends, and two cakes for the pop-up café on Saturday. Although modest in appearance, I love the strong cinnamon flavour and the moist crumb, and the just ever-so-crisp caramelised sugar topping.

I warn you - it's rather sweet, so my Estonian readers may actually want to reduce the amount of sugar a little. Also, as the cake contains yoghurt AND baking soda, it is important that you have your oven and cake pan ready before mixing the cake batter. If you wait too long with baking, the soda reacts with the yoghurt and you won't get a soft and lovely cake, but a flat dense one.

Cinnamon cake
(Kaneelikook)
Serves 12

150 g unsalted butter, softened
200 g caster sugar
2 large eggs
250 g plain yoghurt (regular, not thick)
270 g all-purpose flour
2 tsp vanilla sugar or extract
1 tsp baking powder
0.5 tsp bicarbonate soda/baking soda
0.5 tsp salt

Cinnamon sugar:
4 Tbsp caster sugar
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 175 C/350 F. Line a 24 cm/10 inch springform tin with a parchment paper.

Beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, either using your stand mixer or a regular electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, whisking after each addition. Fold in the yoghurt.

Measure the dry ingredients into another bowl, stir to combine, then fold gently into the egg and butter mixture.

Spoon half of the cake batter into the prepared cake tin, then sprinkle a generous 2/3 of the cinnamon mixture on top. Top with the rest of the cake batter and sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar on top of the cake.

Bake in the middle of the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes, until the cake is lovely golden brown and pulls slightly away from the sides of the pan. Test for doneness - a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake should come out clean.

Cool in the cake pan, then transfer onto a serving plate and cut into slices.

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Kosher fare in Los Angeles (bibisbakerycafe)

These food items are made by strictly following the laws of Jewish dietary rules. The meat of all animals other than rabbit, eagle, pork, catfish, owl, insects, reptiles and shellfish are considered a kosher. According to the norms of Jewish dietary laws, if a kosher food is cooked with a non kosher food, it becomes non kosher.

At the recent times kosher food is very famous all over the world and most food lovers have a soft corner for this particular food items. Kosher foods Los Angeles has a huge demand in market. In fact in diverse places of Los Angeles one can find several restaurants that are specialized in kosher food and these restaurants hold a different demand and repute. People from each corner of the world come here to taste the food. The kosher food items are simply amazing and to the kosher lovers, these are something out of the world. Even in a place like Los Angeles people prepare the kosher item at homes as well and therefore the demand for kosher products keeps on increasing day by day. In a survey it has been found that in the national supermarket the amount of kosher meat is kept on rising due to rising demand.

In the festive times, kosher dinner Los Angeles is famous. Actually they prefer the kosher item in every single occasion and in dinner to some families this is a must item. In the different kosher deli Los Angeles there are special kosher food item prepared for dinner a number of people visit the place for that.

Although the kosher food has a great demand all over the world but there are huge number restrictions to be followed while making the kosher food. According to the Jewish norms there is a strict prohibition in mixing meat with milk product while making the kosher food and if it is done the food becomes non kosher. At the same time another thing to be kept in mind is all the animals whose meat are not considered as kosher which was already mentioned earlier. This is why while making a kosher food product authentically these facts is must to be remembered.

In the kosher restaurants of Los Angeles all restaurants do not serve both the diary and the meat products. In fact, most of the times they offer only one out of the two. However, there are certain restaurants where both milk and meat items can be availed. One of the most common food items that are served in the restaurants specialized in kosher is pizza. There are some other foods that are eaten on regular basis yet served in the restaurants as kosher foods. These are pasta and fish. The reputed restaurants of kosher food never compromise with the taste and the laws that are mentioned in Bible and this is what makes it authentic. Such foods are often quite costly yet it worthy as well.

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We're on our way but we're not going far

Old Mill Holiday Park, Golden Cross, Sussex

Stupidly overexcited today and all because I posted a letter at Sainsburys this morning. (I'm easily pleased!) It wasn't as simple as expected because their post box has moved - it's no longer by the front door but now hiding round by the checkouts. I hope the postpeople know because this particular envelope is vitally important. Containing a short letter, hand-scrawled on a page torn from a notepad, and accompanying our deposit cheque, it's now on its way to a little campsite ridiculously close to where we live and where we are going to spend our first night in our new caravan! We've not even collected the 'van yet. Premature? Me?

Old Mill Holiday Park at Golden Cross only has eight caravan pitches so with a bit of luck there won't be too many other people there to watch us painstakingly referring back to the manual for the simplest of tasks! It looks pretty and rustic and I've nicked one of their photos to illustrate this post so you can see. I hope they don't mind. We've only got one night so couldn't travel too far from home although we had planned to go a bit further, but this was one of the nicest we found online. They answered my enquiry email really quickly too which is always encouraging. Should everything go horribly wrong, our house is only 15 minutes away, but I'm sure it will all be fine. Thousands of people caravan - how hard can it be? Plus I already know the food at the Golden Cross Inn is excellent so dinner's sorted!

By then we will already know how to get the bright yellow wheel clamp on and off, and we should be happy negotiating the red hitch lock too. I love how so much caravanning stuff is bold primary colours! Eurotow fitted a shiny new tow bar - which I am desperately hoping I won't be the first to bash my shins on - and we'll have attached and detached at least once by ourselves before. Not sure if we'll have used the remote control parking gadget though? Watching us park might be what passes for entertainment!

Now we've just got to wait until we can get our caravan from Robertsbridge to its new home in Horam, wait again for what will seem like AGES, then tow from Horam to Golden Cross for our Big Night Out. Can't wait!

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Delightful Foods Restaurant In London (freyaj jhonson)

The city could be a world noted destination for business and leisure. Attracting guests for numerous functions, the place offers dynamism. Not sinking for any price but the simplest, London is legendary for the array of diversion choices and splendid ideas to derive pleasure. The restaurants in London area unit a fine example of however kind of choices in feeding will there be to suit totally different varieties of folks. Whether or not you're searching for calm, reposeful dinner destination or one with plenty of quirk transporting you into a brand new world, there's everything for everybody.

London restaurants area unit noted for his or her food and impeccable services. It's an excellent plan to flick through the multiple feeding choices matching your fund limitations whereas additionally finding out for a few special offers. The town additionally hosts a number of the building brands from different elements of the globe like UK and with success translating identical quality, style and atmosphere on a London platter. Restaurant in London will vary from ancient to up to date, serious to wow- be it what you like! for each quite meal like fine feeding, afternoon snack or a Sunday munch, you may notice totally different London restaurants doing simply what you probing for. The secret's to totally analysis and choose on those you wish to go to on parameters like cookery, d?cor, price, location etc.

If you're a neighborhood in London, then a decent plan would be exploring the utmost range of places supported your selection and wish. Whereas if you're itinerant, you'd really need the simplest meal at the best location at an excellent worth. So, reaching the correct London building may appear Associate in nursing art however it's not as all you wish to try and do is grade from the choices to choose on the cookery you wish to from. After all, intake in a very restaurant in London isn't around food however the ornamentation, music and companions. Itinerant London is regarding finding out the attractions, looking within the biggest malls, strolling on the streets until late, partying until wee hours and far a lot of. If you're progressing to visit London any time shortly, you're certain to have an excellent swing! The town is jam-packed with energy and vigor that it's good for a barmy expertise. Restaurants in London area unit for certain supplementing the sonority of the gorgeous place in each approach as they provide superb food, luscious drinks and friendly decors.

It's therefore necessary for you to wind up within the right atmosphere for you to turn over within the food and hearty conversations.So do not sit up for something however simply wear the epicurean hat and begin exploring the town through its food and drinks- a divine thanks to apprehend the place, its people, culture and more! And if you're progressing to host any special parties this Christmas or New Years, make certain to envision on the various offers at the restaurants because the merry season brings nice deals for merriment. There are no higher thanks to fancy than some sensible food, drinks and awe-inspiring company of favored ones! Processing ...

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Asparagus and cheese tart recipe

Originally posted in May 2011, but I'm bumping this up again, as the local asparagus season has began.

Isn't it pretty? This lovely topless tart can be served either warm (perhaps with a green side salad) or cold (cut into thin slices to accompany drinks). It's a simple tart - a puff pastry base (I made a quick rough puff pastry myself) is covered with a layer of grated cheese, followed by an egg and cream mixture, and finally topped with lightly cooked asparagus spears. You could certainly mix the cheese in to the egg and cream mixture, but I loved the visual effect of using a separate cheese layer.

The basic idea is from the UK-based food writer and photographer Alastair Hendy via the always-inspirational Delicious Days, but I omitted the potato layer.

Asparagus and cheese tart
(Spargli-juustupirukas)
Serves 8 to 10



500 g puff pastry (store-bought or home-made rough puff pastry)
24 medium-sized fresh green asparagus spears
150 g Gouda or Gruyère cheese, coarsely grated
3 large eggs
200 ml fresh cream (whipping, heavy or double)
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
freshly grated nutmeg

Snap off the hard and woody lower end of the asparagus spears (these can be used to make stock, for instance). Cook the asparagus spears in a simmering and lightly salted water for about 2 minutes. Drain, rinse quickly under cold water and drain again. Put aside.
Line a rectangular pie dish (approximately 25x35 cm) with a parchment paper. Roll out a puff pastry so it'd cover the base and come up the sides a little. Prick with a fork here and there.
Scatter the grated cheese over the base.
Whisk the eggs with cream, season with salt, pepper and grated nutmeg. Pour carefully over the cheese.
Place asparagus spears on top.
Bake in a preheated 200 C oven for about 30 minutes, until the tart is nicely golden on top and the puff pastry is cooked.

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Celebrate National Vanilla Pudding Day! (MariaJohnson)

Celebrated on 22 May, National Vanilla Pudding Day is on the way. So, what comes in your mind after reading "Vanilla pudding"? Yummy, delicious desserts that can make anyone drool over. Vanilla is the most common flavor of ice creams, cakes, custards, tarts, or other desserts and thus it is consider as "default" flavor. National Vanilla Pudding Day celebrates this basic flavor loved by all and beauty of simplicity. Vanilla is the second most expensive spice after saffron, as growing vanilla seed pods is labor-intensive, but in-spite of being expensive, it is highly valued and extensively for its delicate aromatic flavor.

History of Vanilla pudding dates back to 19th century and since then craze for this dish is elevating. Despite its many variations; this classic desert is generally prepared by shimmering together sugar, milk, butter, salt, corn starch and vanilla essence. There is so much we can do with it, and opportunities to create variations with vanilla pudding are never ending. Everyone loves to raise a spoon for this tantalizing dish whether it is served off the stove or in frozen form during summer mornings or nights.

Well, it's good to be Vanilla on this day and celebrate this day with full enthusiasm. If "How do I make pudding?" is the question hitting your head, then you need not have a degree from an academy to prepare a finger-licking pudding; it is as simple as you wish it to be. So let's catch up with few simple vanilla pudding recipes:

1.) Eggless Vanilla Pudding

Ingredients:
2 cups milk, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 3 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 tablespoon butter
Recipe:
Heat milk in medium saucepan over medium flame till bubbles form at edges. Take sugar, cornstarch, salt and little cold milk (approx 2 tbsp) in a bowl and mix well. Pour this mixture into hot milk with continuous stirring, so lumps don't form. Continue stirring and cooking until mixture thickens well. Do not boil. Now stir in vanilla extract and butter. Pour into serving dishes and chill it before you serve. Garnish with your favorite toppings like chocolate shavings, M&M candies, fruits, or more and serve.

2.) Chocolate - Vanilla Pudding

Ingredients:
1 cup finely chopped pecans, 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup butter (melted), 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, 1 container (16 ounce) frozen whipped topping (thawed and divided), 3 cups milk, 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix, 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix, 2 (1.45 ounce) bars milk chocolate with crispy rice, crumbled

Recipe:
Preheat oven to 200 degree Celsius. Combine flour, pecans and butter in a medium bowl. Put the mixture in medium sauce pan and bake it for 25 minutes. Allow the mixture to cool. Beat together cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl until it gets smooth. Fold in half of whipped topping and spread it over the cooled crust. In a large bowl combine milk and both vanilla and chocolate pudding mix. Beat until thick. Pour the mixture over cream cheese layer. Top it with remaining whipped toppings and sprinkle crushed chocolate bars over it. Your fantastic treat is ready!!!

3.) Mango & Vanilla Custard Verrines

Ingredients:
1 cup Milk, 1 tbsp Vanilla Custard powder (or substitute with 1 tbsp corflour and 1 tsp vanilla essence), 3 tsp Sugar (Adjust sweetness according to your taste), 1/2 cup Thick undiluted mango pulp, 1 tbsp chopped Cherries for garnishing (optional)
Recipe:
Mix custard powder in 1/4 cup milk and keep aside. Heat left over milk with sugar till it boil's and add custard powder milk mixture to it. Stir continuously until it thickens and see no lumps are formed. When the mixture starts bubbling and looks thickened, allow it to cool down. To assemble the verrines in a glass add a tbsp of prepared vanilla custard alternating it with a tbsp of mango pulp till it reaches the brim. Garnish it with chopped cherries on top, refrigerate an hr at-least and serve chilled.

On this day make after meal time more interesting and mouthwatering by serving homemade dessert with pudding. Get ready to indulge in tasty Vanilla puddings by preparing them in your kitchen with help of above recipes. Make use of Food Network Store coupons or iGourmet.com discount codes to find more recipes, cookbooks, or you can even ready to serve meals and desserts from these stores. Skip your diet plans and enjoy your favorite desserts on this day. Have a Happy National Vanilla Pudding Day!!!

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Using the internet to get the best lumpfish roe recipe (Georgi Ilinov)

The internet is a great tool that you can use to do almost anything. It is funny that you can even learn how to ride a bike by making use of the internet. Thanks to the comprehensive guides all this is made possible. Once you have a guide with you, all you need to do is to follow the instructions that are offered. For those who are planning to prepare a lumpfish roe recipe, this is a great tool for you to get this ready in no time. Below are advantages that are derived by making use of the internet.

Learn from the best cooks

Do you know that it is possible to watch your favourite cooks with a good internet connection? What does this tell you? You can easily follow guidelines from the best cooks all over the world when you are preparing your lumpfish roe. This is a factor worth considering when in dire need to serve the best lumpfish caviar meal for your visitors.

Cook in a variety of ways

In addition to the above advantage, you would also be learning to cook lumpfish roe in many different ways. By expanding your knowledge you can prepare this meal consecutively without having to bore your family with the same meal over and over again. In fact, this idea can be a good tip for those who plan to sell their lumpfish roe in their restaurants. Your customers will always have a reason to rank you as the best restaurant that cooks this meal in different ways.

Cooking in a cost effective way

Mentioning lumpfish roe scares some since they probably think that preparing this meal would be costly. There are alternative ingredients that you can be advised to use over the internet. Thus, preparing lumpfish roe in a cost effective manner would depend on your budget. Also, the fact that there are a variety of ways that you can cook this meal should give you hopes that you can save and still get this meal on your table.

Learn to cook at your own pace

Sometimes being taught by an individual is not the best idea since he/she would not concentrate on making sure you get the facts right. However, with the help of tools such as blogs, you would learn how to cook lumpfish roe, and any other meal for that matter, at your own pace. The videos that have been uploaded can easily be paused, re-winded, etc. to make sure that you get the idea of cooking at your fingertips.

Proven recipes

Unquestionably, you would not be the first to hit the internet pages in search of a lumpfish roe recipe. This implies that you would be making use of recipes that others have been using. Hence, you would not be making any form of an experiment.

The internet offers you the convenience that you deserve in learning how to cook straight from your own kitchen. Isn't this what you have always searched for?

If you want to try some of the great recipes such as the one for lumpfish roe(or as the Danish term is stenbiderrogn) you can follow the link.

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Why go to Singapore? (Alex S Smith)

For party lovers Singapore has always got a lot to offer and people just love the concept upon which bars Singapore have been designed. They are modern, stylish, elegant and fully capable of attracting party lovers. It doesn't matter if you are in Singapore on holidays or are on a business trip the night life and attractive clubs will manage to attract you at any cost. For this reason, it can be said with great confidence that those who are night owls will simply fall in love with Singapore. There are more than enough locations present in Singapore where entertainment lovers can spend some quality time especially during nights. The food, music and the overall environments are good enough to attract even those who are dull and boring. The famous areas in Singapore with relation to night life are Quays that are:
* Boat quay
* Clarke Quay
* Robertson Quay

For party and food lovers these three quays have got many prominent entertainment options to offer. A good collection of restaurants, discos, pubs and bars is present in the Quays and all of them have been organized upon different themes. There are many great party destinations and food is just excellent for this reason it is being advised that once in Singapore you should never miss the Quays.

After Quays the Muhammad Sultan Road is famous for having a unique and attractive collection of discos, restaurants, bars and casinos. The place is loaded with people and it is always a good idea to pay visit to Muhammad sultan road during the peak of party season. The food again here is great in fact a good number of foreign dishes are also available in this region.

Zouk is the most popular night club of Singapore that is loved by party lovers who live in different parts of this globe. The DJ magazine has ranked this great night party time destination as the 10th most attractive club of the world three years in a row. For more than a decade Zouk has been satisfying the demands of party lovers. Especially during the season of ZoukOut this place turns into a party land with great music and events gracing the occasion. If you have visited Singapore, but not seen Zouk then consider that you have missed half of the fun and thrill. While going to Zouk stay prepared for the long Queues because a good number of people is always present there.

The Wine bars in Singapore are equally attractive and charming and fully equipped with all the elements that can entertain those who have a liking towards drinking. The wines belonging to all the noted brands of this world can be found in this region. In short Singapore has got many things to offer to the natives as well as visitors.

Extending beyond an exquisite gastronomy bar experience for the business community in Singapore. Step in for the most fantastic, affordable and Sports bars in Singapore, Nightlife in Singapore and Restaurant bars in singapore. For more information on the corporate dining bar opportunity, visit us at Boulevard.com.sg

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Pop-up café in Viimsi this Saturday!

Six Estonian foodbloggers - Aire, Britt, Liina, Marju, Silja and yours truly - are setting up a pop-up café at the Viimsi Farmers Market this Saturday. It's not the first time - in September 2011 and September 2012 we opened a pop-up apple cake café (õunakoogikohvik, you can see some photos here) at the same market, and the organisers - Museum of the Coastal Folk - asked us to come and serve our creations at their newest special event, Viimsi Fish Day (Kalapäev).

We were happy to oblige :)

Kalapäev focuses on fish in general, and on the culinary uses of a very invasive species, round goby (ümarmudil) in particular. There are several workshops and events throughout, and our pop-up café (or fish buffet, as we've called it this time) is open between 10-14. The menu is varied and rich - we have various quiches (cottage cheese and smoked sea bass, fresh salmon and broccoli, nettle and smoked fish), tuna-filled profiteroles, salmon muffins, Estonian-style fish and chips, Empanaditas Gallegas, miso-glazed cod, a selection of smörgås aka open sandwiches, jellied pike-perch (zander), smoked mackerel paté toasts, salmon fishcakes with a remoulade, a festive leek pie with cream cheese and smoked salmon topping, sprat pastries - to name just a few. Of course, there will be also some sweet cakes - rhubarb and chocolate and curd cheese and cinnamon and kama will feature in one way or another.

We offer a free cup of espresso to all visitors and homemade cloudy lemonade to the smaller ones!

Do come along and say hello if you are in Tallinn or Viimsi or nearby! Look for the lovely chalkboard poster and you'll find us easily. 

A huge thank you to Pepe Kala OÜ who supplied us with fresh and cured fish, and MEIRA who kindly lend us a Segafredo MyEspresso coffee pod machine for the duration of the event.

Here's the poster for the main event:

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Roasted Vegetable Pasta recipe

Proving that vegetarian doesn't have to mean healthy, this tasty pasta recipe is pretty high in dairy badness so probably should be a once-in-a-while meal rather than a regular choice! Quantities below serve two or could be stretched to three if you offset the dairy by also serving a fresh green salad.

Ingredients:
4 tbsp olive oil
1 courgette
1 red pepper
3-4 garlic cloves
1 tsp dried mixed herbs
1 tsp lemon juice
5 oz pasta penne (or other shapes)
200ml creme fraiche
1-2 tsp English mustard
2 oz strong cheddar cheese.

Preheat the oven to 220C.

Cut the courgette and pepper into sticks which are about half a cm square at the ends and as long as you like. Finely slice the garlic. Put the three into a roasting dish and toss with the oil, herbs and lemon juice until all the veg is evenly coated. Roast for 15-20 mins until the veggies are soft and ends of the pepper sticks are starting to blacken.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a saucepan that is large enough to fit all the ingredients. Drain pasta and return it to the pan over a low heat. Hopefully the pasta will be done at about the same time as the veggies finish roasting, in which case remove them from the oven and stir them in with the pasta.

Add the creme fraiche, mustard and grated cheese to the pan and stir gently until all the cheese has melted into the sauce. I like to use the +Yeo Valley Half Fat creme fraiche. It comes in a 200g pot which is perfect for this recipe and it has a nice light taste.

Serve with a green salad or hunks of fresh bread.

This recipe is very flexible in that any type of pasta shapes can be used so it's good for using up ends of bags. Also, the mustard doesn't have to be English - I've used wholegrain before - you would just need to adjust the amount depending on its strength and, of course, your liking for mustard! We normally cheddar in the fridge, but I think any similar textured cheese would work just as well if that's what you have. It doesn't matter if it's begun to go a bit hard at the edges so, again, use up odds & ends and experiment.

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Top 4 Healthy Foods to Keep you Healthy (India Network)

Nowadays along with being tech savvy, people have turned very health conscious. There are lots of people that are dumping the junk food to move on to healthier eating habits. Maintaining a healthy diet is not a hard thing to do. Eating healthy just means eating smart. It all depends on an individual to blend in the healthy ingredients to make the cuisine tasty. Maintaining a healthy diet is all about feeling great and energetic all the time. Eating healthy food and maintaining a proper diet can work wonders for an individual over a stipulated time. It is a myth that healthy eating is surrounded by nutrition philosophies. A person doesn't need to follow a strict and rigorous routine to facilitate healthy eating. It can be achieved by learning some nutrition basics and using them in a way that works for you. You can expand your range of healthy food choices and learn how to plan ahead to create and maintain a tasty, healthy diet. You don't need to analyze your diet in terms of calories and fats.

A person just needs to rate the food to be consumed in variety of freshness and color. If one follows the way, it will be a lot easier to make healthy choices in the food consumed. One can consume any food that he or she likes, it's only necessary to incorporate the healthy ingredients in the dish. If you have been gorging on junk for years, switching on to a healthy diet overnight is not a smart choice. Start slowly and start making changes to the eating habits over the time. Having a lot of water also plays a pivotal role in maintaining a healthy diet. Always make sure to have water in good proportions. Water helps in flushing the waste products and maintains proper hydration of the body. You don't need to completely eliminate the food you have always loved in process of maintaining a healthy diet. Just think smart, choose smart, eat smart and live smart. Let us discuss the top 4 healthy food which would help to keep you healthy.

Eggs:
Egg yolks are regarded to have a lot of essential and hard-to-get nutrients, including choline, which is inclined towards lowering the rates of breast cancer (one yolk supplies 25% of your daily need) and antioxidants that may help prevent macular degeneration and cataracts. Though many of us have shunned whole eggs because of their link to heart disease risk, there's actually substantial evidence that for most of us, eggs are not harmful but healthy. People with heart disease should limit egg yolks to two a week, but the rest of us can have one whole egg daily;

Fat Free Milk:
Studies show that calcium isn't just a bone booster but a fat fighter too. Recent research from the University of Tennessee found that obese people who went on a low-calorie, calcium-rich diet lost 70% more weight than those who ate the least. Vitamin D not only allows your body to absorb calcium, it's also a super nutrient in its own right. Research shows that adequate D levels can reduce heart disease risk, ward off certain types of cancer, relieve back pain, and even help prevent depression, but most of us don't get nearly enough of the 1,000+ IU daily that most experts recommend.

Avocado:
One Ohio State University study found that when avocado was added to salads and salsa, it helped increase the absorption of specific arytenoids, plant compounds linked to lower risk of heart disease and macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. "Avocados are packed with heart-protective compounds, such as soluble fiber, vitamin E, and potassium," says Elizabeth Somer, RD, author of 10 Habits That Mess Up a Woman's Diet. But they are a bit high in calories. To avoid weight gain, use avocado in place of another high-fat food or condiment, such as cheese or mayo.

Red Peppers:
Citrus fruits get all the credit for vitamin C, but red peppers are actually the best source. Vitamin C may be best known for skin and immunity benefits. Researchers in the United Kingdom looked at vitamin C intake in 4,025 women and found that those who ate more had less wrinkling and dryness. And although getting enough vitamin C won't prevent you from catching a cold or flu, studies show that it could help you recover faster. Vitamin C has other important credentials too.

There are various sites which dish out lots of healthy recipes which include these essential ingredients for kids and adults. India Food Network is one such site which you can refer to for healthy recipes, ingredients lists and much more. You can also refer to this site for cooking tips, healthy tips, cooking lessons and much more. Just remember the motto - Think smart, choose smart, eat smart and live smart.

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Foodie Fun with McCains

Recently we were asked by McCains to make one of my boys favourite meals - pizza and chips. We were sent the ingredients to create the dish.

Here is the recipe and the ingredients that you will need should you want to create it yourself.

Mini pita pizzas with pick’n’mix toppings and McCain French Fries

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

• 4/6 whole-wheat pita breads
• 480g McCain French Fries
• Salad leaves 
• Toppings of your choice

For the tomato sauce:

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 400g chopped tomatoes
• 1 small onion, chopped finely
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• Good pinch of dried mixed herbs

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C / Gas Mark 9.
2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, gently fry the onions until soft and golden, and add
the garlic and herbs. Add the tomatoes and simmer until thickened (for approx 20
minutes).
3. Meanwhile brush each pita with a little olive oil and grill until crispy (this stops the
base from going soggy).
4. Top the base of the pita with a layer of your tomato sauce and add your favourite
cheeses and toppings. Chopped ham, sweetcorn, chicken, pineapple, olives,
mozzarella and mushrooms all work well.
5. Spread McCain French Fries evenly on a baking sheet and cook for 14-16 minutes
until hot and crispy.
6. After 10 minutes add the pitas to the oven for the remaining 6-8 minutes. Enjoy the
pitas with a serving of French Fries

The recipe was really easy to follow and wasn't too time consuming. In all it took us 20 - 30 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to cook. Callum loved choosing his own topping and putting it on his pizza. Nathan and James told me what they wanted on theirs and I put it on for them.

I will certainly be creating similar pizzas in the future with the boys, they are healthy and easy to do and it was lots of fun for the boys to be involved too. They can choose what they wanted on their own pizzas and in a way is so much easier than buying pizzas from the supermarket as no one agrees what to have.

There were clean plates all around in our house last night at tea time. The whole meal cost around £10 but this will obviously differ depending on the ingredients that you use and the shop where you purchase them from. Our ingredients were bought from Tesco.

*We were sent the recipe and ingredients from McCains for the purpose of this piece*

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Tips for Finding the Ideal Cooking Classes (Extra Virgin)

Do you want to become a cook or sharpen your cooking skills? Joining some good Cooking Classes would not just help you learn cooking but it could also help you in learning about different cultures. What are the different criteria for choosing the right cooking class? The following information should help you with this.

The first factor to consider is the proximity of a cooking class. It should be located close to you. Trade schools and local colleges could be offering evening or weekend classes in cooking. Even some of the larger Catering Services, professional cooking schools and cookbook stores could be offering special classes designed for non-professionals.

Next, you would have to choose the duration of the course. You can find courses that are offered for a number of weeks or one that takes only one day. Both the courses would offer their own set of advantages. However, if you choose a longer course, it would give you sufficient time to sharpen your cooking skills. You would also be able to ask more questions to the instructor and learn more.

However, even a single-day course would be ideal for someone who is already adept in cooking and wants to learn a few more success tips. If your life schedule doesn't allow you to commit to a longer course, again you would do good by joining a single-day or some classes with shorter sessions. A smaller course would also give you the chance to explore if the course is ideal for you to commit more time and money.

Next, it would be best to choose a course that gives you the chance to get a hands on experience. In such a case, it would be better to choose some classes with longer session. However, choosing some cooking videos can also supplement your learning process. It would be even better if you cook in a group consisting of people with similar interests.

Next, you should understand that there is a world of a difference between recipes and cookbooks. The later has more detailing compared to recipes. Recipes give you only an overview of the actions that would otherwise take place in a class. In this case, the directions would usually be shorter, because the teacher would do all the explaining with progress of the course.

When it comes to cooking classes, you should remain prepared for the variety in formats. Choose a class that offers a more conducive environment where you can share your views and ideas openly. You shouldn't have any restrictions in getting a closer look at the cooking and ask questions without any limitations. As an addition, it would be even better to find a class that would also offer Food Catering services.

These are some of the leading points to be considered when searching for the perfect cooking class.

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Making Time To Play

Children aren't small for long this is something all us parents know only too well and although many of us lead busy lives it is also important to make sure we find the time to play with our children as this is a crucial time for their learning.

The government, teachers and Ofsted have finally come to realise that play helps children learn. By incorporating fun themes to children’s learning it can help make certain experiences more memorable for them and also less scary. Recently Nathan has been working on a topic in his class called "motion in the ocean". His class went on a trip to an aquarium and have been busy working on projects in their classroom. He came home one day asking to play a game he had learnt in class about the different sea creatures. Similarly the whole school have been creating work around the story of the Gruffalo. This is one of the boys favourite stories as we read it together all the time, as the school have taken on board what children like and enjoy they are encouraging them to learn and as it is something they are interested in they will pay more attention and enjoy it too.

The most important learning can sometimes be come from the most simple of play-times as it enhances problem solving skills, attention span, social development and creativity. One important thing for a parent is learning what makes you happy and what makes you laugh as this will help your child/children cope with challenges. This also acts as a buffer against mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.


PLAY is vital to a child’s healthy development and not just something to be done as a reward or an afterthought.

I make time to play by ensuring the time when the boys are at home is our time. I turn off my phone for at least an hour a day and all the other electrical things that can be a distraction and make sure we have quality time together. This is easy for me as I am a stay at home mum, I ensure that the shopping and housework is done whilst the boys are at school and nursery. I know this isn't always possible for parents but sometimes even making a game out of going food shopping can leave a child with the feeling that they have had quality time with their parent.

Here are some of the things I have recently done / do with the boys on a regular basis.

*Play role play with the boys, both James and I love to sit and play with his Jake and the Neverland Pirates pirate ship and characters. We pretend that we are Peter Pan and Tinkerbell and we have to help Jake and his friends escape the naughty Captain Hook. We can easily spend the afternoon doing this as time flies by. Similarly Nathan loves me to play with him and his Batcave. He is always Batman as he is the good guy, I can be anyone I want to be so longs as they are bad and Nathan can lock me up in jail and save the day as the Super Hero.

* Paint pictures with the boys of their favourite toys. They tell me what they are and what they can do.

* Read stories and become the characters, this makes the boys laugh and they have been known to act out their favourite parts to stories - one of Nathan's favourite stories is Jack and the Beanstalk. He likes to pretend to be the giant and loves to shout "Fee fi fo fum...."

* Play football in the garden with Callum, although I am totally rubbish and he says I kick like a girl (urmmmm hello what exactly am I?) I wouldn't change a thing. He runs rings around me literally but to see his little face when he scores is priceless. He usually pretends to be a top footballer from Arsenal (this of course is debatable that Arsenal actually have any top players) but he loves it.

*Make Lego creations, I spend hours helping the boys to create these masterpieces following pager after page of instructions just for them to demolish it within 5 seconds flat.  But on the plus side Lego helps them to develop their creative sides and ensures that they concentrate on something for more than just five minutes. 

* Going to the park. There is nothing better than a ride on the slide or a push on a swing. Or a walk in te woods with our dog Pepper. We sing songs whilst we walk too (but shhhhhhhhh don't tell anyone as my voice is seriously terrible)

No matter how little time you have spare with your children whether it be 20 minutes or a whole week you should play with them and encourage them to play. Life is too short and you and your child should be enjoying the time you have together. After all the more good influences they have whilst small the better people they will turn out to be in later life.

For more information check out http://www.maketime2play.co.uk/

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Healthy Food for Healthy Body and Healthy Home (Jenith Mark)

The very title of this article quite nicely and easily explains the importance of eating healthy and nutritious food, day-in and day-out.

Nutrition vis-a-vis Society

Let's check out some facts about Nutrition vis-a-vis society:

1. If you are an athlete, nutritious food will offer you two advantages: better performance and better protection to your body.

2. Lack of healthy meal plans can lead to not only obesity but also food insecurity and hunger pangs too.

3. Health and nutrition directly affect environmental security and also human development.

4. It has been reported that Nutritional deficiency over a period of time is three times more likely to cause child deaths than food scarcity. This is a hidden truth that is not widely known.

And these are precisely the reason why this site is exclusively devoted to offering you the best healthy recipe cookbook containing the most nutritious recipes for your meal plans.

Our Recipes

Our easy home cooking recipes are not only nutritious but lip-smacking as well. We offer recipes on Cookies, Desserts, Ice-Creams, Fruit Juices, Soups, Smoothies, Salads, Breakfasts, Snacks, Dinners, Lunches...you name it and we have it. Just follow the easy instructions to whip up the dish of your choice.

In fact, our easy cooking recipes contain food recipes from cultures around the world: Chinese, Thai, British, American, Italian, Indian, Sri Lankan, Mexican, Turkish, etc.

We also offer the best recipe tips on all kinds of delicious dishes, for vegans and non-vegans as well.

Know the 'Bad' to Appreciate the 'Good'

Do you know the difference between non-nutritious food and nutritious food?

The difference lies in the ingredients that are usually available in the non-nutritious food - but not in nutritious food. These ingredients are: chemical additives, too much of salt & sugar, food colours, artificial chemical sweeteners (aspartame, agave nectar), saturated oil, trans fats (which can boost your levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol and decrease "good" HDL cholesterol), glutamates (to mimic MSG), unhealthy chemicals, refined grains (devoid of any nutrition), corn syrup, and many more...

Nutritious food either contains very little or none of these items. Of course, you must expect some pinch of salt & sugar in our recipes, but that's nothing in comparison to what you will get in processed foods, for example.
Nutritious food contains all the natural nutrients. And that is precisely what each of our recipe book contains.

Finally

Our site stocks the best healthy recipe cookbooks you can ever find in the Internet. They offer numerous delectable dishes for all kinds of taste. You will get enough ideas to ensure a healthy, balanced diet for yourself and family.

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Make your favorite cheesecake recipes at home (Maria Petkova)

As there are so many varieties of cheesecake recipes, you would never feel you are out of ideas while preparing this cake at home. This is truly an international dessert, originated from ancient Greece. In fact, ancient Greek physician Aegimus actually wrote a treatise on how to prepare cheesecake. There is also some confusion whether is it a pie or a cake, but it always tastes great.

Popular American varieties

Different regions of North America have different varieties of the cheesecake recipes. There is the Chicago style, the New York style, the countryside style, the Philadelphia style, and the Pennsylvania variety. Vegan varieties and lactose free varieties are also available. The Cheesecake Kludys is a semi sweet Pittsburgh delicacy. Almost to balance the semi sweetness of Pittsburgh, there is the slightly sour Pennsylvania-Dutch variety. The cheese used here is farmer's cheese. Speaking of farmers and rural areas, in the countryside you will find buttermilk to make cheese that has a longer shelf life and a firm texture. Baking is done once in some regions and twice in other regions. The National Cheesecake Day is on July 30th.

Popular European varieties

Every country in Europe has its own version of the cheesecake recipes. Scotland has smoked salmon cheesecakes, Britain and Ireland have fruit compote on top of the cakes, the Germans use quark cheese, Bulgarians use cream cheese, Italians have a thing for honey and ricotta cheese, and the French make very light cakes using the Neufchatel cheese. Greece, the original country of cheesecakes, uses Mizithra. (It is interesting to note that owing to media influence, many Greeks think that this is an American food). Sweden, Netherlands, and Poland all have their own varieties of the recipe. You can decide to make whichever one you like, or all of them one at a time to decide which one is better.

Other parts of the world

Cheesecake recipes have many more variations. They take different forms in Asian countries, in South America, and in Australia. In South America, they are popular mostly in Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil. The Brazilian style uses guava marmalade, Argentineans serve it with strawberry and berry marmalade toppings, and in Columbia, they use panela, honey, and cujada. The host serves the cheesecake with strawberries, blackberries, and boiled figs. In the Asian varieties, mango pulp and lychee are popular. Australian recipes do not involve baking. Favorite Australian flavours are passion fruit, chocolate, raspberry, caramel, vanilla and lemon. You have the whole world at your fingertips when you decide to try these recipes.

Some important aspects

While preparing cheesecake recipes, there are certain crucial points to note. For instance, after you have baked the cheesecake, do not remove it from the pan before 12 hours have elapsed, because that much time is required for it to freeze and take shape. Also, as soon as you take it out of the oven, use a thin knife to separate the edges of the cake from the pan, otherwise the cake may crumble. While preparing, the right extent of batter is crucial, so do not overdo it. When you are using cream cheese, mix it at room temperature, otherwise you may find lumps in the cake.

All these different variations of cheesecake recipes (do you know that the Danish term is cheesecake opskrift?) make it a truly international food. Wherever you travel in America or Europe, you are sure to find a local variety of cheesecake. For some people, this very fact can serve as an incentive to travel to new places and be a cheesecake connoisseur.

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Give your Tasty Recipes a Healthy Touch of Fiber (India Network)

Fiber is a fundamental nutrient required for proper digestion of foods, proper functioning of the digestive tract at large, and for helping fill your tummy. A deficiency of fiber can lead to constipation, hemorrhoids, and high elevation of cholesterol and sugar in the blood. Likewise, an excess of fiber can lead to a bowel obstruction, diarrhea, or even dehydration. The body needs proper amount of fiber to fulfill the body requirements. There are many different types of ingredients which can help in providing the amount of fiber needed for the body. There is nothing more apt on a chilly morning like a steaming bowl of creamy oatmeal. Oats are regarded as one of the best ingredients to get soluble fiber, the kind that can help slide down your cholesterol levels. Start your day with a cup of cooked oatmeal and you bless your body with 4 grams of fiber. Top it with a sliced banana (or better yet, add the banana while you're cooking the oatmeal -- it will help make oatmeal more creamy) for an extra 3 grams. With 10 grams of fiber and just 65 calories each, artichokes are a light but filling option for individual interested in dieting. Try them in Creamy Artichoke Soup; it is a recipe which can be made easy by using frozen artichoke hearts.

Frozen peas are one of the most fast and easy available options to add vegetables to a meal. Peas are also regarded as one of the vegetables very high in fiber with 9 grams per cup. You can take peas and carrots to a whole new level by including it in a plate of pasta with Peas and Carrots. Whole Wheat Spaghetti is another ingredient high in fiber. Replacing regular white pasta with whole-wheat will give you more than twice as much fiber -- 6 grams in a cup. Going for 100 percent whole-wheat pasta or bread is a simple way to start getting more fiber (and whole grains) in your diet. Beans are one of the best sources of fiber out there: 1 cup can bless your dish with 12 to 19 grams of fiber. You can also try mixing black beans into a quesadilla, make a white-bean-and-escarole soup or top a green salad with garbanzo beans. Cooked bulgur wheat contains very high amount of fiber amongst all the whole grains. It can be used in various salad recipes. It offers an extra dose of fiber, if blended with lentils. Popcorn counts as a whole grain and has the fiber to prove it. 3 cups of the crunchy tasty popcorn can provide you with 4 grams of fiber for just 90 calories when air-popped. Popcorn is also easy to make. Just put 3 tablespoons of popcorn seeds in a paper bag, fold over the top a few times to keep it closed and microwave it until you hear the pops becoming less frequent.

There are many fruits which are high in fiber content. Raspberries and pears are one of them. You must have noticed the little seeds dotting raspberries. These little seeds are responsible for raspberries' high-fiber content. Just a small cup of this low-calorie, sweet-tart berries can provide you with 8 grams of fiber. These berries can be blended with yogurt for a healthy breakfast, tasty snack or dessert. Pears are not too far behind raspberries. Just one pear provides you with 5 grams of fiber. You can snack on them by just slicing them out or layer them onto an almond butter sandwich or give them a French twist in a Pear desert which is tasty yet healthy. These ingredients can be used in scores of recipes, which would be tasty and yet with a proper touch healthy needs.

It is very essential for the kids to intake proper amount of fiber for healthy well being. Mothers can use these high fiber ingredients to blend it in tasty recipes for the kids. India Food Network is one of the websites that provide large number of recipes made by using these healthy ingredients. You can find a range of recipes varying from deserts, snacks and much more. With the boom of the internet, finding these healthy recipes has become a cakewalk. So what are you waiting for? Healthy and tasty food is just one click away. Log on to India Food Network for more details.

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Dementia Awareness Week - 19-25 May 2013

Dementia is something my family are all too familiar with. My Grandad was diagnosed 5 years before he died from an infection that caused blood poisoning. To say those last 5 years of his life were hard is an understatement both for him and us - his family. I loved my Grandad as much as any Grandaughter should and he returned that affection to myself and his 50 other Grandchildren, and I really hated how he had been taken away from us. Looking back I think the last two years of his life were probably the hardest on us all as he had no memory of where he was or who any of us were. He didn't even really know who my Nanna was even though they had been married for over 50 years. He called my Nanna "Mam" and called out for her all the time if he needed anything. Grandad was disabled from a young age after contracting Polio as a child. But he remained reasonably active until several small strokes left him unable to walk and bed bound.  My Nanna died the year before my Grandad and he was very confused as to where she was and why she didn't come when he called her, this was very heartbreaking to witness and even more so for my children as they didn't understand why Grandad was asking for someone who was no longer here. We are still unsure as to why he called her Mam as we don't know if he thought he was a young child again or other than that she was someone who he could rely on and trusted to help him.

My family aren't the only ones to have been effected by Dementia either as Matthew's Grandad also suffered from Alzheimer's Disease. I never met his Grandad as he died before Matthew and I met but from what I have heard he was a lovely man until he became ill. Recently Matthew's Great Auntie was also diagnosed with Dementia but she sadly died not long after her diagnosis. 

The term 'dementia' is used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions. Symptoms of dementia include loss of memory, confusion and problems with speech and understanding.

Some facts about Dementia:

• There are about 800,000 people in the UK with dementia.
• Dementia mainly affects people over the age of 65 and the likelihood increases with age. However, it can affect younger people: there are over 17,000 people in the UK under the age of 65 who have dementia.
• Dementia can affect men and women.
• Scientists are investigating the genetic background to dementia. It does appear that in a few rare cases the diseases that cause dementia can be inherited. Some people with a particular genetic make-up have a higher risk than others of developing dementia.

Symptoms of dementia may include the following:

• Loss of memory − this particularly affects short-term memory, for example forgetting what happened earlier in the day, not being able to recall conversations, being repetitive or forgetting the way home from the shops. Long-term memory is usually still quite good.
• Mood changes − people with dementia may be withdrawn, sad, frightened or angry about what is happening to them.
• Communication problems − including problems finding the right words for things, for example describing the function of an item instead of naming it.

In the later stages of dementia, the person affected will have problems carrying out everyday tasks and will become increasingly dependent on other people.

This week is Dementia Awareness Week. You can help raise awareness by joining in the conversation over on Twitter make sure you use the hashtag #talkdementia and help spread the word. Alzheimer's Society is a registered charity providing support, advice, guidance and resources to both people with dementia and their carers. To find out more visit our website http://www.alzheimers.org.uk

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Why I choose to support Kiva - lending to alleviate poverty

I first discovered Kiva through a Parkrun friend, Martin Allen. I must get back to Parkrun soon, but that's for another blog post! Martin had posted on Facebook about a loan he had made 'on Kiva' and, being nosey, I clicked through to find out more. I'm now hooked!

Kiva is a worldwide organisation, based in America, which co-ordinates microfinance loans that are funded by ordinary people. Each lender pays out $25 (about £20) towards a loan of their choice thereby spreading their risk and creating a lovely community spirit. The loan is then repaid in monthly installments to a Kiva account online from which the lender can choose to either withdraw the money back to their own bank account or to relend it to another deserving cause. Repayments are usually made from around the 17th of the month and I have got into the habit of looking forward to this date. I enjoy the lending process and finding new loans to support. I support women who are trying to improve their own businesses and so far have made 16 loans to 14 different countries across the world. The sheer volume of hopeful recipients can be a bit overwhelming so I tend to search for smaller loans that are near to reaching their funding total.

This month I chose to support Rocio who lives in Columbia and Asmaa who lives in Jordan. Rocio has her own business painting and selling pre-made ceramic figurines and has taken out a loan to buy a kiln so she can create her own figurines and a display case to better exhibit them. Asmaa has a small shop selling children's toys and her loan is to purchase a selection of homewares so now both mothers and daughters will find items to interest them.

Please take a look at Kiva and see if you would like to get involved. There is an element of risk as some loans do default. However I think of each $25 as a donation and if it returns to be lent again, so much the better, but I don't lend money that I couldn't afford to lose. I haven't lost any yet!

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Peppercorns - Your Spicy Companions (Abbott Adison)

If you are looking to add spice to your life, you cannot possibly overlook the king of spices. Peppercorns have always been in demand all around the world, proving to be just the right companions for many kinds of cuisine. So, if you would want to make your kitchen look even more interesting and your cuisine much more palatable, you could not possibly do away with the tantalising peppercorns.

There is so much more to peppercorns than what the casual observer may know or may have had the opportunity to take note of. And there is so much variety to them that it would help to know which ones you are looking for. There are different kinds of peppercorns based on the way that they are processed. Green peppercorns, for instance, could have been freeze-dried, air-dried, or may have been preserved in brine solution. It depends on the kind of peppercorns that are required for your purposes, but in general, people tend to prefer air-dried peppercorns to the others.

That is not to under-estimate the value of the freeze-dried ones though - if you are looking for peppercorns that look and feel the best, in terms of appearance as well as in terms of flavour, you must be considering the freeze-dried ones. These peppercorns have been the preferred lot in terms of freshness and their strength of essence, though they may turn out to be more expensive than their air-dried counterparts.

Peppercorns also tend to come from different sources and from various countries. Some of the most famous peppercorns that are in demand along most places in the world are the Malabar peppercorns - these are peppercorns that have had their origins in India along the south western coast. They are found to be rich in fragrance and high on freshness and are often quite pungent for the unsuspecting.

For people who would want their peppercorns to be of a milder variety, it would be a good idea to choose the Madagascar varieties, which are known to be less pungent and are good options when it comes to using as accompaniments for meat and meat products. If you would want to see how peppercorns would be when they are moderate, smoky, and smaller in size, you should try out the Lampong black peppercorns that are products of Indonesia. With their mild aroma, these peppercorns prove to be the right choices for everyday use.

Whatever your options are and whatever tastes you cherish, ensure that you never run out of the most wanted spice around the world - peppercorns.

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Thai Visitors - Here Is Your Food Court (kularbmanee)

Amsterdam is a cosmopolitan city with plenty of foreign nationals visiting the place for several reasons. It is not just the tourists alone that do visit the city. There are plenty of foreigners that come in for variety other reasons such a sports, education and so on. Business visitors are also there. There are also expatriate visitors that find Amsterdam to be a great transit while travelling to different other parts of the world.

The airport out here is one of the largest that you could have ever seen in the world. The number of terminals that you could see out here and the facilities are quite exceptional for the international tourists. While there are plenty of places to go around during your leisure hours, there are wonderful hotels that you could find here, to get your kind of taste food stuff. Yes, the authentic Thai restaurant that you would be longing to find in this part of the world is always just around the corner to cater to your needs.

Thai Amsterdam hotels are being visited not only by Thailand nationals as a matter of fact. There are plenty of foreigners that find the Thai food to be quite amazing and they just love it.

The way the Thai food is being prepared in these restaurants, is quite authentic. You could get the real flavour and aroma of the authentic Thai food. It is why repeated guests keep coming in to this fabulous restaurant. When the visitors find what they want exactly in the way how they would like it, they do not mind paying the price. Even otherwise, the costs are not way higher as compared to many other parts of the world, in this Thai restaurant in Amsterdam. The reasons are quite simple though. They are able to manage for the low prices, because of the availability of the raw materials in plenty quantities in the locality.

Thai Amsterdam hotels need no big investment or running costs as a matter of fact. The expenditure is quite minimal to open a Thai restaurant, in the Amsterdam city or anywhere in the Netherlands for that matter. Moreover, online booking for the Thai Amsterdam
Restaurants ensure that you business is running always successful. Visitors find it to be way convenient to do their bookings online. Thai food is being catered to their doorsteps wherever they are residing in the locality in the proximity. Thai food tastes good and it is liked by even the local nationals out here. Kularb Manee Thai restaurant brings you the taste and flavors of Thailand. The experienced staff of Kularb Manee deliver an excellent range of superbly home-cooked meals at prices to suit everybody. For delicious Thai food visit us at. kularbmanee.nl

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