Golden Roast Turkey
You’ll Need: 16 pound turkey 1 cup butter ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper Directions: Remove giblets and neck from turkey: wash and set aside Wash turkey thoroughly inside and …
Golden Roast Turkey Read More Thanksgiving Week starts with “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
Throughout Thanksgiving week, we will be talking about our traditions, trivia, and even turkey nutrition. You may not know this, but had it not been for the author of the …
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Cheddar Stuffed Potatoes
You’ll Need: 4 baked potatoes 2 slices bacon 2 chopped green onions Salt and pepper to taste ½ cup sour cream ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese ¼ cup butter Directions: …
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Data glut. Information overload. Knowing more and more about less and less. Isn’t this how it feels when you look at the encyclopedic information on the back of a food …
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Brining the Turkey
To properly brine a turkey you need to start the night before you plan to cook. You will need at least 10 to 12 hours (plan on 1 hour …
Brining the Turkey Read MoreTiming on Thanksgiving Day
If you choose to stuff your turkey, stuff loosely. The stuffing should be moist, not dry, since heat destroys bacteria more rapidly in a moist environment. Place stuffed turkey in …
Timing on Thanksgiving Day Read MoreMilk and Melamine
The U.S. FDA is blocking the import of all milk products from China. Not just milk, but “milk-derived ingredients and finished food products containing milk from China due to the …
Milk and Melamine Read MoreSmelling Flavor
Unilever Food and Health Research Institute wants to put chemical odorants in your food, so you will perceive it as a healthy food option. Here’s the article.Their researchers picked commercially …
Smelling Flavor Read MoreSchedule troubles
I was teaching a group on the Path program a couple of nights ago. One of the participants, who is really doing well, nevertheless has a wicked schedule. She’s always …
Schedule troubles Read MoreGenetically Modified ANIMALS for Food
You’re never going to believe this (here’s the article). You know how genetic engineers can take recombinant DNA of one plant, and splice it into another, and give us GMO …
Genetically Modified ANIMALS for Food Read MoreDiet and Fat
We have to confront one of our must cherished notions about weight and health — regarding the dietary demon of fat. This article, published in the American Journal of Clinical …
Diet and Fat Read MoreDose-up the Children
Our culture of health seems to adopt a “give pills first, ask questions later” mentality. In other words, treat with a product (drugs), rather than with a process (behavioral therapy). …
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