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We will always have to eat. It is better to eat food prepared at home is lower in fat and calories than take out or restaurant meals.
Here are the top 14 pantry essentials that we should stocked for making a delicious and healthy dinner:
1. Broths (fat free, reduced sodium beef and chicken, vegetable, and tomato) for sauteing and cooking with rice and grains, as well as for creating simple soups.
2. Dried foods (fruits, tomatoes, mushrooms) to add to grain or rice pilafs………
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Even during ancient times, food spoilage during transport for trading is a big issue. Trading food required some method to prevent spoiling. In those days, food is often salted, dried, or sugared (jams and jellies). When the food is not spoiled, it is considered “fresh.”
Fast forward today and our standard for “freshness” is much higher. 50-60 years ago, the produce sections of supermarkets were limited in variety to whatever was in season, grown locally, or brought in from places no more than a few days away. But refrigeration in trains, trucks, and airplanes forever changed our definition of “fresh produce.”
Read more at the blog……..
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Though we might think that we have the freedom of choice when we shop at a supermarket, massive efforts have gone into making it more convenient and desirable for us to choose some products over others.
This post will discuss some typical behind the scenes supermarket tricks designed to expose us to a large number of high profit margin products, how shelf space (prime “real estate”) are brought and sold with slotting fees paid by food companies, and how these practices impact our health and our wallets.
There are approximately 320,000 edible products for sale in this country. Large supermarkets might display as many as 40,000 of these edible products. The corporations that own large supermarkets want us to do as much searching as we can tolerate in order to expose us to the largest possible number of items because products seen most sell best. They figured out how to get us to walk up and down those aisles for as long as possible, but not so long that we leave in frustration………
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It is very hard not to overeat in America. Just about everything is set up to encourage us to overeat. What industry or professional organization might benefit if you are healthy and eat nutritiously? None.
After exports we still have 3,900 calories available for each person per day. This post discuss the options available to the food industry and how they get us to eat more.
Do we know the difference between feeling satisfied and uncomfortably full? As I mentioned in a previous post, our stomach is the size of our fist. Though it might take a while before our brain and stomach registered that we are full, our eyes will always think we can eat more . Satisfied Uncomfortably Full [...]
Your food choices will have the biggest impact on whether or not you will lose weight. In general, we know that daily caloric intake should be our weight multiply by 10. Then you throw in some multipliers such as your activity level and your age, and voila! You arrive at your “magic number” on how [...]
Memorial Day weekend. BBQ. Hot dogs and hamburgers (personally I prefer tri-tip). Three days to relax. What is there not to love? However, beware of the extra calories! The average person will consume one beer, a hot dog or hamburger, potato salad, chips, cold slaw, and maybe some dessert. This is more than 1200 calories [...]
According to Mindless Eating, drinking a broth based soup, a small side salad with non-creamy dressing, or a piece of fruit helps reduce the amount of calories eaten during a meal. These items consist of either fiber or mostly water which helps your stomach detect that satiated feeling to prevent overeating. In addition, it takes [...]
Living in this century is all about time or shall I say the lack of time. With both parents working and scheduled activities for our kids, we trim our free time to the minimum and often multitask. We know that meal times can enhance our family and social ties to each other, but we choose [...]
If you haven’t notice by now, whenever I talk about food, it usually revolves around convenience. And one of the most convenient food items available at your local supermarket is the rotisserie chicken. Getting enough protein in your diet is important when you are trying to lose weight. It takes your body longer to digest [...]
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