Tag: Food

Empanadas

View the print-ready version of this recipe. If you enjoy making recipes from South America, don’t miss my Arroz Chaufa, Pupusas, and Curtido. My husband fell in love with Argentine empanadas while living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and we have worked to perfect this recipe over the years to make them just like the ones he loved there….


Top 10 Healthiest Foods Voted by Japanese Doctors

A healthy diet is critical to a healthy body. However, many people often ignore nutritional values for better taste or convenience. Great Doctor The TAIKOBAN, a popular TV program in Japan, invited 300 famous doctors to select the 10 most beneficial food ingredients found in typical grocery stores. 1. Natto Natto is a multi-benefit food….


The More We Know

An experience recently changed the way I look at wine — and especially how others view it. I pulled the natural cork to open a bottle of wine and poured a glass. Instantly I knew that it had been ruined by cork taint. The cork had been infected with a chemical called TCA that I…


Say Goodbye to Gray Hair and Replenish Vitality With 4 Kinds of Chicken Soup

Many people like chicken soup because it is so delicious. In addition to great taste, chicken soup can replenish vitality. Adding a variety of ingredients to chicken soup will achieve different therapeutic effects. Following are four chicken soup recipes to bring yummy flavor to your family, help combat gray hair, and nourish your qi and…


Shepherd’s Pie Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day

By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service Around this time of year with St. Patty’s Day coming up, shepherd’s pie comes to mind. The pie has a savory meat filling topped with mashed potatoes and cheese. It’s usually made with lamb or ground lamb, but it is also made with ground beef and then called…


15-minute Spaghetti Aglio E Olio

Spaghetti Aglio E Olio: What Exactly Is It? Spaghetti aglio e olio translates to spaghetti with garlic and [olive] oil. It’s a traditional Italian pasta dish that’s immensely popular, due to its ease of preparation, affordability of ingredients, and pure simplicity. Simplicity is our proud motto around here. With little more than fragrant fresh garlic,…


Grocery Executives Questioned by MPs Over Rising Food Prices

The heads of Canada’s three biggest grocery chains faced blunt questions at a committee meeting in Parliament over food inflation. MP questioned the executives over what they claimed were record profits, while the executives responded their profit margins have not changed–in fact in some cases have dropped. “We have families going into your stores, looking…


Why Menopausal Women May Want to Pop Prunes Instead of Pills

Menopausal and postmenopausal women looking for a non-pharmacological solution to symptoms like loss of bone density and digestive distress might find support from prunes. A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that eating a serving of prunes every day preserved bone mass in the hips of postmenopausal women, potentially lowering the…


A Salad Fit to Begin or End Your Meal

Sometimes I crave a simple salad, full of flavor with few ingredients. I was inspired by a salad I had enjoyed at Terra in Century City. White and red Belgian endive leaves along with light green baby gem leaves were combined with thin, crisp pear crescents and creamy blue cheese crumbles. All this tossed together with…


Whacky Doodle Ground Beef

Years ago, I made a terrible mistake. I froze 10 pounds of ground beef. That big block of frozen burger languished in the freezer for years. What was I thinking? I should have browned it first and then frozen it in usable portions. But browning beef can be so messy. Lesson learned. A few weeks…