Archive for the ‘Articles’ Category

  • Things to do with onions besides crying

    Thursday, March 18th, 2010

    There is something about onions that give food more flavor, whether raw, cooked or pickled. Depending on which kind, onions can be sharp, spicy, tangy or mild and sweet. They’re used in almost any cuisine in the world and can you believe they have been used since 5000 BC?  Click the link for more amazing [...]

  • What’s the world cooking for Christmas?

    Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

    Today I’m starting a series of Christmas food traditions around the world. In my series I will not only explore the traditions of Christmas, but also other holidays around that time. My main focus is Christmas because that is what we have always celebrated in my family. At the same time I want to acknowledge [...]

  • Turn your holiday blues into holiday fun

    Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

    Ever since Halloween was approaching – way back in October (how time flies!) – I wanted to write this post about the holidays. The sometimes “dreaded” holidays that are supposed to be happy times, but can be so stressful with all the errands and the events and the parties and the pressure  Let’s [...]

  • Different types of noodles

    Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

    Until I moved to the U.S.A. I only knew of spaghetti and macaroni which we either used for bami, spaghetti, macaroni salad or in soup. Imagine my surprise when I saw shelves of what was called “pasta” in the supermarkets. There are so many varieties, from dried to fresh, small to large, and many more [...]

  • The No Diet Plan

    Monday, September 14th, 2009

    A No nonsense Approach to Weight Loss
    I am constantly looking for new resources for my blog and found a great book I wanted to share. I just finished reviewing the No-Diet Plan Blueprint from no-diet guru Liz Palazzi who’ll be sharing tips on weight loss and diets with us on this blog in the coming [...]

  • Dining out healthy

    Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

    A few weeks ago I came across an article on CNN providing some healthy tips for eating out. The topic is definitely getting more attention nowadays, because just this morning I saw on the news how fat affects your bloodstream after eating ‘bad’ food and ‘good’ food.
    Although most Americans want more healthy choices in [...]

  • Different types of rice

    Thursday, April 30th, 2009

    Do you know how many different types of rice there are?
    I was amazed to find out that there are 40,000 varieties worldwide!
    When I grew up I knew about white rice, sticky rice, black/purple rice, fried rice or mixed rice, and thought that was it! (Of course the last two are not a type of [...]

  • Food for the heart

    Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

    We hear it on the news all the time: heart disease is the number one worldwide killer of men and women. A shocking statistic is that heart disease -not cancer like most of us think- causes 40 percent of all the deaths in the U.S.A.  However, many times this can be prevented or treated by [...]

  • Mindmap your cooking

    Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

    A couple of years ago, I found I fun way to generate, plan and organize ideas. It’s called “mindmapping” or “ideamapping”.  Follow this link to read more about how I found out about this.
    I have used this technique for a wide variety of things. From business planning to organizing a party, from website planning to [...]