Potatoes come in all shapes and sizes. They come in colors ranging from white to pink, red to purple and yellow to orange looking flowers. The younger potatoes or called new potatoes they are harvest in the spring. In the fall the older potatoes are called a mature potato.
The shape of a potatoes changes form depending on what restaurant you visit.
You can order them bake in foil, curled with hearty seasonings, long or short salted in a bag. Mashed with gravy, cold as potato salad, instant with butter.
A potato can put you in the mood, with it ingredients of vitamin B6. Vitamin B6 is needed to boost serotonio, the natural brain chemical that makes you feel so happy. It is pack and bruising with more potassium than bananas. It has vitamin C to help heal those little shaving cuts.
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial. The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber.
The plant cells of the root of potato plant contains starch grains leucoplast. To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed, the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells. Then it is then washed out and dried to powder.
The starch derivatives are used in many recipes, for example in noodle and wine gum, cocktail nuts, chips, hot dog sausages, bakery cream, instant soups. It is also occasionally used in the preparation of pre-packed grated cheese, to reduce the cheese sweating and binding.
Potatoes might be your best friends (second only to chocolate). One medium baked potato delivers 24 grams of pure carbohydrate, known to soothe jangled nerves and elevate mood. But all carbohydrates are not created equal. Some get digested and stashed faster than others. Potatoes lead the pack in the race for reenergize the energy that you burn up.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Pinto Beans Express:
Good Cook's Always Sample:
The first steps would be to purchase a one pound bag of pinto beans. Then sort through them for small rocks, girt or chip beans. Chip or a split beans are older beans and it takes longer for them to cook. Next we want to rinse them once and twice if needed, for the best results. Soaking: It is recommended to soak your beans over night. The longer you soak them the less gas they produce.(Estimate 6-8 hours).
In Pinto Beans Express, our next step would be to drain all the excessive water from allowing our pinto beans to soak over night. Each bean has grown in size. Each beans now have soak up it’s desire amount of water and is ready to add favor to the next process of cooking them beans.
Tip E* Turn Dried beans into moist beans, just add water.
Assuming that you have complete drain all the water off, it is time to remove all those beans to a large cooking pot. Notice: that one pound of pinto beans has multiple or increase in size to two pounds of beans. Two pounds of beans can feed a family of three or four adults easily.
Tip F* One pound of dried beans will feed a family of 3-4 adults.
Once the beans are in the larger pot, just add cold water again. Bring the water level about two inches above the beans line. Your could estimate one and one/half-quarts of water.
Turn the stove eye up higher at least the first 25-30 minutes. Then stir once or twice in that time frame. This will keep the beans from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
Tip G* The more water added to the beans the faster they will cook.
Tip H* To avoid burning beans of any kind, always stir the beans.
You may have notice that no salt, seasonings, garlic were added to the pinto beans cooking in the pot. The reason is that Pinto Beans Express does not need additional seasoning to make them stand out with favor. The favor arrives in the length of time you cook them.
Tip I* The longer you cook pinto beans the more favor is enhance.
Our first 30 minutes is up and we have stirred the beans from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Now let’s reduce the heat to low for the next two hours let the beans do it’s magic.
It is important to watch the water level, add a cup of water or two if needed. Stir them, and test one or two of the beans. Good cook's always sample his or her prepared food.
Tip J* Testing the beans in the pot use a big spoon, dip and let cool.
Once the beans have cool down, mash one between your fingers. If there is no hardness in the beans they are done.
Let them cool down for 10-15 minutes before serving them. If the remove beans is still hard in the middle allow more cooking time.
Tip K* Beans are done, when you can mash it between your fingers.
Tip J* If beans are still somewhat hard allow more cooking time.
You have successful completed this class entitle:
"Pinto Beans Express."
The first steps would be to purchase a one pound bag of pinto beans. Then sort through them for small rocks, girt or chip beans. Chip or a split beans are older beans and it takes longer for them to cook. Next we want to rinse them once and twice if needed, for the best results. Soaking: It is recommended to soak your beans over night. The longer you soak them the less gas they produce.(Estimate 6-8 hours).
In Pinto Beans Express, our next step would be to drain all the excessive water from allowing our pinto beans to soak over night. Each bean has grown in size. Each beans now have soak up it’s desire amount of water and is ready to add favor to the next process of cooking them beans.
Tip E* Turn Dried beans into moist beans, just add water.
Assuming that you have complete drain all the water off, it is time to remove all those beans to a large cooking pot. Notice: that one pound of pinto beans has multiple or increase in size to two pounds of beans. Two pounds of beans can feed a family of three or four adults easily.
Tip F* One pound of dried beans will feed a family of 3-4 adults.
Once the beans are in the larger pot, just add cold water again. Bring the water level about two inches above the beans line. Your could estimate one and one/half-quarts of water.
Turn the stove eye up higher at least the first 25-30 minutes. Then stir once or twice in that time frame. This will keep the beans from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
Tip G* The more water added to the beans the faster they will cook.
Tip H* To avoid burning beans of any kind, always stir the beans.
You may have notice that no salt, seasonings, garlic were added to the pinto beans cooking in the pot. The reason is that Pinto Beans Express does not need additional seasoning to make them stand out with favor. The favor arrives in the length of time you cook them.
Tip I* The longer you cook pinto beans the more favor is enhance.
Our first 30 minutes is up and we have stirred the beans from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Now let’s reduce the heat to low for the next two hours let the beans do it’s magic.
It is important to watch the water level, add a cup of water or two if needed. Stir them, and test one or two of the beans. Good cook's always sample his or her prepared food.
Tip J* Testing the beans in the pot use a big spoon, dip and let cool.
Once the beans have cool down, mash one between your fingers. If there is no hardness in the beans they are done.
Let them cool down for 10-15 minutes before serving them. If the remove beans is still hard in the middle allow more cooking time.
Tip K* Beans are done, when you can mash it between your fingers.
Tip J* If beans are still somewhat hard allow more cooking time.
You have successful completed this class entitle:
"Pinto Beans Express."
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tips for Osteoporosis:
Woman and Cheese:
A woman smile is never forgotten, she smiles in the mirror, she smiles at a newborn, she smiles while on her first date. Smile at a woman and she will smile back. When she dress up in front of the cameras her smile is radiant. Yet the cameraman tells her to say Cheeeeeese!!
At a point, women rules and all the extra things they do take a total on them later in life. The one thing that turn a smile quickly in a woman life is OSTEOPOROSIS. Osteoporosis is an abnormal loss of bony tissues resulting in fragile.
The premium contributor of this problem is a lack of calcium. In an area where dairy products were not consumed, woman had half the daily calcium intake of woman who lived I an area where daily products were regularly consumed. Those woman had more calcium, a greater bone mass and few fractures during those later years. Than those women who had a low-calcium intake. A daily glass of skim milk offers the same calcium as a regular glass of milk without the fat.
So to bring that woman smile back to a beautiful radiant smile, she need to eat more cheese, milk and yogurt. Cheese is loaded with calcium. Choosing a cheese product with the highest number would indicate more calcium per serving.
Cream Cheese, fat free……………………….3.4
Parmesan ……………………………………...3.0
Ricotta, part-skim ……………………………..2.9
Swiss …………………………………………...2.7
Mozzarella,part-skim…………………………….2.6
Romano………………………………………….2.6
Edam…………………………………………….2.3
Goudo……………………………………………2.1
Asiago…………………………………………...2.0
Monterey Jack…………………………………...2.0
Feta………………………………………………1.9
Muenster…………………………………………1.9
Cheddar………………………………………….1.8
Colby…………………………………………… 1.8
American………………………………………...1.5
Blue cheese………………………………………1.5
Goat cheese……………………………………..0.52
Cream cheese,regular…………………………...0.22
A woman smile last forever. A dairy product call “Cheese” can aide your bones to stay healthier in the long term. Say, Cheeeeese
A woman smile is never forgotten, she smiles in the mirror, she smiles at a newborn, she smiles while on her first date. Smile at a woman and she will smile back. When she dress up in front of the cameras her smile is radiant. Yet the cameraman tells her to say Cheeeeeese!!
At a point, women rules and all the extra things they do take a total on them later in life. The one thing that turn a smile quickly in a woman life is OSTEOPOROSIS. Osteoporosis is an abnormal loss of bony tissues resulting in fragile.
The premium contributor of this problem is a lack of calcium. In an area where dairy products were not consumed, woman had half the daily calcium intake of woman who lived I an area where daily products were regularly consumed. Those woman had more calcium, a greater bone mass and few fractures during those later years. Than those women who had a low-calcium intake. A daily glass of skim milk offers the same calcium as a regular glass of milk without the fat.
So to bring that woman smile back to a beautiful radiant smile, she need to eat more cheese, milk and yogurt. Cheese is loaded with calcium. Choosing a cheese product with the highest number would indicate more calcium per serving.
Cream Cheese, fat free……………………….3.4
Parmesan ……………………………………...3.0
Ricotta, part-skim ……………………………..2.9
Swiss …………………………………………...2.7
Mozzarella,part-skim…………………………….2.6
Romano………………………………………….2.6
Edam…………………………………………….2.3
Goudo……………………………………………2.1
Asiago…………………………………………...2.0
Monterey Jack…………………………………...2.0
Feta………………………………………………1.9
Muenster…………………………………………1.9
Cheddar………………………………………….1.8
Colby…………………………………………… 1.8
American………………………………………...1.5
Blue cheese………………………………………1.5
Goat cheese……………………………………..0.52
Cream cheese,regular…………………………...0.22
A woman smile last forever. A dairy product call “Cheese” can aide your bones to stay healthier in the long term. Say, Cheeeeese
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Memorial Day Kiss:
Memorial Day 2010:
This was the first time that my past memories,
came as a dream to me. Yet I have always talk
about her, and bring her up in conversion when
other ladies approach me, that I maybe
interesting in. Today it was different, I dream
that she was in the house and a friend was in the
house too.
As the friend walk over toward me, as if she was
going to hug me. But instead she planted a big
kiss on me. I was shock but continue to allow it
to happen. The kissing became so vigorous that I
had to put a stop to the kissing. I could not help
from wondering what she might say to me, kissing
another lady whom was so close to us after so many
years of friendship. Remember Memorial Day 2009.
This was the first time that my past memories,
came as a dream to me. Yet I have always talk
about her, and bring her up in conversion when
other ladies approach me, that I maybe
interesting in. Today it was different, I dream
that she was in the house and a friend was in the
house too.
As the friend walk over toward me, as if she was
going to hug me. But instead she planted a big
kiss on me. I was shock but continue to allow it
to happen. The kissing became so vigorous that I
had to put a stop to the kissing. I could not help
from wondering what she might say to me, kissing
another lady whom was so close to us after so many
years of friendship. Remember Memorial Day 2009.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Rescue At 15 Degrees:
It was a beautiful day. A morning when the dew was still on the roses.
The clouds above was a light gray. The light from heaven penetrated through
The clouds as if it was day. It was the end of a dream and knock on the door that seem to awake me from that dream.
The dream took place in my own home as I was sitting on the couch. A utility worker begin his work from the outside. Digging a trench to replace a line running from the city sewage line, to the lines in and under the house. While digging a trench, the sands begin to move.
The moving sands increase it speed and the flow of the sand seem to be constantly increasing to where the worker was talking to me the sand reach the house. The first part of the house tile down as if it was moving under the house. I told the worker that I had three guess in the house.
A grandfather and two small children that I must get out. The house is now at a
15 degree pitch, I went back in to help the grandfather out first, the utility worker help me as I lower him down.
The next to get out was the two small kids. Just as I went in the house the sands move again while the house pitch became greater. I pick up the two kids and begin to make my way to the door. I could see myself lower the kids down as everything seem to shift they were all safe. We look at the house as the sand continued to flow underneath.
The clouds above was a light gray. The light from heaven penetrated through
The clouds as if it was day. It was the end of a dream and knock on the door that seem to awake me from that dream.
The dream took place in my own home as I was sitting on the couch. A utility worker begin his work from the outside. Digging a trench to replace a line running from the city sewage line, to the lines in and under the house. While digging a trench, the sands begin to move.
The moving sands increase it speed and the flow of the sand seem to be constantly increasing to where the worker was talking to me the sand reach the house. The first part of the house tile down as if it was moving under the house. I told the worker that I had three guess in the house.
A grandfather and two small children that I must get out. The house is now at a
15 degree pitch, I went back in to help the grandfather out first, the utility worker help me as I lower him down.
The next to get out was the two small kids. Just as I went in the house the sands move again while the house pitch became greater. I pick up the two kids and begin to make my way to the door. I could see myself lower the kids down as everything seem to shift they were all safe. We look at the house as the sand continued to flow underneath.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Frozen Chick Delight:
Frozen Chick Delight:
There is no need to have a Panic Attack fried chicken is still the king.!
The objective in this recipe is to cook that same fried chicken without using any cooking oils, no lard or solid white grease and no sprays.
Cooking without any of the above ingredient eliminates the amount of grease used. It also eliminates the amount of saturated fats. As well as trans fats found in
many cooking oils.
If we check the labels on the above ingredients we will found that if the total fats was equal to 14 gm that would mean that there is 5 gm of saturated fats. And 1 gm of trans fats has been eliminate from each piece of chicken cooked. If you prepared chicken once a week.
For 4 weeks that would be 20 gm and 4 gm added to your body each month. Information found at the below web site:
http://proteins-carb-fats.suite101.com/article.cfm/nutrition_facts_and_ingredients
After bring the package of frozen chicken home from the store.
It is allowed to threw out until the pieces can be hand pull off and place in another bag with 3-4 pieces in each bag. These individual bags will be enough to serve a family of two at dinnertime. Now place each bag of chicken in the freezer.
Frozen Chick Delight: Is prepared directly out of the freezer.
Preheat the oven at 450* ten minutes before removing the chicken.
Take the desire amount of chicken out of each bag for a dinner for two or more.
Now take the frozen chicken from the fridge. Open the bag and add a half of cup all purposed flour in bag. Close the bag and give it a gentle shake. This will cause the plastic bag to loose up and the flour will soon cover the entire frozen chicken. The next step is add your seasonings into the bag. Black Pepper, italian seasoning, salt is not required but if you prefer add half of a teaspoonful into the bag.
The seasoning is the crowning glory of this frozen chick delight, so add as much seasoning and you like. The next step is to place the frozen chicken in a large pan, or your favorite frying pan. (No need to add any grease)
The stove is well heated. Now place the pan with the chicken into the oven. Once again you are at will to add more of the crowning glory seasoning on top of the chicken. The first 20 minutes allow the chicken to cook undisturbed in the oven. After the first 20 minutes remove the pan from the oven, and noticed the chicken has started browning.
This is the time that the chicken begins to stick to the pan.
Turn the chicken over to the other side and return it to the oven. The next 15 minutes let it cook. Once this time has ended cover the chicken with a lip.
Turn off the oven and the next 5 minutes. Let the chicken slimmer in it’s own
juices until you are ready to add it to the dinner plate.
From the fridge to the table your family will be delighted at the taste.
You will have prepared a healthier meal for you and you family.
Someday this meal will surpassed the traditional fried chicken.
There is no need to have a Panic Attack fried chicken is still the king.!
The objective in this recipe is to cook that same fried chicken without using any cooking oils, no lard or solid white grease and no sprays.
Cooking without any of the above ingredient eliminates the amount of grease used. It also eliminates the amount of saturated fats. As well as trans fats found in
many cooking oils.
If we check the labels on the above ingredients we will found that if the total fats was equal to 14 gm that would mean that there is 5 gm of saturated fats. And 1 gm of trans fats has been eliminate from each piece of chicken cooked. If you prepared chicken once a week.
For 4 weeks that would be 20 gm and 4 gm added to your body each month. Information found at the below web site:
http://proteins-carb-fats.suite101.com/article.cfm/nutrition_facts_and_ingredients
After bring the package of frozen chicken home from the store.
It is allowed to threw out until the pieces can be hand pull off and place in another bag with 3-4 pieces in each bag. These individual bags will be enough to serve a family of two at dinnertime. Now place each bag of chicken in the freezer.
Frozen Chick Delight: Is prepared directly out of the freezer.
Preheat the oven at 450* ten minutes before removing the chicken.
Take the desire amount of chicken out of each bag for a dinner for two or more.
Now take the frozen chicken from the fridge. Open the bag and add a half of cup all purposed flour in bag. Close the bag and give it a gentle shake. This will cause the plastic bag to loose up and the flour will soon cover the entire frozen chicken. The next step is add your seasonings into the bag. Black Pepper, italian seasoning, salt is not required but if you prefer add half of a teaspoonful into the bag.
The seasoning is the crowning glory of this frozen chick delight, so add as much seasoning and you like. The next step is to place the frozen chicken in a large pan, or your favorite frying pan. (No need to add any grease)
The stove is well heated. Now place the pan with the chicken into the oven. Once again you are at will to add more of the crowning glory seasoning on top of the chicken. The first 20 minutes allow the chicken to cook undisturbed in the oven. After the first 20 minutes remove the pan from the oven, and noticed the chicken has started browning.
This is the time that the chicken begins to stick to the pan.
Turn the chicken over to the other side and return it to the oven. The next 15 minutes let it cook. Once this time has ended cover the chicken with a lip.
Turn off the oven and the next 5 minutes. Let the chicken slimmer in it’s own
juices until you are ready to add it to the dinner plate.
From the fridge to the table your family will be delighted at the taste.
You will have prepared a healthier meal for you and you family.
Someday this meal will surpassed the traditional fried chicken.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Lard vs Cooking Oils:
Satuarated Fat vs Tran Fats:
Why Fried Foods taste so good? Just before the turn of the century cooking was base on the name brand lard (which were solid white grease) and the name brand liquid cooking oil (which were a light golden color).
Most people at this time brought the name brand items. The reason was the advertising department of each of the brand names product had ads sent across the air announcing this brand of cooking oil was
Was better than the brand x.
Advertising may have increase the price of the brand name product and most people did not mind paying the extra few cent for a product that appears to be the better product. Yet we where adding more fats to our meal.
What the ad fail to mention was that lard and cooking oil had too much fats in it’s ingredient. So when you prepared to cook any form of red meat and dip it into a pan of hot grease we where adding more fats to what was already there.
Lard and cooking oil both have both saturated fat and tran fat. We know that saturated fat is found in red meat and in dairy products.
Trans fats were created by man as a product to help store items to last longer on the shelf or extend the shelf life of a product.
To avoid adding more fat in this case simply used the items as directed on the label. By measuring a tablespoonful instead of estimating a tablespoonful would help reduces the amount of saturated fats and tran fats included in each meal.
The rule of thumb would be this: Saturated fats would raises blood cholesterol level and tran fats is used to extend the shelf life of a product, not the life of an individual.
Why Fried Foods taste so good? Just before the turn of the century cooking was base on the name brand lard (which were solid white grease) and the name brand liquid cooking oil (which were a light golden color).
Most people at this time brought the name brand items. The reason was the advertising department of each of the brand names product had ads sent across the air announcing this brand of cooking oil was
Was better than the brand x.
Advertising may have increase the price of the brand name product and most people did not mind paying the extra few cent for a product that appears to be the better product. Yet we where adding more fats to our meal.
What the ad fail to mention was that lard and cooking oil had too much fats in it’s ingredient. So when you prepared to cook any form of red meat and dip it into a pan of hot grease we where adding more fats to what was already there.
Lard and cooking oil both have both saturated fat and tran fat. We know that saturated fat is found in red meat and in dairy products.
Trans fats were created by man as a product to help store items to last longer on the shelf or extend the shelf life of a product.
To avoid adding more fat in this case simply used the items as directed on the label. By measuring a tablespoonful instead of estimating a tablespoonful would help reduces the amount of saturated fats and tran fats included in each meal.
The rule of thumb would be this: Saturated fats would raises blood cholesterol level and tran fats is used to extend the shelf life of a product, not the life of an individual.
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