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RECIPE: Mandarin Orange Strawberry Salad

Rob Banks — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:57:26 +0000

If your craving a sweet anf healthy snack, make it salad. the strawberries are an excellent alternative to that candy bar you’ve been looking at. 1 head romaine lettuce, cut or torn into bite-size pieces 1 bag field greens, washed 1 1/2 cups golden raisins 1 cup mandarin oranges 1 pint strawberries, sliced 1 (12 [...]

What's the Real Story Behind the History of the Microwave Oven? [VIDEO]

Carl Pettit — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:30:47 +0000

The microwave oven is a wonderful time saver. When you want to defrost a chicken, warm up a bowl of soup, pop some popcorn or cook an instant burrito, you can’t beat microwave technology. Practically every household in the country has one of these handy home appliances nowadays, but there was a time, not so [...]

How Much Time Do You Spend In The Kitchen?

Cheryl Hagen — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:00:27 +0000

So much for fast food, a new survey finds Brits spend three years in the kitchen serving up breakfast, lunch and dinner! How much time do you spend making meals? The survey found folks in Britain will use 1,132 days or 27,156 hours in a lifetime slaving over a hot stove. The survey of 30,000 [...]

Are Trans Fats Making You Crabby?

Mike Riley — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:02:09 +0000

Survey says – very possibly…There is already a laundry list of reasons to avoid trans fats [made when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, as a food preservative]:for instance, they reduce “good” cholesterol levels and increase “bad” cholesterol levels, and may affect cognitive skills for people with high levels of trans fats in the blood. [...]

How Long Should You Cook That Turkey?

Alexis — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:25:00 +0000

Poor Mr. Turkey. If he could talk, he'd say" love me to eat me." Just how long should you cook that star of the show? I asked my friend if she was cooking the turkey this holiday and she quickly replied "NO !!!", I was traumatized when the leg fell off at the table."