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Monthly Archives: February 2010
The Easiest Mushroom Recipe Yet!
Today on LVCMag.com: Quick Healthy Bites. Smart snack options to boost your energy level up and your hunger pangs low! A bag of white button mushrooms have been sitting in my fridge for almost a week now, and so yesterday night’s mission was to cook it and eat it before it goes past its prime [...]
3 Food Items that You Should Never Buy Again
When you are always on-the-go, processed and packaged foods seem like the logical solutions, but they can quickly become large obstacles that prevent you from meeting your healthy eating resolutions. Pre-packaged, processed food options are loaded with chemicals and other unnatural additives, and are usually loaded with sodium and fat. In essence, they provide nothing [...]
Pasta Primavera with a Twist!
I grew tired of having spaghetti and meatballs with tomato sauce. So I havestarted to look for new pasta recipes. Flipping through Ellie Krieger’s new cookbook, So Easy: Luscious, Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Week, I got immediately attracted to her Pasta Primavera. I loved the way she included a lot of vegetables [...]
Posted in Cooking, Healthful Tips, Recipes Tagged cabbage, Cooking, healthy, meatballs, pasta, Recipes, vegetables 3 Comments
Spicy Parsnip and Carrot Soup
More creamy, thick soup! I really enjoyed the Spicy Parsnip Soup that I made the other day, so I revisited the recipe again. The basic ingredients reminded the same, I just made small modifications and added in a few more components to jazz things up! Tweet This Post
McDonald's S'more Pie versus Apple Pie
For dessert last night, I had a S’more Pie AND an apple pie from McDonalds’…two pies in one day! Tweet This Post
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Parsnip: The Overlooked Winter Delight
(I apologize for the poor photo quality…the camera batteries died so I had to use my phone. *sigh* ) Ever picked up a parsnip at the grocery store and thought to yourself that it looked just like a carrot, except it was much paler and less attractive looking? If you had judged parsnip by its [...]
Posted in Cooking, Recipes Tagged Cooking, food, meatless, parsnip, recipe, soup, vegetables 2 Comments
"Cream" of Fennel
Photo by sasshradish I have a very interesting Dietetics course this term, called “Food Theory Applications” — aka cooking class! This is a course that allows us to try out different recipes, modify the ingredients, alter the cooking techniques and observe how the final products will turn out. Through experimenting and tasting, we learn about [...]
Posted in Cooking, Personal Thoughts, Recipes Tagged Cooking, fennel, healthy, meatless, nutrition, produce, vegetables 2 Comments
Jamie Oliver: Food Revolution