Ways to Introduce Miso to Your Everyday Diet

Miso, for those unfamiliar with it, is fermented and ground soybeans made into a paste. They are commonly used in Japanese or Chinese cuisine. Recent reports have indicated miso has a number of health benefits. Here are eight ways to introduce miso to your everyday diet.

Miso can be fermented in salt for as little as two months or as long as two years. It can also have grain including wheat, brown rice, millet, or barley added to it to aid in fermentation. Depending upon the length of fermentation and additional ingredients, miso may be white, beige, or deep red and each one has its own unique flavor.

0rganizing from the Inside Out for Teenagers ~ Book Review

If you’re the parent of a teen you may know how crazy life can be and just how unorganized they can be.

The mother and daughter team, Julie Morgenstern and Jessi Morgenstern-Colon, have written a book on how to organize your life, your time and your room for teenagers. It is a practical handbook on how to manage your space and your time effectively.

Happy Parent = Happy Family

Parenting isn’t an easy job. If someone tells you it is, they obviously aren’t a parent! As a parent, you may be involved in many things caring for the home, children, working outside of the home, and possibly volunteering. You may not have the time to care for your own needs, but it’s important that you do; a happy parent equals a happy family.

Take time out to pursue your own hobby or interest. Nearly every parenting book will espouse the need of parents to pursue some of their own interests to avoid burn-out. Perhaps you played a sport before becoming a parent. Being active will keep you healthy, show your children how to be healthy through activity, and increase endorphins in your body which will improve your mood.

Five Super Spices

Improve your health by adding spice to your life! Spices are known to enhance the flavor of foods we eat. But did you know eating them can also help improve your health? These five super spices “turmeric, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, and ginger ” all have health benefits which may entice you to find new recipes to include in your meal-planning repertoire.

Turmeric

Weekly Round Up Aug 21

Weekly Round Up Here we are another week closer to the end of 2009, and closer to the first day of a new school year. I have read on twitter and facebook some of your children have already gone back. Here they go back Sept 2nd That is just under 2 weeks away. Its crazy to think that the summer feels like it just begun on one hand yet the other hand it feels like the summer has lasted forever.

Three Super-Easy Slow Cooking Recipes

Slow cookers, or crock pots, are wonderful tools in any home kitchen. Not only do they allow you to make a wonderful meal, you don’t even have to be present the entire time it’s cooking! You may want to try one of these three super-easy slow cooking recipes if you’ve never used a slow cooker before.

One meal commonly prepared in a slow cooker is pot roast. While this meal is often traditionally prepared in a cast iron Dutch oven or in the stove, there’s nothing quite like how moist and tender a slow cooker makes the meat.

Advantages of Family Rosters

If your family has several members, it’s quite likely everyone has activities to attend. It’s also a good bet the parents expect the children to help with chores around the house. There are many advantages of family rosters, or charts, to keep your house running smoothly.

Family rosters can make daily and weekly chores easier. By making a roster, you’re able to write down all the chores that need to be done and who is responsible for each chore. Then you can create a centralized roster for the whole family or give each person their own roster of chores.

The Benefits of Slow Cooking

Slow cookers, or crock pots, are small appliances used by many families around the country. A look around will provide a myriad of cookbooks or websites on the internet with recipes for use with the crock pot. The benefits of slow cooking go far beyond the ease of finding recipes, however.

One of the main benefits of slow cooking is how easy it is. Unlike traditional cooking methods, you don’t have to stand over the stove to ensure the dish cooks properly. You can place everything into the slow cooker, set it, and then walk away. In fact, you don’t even have to be at home while your meal cooks as most recipes require four to eight hours cooking time.

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Monthly Archives: August 2009