St. Patrick’s Day Dessert Ideas...

If you’ve been in Chicago around March 17, you may have seen the Chicago River dyed green. You know you’ll see people in that springtime color, as well. When it comes to St. Patrick’s Day dessert ideas, do they all have to be green, too? Actually, there is more to St. Patrick’s Day than the color green, although you may not be able to tell it from a cursory look around you. Since people expect to see...

5 Quick and Healthy Breakfast Ideas...

I know we have all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Unfortunately, many of us neglect breakfast. Even though there?s a lot of evidence to suggest that your body and mind will suffer unless you have a healthy breakfast each morning. You spend six to eight hours sleeping. After that time, your body needs to fuel up keep going. Without breakfast at home, your options for on the run nutrition may...

Six Good Reasons to Start Eating Miso...

Many people in the United States have never heard about miso because they don’t eat Asian cuisine. Doctors’ reports, however, have agreed about the healing properties in miso. If you’re curious about it, here are six good reasons to start eating miso. For those who aren’t aware, miso is a paste made from fermented and ground soybeans which has been fermented for two months up to two years. It is...

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...

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...

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...

Summer Fun – How to Make Your Own Ice Cream...

You may have heard, or even said the phrase, “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream”. With warmer weather it’s time for summer fun. Learn how to make your own ice cream by following one of these recipes for home-made ice cream. Custard-based recipe There are two basic recipes to make an ice cream base. If you don’t mind cooking the base ingredients before freezing, you may want to try this...

Tips to Feed Your Toddler a Rainbow...

Adults are often told to choose foods from the different food groups, and that choosing those foods that are vibrant in color are the best choices for their health’s sake. Why not use the same ideas when feeding your toddler? You can feed your toddler a rainbow and teach them about colors at the same time. What are the colors in a rainbow – do you remember? You may remember the pneumonic device ROY G BIV. The...