Flaky Pie Crust
What makes a flaky crust? It’s actually the bits of butter smeared throughout the dough. When the oven heats up, they expand, creating little pockets between layers of the crust. So as you’re putting this together, you’ll spread the dough with the heal of your hand – what the...
Deranged: What Artificial Sweeteners Are Doing To You
Follow @willclower Here’s the big picture: If you eat zero calorie “diet” products, you can be left with more than zero calories. In fact, a study from theDepartment of Psychological Sciences and Ingestive Behavior at Purdue University looked at all the reviews of all the studies on artificial sweeteners over...
Penne in Tomato Sauce with Crabmeat
You’ll Need ¼ cup olive oil 1 medium onion minced 3 Tablespoons fresh Italian parsley minced 1 can (28 ounces) plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped with juices reserved ¼ cup dry white wine ½ pound lump crabmeat, picked over and flaked ½ teaspoon Salt ¼ teaspoon Pepper 12 ounces...
Shrimp Scampi
You’ll Need ½ cup butter 1 teaspoon salt 3 cloves of garlic, crushed 2 teaspoons lemon peel 2 Tablespoons lemon juice 2 pounds jumbo shrimp ¼ cup parsley Directions Put butter, salt, garlic, lemon peel and lemon juice in sauce pan melt together-let sit. Peel shrimp and add...
Grilled Teriyaki Eggplant
Teriyaki sauce is a easy flavor to create in the home. Enjoy with anything from meats to veggies. Marinade 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup Sake 2 Tablespoon olive oil 2 Tablespoon sesame oil 3 Tablespoon light brown sugar 2 Tablespoon rice vinegar 2 garlic cloves, crushed or minced...
What’s The Magic Behind The Mediterranean Diet?
Follow @willclower The Mediterranean Diet seems to be good for whatever ails you. Every month brings more data showing how this approach leads to low weight, healthy hearts, and longer lives. Despite the luscious creams, cheeses, butters, breads, chocolates, and wines they eat and drink, they’re still thinner and...
Let The Flames Begin!! How To Grill Healthfully This Summer
Grilling can be great, or it can introduce carcinogens to your food … depending on nothing more than what you cook, and how you cook it. Follow @willclower The best part of this nutrition advice is that it’s the same advice I would give you to make your food taste better!! Take...
A little knowledge
I’m traveling, just landed in Milwaukee. There was a Starbucks, and since I woke up at 4:10 am to get here, I wheeled in for a small back jolt wakefulness before heading to my parade of meetings. Noshy, I really really wanted a muffin or something (my mouth wanted...
Baba Ganoush (Roasted Eggplant Dip)
This is a wonderful dish to make with eggplant that needs to be used up.You’ll Need 1 Large eggplant 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 teaspoon salt ¼ cup Tahini (sesame seed paste) 2 Tablespoons water ¼ cup lemon juice Lemon wedges Parsley 2 Tablespoons Olive oil plus extra for...
Chocolate and “fat bloom” … it’s not what you think
When you hear these two things together — “chocolate” and “fat bloom” — you’re thinking … oh I see, I eat chocolate and then my fat blooms.Actually, fat bloom is like sugar bloom in your chocolate. All it means is that either the fat or the sugar crystallizes together and...
Newsflash: Egg White Protein May Help Lower Blood Pressure
Isn’t it crazy that we have to “discover” that eggs are good for you? We’ve been eating eggs forever, and all healthy cultures eat eggs. In fact, the heart-healthiest people on planet earth eat eggs, to the tune of about 1 every single day. And it’s not JUST the...
The Healthy Foods You Should Eat. Every. Day!
You know those little “champagne” mangoes? They’re out right now!! Go find them. Eat them. You can eat them on a boat, you can eat them with a goat, you can eat them on a train, you can eat them in the rain!! If you want to add a wonderful food...