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Well, you’ve spoken, and I must say I’m not surprised by the results!  Barbecues and picnics, sandwiches and salads top the list for summertime culinary adventures.  Well, duh…it’s hot most places  ;-) Tags: easy recipes, family meals, healthy cooking, healthy eating, healthy recipes, meal planning,

OK, we really do like the egg-based gelato recipe that I posted about, but a week or so later I ran into a cornstarch-based recipe. Now in times past I would have avoided that, but since we’ve removed all the most of the processed foods from our diet, I don’t worry as much about being overly corn-saturated anymore.

Personalize Anything with Lazertran Decals What do you like to keep at the ready on your counter when you cook? Salt, pepper, your favorite herbs, parmesan cheese …? Eileen illustrates how to create a matching set of labeled canisters for your countertop cooking essentials with Lazertran Decals.

Bring home an entire meal of healthy, delicious food ready-to-cook when you have no time at all; it’s easy with Super Suppers. Simply stop in a local Super Suppers and select from one of their many Take n’ Bake prepared entrees, sides and desserts from the Grab n’ Go freezer-ready for dinner tonight or to freeze for later.

Photo by Jeff Kauck Cooking Light has a series of features on antioxidants: their importance in health, the food sources, and recipes that capitalize on antioxidant-rich foods. The ABCs of Antioxidants Color Your Palate From The DNA of Antioxidants Experts agree—while there’s no formal recommendation for the amount of antioxidants we need—the best way to obtain them is from a varied diet.

Depending upon how large a section you slice for each portion, this sandwich can be for lunch or for dinner. We had it recently, on a surprisingly cold rainy summer evening. I heated them, but you can serve them warm or cool.  Wrap them in foil to heat in the oven or on the grill and they become known as panini!

Jerk sauce is a Jamaican delight, but not for the faint of heart! This sauce is HOT!! That said, you can vary this recipe to make it milder or hotter to suit your own family. When my kids were little, Nate could eat the hottest salsa without a tear, but Dani always had stronger taste buds and less tolerance for heat.

If you like the practice of making large batches of Master Mixes that you can use over the course of weeks or even months, I would recommend that you take a look at Creative Homemaking’s recipe database. I can’t really personally recommend all of the recipes here, since some of them use ingredients that I just don’t care for, but the nice thing is that you can pick and choose here.

I’m examining and Reviewing “The 7 Minute Miracle” Spot Fat Reduction Book August 24th, 2008 | Category: Health News I was recently at a second hand store and found a book I had never heard of before for a dollar, called “The 7 Minute Miracle” that was about spot reducing problem areas on your

Photo by Beau Gustafson & Jan Gautro Cooking Light Seven delicious-sounding recipes, each promised to clock in at around 20 minutes! The snapper, shown above particularly struck my fancy. All recipes are available at the Cooking Light website.