Bratwurst With Guacamole Dip Recipe

It is true that I love the Bratwurst Sausage, but I will share with you the recipe of what my favorite dipping is with the Bratwurst Sausage!

To be honest, Avocados are quite interesting, in how they are shaped, and in how they taste. But when you mix them with other things, its unimaginable the tastes and flavors it can create. If you have never eaten this spicy Mexican dip, I encourage you to try it. The taste will be of it, will not compare to anything else you have eaten in your life.

Ingredients you need to make the dip.

1 ripened avocado

1 medium tomato, (you want to peel the tomato, remove the seeds, and finely slice it)

2 cloves of garlic, thinly minced

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How To Store Basil – Best Easy Ways to Freeze Fresh Basil

Have you tried storing basil for the winter in a milk carton? This is just one of three good methods to store basil that are revealed below.

With the threat of frost, all garden basil must be harvested and then hopefully stored to be enjoyed during the cold months to come. Since basil has a high water content is cannot be dried like many other herbs as it will turn black and lose flavor. It will also turn black if chopped or bruised and exposed to air. Fortunately freezing basil works great.

Before describing the freezing methods, let’s digress briefly. If you are growing basil yourself, then hopefully you have been harvesting and pruning all season. Pruning makes the plants fuller and keeps them from going to seed which diminishes the leaf flavors. You can store basil keeping it fresh for up to two weeks by placing the branches in a vase and keeping them on the counter out of the sun.

So let’s get back to how to freeze basil. The first step for all three methods is to clean & dry the basil. First remove all leaves from the stems. If you are going to try out the second freezing method, then you will probably want to leave some of the buds intact. The stems should be discarded. Rinse the leaves thoroughly taking care not to bruise them. Finally you want to remove excess water from the leaves by using a salad spinner or laying them out on towels to dry. Continue reading “How To Store Basil – Best Easy Ways to Freeze Fresh Basil”

Kid-Approved Vegetable Recipes For Healthy Eating

Children are naturally picky eaters. Most of them won’t eat a dish if it’s not spaghetti, burger or meat. But with a little creativity, you can convince your little one to eat healthier and to broaden the variety of food he eats. Make vegetable dishes more appealing to kids by making it colourful and of course, tasty!

Try these kid-approved vegetable recipes that will surely be a hit to the little ones!

All-Veggie Nuggets

What you need:

2 eggs
1 clove garlic
3 cups broccoli florets, steamed
1 cup shredded carrots
1 1/4 cups seasoned bread crumbs divided
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon onion powder

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History of Ketchup

Ketchup dates back as far as 1600 AD when sailors traveling to China discovered a sauce made of soy or oysters called ‘ketsiap’. This

version quickly changed ingredients to include mushrooms, anchovies, shallots, and lemon peel. Then in the late 1700’s tomato ketchup

appeared in Nova Scotia and began the transformation to today’s sweet tomato version.

Ketchup began to be commercially available in the United States during the 1830’s when a New England farmer bottled and sold his version of

the tomato condiment. In 1837 ketchup gained in popularity when Jonas Yerkes bottled and sold ketchup in quart and pint sized bottles.

Then in 1872 HJ Heinz began to sell what we know today as Heinz Ketchup. Heinz’s recipe is the same today as it was when he placed this popular
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Food Remedies For IBS – Pineapple

I am a firm believer that natural foods we eat everyday has healing properties to assist our body to recover from non critical ailments and aid in recovery process as well. If we take the right food, in the right amount, the vitamins and minerals found in the food will strengthen our body systems. It can improve digestion, which in itself is a prerequisite in healing of the body. With better digestion, the body can absorb the necessary minerals and vitamins, which in turn will repair the body. This is especially true for IBS sufferers.

So the first food remedy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome sufferers is pineapple.

Pineapple helps in digestion. Find a fresh ripe pineapple and eat it fresh. Make sure only ripe pineapples are eaten. Unripe pineapple has poison which can cause drastic purging. If fresh ripe pineapples are not available, you can resort to the canned ones. Cutting the pineapple is an art. Be generous in cutting the skin of the pineapple. You need to remove the crown, rind, eyes and core. A method to remove the eyes is to slice crosswise. You can only eat the flesh. Chilled fresh pineapple is not only refreshing but also delicious. As much as you may like pineapples, do not over eat pineapples either since excessive pineapple can cause fiber balls in the intestinal tract. Just like everything else, excessive consumption should be avoided. In right quantities, it is a healing food. Continue reading “Food Remedies For IBS – Pineapple”

Black Bean Terrine Recipe

Ingredients:

2 envelopes unflavored gelatin

1 cup spicy mixed vegetable juice

16 ounces rinsed drained canned black beans, divided

1/4 pound chevre (French goat cheese)

2 tablespoons each finely chopped red bell pepper, green bell pepper, red onion, and celery

1 tablespoon each seeded and minced mild or hot chili pepper and minced fresh cilantro (Chinese parsley) or Italian (flat-leaf) parsley

1 garlic clove, minced

1/3 cup plus 2 teaspoons sour cream

Method:
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Fix Dull Skin Tone Fast – Effective Exfoliating Tips For Your Skin

Have you looked in on the mirror lately and saw a tired-looking person staring back at you? That is you with your skin at its worst. Dull skin tone has a way of creeping up on us without us noticing. We are too caught up in our fast-paced lifestyle that we usually fail to check the condition of our skin.

Dull skin tone is just one of the initial signs of skin aging. It is your skin’s way of saying that it is not healthy enough. If you want to instantly fix this problem, you have to exfoliate. Let me tell you a couple of great ideas on how to exfoliate your skin:

1. Use nuts.

Nuts contain a hefty amount of copper. Some of them even have bleaching properties that can instantly make your skin brighter. I highly recommend almond nuts. Get about half a cup of fresh almond nuts and grind them using your food processor. Grind them until the consistency resembles that of salt particles.

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Bacon Wrapped Chestnut Fritters – A Special Treat Cooked Perfectly In Your Toaster Oven

Long ago Chestnut trees were plentiful in North America. They actually made up about a quarter of the native forest when European colonists came to these lands. Chestnuts were abundant, delicious and free. This is why the chestnut was so prominent in early American cookery. I love reading old cookbooks and recipe collections. I often try to adapt those recipes to modern-day ingredients and cooking equipment as well as our evolved taste buds. That is exactly what I did with an old pork-wrapped chestnut fritter recipe.

Where are the chestnut trees now? The North American variety is close to extinction. It was wiped out by a disease carried on an imported tree in the early 1900s. Those abundant, wild chestnut trees no longer fill our forests. There are, however, many hybrid chestnut varieties that are grown on farms. So while you can’t pick free chestnuts from the forest like early Americans did, you can find fresh chestnuts at many health food and specialty stores. This recipe is a bit involved and time-consuming, so this is something I only make on holidays and other special occasions. Continue reading “Bacon Wrapped Chestnut Fritters – A Special Treat Cooked Perfectly In Your Toaster Oven”

Tools For Juicing

Hand Juicer

For the simplest juices this is all that you will need. A small stainless steel manual juicer or a plastic one with collection cup can be found for $15 or less. Combined with a good knife and cutting board, this tool will be all you need for occasional juicing.

Optional Utensils

A citrus squeezer is handy for quickly juicing lemons and limes. A wheat grass juicer is a hand cranked extractor for recipes using wheat grass and other soft leaves. A mango corer is a handy tool to have when using fresh mango in your juices. Oxo makes one that sells in many grocery stores for about $12.

Electric Juice Extractor

When you want to make juicing part of your lifestyle or go on a juice diet, you will more successful if you have an electric juice extractor. Breville, Black & Decker, Hamilton Beach and Jack Lalanne are some of the most popular brands. The heavy duty juicers have a feed tube, much like a food processor, and a mesh filter that separates the pulp from the juice. Most fruits can be fed whole into the extractor, making juice preparation quick and easy. These units yield much more juice than a manual juicer, and the pulp can be composted or used in many recipes. Continue reading “Tools For Juicing”

Easy Cupcake Recipes

Bugsy Carrot Cupcakes

When investigating how to make cupcakes of the Bugsy kind all you need to do is get into the kitchen and open up the larder. If the kids do not like carrots in their stew or salads, let alone cupcakes, they need not know that all the vitamin A rich carrots are in the cupcakes. Take 2 cups of self rising or all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 2 cups of refined sugar, 2 cups of shredded carrots (like you would have in a coleslaw – use a food processor), 1 teaspoon baking soda, shortening of your choice, 1 teaspoon of either ground cardamom, cinnamon or nutmeg, 4 eggs.

Prior to setting down to getting the ingredients together, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Now, put all the dry ingredients in a cake mixing bowl. Keep mixing the ingredients for around 5 minutes. Add the eggs and shortening and pour the batter into the cup cake liners. Remember to fill the liners only 2/3 full. Bake the cup cakes for 20 minutes, cool and serve with a cream cheese frosting! The kids love it and you are instantly the best mom or dad in the whole world!

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