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- Don't Get Fa La La La Lost This Holiday Season
Millions of Americans hit the road each holiday season to reunite with family members and celebrate with loved ones. Whether they are heading over the river or through the woods, men and women have very different travel styles. A recent survey conducted by global digital-map content provider Tele Atlas NV confirmed the common belief that men tend to rely on their own sense of direction to avoid getting lost on the road while women prefer to stop and ask for directions. These fundamental differences often result in travel tension, which can cause the holiday spirit to take a backseat.
This year, don't let the battle for the driver's seat spoil the fun of a holiday road trip. With a little planning, flexibility and creativity, your holiday road trip can be a positive experience to remember. - The Sweetness Of Grilling: Create Scrumptious Desserts Without Heating Up The Kitchen
A meal just isn't complete without dessert. But instead of reaching for store-bought sweets or those unimaginative brownies from a box, get more mileage out of your grill by grilling your next dessert.
"Years ago, even the most inventive cooks treated the idea of making desserts on a grill with skepticism, but now you can't claim to be a master griller unless you have at least a couple desserts in your repertoire," said Jamie Purviance, author of Weber's Real Grilling. "The truth is out about their great taste, and then there is the dramatic effect of opening the lid and surprising your guests with sizzling sweets." - Smart Snacking On The Go
With kids back in school, meal planning takes on a whole new dimension. What's more, nine out of 10 Americans snack once a day, and nearly two out of three snack between lunch and dinner, according to Datassential Research, which can make it even tougher to keep an eye on what your children eat, especially during that peak afternoon "snack time."
Packing snacks you feel good about is one way parents can influence what their children munch on during the day. Growing interest in creating a better lifestyle for children has led many American families to natural and organic products. However, convincing kids to sample these options can be a bit of a challenge. - Give Your Children The Power Of Purple At Snack Time
Here's food for thought: Eating a rainbow of colorful fruits and vegetables provides a variety of plant nutrients, also known as phytonutrients, into our diet. Research suggests that phytonutrients have important health benefits. So children's snack time is a great time to add colorful variety to your family's diet.
One color category of fruits and vegetables that isn't well represented in many diets is the purple/blue group, including deeply colored berries, deep purple grapes, and purple hued veggies. - Sending Your Kitchen To College
My sons don't start college for a couple of years, but I've started to prepare them for meals without Mom and Dad. I encourage them to cook more often and ask them to come up with menus. We also discuss which favorite recipes should go in the family cookbook that I'm making for them. Still, it's frightening to think about what they might eat once they aren't under our watchful eye.
I asked for tips from a couple of experts-Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, LD, Director of Nutrition for WebMD, and Ann Litt, MS, RD, LD, author of "The College Student's Guide to Eating Well on Campus"-on how to prepare college kids to eat on their own: - Tricks To Help Make Family Life Simpler
Cooking is not going out of style but for busy parents, cooking with pots and pans may soon become a thing of the past.
Providing a fresh, home-cooked meal for the family can be more of a challenge when there simply isn't enough time to cook-let alone wash up messy pots and pans. - Frozen Foods Can Calm Hectic Schedules
The change of seasons can be an exciting time: Football is in full swing, nature's fireworks are on display and the hazy heat has faded into cool, crisp weather. But as great as fall can be, it also means it's time to get back to reality and busy schedules.
Fortunately, with all the delicious selections now available in the frozen food aisles, it's easier to make it through your hectic week. And maybe more important, they make it easier to find time to relax while still enjoying an appetizing spread of refreshments. - Electric Fryers Turn Out Tasty Turkeys
Turkey fryers are much more versatile than you might think.
Now it's easier to use them year-round for frying other tasty tidbits including hot wings, crab cakes, corn dogs, onion blossoms and a summertime favorite, Southern-fried chicken. - Serving Up Soul With Style
Are you the diva of dinner parties? Do your parties feature food with flair? This fall, General Mills will launch the Serving Up Soul contest to celebrate the signature style that real people bring to the art of entertaining. A panel of judges, including fashion model turned restaurateur and lifestyle expert B. Smith, and Jonell Nash, Essence Food Editor, will select a grand-prize winner based on a competition that begins with an essay contest and culminates with finalists taking part in a reality entertaining challenge in New York City.
Entrants in the contest must submit an essay of no more than 250 words describing their signature style, telling why their parties and cuisine are favorites among family and friends. They must also forward a photo of an occasion where they've demonstrated their domestic prowess. - Save Time And Money With Batch Cooking
Every time you walk into the kitchen to make dinner you're saving money, considering the average U.S. family of four spends nearly $240 a month eating out. The trouble is that today's families often don't have enough time to put a home-cooked meal on the table every night.
Busy mom of two and author Alicia Ross, who co-wrote "Cheap. Fast. Good!," recommends batch cooking as a way to save money and time in the kitchen. - Tailgating Fans Bring The Heat
Let the games begin. It's tailgate time and fans across the nation are planning pre-kickoff festivities that are sure to include face paint, foam fingers and piping hot snacks and beverages. Veteran tailgaters know you can't go wrong serving crowd pleasers like chili, gumbo and plenty of coffee and hot apple cider.
But the challenge of transporting these favorite foods and insulating them from the cold can dampen the spirits of even the most die-hard fans. Luckily, Stanley, a leader in thermal food and beverage containers, has the supplies you need to keep everyone warm, well fed and ready to rally. - A Picture-perfect Turkey
The first step to roasting a picture-perfect turkey, say the experts, is to start with a quality roaster. Here are some tips to help you choose one:
• Avoid flimsy disposable pans. Instead, choose a heavyweight roaster with strong handles. - The Best "wurst" Chicken Caliente Sandwich
For the very best chicken recipe, you may have to add some wurst. That's the secret to "The Best 'Wurst' Chicken Caliente Sandwich," the grand-prize-winning recipe in the national Heinz Field Tailgate Recipe Contest. The grand- prize winner is Patricia Harmon, who has entered more than 80 cooking contests.
Other favorite tailgating recipes can be found in the Heinz Field "Red Zone Cookbook," "Touchdowns to Tailgating-The Red Book for All You Need to Know About Football, Food and Heinz Field." - Make Ordinary Dining An Extraordinary Experience
Preparing family meals shouldn't become just another routine chore in your household or an additional task at the end of the day. There are simple tips to help make any at-home dining experience a fun and special treat for you and your loved ones. From experimenting with different table settings to offering a new take on traditional dishes, a few easy steps can truly change the look and feel of any meal. Below, Lulu Powers, renowned Hollywood caterer and celebrity personal chef, offers straightforward tips that will add fun and flavor to everyday dining!
Destination Dining: - Cozy Up With The Comforts Of The Season
As the air grows crisper and the days get shorter, we all crave comforts like warm, cozy fires and spending time with family and friends. With the change of seasons, we often forget to take a break for ourselves. This year, take time to indulge in familiar comforts of the cooler seasons. Tupperware has some helpful tips on how to unwind and relax during the cooler days and nights.
Take a Trip Down Memory Lane: Recreate your camping days with a bonfire in the backyard. Gather up wool blankets, throw on an extra fleece jacket and invite friends over for the tastiest fun foods since your days spent at summer camp! Serve your camping favorites including hotdogs, hot cocoa and s'mores. In between ghost stories, take a moment to delight in the crisp colder air of the autumn night and listen to sounds of nature that surround you. An evening spent outdoors underneath the night sky is the perfect setting to relive and recollect memories from the past while indulging in some delicious treats! - A Dish Without Onions Would Be A Crying Shame
Cooks who know their onions prefer storage onions for creating the most flavorful dishes.
Available in the fall and winter months, storage onions have earned their name because they can be stored longer-for one to three months. When shopping for a storage onion, look for bulbs with multiple layers of thick, papery skin free of spots or blemishes. - Keeping Holiday Meals Safe
American holidays are big on tradition and great food. But holiday meals can take a turn for the worse if food safety isn't a key ingredient in preparing and cooking the food.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), food-borne illness takes a significant toll on public health in the U.S., and is responsible for approximately 14 deaths every day. - Cooking Up Romance For Valentine's Day
This Valentine's Day, millions of couples will feel the heat-a burning passion from cooking up something sensuous to share with their love.
Couples can find out which foods really sizzle with the new, 10th anniversary edition of a smash-hit cookbook. "InterCourses: an aphrodisiac cookbook" (Terrace Publishing) features 145 couple-tested recipes, including 65 entirely new romantic recipes in the anniversary edition. It'll be a hot time in the kitchen tonight when recipes meet romance, for a different kind of fire that can melt the coldest winter. - Canola Oil: Take It To Heart
Here's heartening news: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that just one and a half tablespoons of canola oil per day may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease when used in place of saturated fat.
It can be easy to get your daily dose of heart-healthy canola oil. Start with a muffin homemade with canola oil or slide a little canola oil on your omelette pan in the morning. Mix canola mayonnaise with tuna and spread non-hydrogenated canola margarine on your whole-grain bread at lunch. Sauté lean chicken in a few teaspoons of canola oil for dinner. You've just had a day of hearty eating. - Your Original Beef Recipe May Win You $50,000
The nation's eating habits change, but not beef's ability to provide nourishment and enjoyment for America's families. The 27th National Beef Cook-Off urges family chefs to submit original recipes providing a great eating experience and including fresh, well-balanced ingredients to fuel an active lifestyle.
Recipes entered by March 31, 2007, may win the "Best of Beef" $50,000 grand prize. The 2007 Cook-Off will be held next September in Chicago and is presented by the Cattlemen's Beef Board, the Federation of State Beef Councils and the American National CattleWomen, Inc. - Take The Fuss Out Of Kitchen Cleanup
For most, the joy of cooking is found in the process of creating a meal and enjoying it in the company of friends and family. That enjoyment, however, quickly fades when faced with the daunting task of kitchen cleanup.
But cleaning doesn't have to be something that people dread, says Cat Cora, Food Network celebrity chef and author of "Cat Cora's Kitchen." Cora recommends a few practical tips to ease the cleanup process: - Soup Up Your Best Life
A steaming bowl of hot soup not only adds warmth to the dinner table, but it also adds delicious taste and variety to a balanced diet.
Bob Greene, the personal trainer best known for helping Oprah achieve her dramatic weight loss, recommends soup in his book "The Best Life Diet." According to Greene, soup supports weight loss and weight management because it's full of satisfying flavor and it's water-rich, which helps control hunger and lower calorie intake. Additionally, soup is an enjoyable way to help meet daily requirements of nutritious vegetables. - Make Your Favorite Foods Calorie Friendly
Americans are always hungry for tips that take the mystery out of cooking healthy versions of their favorite indulgence foods. That's the idea behind a new television series that lets viewers in on the secrets of making mouthwatering, calorie-friendly favorites.
Devin Alexander, the host of "Healthy Decadence With Devin Alexander," believes you don't have to deprive yourself to be fit and healthy. She has maintained a 55-pound weight loss for over 15 years by making small adjustments when cooking her favorite foods. For instance, did you know you can transform a low-fat tortilla into a thin and crispy pizza crust very similar to the ones you find at your favorite local pizza place? Or that adding instant coffee to brownie batter provides a richer chocolate taste without the unnecessary fat or calories? - Hot Off The Grill-sizzling Tips For Charcoal Fanatics
For dyed-in-the-wool charcoal lovers, the flavors and aromas imparted by charcoal grilling are simply irreplaceable. It's the distinct smoky flavor that only charcoal can provide-along with the challenge of building and mastering a live fire-that continues to fuel this nationwide obsession with the charcoal grill.
"Something deep in our human DNA drives us toward the primordial satisfaction of cooking over crackling flames and glowing embers," said Chef Jamie Purviance, author of the new "Weber's Charcoal Grilling: The art of cooking with live fire." "Each time we light a live fire, we reconnect with generations of ancestors all the way back to the beginning of civilization." - Cool Ideas For The Freezer: Unique Flavors For Frozen Pops
Lemon Meringue O Tang. Pink Princess Fluff. Bee Sting.
No, those aren't music groups; they're frozen pop flavors developed by kids, for kids. Created by pint-sized "flavorologists," these unique tastes not only won a popular contest, but also gave the youthful scientists behind them a once-in-a-lifetime look at how frozen pops are made and new flavors are concocted. - A Bargain Hunter's Guide: Get Ready To Barbecue
A noun, an adjective, a verb, an exclamation-chances are you will be using the word "barbecue" in the coming months.
According to the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association, Northeasterners are the biggest barbecuers in the nation, followed by the North Central, Southern, then Western parts of the country. The following tips will show you that, with the help of the Internet, creating an excellent barbecue setting on a budget can be possible. - Battle Of The Bundt Bakers
Bakers across America are taking off their oven mitts and turning up the heat for the top title in a contest for the best-tasting holiday Bundt creation.
This year's theme calls for recipes that celebrate 10 popular American holidays. Each recipe entered will be judged on originality, taste, texture, visual appearance, use of ingredients and an essay describing how the entry represents, in its own special way, one of America's popular holidays. - Build A Better Burger® Contest Offers $50,000 Prize
If you have ever wondered what it takes to make the next $50,000 burger, keep reading.
When one woman entered the 2006 Sutter Home Build a Better Burger National Recipe Contest and Cook-Off®, she created a recipe from the heart. Little did she know, her brains would help her beat nearly 9,000 other entries for the coveted $50,000 grand prize. - Cool, Tasty And Wholesome
When you visit the cool aisles of your grocery store, you can find convenient and tasty foods such as cheeses, yogurts, dips, potatoes, eggs, juices and more. When you get them home, take note of these hints on saving and storing them:
• Your refrigerator temperature should be at 40ºF-you can check it with an appliance thermometer.
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