Cool Snacks for a Hot Summer
Beat the heat with these cool summer treats!Mouse PopsiclesIt's not what you're thinking! The name refers to the size of the popsicle?not the contents. Wash a bowl of seedless grapes, and then set the grapes in the freezer for about an hour. Poke colored toothpicks into the grapes to serve.Juice PopsSummer isn't complete without homemade juice popsicles. Simply fill a popsicle mold or an ice tray with your favorite fruit juice. Cover the ice tray with clear plastic wrap and poke a toothpick through the plastic into each square.
Place the tray into the freezer until the popsicles are frozen solid.Frozen Monkey TreatsHere is a healthy snack that your kids will go bananas for! Peel a banana and cut it in half. Insert popsicle sticks into the cut ends. Dip the bananas into yogurt or melted chocolate, and then roll the bananas in chopped nuts, crushed cereal, or coconut shavings. Place the bananas on a small waxed paper-lined baking sheet and set the sheet into the freezer for an hour or so. Fun to make and even more fun to eat! Fruit FizzyDon't plan your summer party without this refreshing drink.
Pour one can of Sprite (it doesn't have caffeine) into a blender, along with small ice cubes. Add several large strawberries, a handful of blueberries, or other favorite fruit to the mix. Blend the mixture until it has the texture of a slush. Pour into a glass and garnish with a cherry on top..
Deborah Shelton is a mother, freelance writer, and author of the brand new book, "The Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones." Visit Deborah's website for more family-friendly ideas: http://www.fiveminuteparent.comdeborah@fiveminuteparent.com102 and Counting: Garden Fresh Gourmet Dominates Latest Fresh Salsa and Dip Competition; 13 New Scovie Awards at Fiery Foods Show Boost Michigan Company's Honors
Ferndale, MI (ContentDesk) February 17, 2006 - Its tough to tell what surprises southwest fiery food lovers most: the breakthrough flavor profiles of fresh salsas and prepared dips from Garden Fresh Gourmet, or the fact that they are produced in the Midwest.???Judges for the 2006 Scovie Awards by Fiery Foods and Barbeque Magazine will bestow thirteen new awards on Garden Fresh products at Albuquerques 18th National Fiery Foods & Barbeque Show March 3-5.
Among the awards more earned by Garden Fresh than any other entrant -- is a sweep of the prepared dips category with first, second and third place honors.??? Once again, our products are surprising and delighting even the most discriminating salsa connoisseur, said Dave Zilko, Garden Fresh Gourmet vice president of marketing.
People in the southwest dont expect a company outside their region much less Michigan -- to be able to produce a food they think of as their own, and in such an outstanding manner. ??...
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Does Olive Oil Really Help Lower The Risk Of Breast Cancer?
From past scientific reports the Mediterranean dietary intake has been proven to offer protection against many diseases.
In US studies researchers have found out in what way the Mediterranean food diet that contained a high portion of olive oil can protect against breast cancer. A component of the olive oil could even find itself in the close future used in cancer therapy.
Investigations conducted on the population of south Europe pointed out that a Mediterranean diet with a lot of fish, fruit, vegetables and olive oil protects against a row of diseases, among them are some kinds of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
In particular an illness-preventing effect is associated with olive oil and the unique oleic acid contained within it. The researchers around Javier Menendez before that Northwestern University Fine Mountain School OF Medicine in Chicago examined it at a cellular level to see the effects of the cell in contact with the acid....
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Pineapples: The Healing Fruit of the Tropics (includes a recipe for Pina-Banana Orange Smoothie)
For a natural and tasty way to improve your health and boost your healing capacity, add fresh pineapple and pineapple juice to your diet.
Pineapples are nutritionally packed members of the bromeliad family.
This delightful tropical fruit is high in the enzyme bromelain and the antioxidant vitamin C, both of which plays a major role in the body's healing process.Bromelain, a natural anti-inflammatory with analgesic properties, encourages healing, promotes well-being and has many other health benefits.
Bromelain is very effective in treating bruises, sprains and strains by reducing swelling, tenderness and pain.
This powerful anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect can also help relieve osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and reduce postoperative swelling.
Additionally, bromelain can relieve indigestion.
The enzyme contained in fresh pineapple helps break down the amino acid bonds in proteins, which promotes good digestion. Pineapples...
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THE TYRANNY OF BLACKBERRIES, CELLPHONES & LAPTOPS
Copyright The Quipping Queen 2005.THE TYRANNY OF BLACKBERRIES, CELLPHONES & LAPTOPS --Or, when will the God of Chaos, Calamity & Cataclysm strike again! --Everywhere you go these days, chaos reigns disguised as "state of the art wireless technology". It seems that happiness has been reduced to having a newfangled whatchamacallit that does absolutely everything but clean the kitchen sink.Speaking of scruffy sculleries, your best bet would be to a visit your local "Tabernacle of Tetrachloride" where you can request a private audience with the "Wizard of Washbasins". Failing that, consult the "Diva of Drudgery" who usually has all the quick and dirty answers to the western world's most innocuous conundrums!Sadly, my days as a professional cherry-picker in Peach Bottom, Virginia are over ...which brings me in a round about way to my favorite comfort food ..."passion fruit" and plums. Besides consuming far too many succulent seeds for my own good, I also enjoy the occasional shopping-spree...
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