We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
Crazy Cuizine is a brand of Day-Lee Foods, producing a small quality line of Asian frozen foods.
We recently tasted three of their products, Chicken Potstickers, Teriyaki Chicken and Mandarin Orange Chicken. All three are fully cooked and simply need to be reheated and served. They were all excellent products… … Read More
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It’s true! Several cups of black tea (the stuff in teabags) can suppress the bacteria that cause cavities and the build up of plaque. … Read More
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We’ve been told that 1 to 3 alcoholic drinks a day are healthy. Does this advice hold true as we get older? Baby boomers may be in for a rude awakening. Newer information is showing that low to moderate intakes of alcohol have a negative effect on health as we age. Thirty-eight percent of men … Read More
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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
Every so often a new food product is introduced that is not only healthy, but just plain fun. Grapple apples are exactly that.
Grapple apples start as either Washington State Gala or Fuji apples. Using a patented process the apples are gently bathed in a 100% food grade grape flavor solution. We are not talking about bubble gum artificial grape flavor. The apples both smell and taste of a delicate, subtle Concord grape flavor. You crunch into the apple while experiencing a mild grape smell and taste. The grape flavor does not overpower the original apple but blends with it in taste and texture for a mouthful of fun. Kids will love these apples… … Read More
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Eat chocolate, wine and tea. All are rich in flavonoids and improve brain performance. … Read More
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Your mother may have eaten McDonald’s in high school but she didn’t have a drive-thru. Your grandmother probably walked to the ice cream shop after school. Modern technology has changed the way we live over the last 75 years by creating many labor saving devices. Has the energy we saved gone right to our hips? … Read More
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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.
Tofutti Cuties are mini, dairy-free, ice cream sandwiches that we have known about and enjoyed for years. It was a pleasure to revisit the Tofutti brand to see the numerous new dairy-free products currently available.
People with lactose intolerance, the inability to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk and milk products, or those allergic to milk, benefit from dairy-free products that mimic their dairy counterparts. The Tofutti brand got its start when a Brooklyn kosher delicatessen owner, David Mintz, was looking for nondairy products to use in his restaurant in the 1970’s. He discovered tofu and began experimenting and turned it into a frozen dairy-free dessert. The brand has since developed a number of other products… … Read More
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Exercise preserves muscle during weight loss. When older individuals diet without exercise they lose too much muscle which can interfere with balance and the ability to take care of themselves. … Read More
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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. Stonyfield Farms has been producing organic yogurt for 28 years. They recently introduced 0% Fat Organic Yogurt. The plain variety has 80 calories in a 6-ounce serving. The flavored varieties – … Read More
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Keep moving – 150 minutes of exercise weekly, or just 30 minutes five times a week, is the most powerful medicine anybody can prescribe. … Read More
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