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Don’t confine yourself to iceberg lettuce or salads! Darker greens have about the same number of calories and carbs -very low! – but pack a lot more punch in the vitamins and other nutrient categories. By substituting radicchio, watercress, escarole or spinach for the iceberg lettuce, you add vitamin C, riboflavin’s, manganese and other essential vitamins that aren’t present in lettuce. Try them braised, steamed or grilled for something a little different from the usual salad.
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Did you know that mashed potatoes are not just some popular everyday food, there are actually some healthy substances in the common potato? The main two ingredients in potatoes are starch and water. And some of that starch is resistant to enzymatic digestion that happens in your stomach and small intestine. That means that is comes almost intact to the large intestine. This has similar effects and benefits as eating food rich with fiber. I’m sure everyone knows how to make mashed potatoes, but there are a few tips and tricks to make it them better. They are all included into this mashed potatoes recipe.

For this mashed potatoes recipe we will need:
1 1/2 lbs potatoes (Yukon Gold are pretty good for mashed potatoes for instance)
4 Tbsp heavy cream or a half half mix of cream and milk
2 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
Salt and Pepper

First you need to peel the potatoes and cut them into big pieces. If you cut them into small pieces they will absorb more water and you don’t want that (tip no.1). Now cover them with cold water (not warm, tip no.2), add salt in bring them to boil. When they are boiling turn down the heat and let them simmer. Potatoes are cooked in 15 to 20 minutes. You can test them by sticking a knife or a fork in a potato and if it’s soft it’s done.

Drain the potatoes and put them back on low heat so all excess water evaporates (tip no.3).

Now add warm milk and butter (cold milk can turn your mashed potatoes gluey, tip no.4) and some more salt and pepper if you want. Take a wire masher and mash them. You are done. Here you can find more mashed potatoes recipes including garlic, cheddar cheese etc…

Foods containing sugar are not the healthiest out there, but from time to time you just have to pamper yourself. Especially if you like ice cream. What goes perfectly with vanilla ice cream? What makes a perfect dessert? Yep, it’s apple crisp. And lucky for us, apple crisp is pretty easy to make at home. This apple crisp recipe will teach you how. The ingredients you need for this recipe are the following:
for apple filling:
4 – 5 cups apples
1/4-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 tablespoons sugar or less
3 tablespoons flour

and for the crisp
1 cup flour
1 cup oats
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup cold butter

Now we can begin. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Thin slice the apples into a pan and mix them with 3 tablespoons of flour, 2-3 tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Done? Good, now we will do the crispy part. In a bigger bowl mix in 1 cup of flour, oats and brown sugar then slice the butter into the bowl. Mix it in with a fork and spread everything over the apples. Apple crisp is done when it turns golden brown.. That should take about 45 minutes. Let the apple crisp cool down a little and you are done. If you liked this one, you can find more apple crisp recipes here.

Kids love chocolate chip cookies. Actually everyone loves chocolate chip cookies. Give me some cookies and a glass of milk and I am happy. But you do not have to buy the cookies in the store, you can easily make them and bake them right at home. It’s aeasy it’s fun and they taste delicious. All you need is some time and a nice and simple chocolate chip cookie recipe. You can use this simple recipe here or you can visit a site dedicated to chocolate chip cookie recipes.

You will need:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup melted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

First set the oven to 350 degrees, then mix the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in the eggs one by one. Stir in the vanilla. Put baking soda in hot water and add it to the mix. Finish by mixing in the flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. When your batter is done take a spoon and drop large spoonfuls of cookie dough onto a cookie sheet. You should bake your chocolate chip cookies for 8 to 10 minutes, wait for the edges to turn brown. Enjoy this recipe.

Chicken is by far the most versatile meat used in recipes and will continue to be so as long as it remains relatively inexpensive and easy to prepare.

To give you an idea of the vast variety of chicken recipes, I’ve dug up a few favorites that folks are often looking for online:

Garlic lemon chicken, beer can chicken, chicken marsala, chicken and dumplings, baked chicken, chicken parmesan, chicken pot pie, bourbon chicken, chicken noodle soup, chicken salad, chicken and dumplings, chicken breast, white chicken chili, fried chicken, chicken tortilla soup, chicken cordon blue or bleu, chicken parmesan, chicken divan, chicken wings, chicken cacciatore, chicken enchiladas, orange chicken, chicken casserole, chicken stew, curry chicken, fried chicken.

And that’s just a small sample of the wonderful chicken recipes you can find online. It doesn’t matter if you’re not the greatest cook in the world or if you love to cook but short on time. You’re bound to find several chicken recipes that fit your budget, schedule, and level of cooking expertise.

You can bet your sweet chicken noodle that somewhere right now there’s a cook putting a chicken in a pot, oven, pan, or casserole dish getting ready to create another delicious chicken inspired dish.