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McDonald's Cherry Berry Chiller - YUM
It was okay, but very very VERY sweet. I couldn't even drink half of it.
Anyone else like to see some new innovative cook shows on Food Network?
Agreed! If you take the new Food Network Star lineup, the chef who seems by far the most interesting is the guy who handcrafts everything... wouldn't it be great to have a show where he showed you how to make a basic component from the ground up, and then showed you three or four different ways to use it? But of course that's MUCH too challenging for the average Food Network audience member....
I need a food processor/chopper from Amazon
My brother gave me a $100 Amazon gift certificate for my birthday, and I want to buy a food processor. I haven't had a full-sized food processor since I was married, but I've gone through three mini choppers in six years. I don't need to make cakes etc in the food processor, but I really want to make hummus and grind almonds, breadcrumbs etc. that you can't effectively do by hand.
I seem to have the following options and I don't know which is the most cost-effective.
Buying a $30 cheapie and only expecting to get a few years use out of it.
Buying a 3-cup KitchenAid or Cuisinart food chopper instead (they're about $50).
Buying a reconditioned 7-cup KitchenAid for $70.
Or blowing the lot on a smallish Cuisinart.
3oz. Canning Jars? For TSA Rules
They can be whatever size you want them to be, but the guests will have to put them into their suitcase with their checked luggage. It's theoretically safe, but when I tried it I got a broken jar and a big mess. :(
But to save trouble, I'd use the little mini single-serve type jars. That little hexagonal jar KarenDW posted is adorable.
Did I ruin my wok trying to season it?
It looks just the way it's supposed to. With time, the coating will gradually build up and darken both on the inside and outside of the wok, but it starts off very light. No wok in the universe ever started out black, but all well-loved/used ones end up that way.
Fourteen ounces is the new pound
Every grocery store where I buy sliced meat, if they go over what you ask for, they start to remove the extra or ask if it's okay. They don't just leave it in there unless you asked for a specific number of slices.
Fourteen ounces is the new pound
Depends where you go. Bacon is down to 12oz in most brands. Eventually they'll have to relent and introduce a new 'larger size' again, but for now things just keep on shrinking...
Food (not drinks) that help ease a headache?
I don't know what you SHOULD eat, but if I have a bad headache, I must NOT eat chocolate no matter how much I crave it. I don't eat much at all if I'm not feeling well... but I'd go for soft soothing easy-to-eat comfort foods that just slip down your throat without much effort, the same as for any other illness.
Making my own sugar-free sausage?
I checked that site. It makes sausage in phenomenal quantities, but it gave me the general idea. I scaled it down to a pound of ground pork and seasoned with garlic powder, onion powder, ground sage and ground oregano, salt and white pepper. Then I mixed well and fried up a baby-sized patty for DH to try. He said it needed more seasoning so I doubled it and repeated. The end result is great. DH thinks its a little strong but I like how sagey it is. I'll use a little less next time though.
The second pound is in the freezer to await the purchase of ground fennel for making Italian sausage.
Making my own sugar-free sausage?
I know it's just supposed to be a carb like any other and fine in small quantities, but any kind of sugar sets off the side-effects of his diabetes medicine, so we're trying to eliminate every trace of the stuff from our diet.
need some inspired, healthy cauliflower ideas, beyond cauliflower cheese, roasted cauliflower and aloo gobi...
I'm not into veganism or raw foods, but that website has some great ideas for getting a ton more vegetables into our diet, and substituting for some of the carbs that DH can't have with his diabetes! Thanks for the link.
Making my own sugar-free sausage?
Anybody have a good recipe? I bought ground pork (I have no way to grind my own) and I want to season it up into a reasonable facimile of a)breakfast sausage and b)Italian sausage. DH loves sausage, but every sausage in the store has corn syrup or some other kind of sugar in it!
My first day cooking no-salt, no-sugar....well, whaddya know.....
The less salt you use, the more you get used to it. Food has all sorts of subtle natural flavours that are entirely drowned out by the amount of salt traditionally added to them. Once you're used to eating low-sodium, that homemade broth will taste just fine to you.
My first day cooking no-salt, no-sugar....well, whaddya know.....
I add very little salt to my cooking. I used to not use any, but DH is a salt-fiend. So I just add a tiny bit and let him go to town with the salt-shaker on his own. If you use tomatoes and celery in your cooking, most of the time you won't even notice that there isn't any 'extra' salt, but depending on the nature of the medical reason, you might have to restrict them too. Vinegar makes up a lot for lack of salt too - it gives things the expected 'zip' in your mouth without the sodium. We've been no-sugar and low-carb for the last month, and we're getting used to it much more easily than I ever would have expected.
Refills To Go at Sit Down Restaurants
Depends where you live and how often it's 90 degrees+ outside. I never leave the house without a bottle of water except in the middle of Winter.
Refills To Go at Sit Down Restaurants
You can always ask... and they can always say 'no, sorry, we don't do that' or charge you for an extra drink.
Refills To Go at Sit Down Restaurants
Seems like the hotter the climate, the more likely people are to carry drinks around with them. I don't ask for an extra, but if I'm having Subway or something where they give you a to-go cup in the first place, I'll refill it before I walk out the door. I'm not a big fan of soda, so I usually only drink one glass with my meal, and take my 'free refill' with me.
OMG- Roasted Cauliflower
I never knew there were so many things you could do with cauliflower aside from cheese it! Trying roasted cauli, mushrooms, and cherry tomatoes tonight. We need more low-carb veggie dishes to keep DH from getting bored with his diabetic diet.
And they were AWESOME! John loved the veggies. The cherry tomatoes tasted like they were sun-dried and they added so much flavour. I haven't really been eating because I've been sick, but I had my share of these roasted veggies. I'll definitely be doing them again in the very near future. I just seasoned them with a sprinkle of onion powder, garlic powder, and cumin.
When yogurt separates - mix it in or drain it?
Drain it! Greek yoghurt is just regular yoghurt with the whey strained out.
First-trimester hounding
Ginger is a blessing for any kind of tummy distress... I'm not pg but I suffer badly from motion sickness. Ginger ale, ginger beer, and ginger chews are my best friends.
Sugar Replacement
I wasn't able to make cookies work out with splenda. I tried a few different recipes and they were HORRIBLE! But it works really well in fruit desserts, cheesecake etc.
Sugar Replacement
Then you'll have to use non-sugar sweeteners of some sort. Honey, molasses, cane syrup, agave nectar, concentrated fruit juice etc are still sugars. You can CUT the sugar by using mashed bananas, applesauce etc but they're still sugar. It's just less processed. To get away from the sugars entirely, you have to go with sweeteners of some kind, eg. splenda.
those Park Slope parents wanting to ban the Good Humor type ice cream truck
Don't they know that if they just ignore their little darling's pleadings and say NO, the icecream man will move on to greener pastures and go sell someplace else? There's no need whatsoever to try to ban the poor guy!
Paleo diet - any experience?
I'm not interested in a diet that makes me give up so many things at once... but to me, bacon fat IS a cooking oil! You just use it in moderation. A tablespoon of bacon grease goes a long way and tastes oh so good. :)
Diabetic cookbooks?
The 'diabetic' cookbooks in the library are PATHETIC! Except for a fairly new diet one that seems interesting and focuses on 'superfoods', most of which fit my idea of a suitably healthy diet. The best ones I've seen so far are the South Beach Diet cookbooks. They use lots of vegetables in interesting ways, and a suitably low amount of carbs in the stage 2/3 recipes.
But I need some cookbooks so we don't fall into the rut of eggs and bacon for breakfast, a salad for lunch etc. every single day...
Birthday cakes for the opposite of a crowd
You used to be able to get miniature cake pans in Target, so you could make a 4-inch cake and not have any left-overs to worry about.
calorie counter
Seconded. I used caloriecount very successfully when I was on a two-year diet kick, and DH is using it now for his diabetic diet. You can type in any recipe you want and tell it the portion size and it'll break it down for you.
Bringing Samples To An Interview--Genius or Idiocy???
If they want to hire you to bake for them, it seems only reasonable to give them a taste of what you can do! Why would it be idiocy? It might give you a leg-up over somebody who hasn't bothered, or who isn't as good a baker as you are.
Diabetic cookbooks?
There are a bazillion on the market but I don't want to waste the money unless I know it's got recipes in it that DH might want to eat. I've got plenty of 'diet' cookbooks on the shelf (mostly unused because I only read them to get ideas) but nothing for diabetics.
Feeding a new diabetic?
I like cooked veggies... dh prefers them raw. He likes salad and veggies with hummus etc. I'd rather have a bowl of frozen mixed veggies!
