Discover the Secrets of Good health

Big food companies and fast food chains are constantly under attack from health advocates for their contribution to the growing waistlines and chronic disease of developed nations.
Much of the finger pointing is justifiable, given the ubiquity, proximity, convenience and low cost of the majority of food options available to us via big food/restaurant. [...]

Updated. From the recipe archive.
No, not that Martha. This Martha is a friend of my friend Suzanne, who prepared her favorite chicken salad for a gathering of girlfriends a while back. A great recipe for summer picnics (you might want to double the recipe).
Continue reading “Martha's Chinese Chicken Salad” »

If you subscribe to the Simply Recipes feed or get it through iGoogle or MyYahoo, and DON’T want to receive shopping alerts like these, look at the instructions for getting recipes only. ~Elise
On sale today at Amazon.com is the Factory-Reconditioned KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Mixer, on sale for $119.99 from $289. Free [...]

In the middle ages they had chastity belts. Now we have the “Charlie Bite” - a device inserted into the mouth that prevents the user from chewing too vigorously.
The Utah dentists that offer the device claim their patients lose about 1.3 lbs per week.
Continue reading…

There’s nothing worse than waking up not feeling well. Okay, there’s one thing that’s worse - when you wake up not feeling well and the rest of the family appears to be suffering from the same malady that you are. That makes it pretty rotten - all the way around.

What is a calorie? Do you know what a calorie is? It’s a unit of energy. It’s the energy that exists in food and that our bodies in turn utilize. Ultimately, a calorie is determined to be the amount of heat that is required to heat 1 kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius.

Was today a lucky day for you? I know it wasn’t what I would call a phenomenally lucky day for me. But then I’m not prone to looking at days as ‘lucky’ or not. We got up early and went to the park because for once, it wasn’t raining - go figure.