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Low Calorie Salad Dressing Buttermilk Basic Plus

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February 20th, 2012 Posted 10:07 am

Buttermilk may be an acquired taste for drinking, but as a base for low calorie salad dressings it’s a star. Tart, tangy, smooth and creamy, it adds the perfect finish to greens, vegetables, and more.
Buttermilk sounds like it would be a rich, high-fat coach handbags outlet , high-calorie product cheap coach purses outlet , but the name is misleading. There is no butter in buttermilk; traditionally, buttermilk was the liquid left over when cream was churned into butter. Modern buttermilk is a cultured product, created by adding a lactic acid bacteria culture to skim or non-fat milk and letting the mixture ferment for 12 to 14 hours.
The taste of buttermilk is pleasantly tangy, somewhat like yogurt or sour cream. The texture is thicker than regular milk, which makes it a perfect base for creamy sauces and dressings vibram five fingers shoes , and the diet-friendly calorie and fat counts (less than 100 calories and 2 grams of fat per cup)make it a natural for low calorie salad dressings.
If you’re in the mood for a buttermilk-based dressing but have none on hand, you can even make your own. Adding one tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to a cup of milk will create a very usable substitute, as will adding two teaspoons of cream of tartar to a cup of milk. In most recipes you can also substitute an equal measure of plain yogurt for buttermilk.
One of the best things about buttermilk-based salad dressing is its adaptability. The Basic Buttermilk Dressing is great on its own, but some simple add-ins can change the flavor entirely.
Basic Buttermilk Low Calorie Salad Dressing
• 1/2 cup lowfat buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons mustard
• Salt and pepper to taste

Enhance with Add-ins Try adding the following, alone or in combination to your personal taste.
• 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 – 1 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce
• 1/2 – 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 – 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon dried chives
• 1 teaspoon oregano or Italian seasoning
Make it Cheesy: reduce the buttermilk to a quarter cup and add a half cup of low-fat cottage cheese, a tablespoon of minced onion, and a teaspoon of garlic powder. Process in blender till smooth.
Greek Cucumber: increase buttermilk to one cup and add 1/4 cup finely grated cucumber, 2-3 minced green onions, and 1/4 teaspoon dried dill. Substitute 2 teaspoons of lemon juice for the vinegar in the basic recipe.
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Why is salad good for you

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January 19th, 2012 Posted 11:01 am

Salad has come to represent healthy eating for many people – for better or worse. If you aren’t a natural salad eater, you may understandably view the green option as an undesirable alternative to your favourite foods, but finding out a little more about why salad is so vital for a healthy diet could help turn your opinion around.

Experts agree that substituting unhealthy options for salads is one of the quickest and easiest ways people can make big changes to their diets. You’ve probably heard that you should eat your ‘five a day’ of fruit and vegetables, and even a regular-sized salad can tick off two or more of these in one simple sitting.

Eating salad regularly can increase levels of antioxidants in your blood, including vitamin C and E, and you can boost your vital system even further if your salad contains raw vegetables, such as carrot. There have also been many studies demonstrating a clear link between consumption of fruit and vegetables and reduced risks of diseases such as cancer.

Unlike some healthy eating options, salads aren’t inconvenient or expensive either, and can now be found almost anywhere – even in fast food restaurants like McDonalds. All good restaurants will feature salads on their menus, and they are usually included as a standard accompaniment to many meals too, so there’s no excuse for not being able to find a healthy option next time you eat out.

Salads are also very easy to prepare at home, simply by following salad recipes. A good green salad can take less than five minutes to prepare abercrombie uk , even when it includes ingredients such as carrots and other vegetables. You can also make salads for different occasions – either as the precursor to a meal, or as the main component of a meal itself, when you experiment with adding meat and dressings.

Many people often wonder just how much salad is enough for a balanced meal, but this can be easily worked out if you use a calorie calculator to measure your personal intake. A large salad will usually be around 500 calories, but you can raise this by adding more protein such as chicken or fish, or lower it by making a smaller side salad of 300 to 400 calories. Just because there’s a lot of green on your plate doesn’t mean you’ll be eating too much, as green vegetables are very low in calories.

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Wholesale Disposable Restaurant Supplies

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January 13th, 2012 Posted 9:41 am

Disposable products are an ideal option for busy restaurants. They are both user-friendly and environment-friendly. For instance, many customers prefer food served in disposable dinnerware. Buying disposable restaurant supplies wholesale is an economical solution. Leading online restaurant supply stores offer such ware at attractive prices.
Benefit from Wholesale Prices
The list of these products that online stores offer at wholesale prices include paper plates, foam plates, food wraps, plastic drinking straws, cutlery, plastic utensils, take out hinged lid containers, cookware, kitchenware, brown paper bags and so on. They are available in attractive designs and go a long way in impressing restaurant guests. Plastic, paper and foam bowls are ideal for serving a variety of food and useful for catering events, picnics, parties and cookouts. Also available are attractive plastic dessert dishes for ice creams, fruit salads, puddings and snacks, and reusable stemware for frozen dessert, cocktails, appetizers, beverages and soups. Food trays that can be discarded after use offer great convenience and are available in foam, paper and plastic. Paper hot dog trays meet single-service food-dispensing requirements of bake houses, pizza shops and other foodservice establishments.
Using disposable restaurant supplies allows busy foodservice stations to save time on washing up hollister uk , and frees staff for more important tasks. Moreover, it helps them keep the restaurant kitchen properly organized and avoids long stacks of dirty plates and utensils waiting to be washed up. Apart from all these benefits, serving delicious foodstuff in tableware that is not reusable is a hygienic solution.
Branded Supplies at Affordable Prices
Most established online distributors of restaurant supplies have a large inventory which is constantly updated with new products. This makes it easy for restaurants to place orders after examining product features, brands, specifications and prices. Buying restaurant supplies from a reputable online wholesale dealer allows them to benefit from:
• Top quality products from well-known brands
• New products
• Affordable pricing
• Facility to place instant orders
• Free product shipment options for purchases made over a specific amount
• Sizeable discounts
• Prompt product delivery

If you concerned about the environment, you can go in for biodegradable ware.
Locate the Best Dealer
Restaurants and all other foodservice stations looking for reasonable priced quality one-use restaurant supplies should take care to locate a reliable distributor. Browsing web directories and the yellow pages would provide a list of suppliers with relevant information. Looking up articles, newsletters, blogs, reviews and forums can also help identify the best dealer for wholesale disposable restaurant supplies.

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Salvia – Extracting At Home

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January 10th, 2012 Posted 11:08 am

The very well known herb which is available in abundance in the areas of Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, Mexico is known for various purpose of usage. Due to the presence of many psychoactive chemicals in the leaves of Salvia Divinorum it is used for medicinal purposes, for smoking the dried leaves through Bong and also for chewing purposes. Most importantly the plant was considered for aesthetic purpose by the ancient Aztecs.
Now let us discuss how to make Salvia Divinorum extract by crushing its leaves. There are actually two types of extract of Salvia Divinorum; one is that of good quality which has a good color and the second one looks like black gum which is a mess of some horrible items. By just using some more special items like chemicals and laboratory items we can make our salvia Divinorum extract good looking and of good quality.
To make a good extract of Salvia we need certain items which are of utmost importance to maintain its high quality. Firstly a blender to blend the beans of coffee, a clean large saucepan in order to hold the blended mixture, a small as well as narrow glass container, a pipette and some chemicals like acetone and naphthalene.
Now when all the items are available then we have to follow a series of steps in order to make a good quality of Salvia Divinorum extract. Firstly we have to collect some dried leaves of Salvia Divinorum in a container and then we have to grind the leaves using coffee blender in small amounts. Firstly the leaves won’t grind to small pieces but after 2-3 times of grinding they would automatically become a paste. The very next thing is to extract the chemicals which are present in the leaves. Salvinorin-A is extracted from the leaves of Salvia after the crushing operation. Now the leaves are mixed with equal quantity of solvent so as to cover the entire portion of the paste and the mixture is stirred constantly for a period of about 5- 10 minutes and then allowed to settle down for a period of about 6-8 hours. In this period almost all of the Salvinorin-A gets dissolved in the solvent. Now the very next step is extremely boring and one has to wait for a period of about 16 hours and during this it should be taken care that the paste is not exposed to light and is kept in darkness. The main reason why it is kept in darkness is that Salvinorin-A gets destroyed in darkness. One should not touch the mixture during this period of 16 hours. The next step is very much tiring and also dangerous since the mixture needs to be evaporated. The evaporation is done by the use of hairdryer or some hot apparatus, but it should be noticed that the action of evaporation should be performed in a well ventilated place. Otherwise when the smell of Salvinorin-A can become the cause of head ache, nausea and other problems. The mixture becomes black in color after evaporation. For the purpose of purification it is dissolved in naphtha abercrombie and fitch , the black color gets dissolved in naphtha leaving behind only Salvinorin-A. The last step is of fortification in which Salvinorin-A is mixed with equal amount of solvent and thus a very high quality of salvia extract is made and that too in home.
Nicole Arlington is a salvia expert on Salvia Divinorum. She focuses on salvia extract and other forms of production for salvia.

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Aneka Permen Dari Berbagai Negara

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January 6th, 2012 Posted 11:18 am

Lapar.com – Siapa coba yang ngga suka permen? Dari anak-anak sampai orang tua juga suka. Olahan dari gula ini emang bisa bikin semua orang jatuh cinta sama rasanya yang manis. Nah, buat foodloevers yang belum tau, ternyata ada beberapa jenis permen khas suatu negara yang udah terkenal nih di masyarakat luas. Buat yang belum tau, yuk kita simak sama-sama.

LI HING MUI (CHINA)

Sebenarnya permen khas ini dibuat dari buah plum kering dan diberi bubuk li hing yang rasanya manis, asam, asin. Kombinasi rasa ini menciptakan rasa yang kuat yang dipercaya dapat menyembuhkan penyakit tenggorokan. Permen ini awalnya hanya ada di china dan beberapa negara asia. Kemudian pada tahun 1900an, permen ini dibawa masuk pertama kali ke hawai oleh seorang imigran asia yang bernama Yee Sheong.

NOUGAT (PERANCIS)

Saat singgah di perancis jangan lupa ya mencicipi permen traditional bernama Nougat ini. permen yummy ini diolah menggunakan gula atau madu, kacang pistachio, almond, hazelnut plus buah buahan kering lainnya. Tekstur nougat berbeda-beda, ada yang lunak ada yang keras tergantung bahan yang dipakai. Tidak hanya tekstur, warnanya pun bisa berbeda. Nougat putih terbuat dari putih telur, sedangkan nougat cokelat dibuat dari gula caramel dan lebih kriuk kriuk saat dikunyah.

TURKISH DELIGHT (TURKI)

masih ingat film the chronicles of narnia: the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe yang ngetop itu? di film itu ada adegan dimana edmund berterus terang kepada white Witch bahwa permen kesukaan nya adalah Turkish Delight!! kembang gula yang nama aslinya Lokum atau cyprus delight ini emang pantas menjadi kesukaan banyak orang.teksturnya yang lembut dan lengket mirip jeli ditambah potongan kecil kaang kacangan seperti walnut, almond atau kenari serta taburan gula halus di sekelilingnya,bikin rasa permen ini Legiiiiiiit banget. Permen yang sudah diproduksi sejak abad ke-15 ini berasal dari negara turki. namun berkat kelezatannya, turkish delight bisa terkenal ke seluruh eropa dan dunia.bahkan di inggris, permen ini dapat julukan hanhish candy karena dapat membuat orang ketagihan memakannya.

GUMMY BEAR (JERMAN)

Permen ini adalah cikal bakal berbagai bentuk penmen ‘gelatin lengket’ yang digemari di banyak negara! permen empuk ini diciptakan oleh Hans Riegel dari kota bonn di jerman pada tahun 1922. si mungil berwarna warni ini aslinya bernama gummibar atau gummibarchen yang dalam bahasa inggris menjadi gummy bear. ketenaran permen ini mencapai negara amerika serikat. Di sana gummy bear mempunyai 5 rasa khas. yaitu rapsberry (warna merah), jeruk (warna orange), stroberi (warna hijau), nanas dan lemon (warna kuning).

BOTAN RICE CANDY (JEPANG)

Permen ini asalnya dari jepang.Botan Rice Candy sangat lembut, kenyal, rasanya seperti jeruk lemon dan dilapisi kertas pembungkus beras. permen ini seperti plastik dan kering, tetapi jika sudah dimakan permen tsb akan mencair di mulut Anda. Ini adalah permen tradisional Jepang , dan saat ini sudah diimpor ke Amerika Utara dari Jepang oleh JFC International.Permen Botan Rice datang dalam kotak kardus kecil yang berisi 3 / 4 oz. (21 gram) permen. Setiap kotak berisi enam buah individu dan stiker. Sebelum 1998, setiap kotak berisi mainan plastik kecil. Nama permen itu, Botan (berarti ‘peony’ dalam bahasa Jepang. Sebuah peoni mekar ditampilkan pada label, di samping hariko-Inu, mainan tradisional berbentuk anjing bagi anak-anak Jepang.

BRIGADEIRO (BRAZIL)

Konon pesta ulang tahun anak2 di brazil ga akan semarak bila nggak tersedia permen yang terbuat dari susu dan bubuk cocoa ini.nama Brigadeiro sendiri diambil dari seorang nama jenderal di angkatan udara brazil pada tahun 1940 an, Brigadier Eduardo Gomez. jadi ceritanya,ketika permen ini pertama kali diciptakan,Brigadir Eduardo Gomez sangat terkenal karena berhasil membasmi pemberontak.makanya permen ini diberi nama sesuai sang jenderal untuk menghormati jasanya.rasanya yang enak dan bentuknya yang menarik membuat permen ini sering menjadi hiasan pada kue dan eskrim.

PERMEN JAHE (INDONESIA)

Permen jahe memang merupakan permen yang tergolong kuno. Berbicara permen ini bukan hanya berbicara puluhan tahun lalu, tetapi ratusan tahun. Setidaknya permen ini sudah tercatat di dalam buku Island of Java karya John Joseph Stockdale, pelancong berkebangsaan Inggris, yang menyebutkan, pada tahun 1778 Belanda mengirim sebanyak 10.000 pon (atau sekitar 5.000 kilogram) produk yang disebut candied ginger dari Batavia ke Eropa. Makanan ini digemari di Eropa karena menyembuhkan kembung atau dalam istilah ilmiah disebut flatulensi.
Permen ini juga Cocok sekali untuk menghangatkan badan dan menyegarkan tenggorokan. Apalagi saat udara dingin. Asli permen ini asalnya dari Indonesia. Negara yang terkenal sebagai penghasil rempah-rempah.

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