Top Immunity-Boosting Super Foods:

The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body's Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger, and Disease Free
by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
In The New York Times best seller, Super Immunity, Dr. Fuhrman covers brand new topics: how proper nutrition can fend off cold, flu and other infections; the role of the immune system in cancer development; and eating to prevent cancer. Also unique to Super Immunity is the in-depth discussion of the striking scientific findings about G-BOMBS (Greens, Beans, Onions, Mushrooms, Berries and Seeds), Dr. Fuhrman’s anti-cancer super foods. Now is the time for America to win the war on cancer and for you to immediately protect yourself and your loved ones.

Spice Chart:

Upset stomach, bloated, congested, run down, nauseous?

AMERICAN SPICE TRADE ASSOCIATION, INC.
SPICE LIST:
ASTA recommends that for the purpose of complying with FDA food labeling regulations (21 CFR Sec. 101.22), the following items may be declared in a product’s ingredient statement either individually by its common or usual name or included under the term “spice” as permitted in 21 CFR Sec. 101.22(h). The spices on this list, and their derivatives (e.g. extracts and oleoresins), are considered by FDA to be generally recognized   see list

Popcorn In A Pot. When I Saw What She Did, I'll Never Use The Microwave Again!

I’m going to try this as soon as my supply of microwave popcorn is gone:

“The smell of freshly popped popcorn is one of my favorite things. But once you smell what stove-top popped corn smells like, you'll never want to microwave your popcorn again. And the taste?? WOW! A MILLION times better than the microwaved stuff. This will quickly become your new favorite treat. And the fact that it only takes a minute to do is really enticing to me. Why would you ever settle for the bagged microwave stuff, when this is so easy?”

Health benefits of ACV and honey mix:

10 Amazing Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar and Honey

Raw honey and ACV are both praised for their abilities to ward off infections and treat different conditions that have an impact on your quality of life. If you consume them together, you’re likely to experience the following benefits:

1. Better joint health and joint pain alleviation (good for arthritic pain)
2. Acid reflux and heartburn relief
3. Improved digestive health, including help with constipation
4. Weight loss
5. Reduced cholesterol levels and lower blood pressure
6. Sore throat relief
7. More energy
8. Youthful appearance and better condition of the skin
9. Remedy for bad breath
10. Reducing inflammation

This Man Shows You How To Make A Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich:

"Cooked bread and cheese is an ancient food, according to food historians, popular across the world in many cultures; evidence indicates that in the U.S., the modern version of the grilled cheese sandwich originated in the 1920s when inexpensive sliced bread and American cheese became easily available. The so-called cheese dream became popular in the United States of America during the Great Depression."

How to Cook Frozen Hamburgers in the Microwave

from LIVESTRONG.COM

If you're craving hamburgers and all you've got are some frozen patties and a microwave, don't resign yourself to a trip to a fast-food restaurant. You can whip up a tasty, healthier meal in just a few minutes in your microwave. While cooking hamburgers in the microwave won't impart the same taste as frying them or cooking them on the grill, it's still a viable option if you don't have another way to cook them or simply need to put a meal on the table quickly.    READ MORE

What's The Ideal Temperature For Your Refrigerator?

Most of the video is educational information, skip to about the 3 minute mark for the relevant information for you fridge and freezer.

Slow Cooker Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork

from Six Sisters’ Stuff

Ingredients:

• 1 (3 lb) pork shoulder roast
• various seasonings (I used garlic powder, onion powder, seasoned salt, and ground black pepper)
• 1 (12 oz) can Dr. Pepper soda pop
• 1 cup BBQ sauce

Directions:

• Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray.
• Rub pork roast with various seasonings and place roast in slow cooker.
• Pour Dr. Pepper and BBQ sauce on top of roast.
• Cook on low for 7-8 hours or high for 5-6 hours.
• Shred roast with two forks (it should fall apart easily) and serve on top of hamburger buns.

Makes about 6-8 servings.

15-Minute Chicken & Rice Dinner

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (about 1 pound)

• 1 10 3/4 ounce can  Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)

• 1 cup water

• 1/4 teaspoon paprika

• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 2 cups uncooked instant white rice

• 2 cups fresh or frozen broccoli flowerets

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 10 minutes or until well browned on both sides. Remove the chicken from the skillet.
2. Stir the soup, water, paprika and black pepper in the skillet and heat to a boil. Stir in the rice and broccoli. Reduce the heat to low. Return the chicken to the skillet. Sprinkle the chicken with additional paprika and black pepper. Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked though.*For a creamier dish, decrease the rice to 1 1/2 cups.

Tip

• This recipe is also delicious using Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup instead of the Cream of Chicken.
• You can also substitute frozen diced chicken , chicken leftovers, or rotisserie chicken. Just pre-heat and skip step 1 above.

8 Things You Didn’t Know About Decaf Coffee:

Diana Vilibert, March 25, 2015

Whether you switch to decaf in the afternoon or opt for it all the time, you may be surprised to learn these things about decaf coffee:

Decaf doesn’t mean caffeine-free.
The amount of caffeine in decaf coffee varies (a lot).
Not all decaf is made equal.
1 in 10 coffee drinkers reach for decaf.
Decaf is good for your liver.
Decaf reduces your diabetes risk.
Decaf might raise your cholesterol
Decaf cuts prostate cancer risk.  

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see also Cleaning your coffee maker:

note: Swiss Water process

Six Can Chicken Tortilla Soup:

Recipe by Terryn
"Delicious and EASY zesty soup recipe that uses only 6 canned ingredients! Serve over tortilla chips, and top with shredded Cheddar cheese. Throw away the cans and no one will know that it is not from scratch!"
from allrecipes.com

This recipe fits all my conditions: less than 8 ingredients, simple, adaptable. The reviews on “allrecipes” had several suggestions for spicing it up.

I replaced the beans with Minute Multi-Grain Medley (rice,1 packet), substituted frozen diced chicken (another suggestion is rotisserie chicken from Kroger). I also experimented with Cream of Chicken Soup in place of chicken broth and also kept the broth and added a can of Cream of Chicken.

Play with it, its good for a pot of soup to dip in through the week at lunch.                                                 GlennDL

Science Says That Romaine Beats Kale.

The top 15 nutrient rich foods. Researchers analyzed the nutritional content of 47 fruits and vegetables and ranked them according to how much fiber, protein, potassium, and vitamins they contain.

Five Condiments That Don’t Need To Be Refrigerated:

The following suggested timeframes for keeping condiments refers to condiments that are commercially made since those tend to contain enough preservatives.

Remember that while the following opened condiments don't have to be kept in the refrigerator, they should be kept at a cool room temperature and out of direct sunlight.

And always use common sense — if a condiment starts to smell or taste funny, ditch it.

The Five Are:     READ FULL ARTICLE

Creamy Yogurt-Dill Cucumber Salad Recipe

Fitness Trackers: Take them on a test run.

With so many fitness trackers on the market -- and more emerging every day -- it's hard to know which one is right for your needs.

10 Myths About Body Fat

by Maria Trimarchi

What's one of the things about body fat that most people believe is true? How about this one: Muscle burns more calories than fat. While yes, our skeletal muscle does burn more calories every day than our body fat does, it's not as notable as you may think. It's really a surprisingly negligible difference when you're talking about how many calories are consumed for energy while you're just sitting around. The calories the body needs just to take care of its survival is called our resting energy expenditure, and when you're not exercising or expending your energy, your fat tissue burns two calories for every pound of your total body weight — but your skeletal muscle burns just six calories per pound [source: McClave].

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7 Misleading Health Claims that You Should Never Believe

from care2.com

Here are the seven misleading health claims that top my list.

1. Natural. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t have a definition for the word “natural,” so companies use it with abandon.

2. Real. Really? Food companies use this term to highlight a “premium” ingredient. As Mr. Bradley points out: “One ingredient does not make a box or bag REAL food.”

3. Organic. This one is interesting because the FDA does regulate the use of the word “organic.” But did you know you can buy organic jelly beans? And organic pizza rolls? Those aren’t healthy choices. Organic doesn’t mean healthy.

4. Whole Grain. All it takes is a minute trace of a whole grain in a product for food companies to be allowed to label it “whole grain.” And the benefits of whole grains are frequently offset by added sugars, artificial colors, and other additives.

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He pours water over his Bacon !!!

Want to know how to make the most perfect bacon ever? Don't we all! In this video, America's Test Kitchen shows us how to make it, and it's probably even easier than you'd think!

And if you're scared of the water and grease popping, the experts say that the water will simmer away, leaving you with your perfect piece of bacon!

courtesy of Felicia Thompson

Warning: note that you do NOT add the water to the cooking bacon, you start with the bacon in water.

From America’s Test Kitchen, we’ve added them to our “Recipe, Nutrition and Fitness Blogs” list/feeds (right sidebar)

How long should your naps be? Seriously.

• The Power Nap:
  10-20 minutes, sleep is limited to a lighter sleep that enable you to ‘snap back’ waking up.
• Sleep Inertia:
  30 minutes, leaves you with a nap-hangover for about 30 minutes before you feel any benefits.
• Slow Wave Sleep:
  60 minutes.  Best for remembering facts, faces, and names. A deep sleep with nap-hangover.
• Full Cycle Sleep:
  Lighter & deeper sleep both, REM sleep, dreaming stage. Lead to improved ‘procedural memory’.
  Tends to lessen nap-hangover.

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Weight Loss Magic Soup

This recipe has been all over the internet via Facebook.

To meet my requirement for fewer ingredients and KISS (Keep It Simpler Stupid) I cutout the highlighted ingredients, substituted at least two packages of frozen vegetables and added a cup of frozen diced chicken and another cup of diced meat such as cutup turkey sausage.

I also eliminated the first step of the instructions and throw every thing into a crock pot for 2-3 hours. For this I increase the broth and V-8 juice (on a 1 to 1 basis) until the crockpot is full. Makes me a supply for a week.

Decoding your produce:

What’s with the barcode on your produce?  Yes there is a code and a number that identifies the product when you check out. BUT, there is more to the code than just pricing:

The stickers or labels attached to fruit and some vegetables have more of a function than helping scan the price at the checkout stand. The PLU code, or price lookup number printed on the sticker, also tells you how the fruit was grown. By reading the PLU code, you can tell if the fruit was genetically modified, organically grown or produced with chemical fertilizers, fungicides, or herbicides.

Top 10 Sleep Mistakes and Their Solutions

• a Care2 favorite by Dr. Frank Lipman

Although we may not like to admit it, many of the sleep problems we experience are the result of bad habits and behaviors. We stay up late or sleep in late. We eat foods that disagree with us or enjoy a drink late at night, oblivious to its disruptive impact on our sleep rhythms. Over time, we teach our body not to sleep. For relief we often turn to sleeping pills, which mask rather than solve the problem, and can lead to addiction. Ultimately for real success, with insomnia as with any chronic problem, one must look for the underlying imbalances and root causes and address those.

Here are the common sleep “mistakes” I see in my practice and their solutions.

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Onions: Uses and Benefits

Consuming fruits and vegetables of all kinds has long been associated with a reduced risk of many lifestyle-related health conditions. Many studies have suggested that increasing consumption of plant foods like mangoes decreases the risk of obesity and overall mortality, diabetes, heart disease and promotes a healthy complexion and hair, increased energy, overall lower weight.

 

Baked Potato: Better than fries!

Cut potato almost all the way through, drizzle with olive oil, butter, sea salt, and pepper over top and bake at 425 for 40 minutes..

About Glenn’s Recipes

I'm by no means a chef or even a cook. My skills are limited to finding a recipe that meets my needs and trying it, some times I make changes to a recipe and it works. Sometimes I get lucky, sometimes not, but mostly I'm having fun with it.

So where do I get off creating a website dedicated to "My" recipes?

15 Easy Slow Cooker Recipes–Under 375 Calories!

Just set-it-and-forget-it! So goes the appeal of the slow cooker and it just so happens to be the perfect time of year for it. Slow cooker meals are a great way to enjoy healthier home cooking while saving time, money and calories from eating out. We’ve compiled a small collection of yummy recipes that will make you and your crockpot happy!

SPRING CLEANSE ~ YOUR BODY:

SPRING CLEANSE ~ YOUR BODY ~ Yes another post abut water lol. But if you really want to cleanse then DRINK, DRINK, DRINK. Here are 8 home made vitamin water recipes to help you keep the water flowing!
As a rule, you should try to avoid as much as possible industrial food and beverages

Wendy's Chili Recipe Ingredients:

I love Wendy's Chili, except for the over abundance of beans.
So if there an ingredient that mothers you then pluck it, replace-hit, and savor it!
Here’s a copycat recipe for homemade like Wendy’s Chili.
10 ingredients, brown the meat, combine and cook until onion and pepper are tender.

Fresh Cucumber Salad

Connie Wally Littrell shared Hillbilly Recipes.'s photo.

Put vinegar, sugar, celery seed and mustard seed in a pot and bring to a boil
Remove from heat and let cool for one hour
Pour mixture over salad
Put in jars and store in refrigerator
Will keep up to 2 months
Makes 2 quart jars

Crisp Cucumber Salsa:

Losing weight with Skinny Fiber

In a small bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. In another bowl, combine the sour cream, lemon juice, lime juice, cumin and seasoned salt. Pour over cucumber mixture and toss gently to coat. Serve immediately.
Note: 1/4 cup is only 16 calories!

♥ FAT FLUSH WATER ♥

♥ FAT FLUSH WATER ♥
You should drink at least three 8 oz glasses per day, they say the longer it sits, the better it tastes. You can eat them as well but they are intended as flavoring and still work, so that is a personal choice. The Vitamin C turns fat into fuel, the tangerine increases your sensitivity to insulin, and the cucumber makes you feel full. Try it for 10 days and see what you think!

HAMBURGER STEW

Cook beef and onions over medium heat; drain. Add tomatoes, carrots, celery, potatoes, water, rice, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes until vegetables and rice are tender. Uncover; simmer 20-30 minutes longer or until thickened.
Note: Serve with buttered cornbread.

SLOW-COOKER SALSA CHICKEN!

Makes eight 1 cup servings.
Nutrition Info: Calories: 164.9; Fat: 2.5g; Carbohydrates: 7.3g; Protein: 27.6g
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Crockpot Beef Stroganoff Recipe!

Directions
In the slow cooker stir in all the ingredients, except the meat and Cream Cheese.
Once combined add the meat and mix together.
Cook on Low for 8 hours.
Cut up the cream cheese into cubes just before serving and turn crock pot on high.
Stir the cream cheese in until all combined.
Let set for 10 minutes.
Serve over egg noodles or mashed potatoes.