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Healthy-Foods
Just for You!
By Leanne Ely, C.N.C.
Copyright (c) 2000-2007, All Rights Reserved
Volume 8, Issue 19
ISSN 1536-5085
May 4, 2007
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In This Issue--
-Dear Readers
-Setting Up Your Kitchen by Leanne Ely, C.N.C.
-It’s Amazing What You Can Do! by Leslie, MissusSmartyPants.com
-Healthy-Foods Resource
-Hip Tip
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Savory Salutations, Healthy-Foods Readers!
Are you getting ready to set up your first kitchen or you struggling to
figure out how to equip your kitchen to work better? The first article out
of the shoot will help you with this culinary dilemma! Next up is Leslie,
MissusSmartyPants, giving you direction on how great you can look if…read
up to find out what IF is!
If you need help in the kitchen or dealing with your weight, here are a
few of my books, all on Amazon, all with substantial discounts:
First off, Body Clutter is a New York Times Bestseller--
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1416534628/themanichousewif
Saving Dinner Basics—a book for beginning cooks:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345485432/themanichousewif/103-2842498-5954265
For the celebrations in your life, Saving Dinner for the Holidays has
great stuff for all holidays including great ideas for an adult birthday
party and summer celebrations as well:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/034547807X/themanichousewif/103-2842498-5954265
The original Saving Dinner book is here, followed by the low carb version:
Saving Dinner
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345464869/themanichousewif/103-2842498-5954265
Saving Dinner, The Low Carb Way (this is how I lost over 50 pounds of
Body Clutter!)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345478061/themanichousewif/103-2842498-5954265
Feel free to forward Healthy-Foods to all your friends and family and
remember-- if dinner is a hassle at your house, there's a solution:
www.savingdinner.com Go to the website for a sample menu or two!
To Your Health--
Leanne
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Setting Up Your Kitchen by Leanne Ely, C.N.C.
Getting the basics for your first kitchen or paring down your kitchen to
only have tools you need requires a good list of great, can’t live without
appliances. These apparatus (apparati?) are here because they either do
one job well and better than anything else or they are efficient
multi-taskers. Here then, The List and it’s a short one:
1. Mixer. God bless KitchenAid for coming up with their heavy-duty (and
heavy to lift, I might add) stand mixer. In order to mix well, you need
some horsepower behind the metal, or watts (as in 325 watts, more or less,
depending on your model). Power is what separates a great mixer from a not
so great mixer. This contraption can whip cream and egg whites in a flash,
knead a few loaves of bread, mix together anything worth mixing together
and look incredibly cool at the same time. I have a standard issue white
Kitchen Aid but you can get them in pretty much any color, including
different metallics, like nickel and chrome. A must for any kitchen. Comes
with a whip for whipping, a paddle for mixing and dough hook for kneading.
You can get other attachments, including a pasta roller and meat grinder
if you actually have time for those two pursuits.
2. Griddle. I don’t use this everyday, but when I do, I am very happy I
have it—especially when I’m cooking for a crowd. The griddle I am fond of
is a large one that can cook a pound of bacon at a time, all plugged in
and sitting on my countertop. There is a little hole in the griddle and a
cup too, to catch the hot drippings. After the bacon has been cooked, the
nonstick surface is cleaned up (easily) and a boatload of pancake making
can ensue. Big griddles help you make big lumberjack sized breakfasts and
will allow you to brown, cook off and fix food for a dozen in no time
flat. I use the griddle to make several quesadillas or grilled cheese
sandwiches at one time. If you ever intend to have a bunch of people over
at any given time for a meal, chances are you will haul this appliance out
and use it over and over again.
3. Blender and Food processors. I know some people use their food
processors for blenders, but I have found food processors to leak when
making something liquid-y, like smoothies. I use my blender for smoothies
and making creamed soups. Only two things, but smoothies are an everyday
affair at my house. Food processors, slice, dice, chop, puree and make the
best pie dough in the world. I make pie dough maybe once a year, but it
only takes a minute and it’s the tenderest, flakiest crust ever.
4. Mini-food processor. Need a quick chop or a blend for something small?
The little mini-food processor is excellent for this job, weighs less than
a cheesecake and can do all kinds of breathtaking things like, chop nuts,
hard veggies and make a quickie pesto. I love my little guy and I suggest
you get one and love yours, too.
5. Coffeemaker and grinder. I don’t have a combo appliance, but I put them
together because in my mind, you cannot make a decent cup of joe unless
you grind your own beans. I have been grinding my own for well over 20
years now and every morning (that I am home at least), I perform the same
ritual of grinding the fatted bean, brewing it till just finished (then
keeping it warm in a carafe—don’t leave it on the burner to burn!) and
drinking a divine cup of morning brew. I make it stronger than most people
(opting for 2 tablespoons vs. 1 tablespoon of coffee per 6 ounces of
water) and I have my first cup by itself, my second with my morning
cereal. My coffee is exquisitely important to me (ask anyone who knows
me!) and making it well requires two good appliances—a grinder and a good
coffeemaker. I have a Cuisinart coffeemaker that beeps when it’s ready
(you gotta love that!) and does a fine job all the way around the block.
“What,” you say. “Is that it?” What about IT, the mother of all
appliances, the Crock Pot!!!?
Ah yes, the crock pot. My very favorite and esteemed above all appliances.
If you want to know more about that lovely apparatus, stay tuned. I
promise to gush over the wonder of it all and why anyone who doesn’t own
one must repent and purchase one today.
Only half kidding on the repent part. Really, crock pots are incredibly
important and a most amazing appliance. Next week, we go to Crock Pot
Land.
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It’s Amazing What You Can Do by Leslie, MissusSmartyPants
It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you set your mind on something!
When you consciously decide to make changes, they happen because it is
your will and desire. You can accomplish what you want if you know HOW to
go about it. First, you should set realistic goals. If you want to look
more stylish and fashionable –it can be done and it does not matter your
size or shape. Women often have a BIG obstacle they must get past first.
Many women have some not so realistic ideas of what beauty and style look
like.
Women often give up and feel they can never look as good as they once did
when they were younger--or thinner. Beauty is NOT a size or particular
shape. The best way to prove it to you is with testimonials. Women of all
body types write me about how they have more confidence and feel better
now because they are trying new styles—they are amazed how great they
feel! They are finding flattering clothes that make them feel like a
million bucks. No more do you have to just put on “whatever”! YOU can have
great style right now—just the way you are!
When it comes to images of beautiful women, we are inundated with pictures
of what we should look like. When you stand at the checkout *** in the
grocery store, you see slim, vivacious women on the covers of magazines.
You see celebrities that look too good to be true. Guess what? They are!
The glossy photos of women on the cover of Cosmo, and other magazines, ALL
have been re-touched. Yes, they may be beautiful women, but if the angle
was not quite right or the woman appears “thicker” than what the editor
had in mind, the picture is airbrushed, re-touched to make them appear
“perfect”. The magazines pump our heads with exciting goals of how to look
this good, only for us to feel shame because our reality is not close to
the picture. This in NOT what real women look like! (Thank Goodness)
To get a more realistic idea… look around you. Open your eyes and see
women on a bus, in the doctor’s office, out shopping at the stores,
everywhere. They are not magazine covers--they are REAL women. They are
beautiful women with back fat, flabby arms, average height, petite women,
ones with large bottoms, those with skinny arms and everything in-between.
Take a look in the mirror and see what another REAL woman looks like—YOU!
This is reality of what beautiful women look like!
I cannot be your therapist and talk you out of your body insecurities that
you have (we all have them). You have imperfections and so do I.
Regardless of your dress size or shape, you CAN show off your style! All
women have some figure challenges—it a matter of finding the styles and
cuts that work for you. When you learn WHAT to wear and WHY, then you will
begin to have style other women envy!
Stop torturing yourself mentally that you should wait until you are 20
pounds slimmer or the first of the year (or whatever excuse you tell
yourself). Decide NOW to learn how to dress your best! Soon other women
will want to know the secret to your fashionista ways!
Leslie Gonzales AKA MissusSmartyPants helps women by assessing their body
types and building personal profiles to help each woman dress her best.
Check out her website for more information, www.missussmartypants.com
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Healthy-Foods Resource
Intrigued by those new dinner-assembly franchises popping up all over the
country? Price take your breath away? We have the answer and it’s our
version of these places in a do it yourself way—the Mega Menu-Mailer! OR
try Five for the Freezer! Five easy recipes using ONE meat (great for buy
one/get one options) that you can make in an hour after dinner!
Mega Menu-Mailer provides instructions, shopping lists, and recipes to
make 20 freezable entrees for your family. The meals are healthy and not
filled with preservatives and additives. The ingredients are fresh (no
dried onion flakes or MSG filled ingredients, for example), no icky
twice-cooked, watery casseroles. And the best part is the cost: just
$8.95. With your smart shopping, you can fill your freezer with healthy
meals for a fraction of the cost of those franchise places! There are
several to choose from, including a Low Carb option! And don’t forget to
check out the Five for the Freezer menus—they’re a snap to put together
right after dinner!
Go to www.savingdinner.com and see what everyone’s talking about!
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Hip Tips
Do you have a nifty, healthy foods tip you'd like to share? Maybe a
comment you want to share? Send it in with your name and state (or
country) and we'll use it in a future Healthy-Foods issue!
* Not wanting to fill my family with MSG or nitrites but not willing to
fork over big bucks for the gourmet "natural" brands of sausage I
discovered how easy it was to make it myself. For breakfast-style sausage
for every pound of ground pork or ground turkey add 1/8 tsp nutmeg,
1/4-1/2 tsp each thyme, sage, garlic powder, and salt. You can also add
Worcestershire sauce and a little ketchup. To jazz it up even more Italian
style put some dried rosemary, basil, a bay leaf and fennel seeds in a
spice grinder or blender and grind to a powder and add that to the above
mixture along with about a 1/4 cup red wine and grated parmesan. Just mix
it with your hands like you were making meatloaf. Make it into patties,
meatballs or just crumble and brown. I mix it up and freeze it to cook
later whenever I need it. Great in any recipe calling for sausage or just
plain with your eggs and biscuits in the morning.
-Lee in Florida
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