Posted on November 10th, 2010 by sanaacooks
I never got excited over my husband’s weight, primarily because he always came home from his physical examinations with acceptable levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. I attributed his weight problem to an excess of love for my food. Whenever anyone brought up the subject toe me, I would say that he’s just eating too much [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2010 by sanaacooks
Although for centuries fennel has been a homeopathic remedy that relieves gas on the stomach, it has lately become a fashionable ingredient in salads. A fennel plant, which looks something like a stalk of celery, provides a wonderful taste when its base is chopped and added to salads or soups. The base, called a “bulb,”is [...]
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Posted on October 14th, 2010 by sanaacooks
I once read a children’s story about “stone soup.” It told of a man who had no money but who was very hungry. As he begged, unsuccessfully, for morsels of food from people in his village, he came upon an idea to fill his stomach. He found an old soup pot, filled it with water, [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2010 by sanaacooks
Around this time of year the question I am usually asked by people I meet in the stores or from people who send me e mails is: What do I do with the vegetables and herbs that are coming out of my garden so profusely? It appears that eggplant is the vegetable of choice for [...]
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Posted on August 12th, 2010 by sanaacooks
Eggplant has very little nutritional value, but it does have a lot of fiber, an element that cannot be discounted. It is good for weight conscious people. One cup has only 25 calories, and it is filling. The trick is how to cook it. Before cooking eggplant, slice it in the shape you want for [...]
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Posted on August 5th, 2010 by sanaacooks
Most theories hold that eggplant came from India, mostly because there are still some regions in that country where eggplant grows wild. The vegetable most likely went from India to the Arab world, and from there to Europe carried by the Crusaders nearly a thousand years ago. Although it is most widely used now in [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2010 by sanaacooks
In my home tomatoes are one type of vegetable we can’t do without. We eat them raw, cooked, chopped, sliced, and whatever other way there is to ingest them. We eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and for snacks when there is no meal on the table. The food literature I’ve been reading tells [...]
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