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Homemade Toothpaste
Image by Earthworm
I’ve been making my own toothpaste since May when I learned the recipe from the Compact group. Only hard-to-find ingredient is glycerin. Tim, who buys glycerin to stretch his pricey lube, thinks that it’s because glycerin is an ingredient of bombs. Well you can still get it at Whole Foods in the toothpaste section. Here’s the recipe:
6 teaspoons baking soda
1/3 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons glycerin
15 drops peppermint or wintergreen extract
Mix together into a paste and store in a container you can get a toothbrush into. It’s very fresh tasting, though a little salty. I gave three friends samples and they all complained about the salty taste, but I like it because it makes my teeth feel like they’ve just been polished. My dental hygienist said she would prefer I use something with flouride in it, but that my teeth were so well cleaned she wouldn’t want to change anything.
Here’s an article on the benefits of these ingredients as a toothpaste. www.mizar5.com/keyes.html
Kadhai Jhinga
Image by sweet mustache
Recipe is from this book.
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 large onion, fingely chopped
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
3 ripe red tomatoes, chopped
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chili powder
1 large green bell pepper, diced
About 2 cups (10 oz) large cooked shrimp.
Salt
Heat the oil in a heavy wok or pan. Sweat the onion until soft.
Add the ginger-garlic paste and stir.
Add the tomatoes and spices, cook until tomates begin to get soft. Add a little water if needed to stop from sticking.
Add the pepper and the shrimp, season with salt and and about 2/3 cup hot water to make a thick sauce. Cook until done, adding more water if necessary.
Serve hot.
See it cooking here.
Changes I made:
I only used about a tbs spoon of olive oil. I also used a can of diced tomatoes (undrained) and so I didn’t add any water when adding the tomatoes. I also used uncooked shrimp. 2/3 cup of water was more then enough and I think would be too much if using cooked shrimp. Served it with spanish rice from from a can, which wasn’t that great.
The "tomato curry" is excellent by itself, I would use it for other things.
Superfast healthy vegan ice cream (dairy free, sugar free)
Image by Lablascovegmenu
Recipe: lablascovegmenu.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/superfast-health…
Cool Cookbook images
A few nice cookbook images I found:
Toronto Life Cookbook Event at CFC
Image by Canadian Film Centre
Catering provided by Daniel et Daniel.
Toronto Life and CFC celebrated the premiere edition of Toronto Life Cookbook, featuring 100 recipes from the city’s best chefs. Guests sampled a variety of culinary food and drink offerings made from recipes from the Cookbook.
The evening also marked the unveiling of the Miele Kitchen,
designed by J.F. Brennan, and the GlucksteinHome design project at Windfields Estate.
To learn more about CFC, please visit: www.cfccreates.com
Photo by: George Pimentel
Toronto Life Cookbook Event at CFC
Image by Canadian Film Centre
Catering provided by Daniel et Daniel.
Toronto Life and CFC celebrated the premiere edition of Toronto Life Cookbook, featuring 100 recipes from the city’s best chefs. Guests sampled a variety of culinary food and drink offerings made from recipes from the Cookbook.
The evening also marked the unveiling of the Miele Kitchen,
designed by J.F. Brennan, and the GlucksteinHome design project at Windfields Estate.
To learn more about CFC, please visit: www.cfccreates.com
Photo by: George Pimentel
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Recipes from The Gathering of Friends cookbook series
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A taste-testing of selected recipes from Michelle Huxtable’s "The Gathering of Friends" cookbooks. Recipes were prepared and sampled in Thanksgiving Point’s Emporium kitchen.
www.isthisreallymylife.com/2011/12/the-gathering-of-frien…
Recipes from The Gathering of Friends cookbook series
Image by isthisREALLYmylife?
A taste-testing of selected recipes from Michelle Huxtable’s "The Gathering of Friends" cookbooks. Recipes were prepared and sampled in Thanksgiving Point’s Emporium kitchen.
www.isthisreallymylife.com/2011/12/the-gathering-of-frien…
Cool Diet images
Some cool diet images:
Diet Coke is fancy is Iceland!
Image by Sarah_Ackerman
Iceland. June 2011.
Diet Coke and Mentos
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Diet Coke and Mentos
Image by petrilli
Cool Healthy Food Choices images
A few nice healthy food choices images I found:
Camp FRESH 2010
Image by Christiana Care
Until this summer, Javiar Emory-Turner had never seen a tomato that wasn’t red.
At Camp FRESH, the 16-year-old Wilmington youth is not only tasting tomatoes that are yellow, green and orange, he is helping to grow and sell the produce.
Even more important, Javiar is taking the lessons he is learning about eating healthy home to his family and neighbors, encouraging them to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables each and every day.
"Before, I only ate fruits and vegetables about once a week," he said. "Now, I’m trying new foods that are healthy. I’m cutting back on sugar. I’m getting exercise."
Started by Christiana Care, Camp FRESH is a nine-week program for 48 young people ages 13-18 from Wilmington, New Castle and Newark, Del. The corner stores in their communities carry few fresh fruits and vegetables, and getting to larger markets with more food choices is sometimes difficult. These young gardeners from city neighborhoods till the soil at Wilmington Urban Farm, a verdant plot bursting with broccoli and bok choy, carrots and cabbage, zucchini and zinnias. By growing and eating healthy produce, the teens grow a healthy respect and appreciation for the value of nutrition, and they model their new respect for nutrition to others in the community, who also improve their diets-and, ultimately, their overall well being.
Christiana Care launched Camp FRESH in 2006 as part of the health system’s efforts to build an awareness of the value of nutrition, make a dent in obesity and improve the quality of life for these participants.
Two days a week, the teens sell produce at two stands in urban neighborhoods, one at the farm on East 12th Street and the other at Wilmington Hospital. On the other days, the youths gather at the Eugene du Pont Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute, where they make healthy dishes such as Asian coleslaw, made with Ramen noodles, cabbage and other accessible ingredients.
Campers were hesitant to taste when a bowl of edamame-baby soybeans popular in Japan-was passed around the room.
"Go ahead and try it," said Christopher Moore, Christiana Care healthy lifestyle coordinator. "Just squeeze the pod, and the beans pop right out."
About half the campers enjoyed the edamame. As for other healthy dishes, Hilda Hernandez, 16, feels good about trying hummus made from chick peas and red peppers.
"I thought it looked funny," she said. "But learning to eat things that are good for you is important if you want to stay healthy."
Already, Hilda has lost two pounds. She is walking more instead of taking the bus.
After lunch, she and the other campers got a rousing workout with Zumba, a Latin-inspired fitness regimen that harnesses the energy of music.
"Zumba is fun and makes me want to keep exercising," said Taylor Ferguson, 15, who has lost four pounds. "Now, I’m doing sit-ups and push-ups at home."
In addition to learning about nutrition and weight management, the teens talk about sex education, drug and alcohol abuse, strategies for being good ambassadors in the community and planning for the future.
Camp FRESH 2010
Image by Christiana Care
Until this summer, Javiar Emory-Turner had never seen a tomato that wasn’t red.
At Camp FRESH, the 16-year-old Wilmington youth is not only tasting tomatoes that are yellow, green and orange, he is helping to grow and sell the produce.
Even more important, Javiar is taking the lessons he is learning about eating healthy home to his family and neighbors, encouraging them to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables each and every day.
"Before, I only ate fruits and vegetables about once a week," he said. "Now, I’m trying new foods that are healthy. I’m cutting back on sugar. I’m getting exercise."
Started by Christiana Care, Camp FRESH is a nine-week program for 48 young people ages 13-18 from Wilmington, New Castle and Newark, Del. The corner stores in their communities carry few fresh fruits and vegetables, and getting to larger markets with more food choices is sometimes difficult. These young gardeners from city neighborhoods till the soil at Wilmington Urban Farm, a verdant plot bursting with broccoli and bok choy, carrots and cabbage, zucchini and zinnias. By growing and eating healthy produce, the teens grow a healthy respect and appreciation for the value of nutrition, and they model their new respect for nutrition to others in the community, who also improve their diets-and, ultimately, their overall well being.
Christiana Care launched Camp FRESH in 2006 as part of the health system’s efforts to build an awareness of the value of nutrition, make a dent in obesity and improve the quality of life for these participants.
Two days a week, the teens sell produce at two stands in urban neighborhoods, one at the farm on East 12th Street and the other at Wilmington Hospital. On the other days, the youths gather at the Eugene du Pont Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute, where they make healthy dishes such as Asian coleslaw, made with Ramen noodles, cabbage and other accessible ingredients.
Campers were hesitant to taste when a bowl of edamame-baby soybeans popular in Japan-was passed around the room.
"Go ahead and try it," said Christopher Moore, Christiana Care healthy lifestyle coordinator. "Just squeeze the pod, and the beans pop right out."
About half the campers enjoyed the edamame. As for other healthy dishes, Hilda Hernandez, 16, feels good about trying hummus made from chick peas and red peppers.
"I thought it looked funny," she said. "But learning to eat things that are good for you is important if you want to stay healthy."
Already, Hilda has lost two pounds. She is walking more instead of taking the bus.
After lunch, she and the other campers got a rousing workout with Zumba, a Latin-inspired fitness regimen that harnesses the energy of music.
"Zumba is fun and makes me want to keep exercising," said Taylor Ferguson, 15, who has lost four pounds. "Now, I’m doing sit-ups and push-ups at home."
In addition to learning about nutrition and weight management, the teens talk about sex education, drug and alcohol abuse, strategies for being good ambassadors in the community and planning for the future.
