Chef Daniel
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Panini
Pane is Italian for bread and Panino is Italian for small bread or roll or sandwiches made using a roll or bun rather than sliced bread. The plural is panini which refers to a toasted or grilled sandwich in the United States. They have become so popular in the U.S. ... more
Read moreAlfredo Sauce
Mmmm. Fettuccine Alfredo. So simple, so easy and quick to prepare, but so delicious, and so high in calories and saturated fat. The white, cream based sauce Americans call Alfredo is less than 100 years old. Original Alfredo sauce didn’t use cream? Just butter, Parmesan cheese, and black pepper. It ... more
Read moreNot So Healthy Salmon
Salmone. The king of fish when it comes to omega-3 fatty acids. Americans are encourage to eat more seafood especially salmon several times per week. Recent supermarket adds promote fresh, healthy, farm raised Atlantic salmon. Prices range from $4.99 to $8.99 per pound. Hardly a week goes by that some ... more
Read moreSkip the Ramon Noodle Soups
They are quick, inexpensive and packed with sodium. One brand boasts in large type on the front of the package that their soups have zero grams of trans fat. On the back of the package in small type it states you can reduce the amount of sodium by simple using ... more
Read moreOld Rules, New Rules?
Doctor Mehmet Oz. Thanks to Oprah Winfrey he has become the go to authority on dieting especially for overweight and obese women. He promotes dietary supplements, foods and exercise that target problem areas and reveals “secrets” long kept from the American public by physicians, dietitians and experts with titles that ... more
Read moreSalt: It’s Organic?
Organic foods have increased in popularity as consumers become more concerned about the additives in their foods. The United States Food & Drug Administration maintains a list of over 65,000 approved additives. When you buy organically grown fresh fruits and vegetables you expect them to be free of synthetic fertilizers ... more
Read moreFoods That Can Heal?
“You are what you eat.” For many people it is the wrongs foods high in calories, fat, salt and sugar. They are highly processed foods and fast foods. Fast foods are usually fried or grilled. You can’t get much faster than that. Processed foods come packaged, canned and frozen. On ... more
Read moreRaising HDL May Not Lower Risk of a Heart Attack
Here we go again. After years of being told to up the level of HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol and lower the level of LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol a new study by investigators from Harvard Medical School and published in the journal Lancet concluded raising HDL levels did not ... more
Read moreGuacamole
Guacamole, the avocado based dip and condiment popular with Mexican foods is simple to prepare but can be challenging if ripe avocados are not readily available in your area. An alternative is prepared guacamole. It is relatively inexpensive if Haas avocados are selling for a dollar or more each. The ... more
Read moreSeafood Guides
Do you want to increase the amount of seafood in your diet, but don’t know what to buy or what species are endangered by over fishing? California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium has published convenient seafood guides based on which region of the United States you live in. There is even a ... more
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