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How to Get Best Nutrition For Vegetarian Diet

Many people are turning vegetarian or eating mostly vegetarian food choices today. How does one stay healthy and make sure he or she gets best nutrition on vegetarian diet? If you were ever uneasy about vegetarian diet and nutrition, this is the article for you to read. A well-planned vegetarian diet is a healthy way to meet your nutritional needs. Find out what you need to know about a plant-based diet.

You may follow a vegetarian diet for cultural, religious or ethical reasons. Or you may eat a vegetarian diet to stay healthy and prevent health problems, such as cardiovascular disease. Whatever your reasons for choosing a vegetarian diet, this guide will help you make smart choices to ensure that you meet your daily nutritional needs.

Indeed, a well-planned vegetarian diet can meet the needs of people of all ages,… Continue reading

Fresh And Healthy Market Gazpacho

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Gazpacho remains popular with field hands as a way to cool off during the summer and to use available ingredients such as fresh vegetables and stale bread.

There are many modern variations of gazpacho, often in different colors and omitting the tomatoes and bread in favor of avocados, cucumbers, parsley, watermelon, grapes, meat stock, seafood, and other ingredients. Gazpacho has become an almost generic term for chilled vegetable soup.

In summer days if you want to not cook on stove top, this fresh and healthy market gazpacho is perfect! Not only it is fast to make, but it is healthy as well. Just serve it with side of bread roll or sandwich with ice cold lemonade and you’re all set for healthy gourmet meal.

Ingredients

5 large roma (plum) tomatoes, diced 1 (15.5 ounce) can garbanzo beans,… Continue reading

Grilled Veggie Sandwich

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I am vegetarian and I made this Grilled sandwiches for friends one day and it was hit! I hope you’ll like it too. It is much more fancier and healthy compared to just plain old grilled cheese sandwiches. I love Quizno Sandwiches and Subway Sandwiches, here is my version of Grilled Veggie Sandwich. Serve it with fresh potato chips or Gazpacho Soup.

Ingredients

1/4 cup Mustard 1/4 cup Red Wine Vinegar Dressing 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/8 cup olive oil 1 cup sliced red bell peppers 1 small zucchini, sliced 1 red onion, sliced 1 small yellow squash, sliced 2 French bread, sliced in half 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

(For Vegan, take out cheese, or use Vegan feta)

Recipe: 1. In a bowl, mix the mustard, vinegar dressing, minced garlic, and lemon… Continue reading

10 Tips before You Buy any Cookware

 

Before you buy any cookware or kitchenware, please take a look at these tips, so you will buy the best product for best value that will last longer and save you money in long run.

Step 1:

Know who are you buying for. Are you buying for yourself or someone else? What will you be cooking in it? What features are important to you: is it cheapest, easy to wash, dishwasher safe, easy to hold during cooking? Do you care for colors, look and shape etc and so on. Ask these questions before choosing a cookware or cooking set.

See Choosing Best Cookware Feature Guide for more details on what makes great cookware experience.

Step 2:

Next step is to figure out, what type of cookware material is important to you? If you want to buy all steel, non… Continue reading

How to Chop an Onion

Chopping an onion was one of the hardest thing I took time to learn. I cried, I cut myself and pieces were not unified. I wished I had seen this video when I was learning to cook. Here it is for all of us again to remind us a better way to chop an onion, without tears, hopefully!

Onions can lend a sweet distinct undertone to many soups, sauces, and stews. For more great videos check out: www.goodhousekeeping.com More from the World of Good Housekeeping: www.goodhousekeeping.com Subscribe to Good Housekeeping: subscribe.hearstmags.com

Note: having a right grip and right knife can do wonder for chopping an onion or any vegetables for that matter. Do you agree?

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Frequently Asked Cookware Questions and Answers

Here are some of the questions and answers that may help you with understanding cooking and product terminology much better. If you have any questions, please write to us via contact form. Our team will try our best to publish right answer right here for you. We try our best to answer our reader’s questions as often as we can. Feel free to ask on comments or via contact form.

How to clean your non-stick pans?

You can hand wash the non-stick pan using mild dish soap and soft sponge. Wait until pan is cooled off before washing. If your pan is not made of anodized aluminimum, it can be placed in dish washer to clean. To remove any stuck-on food, use a soft plastic scrub-brush or sponge and a gentle and mild soap.

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How to encourage your picky eater kids to eat healthy

Many parents with young kids like to encourage healthy eating at home. Research as shown that many kids who help with cooking at home, tend to eat healthier and home cooked meals as a grown up too. This strategy may work with a very picky eater, who will not eat many things, but if he has helped with cooking process, he will show an interest to eating a vegetable that he never has tried before. Our team members are parents who have used this technique with their kids with much success.

The key is to start small, have safe kitchen tools and work area with supervision with kids of younger age. Here are a few ways cooking and feeding your picky eaters to eat healthy food and ask for seconds.

1. Go food store or farmer market together.

Spend time… Continue reading

Ultimate Online Shopping Safety Tips

I love Giving Gifts & Getting Them During Holidays.

Mattter of fact, we buy lot of kitchenware, kids things and electronics from online shopping. Call me lazy. I really love Christmas and Holidays gift giving along with making birthdays, anniversary and other life event special. However, I am not too crazy about driving around to get deals.With online shopping, I can quickly compare the best prices around, free shipping or deals all from sitting at kitchen table, sipping my Chai Latte.

We show our love and care to friends and family via gift we buy. A few years ago during Christmas holiday, I used to make a plan to shop for everyone by November to get relaxed December but that did not quite work, as many of best deals for shopping happens around Thanksgiving holiday or event better known as… Continue reading