Last Nights Vietnamese feast!
Last night we ate in a wonderful Vietnamese restaurant with friends in Greensboro, and had papaya salad with fish sauce, and hotpot- the flavors were…
April 2009
Great post on Whole Grains by Nutrition Nibbles
http://nutritionnibbles.blogspot.com/2009/04/whats-whole-grain.html This is a great post explaining what grains are whole grain by a fellow dietitian…
Get in Shape Prior to Pregnancy
The American Dietetic Association issued a position paper today highlighting the need for woman to get in shape and be a healthy weight prior to preg…
Home Made Baby Mac and Cheese
For the moms and future moms- This was little Jasmines lunch home made mac and cheese with little baby pasta from Italy. Make Cheese Sauce with a lit…
Cool Gadget: Poach Pod
This is a neat way to poach an egg, boil water turn to a simmer, float poach pod in the water add a little oil, then break the egg into it and cover …
Amma's Idly/Dosa Recipe
Today I made idly and masala dosa after a long time, in fact maybe 7 months, jut after my mother in law left back to India after Jasmine was born. Sh…
Bread and Butter- 10 Fun Food Facts
http://breadplusbutter.blogspot.com/2009/04/10-fun-food-facts-of-day.html This is a wonderful little post with fun food facts by a fellow foodie and …
Spicy Fish Cakes
Heres my first attempt at fish cakes, I found the recipe in a Thai cook book and gave it my own twist, they turned out pretty good. Ingredients: 2 ca…
My First Article!
http://www.nursetogether.com/GlobalNursing/GlobalNursingArticles/GlobalNursingArticle/tabid/108/VersionId/8746/Default.aspx This is an interview with…
Tonight's Supper
Salmon poached in milk, with dill, a little butter, lemon juice and mustard - very nice, first time using fresh dill. With mashed potatoes with musta…
20% of America's 4 year olds are obese
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/results.php?storyarticle=6644 In a study of 8550 children nationwide it was found that 20% of American 4 year olds a…
Get Your ZZZ's
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/results.php?storyarticle=6626 In a recent study conducted by the National Institute of Health looking at 1455 people…
Spicy Tomato Pasta Sauce
Heres a quick pasta sauce recipe with a kick! Ingredients; 4 Roma tomatoes, 8 cherry tomatoes, 3 cloves of garlic, salt, 1/2 pack of Italian salami, …
Guest Blog: Spotlight on Peruvian Food
Ravi Guruswamy just returned from a trip to Peru, Equador and the Galapagos Islands! wow I am so jealous. Here he is to share his favourite food expe…
Guest Blog: Anita Raj Healthy Indian Recipe Links
Check out these links from Anita for great healthy Indian Recipes: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/collections/healthy_indian_recipes.html http://w…
Food Recalls
Spice Recall mostly affecting the West Coast http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30245664/ Pistachio recall http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30134735/ Just thou…
Get Back to Basics: Eat like a French Soldier 1000 years ago!!
While in France we visited a delightful little village perched on a hill side over looking the Mediterranean and Monaco. There we visited Roquebrune …
Follow Your Dreams!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-KiGva9dV4 It's never too late to follow your dreams, a wonderful story of a 47 year old singer from Britain'…
Walkers Crisps Competition
http://walkers.com/flavours/default.aspx?ver=low Just for fun check out the link, the flavours are submitted by contestants and the public votes till…
You Know Your In London When .....
Here are a few pictures of very British things, like lancashire hotpot baby food, Jasmine liked this, egg and soldiers - is 1/2 boiled egg with smal…
Italy Land of Coffee Lovers
While in Rome we had coffee in a small coffee shop, every morning the friendly staff would make 2 perfect cappucinnos for us and Jasmine would eat th…
Calzone With A Surprise
While we were in Nice we ate at a local Nicoise restaurant in fact this was special to us as a year ago we ate at the same place while I was pregnant…
Escargot French for Snails
We sampled snails or escargot in a small French restaurant in Mougins home to quite a few Michelin rated restaurants. I thought they may be chewy but…
Good Eating is Easy in Eze
In a small medieval town in the French Riviera we ate in a local restaurant called Gascogne Cafe in Eze. We sampled beef terrine, local nicoise style…
When In Roma Eat as The Romans Do!!
Now in Rome love it so full of history and beauty, here are a few travel tips 1. Get of the beaten track for restaurants, find back streets and ask t…