Slow Cooker Dishes: Minestrone Soup
Here’s a Slow Cooker take on Minestrone, one of the great, hearty, meal-in-a-bowl Italian soups! And it couldn’t be easier. Just prep all the ingredients, place them in the cooker and let it go! You can easily scale the recipe up or down to suit the size of the crowd you’re feeding or the size of your Cooker!Read More →
Slow Cooker Dishes: Pork Loin Roast
You can get nice little Pork Loin Roasts in the supermarket almost any day of the week. But what do you do with such small pieces of meat? They’ll dry out on ‘roast’ and it seems a waste to simply cut them into chops. But the Slow Cooker shines when it comes to making Loin Roast magic!Read More →
Canadian Gov. Studying How We Shop
The Canadian Government is launching a program to study folks as they shop at the supermarket. The hope is that the results will help us all understand why we buy what we buy. But will this help make us smarter shoppers, or give the supermarket people more ways to make us buy…Read More →
Fast Food Week: Industry News Roundup
Hi, gang! it’s time for our weekly look at announcements and releases from the Fast Food sector… This time, we hear from Burger King, Taco Bell, The Hard Rock Café and a guy who says he just set a new hot pepper eating record… The FF sphere is just bubbling with competitive activity…Read More →
Yogurt May Help Bone Density In Elderly
We’ve heard, many times, that people who eat a lot of Yogurt live longer. The model for this theory is the Milk-loving population of the southern Ural Mountains of Russia who regularly set records for longevity. But, now, Science has discovered that Yogurt can help maintain bone density in older folks…Read More →
Obama Turns His Attention To Sustainability
Former U.S. President Barack Obama headlined at the Seeds and Chips Conference in Milan, Italy, this week, His message was that we’re not going to make the widely-accepted deadline of 2050 for getting our house in order to feed the world’s growing multitudes. And he says we must act now!Read More →
Wine IS Good For Your Brain!
Yes, scientists now say that moderate consumption of Red Wine can help preserve your neurons, delaying the onset of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. But that’s just half the story: You have to eat the right foods at the same time as you drink to get the benefits!Read More →
Slow Cooker Dishes: Hungarian Goulash
This is one of my fave trade-off meals from the Slow Cooker. That is, when I want to use the Cooker but have been hitting the ‘usual’ faves a little too hard and want to avoid repetition. It’s tender, juicy and and really flavourful. And you can make it with a minimum of preparation…Read More →