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Guest Post Four Key Ingredients to Eat Well and Frugally at Home
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Vincent Scordo is the proprietor of Scordo.com, a fabulous blog about Italian American cooking. Check out his Pasta Challenge, which is more than sufficiently awesome.
As Ive said in the past, eating out/ordering in is a colossal waste of money, and beyond the occasional breakdown or special night out I tend not to reach for the Chinese take out menu or make reservations at our local restaurant. My other rationale for not eating out is that I simply will not get the same quality food at 95 percent of the restaurants in our immediate area (including New York City). Im not a trained Chef, but outside some extraordinary restaurants in New York, Ill take a simple meal prepared at home, with high quality ingredients, over a mediocre restaurant experience. Eating well at home is not rocket science, and moreover, you dont always need to purchase exotic ingredients to make tasty dishes. (The ingredients need to be high quality, but they shouldnt break the bank).
Here are 4 ingredients that can help you eat cheap and well for as long as our recession lasts:
2. Tuna in Olive Oil
I always keep between 3-4 cans of Italian tuna in olive oil stocked in my kitchen. My ideal tuna sandwich consists of one can of tuna (do not discard the oil!) with salt and pepper on toasted whole wheat bread. You can also add some fresh parsley and a few slices of tomatoes if theyre in season. (Try it without the mayonnaise, I swear youll like it.)
3. Pasta and Rice
My pasta and rice arsenal includes: thin linguine, angel hair or capellini, linguine, rigatoni, penne rigate, pastine, soba noodles, arborio rice for risotto, Carolina rice, brown rice, jasmine rice, and whole wheat couscous. Having the aforementioned pasta and rice on hand at all times gives you limitless possibilities, including: linguine with olive oil, parsley, and garlic, baked rigatoni with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and Parmigiano-Reggiano, soba noodles stir fried with green peppers, chicken breast, and onion, brown rice with ginger, cilantro, and cracked black pepper, couscous with feta, red onion, cucumber, and olive oil, etc.
4. Whole Chicken
Buying a whole, free range, chicken is the equivalent to getting the deal of a lifetime. A whole chicken gets you two types of meat (dark and white) as well various parts which translate into various types of dishes. I purchase a whole, free range, chicken every other week and butcher the chicken according to my perences. If Im interested in making a whole roasted chicken, Ill simply leave the bird as is and make a rub mixture with lemon zest, salt and pepper, rosemary, and olive oil. If I have a little more time on my hands Ill butcher the bird into nine pieces and freeze the parts for various dishes throughout the week, including: braised chicken thighs with fresh mint, breaded and baked drumsticks and wings, thinly pounded chicken breast with shitake mushrooms and sherry wine, etc.
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If you like this article, check out:
As Ive said in the past, eating out/ordering in is a colossal waste of money, and beyond the occasional breakdown or special night out I tend not to reach for the Chinese take out menu or make reservations at our local restaurant. My other rationale for not eating out is that I simply will not get the same quality food at 95 percent of the restaurants in our immediate area (including New York City). Im not a trained Chef, but outside some extraordinary restaurants in New York, Ill take a simple meal prepared at home, with high quality ingredients, over a mediocre restaurant experience. Eating well at home is not rocket science, and moreover, you dont always need to purchase exotic ingredients to make tasty dishes. (The ingredients need to be high quality, but they shouldnt break the bank).
Here are 4 ingredients that can help you eat cheap and well for as long as our recession lasts:
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1. Eggs
Eggs are a terrific source of protein and can be prepared in a variety of ways. My two "go-to" recipes for eggs include the basic onion and potato frittata and the cheese omelet. I often have eggs for dinner, but aim to keep my egg consumption to 1-2X per week. Also, Ive gone back and forth on using organic/free range vs your typical Omega 3 fortified, Eggland, eggs and to be perfectly blunt there isnt much difference taste-wise. (Eggs taste best fresh so only buy what youre going to consume.)
2. Tuna in Olive Oil
I always keep between 3-4 cans of Italian tuna in olive oil stocked in my kitchen. My ideal tuna sandwich consists of one can of tuna (do not discard the oil!) with salt and pepper on toasted whole wheat bread. You can also add some fresh parsley and a few slices of tomatoes if theyre in season. (Try it without the mayonnaise, I swear youll like it.)
3. Pasta and Rice
My pasta and rice arsenal includes: thin linguine, angel hair or capellini, linguine, rigatoni, penne rigate, pastine, soba noodles, arborio rice for risotto, Carolina rice, brown rice, jasmine rice, and whole wheat couscous. Having the aforementioned pasta and rice on hand at all times gives you limitless possibilities, including: linguine with olive oil, parsley, and garlic, baked rigatoni with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and Parmigiano-Reggiano, soba noodles stir fried with green peppers, chicken breast, and onion, brown rice with ginger, cilantro, and cracked black pepper, couscous with feta, red onion, cucumber, and olive oil, etc.
4. Whole Chicken
Buying a whole, free range, chicken is the equivalent to getting the deal of a lifetime. A whole chicken gets you two types of meat (dark and white) as well various parts which translate into various types of dishes. I purchase a whole, free range, chicken every other week and butcher the chicken according to my perences. If Im interested in making a whole roasted chicken, Ill simply leave the bird as is and make a rub mixture with lemon zest, salt and pepper, rosemary, and olive oil. If I have a little more time on my hands Ill butcher the bird into nine pieces and freeze the parts for various dishes throughout the week, including: braised chicken thighs with fresh mint, breaded and baked drumsticks and wings, thinly pounded chicken breast with shitake mushrooms and sherry wine, etc.
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If you like this article, check out:
- The 10 Cheapest, Healthiest Foods Money Can Buy
- 10 Ways to Eat Less Meat
- Touch of Class: 10 Thrifty, Healthy Ingredients to Improve the Quality of Your Meals
Benefits of Watermelon and Fruit Ingredients
Sunday, March 23, 2014
benefits of Watermelon
Benefits of watermelon is good for health because it contains a lot of health benefits, here are some benefits and content of watermelon.
- Little sugar content, no fat, and water content suitable for many makes watermelon a diet. Watermelon also be able to make full, so can delay hunger.
- Relatively high content of lycopene in watermelon is useful as an anti-oxidant and can prevent and reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
- sitrulin amino acid content in watermelon can increase the production of nitrous oxide is beneficial to enhance male vitality.
- Content of arginine in watermelon sitrulin and beneficial form of urea in the liver from ammonia and CO2, useful for laxative urine, kidneys and moisten the intestines healthy.
The content of watermelon seeds have a lot of useful content such as proteins, sitrulin, vitamin B12, and enzineurease. Kukurbositrin content of the watermelon seeds can stimulate the kidneys and keep the blood pressure remained normal.
Wah turned addition to sweet and fresh watermelon apparently has a lot of content that are beneficial to health.
8 Natural ingredients repellent
Saturday, January 11, 2014
8 Natural ingredients repellent - Before using insect repellent to eradicate mosquitoes, you should use a more secure way yet effective. For example, by utilizing natural ingredients repellent as quoted from Care2 following.
Catnip
Catnip is a kind of herbaceous plant that can make cats become more active. But it turns out that there is oil in catnip is also ten times more potent than repel mosquitoes chemical drugs on the market.
Citronella
Particularly in the form of oil, citronella can be applied to the skin to repel mosquitoes. Nature is not less potent catnip, but quite effective and natural rather than chemical drugs.
Garlic
If this one, you need to eat raw garlic in large quantities. Mosquitoes definitely would not like to bite and suck your blood.
Lavender
Lavender oil has a fragrant aroma and is quite effective at repel mosquitoes. Apply it on the skin to prevent mosquito bites.
Neem oil
A study says that neem oil is more potent than repel mosquitoes using insect repellent. Neem itself is a kind of herbaceous plant that grows in India.
Organic soybean oil
Soybean oil price is quite affordable and easy to obtain. So that organic soybean oil is one good option to be used as a natural mosquito repellent.
Lotus
Lotus is a powerful mosquito repellant and kill the larvae of blood-sucking beast. Because the lotus grows in the water, this plant effectively repel mosquitoes in the yard and pool area at home.
Pepper
Potent natural ingredients that repel mosquitoes last is pepper. A study has also been proved that the oil extract from black pepper effectively ward off mosquitoes.
Similarly, a variety of natural ingredients repellent. Instead of using insect repellent containing drugs harmful chemicals, better use of natural materials is not it?
Catnip
Catnip is a kind of herbaceous plant that can make cats become more active. But it turns out that there is oil in catnip is also ten times more potent than repel mosquitoes chemical drugs on the market.
Citronella
Particularly in the form of oil, citronella can be applied to the skin to repel mosquitoes. Nature is not less potent catnip, but quite effective and natural rather than chemical drugs.
Garlic
If this one, you need to eat raw garlic in large quantities. Mosquitoes definitely would not like to bite and suck your blood.
Lavender
Lavender oil has a fragrant aroma and is quite effective at repel mosquitoes. Apply it on the skin to prevent mosquito bites.
Neem oil
A study says that neem oil is more potent than repel mosquitoes using insect repellent. Neem itself is a kind of herbaceous plant that grows in India.
Organic soybean oil
Soybean oil price is quite affordable and easy to obtain. So that organic soybean oil is one good option to be used as a natural mosquito repellent.
Lotus
Lotus is a powerful mosquito repellant and kill the larvae of blood-sucking beast. Because the lotus grows in the water, this plant effectively repel mosquitoes in the yard and pool area at home.
Pepper
Potent natural ingredients that repel mosquitoes last is pepper. A study has also been proved that the oil extract from black pepper effectively ward off mosquitoes.
Similarly, a variety of natural ingredients repellent. Instead of using insect repellent containing drugs harmful chemicals, better use of natural materials is not it?
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