I need some inspiration to help keep me from gaining weight during the holidays. Any ideas? The temptations of the season often come not with glitter and sparkle, but with sugar, fat and calories. Fortunately, weight gain isn’t inevitable. In fact, most studies suggest an average weight gain over the holidays of about 1 pound. [...]
I have always stuffed our Thanksgiving turkey with homemade stuffing, but my daughter tells me it’s not safe. Should I stop? Would it make a difference if I used stuffing from a box? Cooking a stuffed turkey is potentially more risky than cooking one without, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection [...]
Sometimes when I open a package of ground beef, the meat has turned grayish brown on the inside. It smells OK, but it doesn’t look very appetizing and I wonder if it’s safe to eat. Is it? Most likely, it’s fine. Ground beef’s bright red color comes from a pigment, myoglobin, which becomes red when [...]
I know I should eat breakfast, but I rarely do. Can you explain why it’s so important? I’m always looking for ways to try to lose some extra pounds, and it seems like a good idea to not eat when I’m not hungry, which is typically in the morning. On the surface, your habits make [...]
Why do some recipes call for sea salt instead of regular salt? Is it healthier? What about kosher salt? There’s very little difference, chemically speaking, between these types of salt. All are at least 97.5 percent sodium chloride and have a similar amount of sodium by weight. Sea salt, which comes from evaporated seawater, often [...]
Are apples as good for you as other fruits are? Apples may seem like the plain-Jane of produce, but they offer plenty of nutritional punch. First, the basics. A medium-sized 3-inch diameter apple (about 182 grams, or 6.5 ounces) has just 95 calories and gives you 4 grams of fiber — about 10 to 15 [...]
By Martha Filipic For The Madison Press Are apples as good for you as other fruits are? Apples may seem like the plain-Jane of produce, but they offer plenty of nutritional punch. First, the basics. A medium-sized 3-inch diameter apple (about 182 grams, or 6.5 ounces) has just 95 calories and gives you 4 [...]
I was making soup in the slow cooker but forgot to plug it in. After five hours, I realized what happened and cooked the soup, which included cooked chicken, on high for five more hours. I thought it would be OK, but my wife said no and threw it out. Who was right? She did [...]
