Omegas - What Are They, What Do They Do And Where Do I Get Them?
Posted on March 4, 2008 - Filed Under Health and Fitness | Leave a Comment
Omega 3’s are ‘good fats’. Omegas are not stored by the body as excess fat, they are absorbed and utilised by the body in a number of extremely beneficial ways. Omega 3 fatty acids are important for brain function and research has showed that they may play an important role in vision, co-ordination, learning ability, memory, concentration and behaviour. When our mothers told us that fish was ‘brain food’, she wasn’t kidding! Omega 3 fatty acids cannot be produced by the body so we must obtain them through diet.
Read More..>>Make It Fun By Having A Stars Party
Posted on February 28, 2008 - Filed Under Home and Family | Leave a Comment
Easy to make, a breeze to carry out, and easily adapted to please a crowd of any age, a Stars Party is an invitation to Party Success!
If you are planning a party, deciding on a theme that will please everyone is often the most difficult part, but a Stars Party can be adapted to fit any age, and the activities are just built right in! By definition, a Stars Party can easily be held outdoors, even at night, and extended outside from a more traditional indoors party. Consider having your party outdoors at a local park or outdoor gathering place with a pavilion. If indoors, simple tin foil stars or glow in the dark stars hanging from a ceiling with fishing line can set the stage.
Read More..>>Cheese Snacks You Make From Scratch
Posted on February 28, 2008 - Filed Under Food and Drink | Leave a Comment
In our never ending search for snacks, the grocery store offers a mind boggling array of pretty packages, most of them announcing that they have finally, after all of these years, discovered that trans fats are bad for you. They want you to know that their offerings now have "No Trans Fats" and are made using Sunflower Oil or some such other ‘healthy’ alternative to the evil trans fats. They conveniently don’t mention all of the other crap they put in there to give the stuff an unnatural shelf life.
Read More..>>Cottage Pie Recipe- English Cottage Pie
Posted on February 19, 2008 - Filed Under Food and Drink | Leave a Comment
You don’t have to be English to enjoy this traditional cottage pie, but if you are English then you’ll probably keep this recipe among your favorites.
1 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, diced
3 carrots, diced
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
1 1/2 cups beef broth
1 tablespoon tomato paste
Salt and pepper to taste
4 potatoes, peeled and diced
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup milk
1/4 pound cheddar cheese, shredded
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Read More..>>Surprise Party Menus That Are Surprisingly Tasty
Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under Home and Family | Leave a Comment
Surprise Parties may or may not be fun and enjoyable for the person the party is being held for, but they are always interesting. You can throw surprise parties of varying themes for people of different ages from kids to adults. However, you’ll find that putting together the menu for your surprise party can be surprisingly difficult. There just aren’t a lot of foods that can be classified as surprising, so let’s focus on goodies that are surprisingly good.
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