‘Groceries Go Home’ Archives
Freeze Fresh Herbs and Save »
Freeze Fresh Herbs and Save. I love this suggestion from Frugal Village so much I'm reproducing it here....but keep reading because there's more! Anyway Frugal Village offers this advice on freezing fresh parsley..."Chop the parsley and place it into an ice cube tray. Top each ice cube tray section with water. You want to use about 1/4 cup [...]
Crest & Oral-B and My 3D SMILE »
Crest & Oral-B and My 3D SMILE. I usually reserve the Groceries Go Home section for all my foodies--but who can resist the gleam of a sparkling white smile. Not me, that's for sure. That's why I'm featuring this great new idea...so watch out for it...and get that 3D smile yourself. Procter & Gamble is going 3-D with its new Crest and [...]
Herbs & Spices ‘Spice Up’ Nutrition »
Herbs & Spices 'Spice Up' March which is National Nutrition Month! Cooking with herbs and spices is trendy, healthy, and can be a real taste adventure and many are considered to be 'superfoods'--that's another bonus. ""Add a cinnamon stick to simmering tomato sauce to create a surprising sweet undertone. A pinch of curry goes a [...]
Coffee May Lower Stroke Risk »
Coffee May Lower Stroke Risk...and I LOVE My Coffee, Don't You? According to a study presented at the American Stroke Association's annual stroke conference, regular coffee drinking may reduce the risk of stroke. The study followed 23,000 men and women for approximately 12 years. Subjects who reported drinking coffee had a 27-percent lower [...]
Salt School »
Salt School. I found this fab article about salt, which has been in the news a lot. We all love it. But too much can cause some pretty nasty health problems. So when I read this very cool piece in Serious Eats about the different kinds of salt and how to use them I wanted to pass it on to you. Here are some of the highlights from my own salt [...]
Assault on Salt »
Your assault on salt can start with something as simple (and delicious) as selecting lower salt fixing for your favorite sandwiches. And now Boar's Head is making the 'salt switch' much easier with meats, and tips, and a brochure to help you get started. Recognizing that salt consumption has long been a concern in matters of health, Boar's [...]
Bok, What? Bok Choy the Chinese Cabbage »
Bok, what? Bok Choy the Chinese cabbage that packs a powerful punch both in nutrition and flavor. I love to chop it and toss it into soups, or use it in my stir fry. And if you check out Rachel Ray's Food Network Recipe for a 10 minute recipe for Spicy Shrimp & Bok Choy Noodle Bowl---Fast & Yummy, that's a winning recipe in my [...]
Perdue Gets USDA Stamp of Approval! »
Purdue First Chicken Company to Get USDA Stamp of Approval...so it's coming home with me for dinner tonite! Perdue Farms Incorporated announced it is introducing PERDUE® fresh, all natural chicken products with the premier third-party stamp of approval, the USDA Process Verified Seal, in North Carolina. Perdue is the first and only chicken [...]
Celebrate Margarita Day Today »
Celebrate Margarita Day today with a fun new recipe from Dos Lunas Tequila--21 and older only! In light of Margarita Day on February 22, Dos Lunas Tequila encourages you (21 and older only!) to kick your shoes off, lay back and enjoy a delicious Dos Lunas Margarita. The original Margarita recipe was invented in Ciudad Juarez-El Paso [...]
Ginger Tea From Scratch »
Ginger Tea from scratch to warm your chilly fingers and toes. Ever wonder about that weird looking root in the grocery store produce section called ginger? Most of us know the taste very well in ginger ale and gingerbread. But what is not so readily known is that ginger has been used for centuries to sooth an upset tummy, motion sickness, [...]
