The World's Healthiest Foods. 100 foods that can serve as the basis of your Healthiest Way of Eating Links to the articles about these foods can be found below. In addition to questions about our foods, we often get asked about beverages and sweeteners. In the beverage category, water and green tea have been especially popular topics, and in the sweetener category, so have honey and maple syrup. Of course, there are many nutritious foods other than those included on our list that we feel are wonderful, health-promoting foods; if there are other whole foods - such as fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, etc - that you like, by all means enjoy them.
Just because a food is not on our list doesn't mean we don't think it can be included in a diet geared towards the Healthiest Way of Eating as long as it is a whole, natural, nutrient-rich food. To find out why some of your favorite nutritious foods are not included in our list, read The Criteria Used to Select the World's Healthiest Foods. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. How to Make Homemade Butter. Making butter at home is surprisingly easy to do. All you need is fresh heavy cream—and maybe a little salt, if you want salted butter. That’s it. (No, really: That’s it.) No, you don’t need a butter churn Unless, of course, you have one. When I told one of my best friends that I made butter, he exclaimed something like, “Wait, you don’t have a butter churn…do you?” (If you know me—and you know how much cooking equipment is socked away in our kitchen and basement—it’s always good to doublecheck these details.)
No, I don’t have a butter churn. I have something better: An electric mixer. As good as it would be for my arms, I’m not sure I could hack churning butter the old-fashioned way. I should note that this isn’t a cheaper way of stocking up on butter. But you don’t make butter this way because you want to save money. Which everyone should do at least once in their life.
What is butter made of, anyway? Butter is made of a few things: Butterfat, water, and milk proteins. Homemade Butter. Rose Cake Tutorial. SO excited to share with you how easy it is to make the rose cake. Seriously, once you see you are going to run right out, buy a 1M tip, and make one. That or go back to work. Or bed. Or whatever it was you were doing before I interrupted you. Ok, here we go! There were two main components to this cake. The vertical layer interior and the frosting rose exterior. I am going to do a vertical layer tutorial at a different time, (updated: you can see it HERE) as I did not get any pictures of it this go around and it is IMPOSSIBLE to explain without pictures. Now for the frosting rose tutorial! I promise you, this could NOT be easier. (I need to mention... before I froze my cake I poured a simple syrup over it. Start with your cake. Put your 1M tip (or any large open star tip) into the pastry bag then fill it up with buttercream frosting.
If you have an appropriately sized coupler you can use that, or you can just insert the tip into the bag and cut off the excess. At least, I hope so anyway. :) 1. Coffee Fudge Brownies. If only I’d had this brownie recipe back when I was in college. Staying up late to finish a paper or cram for an exam would have been – quite literally – a piece of cake. Make no mistake: these Coffee Fudge Brownies pack a jolt! I’d been eyeing the recipe on a can of French Roast coffee that my in-laws left behind from a recent visit, but I was a little afraid to try it. My body can’t tolerate a whole lot of caffeine…but my good friend Tamara’s can. The half-cup of coffee grounds contained within this small pan of brownies should have been my first clue that yes, there was going to be some intensity here. Aside from the inclusion of coffee, it’s a pretty standard brownie recipe (rather similar, in fact, to the brownie recipe on the back of the unsweetened chocolate package).
The brownies delighted a very grateful (and alert!) Coffee Fudge BrowniesFrom the Fudgy French Roast Brownies recipe on the side of the Safeway French Roast Ground Coffee can Makes 16 brownies Preheat oven to 300°F. Pork Carnitas with Exotic Spices. Chocolate Pots De Creme. Here is something I bet you didn’t know about me – every so often I cartwheel just to make sure I still have ‘it’. In fact there are a couple of things that I do with the similar regularity for the same reason, climbing trees, hanging off monkey bars, eating cake for breakfast and the list goes on. There are also a couple of things I cook with the same motivation and Chocolate Pots De Creme fall into this category. Over the years this recipe has changed, I have added other flavours (and taken them out), I have tried them with adornments on top – cream, berries, coffee grains and chili, I even even tried the stovetop/non-bake version.
At any rate all these tried and tested ways have led me to develop this recipe, which I consider to be the perfect Chocolate Pot De Creme formula. No flavourings other than chocolate, no accompaniment other than a couple of chocolate pearls and they are so very easy. Preheat your oven to 325f. Notes: Can be made a day in advance, cover and keep chilled. Frozen Butterbeer for the Deathly Hallows Premiere – Cook Like a Champion. There’s something you might not know about me.
I’m a huge fan of the Harry Potter books and movies. I wasn’t always, but once I watched one movie, I was hooked. I was devastated when I found out Eric and I were moving away from Orlando before Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Luckily, we were able to fly back over the summer and use our season passes one last time. Butterbeer, for those who don’t know, is a favorite drink of young witches and wizards. Looking for more Harry Potter recipes to celebrate the premiere of Deathly Hallows this week? Frozen Butterbeer for the Deathly Hallows Premiere Ingredients For the butterbeer: 1½ cups cream soda 6 tablespoons butterscotch schnapps 2 cups ice For the foamy topping: 6 tablespoons heavy cream 1 tablespoon butterscotch schnapps Directions Combine cream soda, schnapps and ice in a blender.
In a small bowl, combine heavy cream and schnapps. Source Cook Like a Champion original. Apfelpfannkuchen German Apple Pancake Recipe. Ramen Hacks: 30+ Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Instant Noodles. SLIDESHOW: Ramen Hacks: 30+ Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Instant Noodles [Photographs: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt] Ramen in the U.S. has come a long way. Once known only in its 10-for-a-dollar instant-lunch form—a staple of offices and dorm rooms all around the '80s and '90s—high-end real ramen shops are springing up left and right on both coasts and everywhere in between.
That said, my tastes have changed and expanded considerably over the years, and sometimes that little flavoring packet just isn't enough. As a card-carrying member of the Ramen Transmogrification Society of Greater New York,* it is my duty, my honor, and my privilege to share with you some of our methods and recipes. For full, step-by-step instructions on any of these dishes, please click through the slideshow above. * Our membership is pretty thin right now—care to join?
Simple Add-ins Mix-ins. The easiest way to quickly upgrade a bowl of instant noodles is with ingredients that require no extra cooking. Vegetation Spinach. Eggs. Toddler Menus | Free Toddler Recipe Menu Plan - Feeding the Toddler- Toddler Menus, Toddler Food, Toddler Lunch, Toddler Breakfast Ideas at wholesometoddlerfood.com. Check out our 5 day sample menus for Toddlers Our Toddler Sample Menu Plans are meant to give you some ideas for working all the food groups into your Toddler's diet. Healthy Foods for Toddlers are simple and easy to serve at every meal and wholesome healthy snacks are simple as well. These Toddler Menu Plans encompass the 5 "working" days of the week so that Parents might have an idea of how to pack some healthy natural meals for their Toddlers in day care. Our Toddler Menu Plans are meant to be examples only and are not meant to take place of the dietetic advice of your personal physician or dietician should you have one.
These Toddler Menus are geared toward the toddler who is in good health and does not require a special diet. We hope these Toddler menu ideas might give you some inspiration and show you how easy it is to feed your Toddler healthy meals and snacks throughout the day! Remember, you will notice as the day progresses that your toddler becomes less and less hungry. Poor Girl Eats Well: Recipe: Apple Stuffed Crepes with Caramel Sauce. Sometimes I wish there could be 48 hours in a day so that I could take care of everything I need to do. Fortunately I’m rather good at multitasking my way through the measly 24 hours we’ve been allotted; but unfortunately, I end up rushing through certain moments and do stupid things like lock myself out of my apartment. (Daddy, if you’re reading this, I SWEAR I’m not as bad as my mom is!) That is how my otherwise energetic and productive morning went today, so needless to say, I was a little flustered and mad at myself by the time I got to work.
But one thing did keep me smiling all day long, and that was learning that I was nominated for a Foodbuzz Food Blogger Award(see my previous post). Even if I don’t win, I’m still really honored to be considered for any award, and I thought it would be fun to treat myself to a little celebratory dessert tonight. It had been awhile since I’d made a nice batch of crepes. Poached Pears with Spiced Caramel. If you know me, you know that I’m not a huge fan of making fussy desserts. Creamy. Buttery. Rich. Yes. But fussy, not my speed. This dessert is actually the best of both worlds: It *seems* fussy, but it’s actually pretty darned easy to make. For this dish, you skin pears, then poach them in a spiced sugar syrup until they’re spoon tender. Instant chic. And? This recipe is slightly modified from this one, over at Epicurious.
About the pears You can use any kind of pears you like for this dish. Anjou pears are the little green guys who are usually wearing at least a little blusher. Poached Pears with Spiced Caramel Adapted from Epicurious Serves 4 Make the sugar poaching syrup Put the water and sugar in a large pot. Squeeze in the lemon juice, then toss in the lemon halves. Whack your oranges into quarters. Take your cloves, and push them into the orange rind, just like little thumb tacks.
Toss the clove-studded oranges into the pot. Add the star anise… …and the black peppercorns… Prep the pears. Better Than Sex Cupcakes: Chocolate Times Five. I don’t want a ‘plain chocolate cupcake’. I want a phenomenal, rich, delectable, ‘better than sex’ chocolate cupcake. Milk chocolate? White chocolate? Dark chocolate? This was my friend’s demand and I couldn’t let him down.
The Five Chocolate Parts of the Better Than Sex Cupcakes I created cupcakes that have five different chocolate components: Chocolate cupcake recipe by Chockylit. Were the Better Than Sex Cupcakes Better than Sex? I offer you selected quotes from three tasters: “Sex, what’s that?” “Mmmmmmm… chocolate” “It could be better that sex. What Cocoa Powder and Chocolate Should I Use? Although the text below is from my post on Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes, the same information applies. Cocoa PowderThis chocolate cupcake recipe has been tested with many different kinds of cocoa powder, both Dutch-processed and natural. Better Than Sex Cupcake Recipe The chocolate cake recipe came from Chockylit’s cupcake blog. Better Than Sex Cupcakes: Chocolate Times Five Ingredients Cupcake Ingredients. Homemade Baileys Irish Cream - You'll Never Buy it Again. My homemade Baileys Irish Cream led to far more questions and comments from my friends than my cupcakes ever do. “What’s in Baileys Irish Cream?”
“Where can I get the recipe for Baileys?” “OMG! This Baileys is sooo good! Will you be posting the Baileys recipe?” Products Related to Homemade Baileys Irish Cream Vitamix 1363 CIA Professional Series, Platinum Sure, any blender will do for homemade Baileys Irish Cream. Homemade Baileys Irish Cream Recipe Here is the homemade Baileys Irish Cream recipe for all of my friends, both on and offline.
Homemade Baileys Irish Cream – You’ll Never Buy it Again Ingredients 1 cup light cream (I used heavy whipping cream, which made it even richer) 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk 1 2/3 cup Irish whiskey (I used Jameson's) 1 teaspoon instant coffee 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon almond extract (I skipped this entirely) Instructions Combine all ingredients in a blender and set on high speed for 30 seconds.
Video Demo. A Two Bite Breakfast: Bacon & Eggs in Toast Cups. * Updated post from archive: Originally posted March 29, 2009 If you where to ask me what is my favorite meal of the day without a thought my response would be breakfast! I love breakfast! I love brunch! I love bacon! I love breggs! I mean eggs! These little goodies are all of the above in a little two bite package. The other day I was scanning through my copy of William & Sonoma’s: Tools and Techniques. And, they are crazy easy to make. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees. Trim the crust and the corners off the bread, making wonky looking circles. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and lay the bacon strips on it. Shape the cooled bacon into the toast cups, with the meaty side out.
Also, if you aren’t a fan of creamy delicious runny eggs you can beat 4 eggs with a bit of milk, season and spoon into the cups. Lower the temperature of the oven down to 350 degrees. Run a knife along the edges and use a small spoon to pop them out. For the love of eggs, bacon and toast! Ingredients 6 eggs Notes. Salted Caramel Chocolate Bars.
Skittles Vodka. Meals | The Hungry Mouse - Part 23. I think the weather’s finally officially turned colder here in Boston. Let the baking begin! These hearty cookies are really buttery and somewhere in between chewy and crisp. They’re speckled with oatmeal and studded with walnut chunks and chocolate chips. A touch of molasses turns them a rich brown and gives them an almost toffee-like […] Read More chocolate, cookie, Frangelico, oatmeal, walnut I love fancy food. Read More bacon, breakfast, brunch, Cheese & dairy, eggs, mushrooms, omelet OK. Read More bacon, beef, cherry, ribs, roasting Last night, we revealed one contender in The Hungry Mouse’s chicken wing duel: Lemon Buttermilk Fried Chicken Wings. Read More chai, chicken, chili, garlic, ginger, sesame, wings The other day, I bought a huge package of beautiful, meaty whole chicken wings.
Read More buttermilk, chicken, garlic, lemon I don’t know if this happens to anyone else, but when the weather turns colder, my inner eight-year-old starts to crave Campbell’s tomato soup and grilled cheese. How to Make Homemade Marshmallows (and Then Dip Them in Chocolate) Dark & Fudgey White Chocolate Chip Cookies. Imposter alert! This is a brownie masquerading in cookie form. These cookies are soft and a little chewy—and totally brownie-like in consistency. They’re studded with white chocolate chips, and get their dark, fudge-y flavor from a generous amount of melted, unsweetened chocolate.
It was really hard to keep from attacking them on the rack as they cooled. We managed. But, barely. (There was a lot of loitering and sniffing going on in the kitchen. Dark & Fudgey White Chocolate Chip Cookies: A note on unsweetened chocolate I used regular old Baker’s unsweetened chocolate for these and they were delicious. I love Baker’s because the chocolate comes in individually wrapped 1-oz. blocks like this, so measuring it out is a snap. Dark & Fudgey White Chocolate Chip Cookies: A note on equipment Use an electric mixer. Dark & Fudgey White Chocolate Chip Cookies Makes about 2 dozen cookies. Dark & Fudgey White Chocolate Chip Cookies: Melt the chocolate & butter Coarsely chop the chocolate.
Give it a stir. Easy Dark Chocolate & Walnut Fudge. Basic Cooking: Perfect Mashed Potatoes. 8-Cheese Oven Baked Macaroni and Cheese. Spicy Guacamole at The Hungry Mouse. Homemade Meatballs: A Step-by-Step Tutorial. Smore Pie with Peanut Butter-Graham Cracker Crust. Mini Meat Loaves at The Hungry Mouse. Old-School Diner Pancakes. Stuffed Pork Chops with Prosciutto, Mozzarella, and Sage. Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies. Drunken Coffee Jello Squares. Strawberry-Banana Margarita.