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Pies | Cookbook.co.za. Lamb Butchering Robots Are Both Terrifying And Amazing. Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald: Warm Up, Slim Down and Get Healthy With Delicious Winter Soups. Winter is officially here. It's the season of long nights and short days, of reflection and looking inward, and of thinking of ways to keep warm: scarves, gloves, fireplaces, cuddling... and soup. Ahh, soup. When I want to remedy that "cold to the bone" wintertime feeling, a delicious steaming bowl of soup often comes to mind.

Here are four great reasons to eat more soup this season, followed by some easy and delicious recipes: 1. Soup can be part of a comprehensive plan to achieve or maintain a healthy weight. 2. Still trying to figure out a simple way to eat more kale, Swiss chard or spinach? 3. Soups are relatively easy to make, so unlike with some dishes, where it wouldn't be advised for an amateur to alter the recipe too much, when it comes to soup, even a novice can enjoy some culinary creativity. 4. In traditional Chinese medicine, soups are sometimes part of the treatment plan, and there are so lots of "food as medicine" ingredients that can be added to soups.

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Marcus Samuelsson: 8 Great Soup Recipes to Keep You Warm. Daniella Martin: Five Ways to Cook a Cricket. In an interview during her recent Journey To Cambodia video for Louis Vuitton, Angelina Jolie talks about how her boys "love to eat crickets. " "It's their favorite thing," she said. "They ate them like Doritos. As soon as we landed (in Cambodia) we had a friend bring us two to-go boxes full of crickets, and we all sat in the car eating them. " This globe-trotting family has it right -- crickets are good eating. Crickets, on average, taste vaguely like a cross between a shrimp and an almond, and are highly nutritious: when dried, they rival beef pound-for-pound when it comes to protein, and far exceed it in calcium and iron. Meanwhile, they are remarkably sustainable to raise, requiring so many times fewer resources than most livestock that it's like comparing an S.U.V. to a bicycle.

When preparing them, all crickets should probably be initially processed in the same way - frozen first. 1. In my opinion, the best way to cook a cricket is to saute it with garlic, olive oil and salt. 2. 3. 4. Pooja R. Mottl: All-Natural Sports Drinks To Beat The Heat. Summer is here! Running from your kids' early morning baseball game to the tennis courts for some practice in the afternoon sun requires you to be adequately fueled, nourished and hydrated.

Here are three simple, delicious and nutrient-rich drinks you can mix at home using just a blender! Unlike many store-bought, lab-created, "functional beverages" -- such as enhanced water (e.g. Vitamin Water) and sports drinks like Gatorade -- these homemade versions are all-natural. Potassium and various electrolytes central to keeping you hydrated, as well as other nutrients in these recipes, come from whole and natural food sources, such as coconut water, sea salt and bananas. These yummy recipes take advantage of the deliciousness that comes with eating fruits that are fresh, in season and bursting with flavor! Enjoy! Yield: approx. 2-3 servings (3 cups) This recipe is gorgeously refreshing. Yield: approx. 2-3 servings (3 cups) This recipe is gorgeously refreshing. Procedure: 1.