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Avocado Fries I have a particularly tragic memory of looking at rental houses with my friend when he first moved to LA and finding one that actually had an avocado tree in the backyard. I mean, a tree that was taller than the house and was heavy with ripe avocados This memory is tragic because my friend didn’t rent the house. If he had, I would have had a never ending supply to feed my avocado addiction.BTW – what are avocados, a vegetable? Some weird fruit? Tagged as: Aioli, Appetizer, Avocado, Fries

Healthy Eating: Easy Tips for Planning a Healthy Diet & Sticking Healthy eating tip 1: Set yourself up for success To set yourself up for success, think about planning a healthy diet as a number of small, manageable steps rather than one big drastic change. If you approach the changes gradually and with commitment, you will have a healthy diet sooner than you think. Simplify. Think of water and exercise as food groups in your diet. Water. Exercise. Healthy eating tip 2: Moderation is key People often think of healthy eating as an all or nothing proposition, but a key foundation for any healthy diet is moderation. For most of us, moderation or balance means eating less than we do now. Try not to think of certain foods as “off-limits.” Healthy eating tip 3: It's not just what you eat, it's how you eat Healthy eating is about more than the food on your plate—it is also about how you think about food. Eat with others whenever possible. Healthy eating tip 4: Fill up on colorful fruits and vegetables Fruits and vegetables are the foundation of a healthy diet.

Civil War Macaroni and Cheese Today, as I write this, marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of America’s Civil War, with the bombardment of Fort Sumter . I recently took my 13-year old nephew to visit our nation’s capitol, including visiting Robert E. Lee’s house at Arlington National Cemetery, and a day wandering the battlefield at Gettysburg. The National Military Park Museum at Gettysburg is not to be missed, by the way. So, what did they eat in the 1860s? along with recipes for okra soup, indian pudding, gumbo and brown bread. According to the Civil War Recipes book, the following “maccaroni cheese” recipe first appeared in Godey’s Lady’s Book magazine in 1861 (circulation 150,000). Boil the maccaroni in milk; put in the stewpan butter, cheese, and seasoning; when melted, pour into the maccaroni, putting breadcrums over, which brown before the fire all together. How much milk? Update 1-27-12 I’ve discovered another recipe from Godey’s published in this blog.

How To: Haunted House Silhouettes By Jeffery Rudell With some jobs, when you’re burned out it’s best to take a break, to get away from the office and focus on something else. With creativity, however, I’ve found the opposite helps: for me the only cure for burnout is more challenges rather than fewer. One such challenge came my way a few years ago, when I had an opportunity to decorate an entire house for Halloween. The homeowner had a strict $100 budget and insisted that nothing be attached to the house in a manner that would damage the exterior shingles. And, as for the pleasantly unexpected result, not only was the project great fun to create, but Sterling Publishing also took an interest in it and has just published Spooky Halloween Silhouettes (see the CRAFT review), my book based on this original project. Materials 100-yard roll of inexpensive black paper My roll was 36″ x 3600″ and cost $74.White chalk pencil ScissorsPDFs of silhouette images: Directions The back door is no more welcoming than the front door.

A Fast Way to Bake Cookies: Use a Waffle IronFine Cooking | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn We don't have a waffle iron. It's one of those small appliances that's only good for one thing, and we don't eat that one thing often enough to warrant owning one. But if we could use it to make cookies? Maybe we'd reconsider. We saw this tip at Fine Cooking and were immediately intrigued. However, if you're someone who rations out her dough, baking just a couple of cookies at a time so that they're always hot and fresh, this could be a great method. We haven't tried this recipe, and we can't (see above note about not owning a waffle iron), but we're curious if anyone else has made cookies this way. • Get the recipe: Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Waffle Cookies, from Fine Cooking Related: Fudge and Walnut Oatmeal Cookies (Image: Alexandra Grablewski)

Ways to Make Mac n' Cheese - Slashfood Ate (8) Vegetarian (Meatless) Shepherd's Pie and the Accidental Vegetarian I don’t know when or how it happened, but meat's been nearly absent from my diet lately. Only seven ounces of the stuff disappeared down my gaping maw this week, including a piece of pork at a 1st birthday party, a ham sandwich, and a few bits of chicken in a Mexican posole soup. Last Thursday, I opted for a soft pretzel over a hot dog at Shea Stadium, and I don’t even LIKE their pretzels. Don't get me wrong - my appetite for tasty, tasty animal flesh is still there. These days, instead of chicken fajitas and the occasional foot-long, I find myself gobbling Patricia Wells’ Eggplant in Spicy Tomato Sauce (delicious), Weight Watchers’ Baked Winter Squash, Raisin and Pine Nut Lasagna (needs less noodle), and Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie from All Recipes. (Just kidding, PETA! (But seriously, you scare me sometimes.) I made the Shepherd’s Pie earlier this week. A few other notes: 1) $1.20 per serving may seem a bit high, but this is a full, filling meal. 1) Preheat oven to 400ºF.

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