It’s all about cookie

Posted by admin on 26th January 2010

Did you know that the earliest cookies were made in seventeenth-century in Persia (now Iran)? Which was one the first countries that produce sugar? The word cookies however come from the Dutch word koekje. It is pronounce “kook-yah” and means a little cake. The Germans called cookies keks and the Italian call them biscotti. One of the most popular cookies on the United State is the chocolate chip cookie. Most people don’t realize that it is a relatively modern cookie. Cookie is accidentally made by semisweet chocolate bars and mixed up with the dough, the chocolate mixed together with the dough resulting in all chocolate cookie. But the chocolate didn’t mixed with the dough and turn the baked cookies full of broken chocolates pieces. Thanks to Ruth Wakefield who accidentally made the cookies and she named her new creation “Toll House Cookies”.

Categories: Food,Personal
1Jan

The Difference between The Caffe Latte and Cappuccino

Posted by admin on 26th December 2009

Both caffe latte and cappuccino are made from espresso. Espresso is coffee brewed by forcing steam through finely ground darkly roasted coffee beans. When espresso is mixed with frothed hot milk or cream and flavored with cinnamon, it is called cappuccino.

The actual proportions of the ingredients is depend on the person making the drink. For instance, a cappuccino is usually a shot of milk and 50 percent frothed milk. However, it is sometimes made with equal parts espresso, steamed milk, and frothed milk. Sometimes caffe latte is topped with frothed milk. Sometimes caffe latte is topped with frothed milk.

There are many variations of these drinks such mocha latte, which contains chocolate syrup, granita latte, which is frozen espresso topped with whipped cream, and flavored lattes such as raspberry latte.

12Dec

Stay in shape

Posted by admin on 22nd November 2009

In our mind we raised a lot of question how to stay in shape and lose weight. Unfortunately, and the truth is that there’s no simple answer to these types of question. Each every one of us is different with circumstances, different metabolism and different likes, dislike regarding our diet and exercise. Losing of weight it acquires dedication and self-discipline.

Some people who start off with some huge, unrealistic weight loss end up disappointed. They’re going to hit a wall of brick very quickly in terms of both energy and motivation. Here some step to lose three pounds fast. Everyday spend some time mentally visualizing yourself to lose weight, be confident and feel fantastic. Have a clear image of what you want in mind at all times have some goals tools to visualize your desire. Make sure you have the energy you need to lose pounds starts with avoiding soda, sweet have a quality sleep per night and other junk foods. Drinking of water 60-70 ounces of water if possible. Cut out white crabs, stop eating highly process white crabs and this is a big help to lose some pounds. The common white crabs foods are bread, pasta, avoid also the white potato, and white rice, these are starches can easily converted into sugar. The perfect meal for fast loss is based around a lean protein, raw or light cooked vegetable. A serving of beans or legumes, nuts, seed and fish. Be sure limits or at least cycle your intake of starchy crabs. Lastly don’t spend hours every week on a treadmill, instead do some intensive work outs every other day.

11Nov

Snacks Meal

Posted by admin on 27th October 2009

Snacks become a part of the day’s meal. It supplements the food eaten between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and supper. Our snacks should be nutritious and easy to prepare. There are lots of snack meals to choose from. They are cheap, yet nutritious snacks provide ¼ of the total calories needed by the body. In urban areas, midnight’s snacks are also served while watching TV.

1. Sandwiches are the most common snacks we eat. They are nutrients and easy to prepare. There are different fillings that we used in sandwiches such as eggs, cheese, ham, hot dog, chicken and burger.
2. Vegetable like tomatoes, cucumber, or cabbage and lettuce are used to enhance the appearances of the sandwiches and to make it more nutrients since vegetable are rich in minerals and vitamins.
3. Baked products and noodles are other examples of snacks. Noodles, spaghetti, and macaroni are rich in protein and carbohydrates. For baked products there are several foods item like bread, assorted cakes, biscuits, pies, tarts, and pancakes.
4. Milk and fruit juices are foods that are rich in protein, vitamins and minerals.

We must remember snacks are good but, we must watch out the foods we eat specially those foods do not contain nutrients that needed our body.

10Oct

Obesity problem

Posted by admin on 17th October 2009

fatguyinbox1 Some of us have obesity problem that’s why we should look forward to encounter it. Too much eating of junk foods it may leads into a toxin that store in our body, that’s why more people are easily get sick. Today the serious concern is our health; we don’t know some areas on our body are starting to give up that’s why we should to prevent it. One thing is to watch out our food intake, eat only with complete balance diet. Eat foods and vegetable that have high on fiber to eliminate some wastes and toxins in our body.

10Oct

Better and healthier way of life

Posted by admin on 30th September 2009

The idea of eating the right foods in the right ratio will help us our body become better health and better concentration. The right ratio of our foods in take is more important than the number of calories we consumed.

No matter how the size of our meal, the ratio of protein and fat should be observed the right size to be taken. Once we mastered the ratio, we had also to know what are the proper kinds of foods to eat. As far as the protein is concerned, the right size serving should fit in the palm of your hand and at the same thickness. With carbohydrates, vegetables and fruits that are high in fiber. Rice, bread and many other carbohydrates should only be eaten in small portions because they release too much glucose. Don’t forget we should eat a meal or snack within an hour of waking up. Then eat every four to six hours after a meal and every two and a half hours after a snack. Its better to drink eight -ounce glasses of water throughout the day and supplement our meals with a dose of Omega-3 concentrate. Never forget to include some exercise program it can help to reduce the excessive fats. Thirty minutes a day, six days a week is what you should aim for. If you follow these simple guidelines, we lose weight in a surprisingly short amount of time. But never into a crush diet it could bring someday a health problems. One thing for sure does it gradually.

9Sep

Good Nutrition

Posted by admin on 29th September 2009

200px-fruitarrangement Our body is like an engine its need fuel to support the all days work. The fuel that we need in our body is our food we intake everyday. The food we ate is burns or oxidizes and a good diet contains different nutrients.

1. Protein - is the main component of tissue and organs. Proteins are needed for growth and repair our damage body cells. Like animals protein they have a higher nutritional value than plant protein because they contain more amino acid.
2. Carbohydrates - are nutrients that provide us our body with energy. Like sugar and starch are carbohydrates. They are source of energy for our metabolism. Like cereals, fruits and vegetable contain the natural sugar, starch and cellulose.
3. Fatsits liked carbohydrates it’s provide to our body with energy. Some fats are found in meat, diary products and other fats found those in olive oil, vegetable oil, and fish. Fish has a natural fats it is good to our body.
4. Water is needed by our body so that metabolism can be maintain.
5. Vitaminsare essentials and good to our body.
6. Fiberis the structural materials (cellulose) in the plant. High fiber can be found in fruits, raw vegetable, cereal and grains.

9Sep