Better Breakfasts Ideas

Nutritionists tell us that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. With breakfast, we are replenishing our bodies from the night before and charging them for the day ahead. How we will perform during the day is affected by what we eat in the morning. Yet, breakfast tends to be rushed and routine--more so than any other meal. Here are dozens of ideas to help you build better breakfasts.

Eggs don't have to be boring

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Wander through an egg cookbook for a skillion ideas on what you can cook with eggs. Years ago, we got a little egg cookbook from the Iowa Egg Council and have worn it to tatters. I notice that they have more cookbooks available.

Here are some of the egg dishes that we enjoy. (They're more techniques than recipes but you'll get the idea.)

o Scrambled eggs in all their variations. Try Spanish scrambled eggs with leftover rice, salsa, and sautéed onions, peppers, and chilies. Or the old standby--cheddar scrambled eggs. Try adding a can of Mexi-corn to scrambled eggs. We like Chinese vegetables added to our scrambled eggs.

o Omelets in their variations. Think about the omelets on the menu at your favorite restaurant. Whatever you can do with scrambled eggs, you can do with an omelet. An omelet is a great way to showcase your favorite vegetables.

o Quiches. Think of quiches as savory pies instead of sweet pies. Check out a few recipes for ideas and then experiment with the ingredients that you like. Many quiches are loaded with cheese but they don't have to be. Load them with your favorite veggies instead.

Here's how to make a quiche practical for a busy morning: Make the crust and line the pie pan the night before or purchase a pie shell from the grocer. Mix the filling the night before and stick it in the refrigerator. When you get up, load the pie shell with the filling and set your quiche to bake. By the time the kids are ready for school, the quiche will be ready to come from the oven.

o French toast. French toast can be quick and easy. For variety, try different breads. We love hearty breads like multi-grain bread for French toast and fruit-filled bread like raisin bread. French toast is a great way to use up day old bread. Or try stuffed French toast. Consider this a technique and not a recipe. Load your French toast with different fruits or your favorite preserves. Try mixing nuts, raisins, or preserves into the cream cheese filling.

o Breakfast burritos. Anything that you can do with scrambled eggs, you can wrap in a tortilla. We like veggies and cheddar loaded with salsa. Try nuts, cream cheese and pineapple. The Iowa Egg Council has a recipe for Hawaiian Enchiladas you might want to try.

Consider breads for breakfast

Biscuits, scones, muffins, English muffins, bagels, pancakes, toast, and quick breads all make great breakfast fodder.

The argument is that breads take too long and are too much trouble for breakfast. They don't have to be. Consider these alternatives:

o Toast. Try cheese or thinly sliced deli meat on toast as a quick and easy breakfast. Spread a little cream cheese on your toast and top it with a slice of fruit or jam. We like peanut butter or peanut butter and cream cheese on toast. Or try peanut butter and raisins or peanut butter and sliced bananas on toast.

o Pancakes. Pancakes are quick and easy especially if you are using a mix. The grocery store mixes tend to be made almost entirely of flour but you can bolster the mix by adding dry milk or buttermilk powder. Or you can make your own mix.

o Muffins. You don't have to invest a lot of morning time in muffins. Consider refrigerator muffins. Mix up a batch of refrigerator muffins on Sunday evening, keep the batter in the refrigerator, and you'll have fresh muffins for most of the week. Simply load up the muffin tins when you get up and let them bake while you herd your family through their morning routines.

Don't forget the bread machine

What could be better than fresh bread for breakfast? Most bread machines have timers. You can program these machines to turn out perfect bread just in time for breakfast. Consider some of the fruit and nut breads for breakfast. Fresh Cranberry Nut Bread with whipped cream cheese butter or California Raisin Bread with strawberry butter sounds pretty scrumptious.

Eat what you like

Remember our college days when we thought pizza was a staple and cold pizza was the breakfast of champions? I'm not ready to go back to those days but a salad or a sandwich sounds passable in the morning. The point is, if you like it, try it for breakfast. Who said we have to classify foods into breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

Take a second look at hot cereal

Hot cereal is quick and easy and doesn't have to be boring. Try spiking your hot cereal with dried fruit, nuts, or coconut. (Dried pineapple, coconut, and raisins is a combination we love.) You can even make it in the microwave. Mix the goodies, the cereal, and a touch of salt in a bowl. Add water and nuke it for about three minutes. Presto--instant hot cereal. (With microwaving cereal so easy, we don't understand how the cereal conglomerates manage to sell any of those little packets.)

Get the kids involved

Democracy doesn't always work but letting the kids vote on breakfast foods is a good way to get support. If they have a say in those breakfast burritos, they are less likely to revolt the next morning. Try having a breakfast council on Sunday evening and planning your meals for the week.

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Child Friendly Recipes - Fruit Pizza

Child friendly recipes are fun to create. What makes a child friend recipe? A recipe that incorporates fun and good foods. Fruits and vegetables are favorite ingredients in child friendly recipes. Using these fresh ingredients provide vibrant colors that are appealing to children while also providing a nutritious meal.

Fruit can be cut into small sizes so a toddler can experience the texture as well as the taste of these healthy food group. Fruits or vegetables make excellent finger foods and can be easily added to fun recipes that children love. This fun "fruit pizza" is an example of a food project that allows children to select fruits in different colors and create a healthy snack while having fun creating fun faces.

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Allow children to choose colorful fruits at the store or farmers' market. Turn the kids loose in the kitchen creating imaginative faces on this delicious fruit pizza. Odds are, they will snack as they create--and like what they taste.

Child Friendly Fruit Pizza

Ingredients

*Graham cracker piecrust

Filling for pie:

*1/2 cup fat free or low fat cream cheese

*1 tablespoon sugar

*1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

*1/4 teaspoon lemon juice

*1 tablespoon 1% milk

Toppings:

Suggestions for fruit pizza faces:

*Strawberries for the nose

*Kiwi fruit or seedless grapes for the eyes

*A banana for the mouth

The choices for making the face are only limited by their imaginations. The kids can choose pineapples, mandarin orange, grapes or any fruit they like.

Instructions:

To Prepare the Filling:

1. Whisk together cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon juice.

2. Add just enough milk to the mix to make it spreadable onto the crust.

3. Spread the cream-cheese mixture with a rubber spatula.

4. Spread to the edge of the crust.

Now its time for the kids to get involved.

*Allow the kids to arrange the fruit onto the cream cheese mixture.

*Don't worry if it is not perfect. It is perfectly nutritious and fun.

*Children may want to add sprinkles or chocolate chips. Let their imaginations run wild.

*Refrigerate the pizza for at least 1 hour.

*Slice with a sharp knife and serve.

The kids will be impatient and want to eat the pizza right away. This pizza cream cheese mixture is almost set but will cut easier if refrigerated for at least 1 hour. Let the kids help you with the cleanup. They will be anxious to taste their creation.

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Quick and Easy - A Fast Cheese and Egg Omelet

The omelet is a classic breakfast and brunch dish. A very simple cheese omelet can be made very quickly and an omelet with more than one cheese takes very little more time. It's a matter of choosing the three cheeses to use. For this recipe I chose three easy to get flavorful cheeses that are slightly different in color, the cheddar being yellow, Parmesan being pale yellow, and Mozzarella being almost white. The differences in color make a nice variegated surface similar to what you would get when making a pizza with similar cheese toppings.

Ingredients

Breakfast Pizza

4 eggs
2 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoon minced onion
1 clove garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup cheddar cheese
1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Instructions

1 - Heat a cast iron or other oven-proof skillet on high heat
2 - Add olive oil, then the onion.
3 - Stir well to coat onion with oil, then cook until translucent.
4 - Add minced garlic with stirring and cook another 1 minute (maximum).
5 - Remove the onion and garlic and set aside.
6 - Beat the eggs and season to taste with salt and pepper.
7 - Pour into the skillet on medium to medium high heat and stir with a wire whisk until barely set.
8 - Spread the onion garlic mixture over the top, then all three cheeses.
9 - Place the skillet into an oven preheated to 425 and leave until the cheeses have started to melt.
10 - Remove and serve.

Note - Use of the wire whisk may require a little practice the first time but it is a fast way to cook
the egg without overcooking the bottom. If you choose not to use the wire whisk, then you should set the heat on a lower setting and use 2 forks or a spatula to keep the uncooked part of the eggs moving to the outside edge. Another technique I have used is to set the skillet in the oven when the surface of the beaten eggs is still runny and use the oven heat to cook the top for a minute or so, then remove and add the onion/garlic and the cheeses. Hope you like it!

Quick and Easy - A Fast Cheese and Egg Omelet

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How To Properly Make a Pizza (Screen Cooking, Not Pan)

The first step is to make sure your dough is properly proofed. Improperly proofed dough makes this job much more difficult. If it's under-proofed, it's going to have a tendency to shrink up on you. Over-proofed dough is just FULL of air, and as a result you're going to have a lot of bubbles if you're not extremely careful. Properly proofed dough is almost spongy and at least 25-50% larger than it started before proofing.

Step two is to prepare your work surface. You're going to want a flat, clear space at least a couple square feet. It's important to have enough room to work, because you're going to be cocking your elbows out a bit soon. You're going to need to put something down to ensure that the dough does not stick to the surface. Cornmeal, flour, really anything of that nature will do. An even, moderate distribution is really the key here.

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Now you've got yourself set up with a nice work area, it's time to zoom in a bit. When you place a dough ball to proof, there's a section that's not exposed to the air. As a result, it doesn't develop a "skin" like the dough that IS exposed to the air. That's what you want for your edge crust, because it's going to bake into a much softer, more pleasant bread. The best way to do this is to place your dough ball in the center of your prepared work area, with the previously exposed side up.

Take your hands and interlace your index fingers to form a V shape with your hands, middle fingers touching. The thumbs should be on top. You're going to want to arch your fingers slightly to ensure that you'll be pressing with the actual flat surface of the finger, rather than the tip. If you use the tip you're much more likely to create a sauce "trough" which creates a somewhat funky shaped crust. Cock your elbows out to about a 45 degree angle, and move your finger tips about a quarter to half an inch beyond the edge of the dough ball.

This next part is possibly the most difficult part to learn, because your body doesn't yet know how exactly to move that way. You want to pull back while also pushing down, but you don't want to pull back with your hands. Your entire arm should supply the motion and force. Bring your hands towards yourself while steadily increasing pressure until the bottom edge of the dough ball rolls up towards you. You should create almost a quarter pipe ramp with the motion.

Rotate the dough ball one fifth to one quarter (depending on the size of your hands and the spread you have with the V shape) and repeat until you've gone all the way around the dough ball. This creates the locked edge and defined crust. What you're going to want to do next is to reinforce that line by pressing down with the side of your hand all around the outside edge where you've just made the indentation.

Once this is done a couple times around, flip the dough ball (now somewhat of a dough disc) over. Since dough is rather pliable, you can see the indentation you made on the other side clearly. At this point you're going to have to stretch the dough. Your hands should never be more than 2 inches apart during a stretch. Starting with the tips of the fingers right up to the defined crust line and index fingers touching, you're going to want to pull with your non-dominant hand 1 to 2 inches to the side, keeping your dominant hand right up to that crust line.

At the very end of the pull you can let the dough ball slide a bit under your dominant hand, turning it in the same motion. Then simply repeat the stretching motion in the same short, somewhat quick tempo. You do have to find the right balance between sharp motion and where the dough will actually tear, of course. But without the sharp stretch, the air will not be released properly from around the crust area and you're going to see bubbles during the cooking process. Most dough consistencies that I've worked with only need to be worked around 3 to 5 times with the stretching motion. It does take some practice, so don't get discouraged.

Now either you have the dough to the proper size for the pizza you want to make, or it's much too small. This is where there are two personal choices to be made. One, some people like to stretch the dough on the table the whole time while others actually pick it up and toss it. I have found the more effective way is to actually hand toss the dough, so if you want to attempt this you're going to want to leave the dough around half to a third the size you want your finished product to be. Actually tossing dough requires a LOT of practice to do well, but the pizzas made using this entire method are consistently almost perfect. The second personal choice is about docking the dough. Some people support it, others are very against it. I'm personally for it, as it can help rid the dough of any remaining small air pockets you may have missed.

To toss the dough, you're going to pick it up by the edge, inside the crust line. Place that line on the edge of your dominant hand, because that first throw is the part where you're really setting up the rhythm and you want to have the most control. Now, and again I stress this requires a lot of practice (some people like to use cloths to get the motion down), you want to pull the dough up over your left hand, so that the edge catches on the tips of your non-dominant hand, just at the crust line. Pulling farther stretches the dough. The idea is to get used to this motion back and forth so that you can actually throw the dough between the hands.

Because you're coming across one side to the other, it's a simple step to turn the dough slightly as you're tossing. In this way, you get an even stretch across the dough surface. If not, you're going to wind up with a very lop-sided pizza. When the dough is the proper size, simply fit it to the screen with the side that was not exposed to the air during the proofing process up.

How To Properly Make a Pizza (Screen Cooking, Not Pan)

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Pizza Sauce

Pizza is a delicious dish that comes in the following form; the dough, sauce and toppings. A pizza sauce recipe is the way to go if you enjoy cooking and want to have fun making pizza at home. Making the sauce is quite simple and the recipe consists of low fat tomato sauce and various types of vegetables and fish. You'll agree with me that this is definitely healthy food. However, butter and cream can also be used.

The sauce can be either cooked or served raw but whichever you prefer, you'll definitely enjoy it. The cooked one, it's stored in trays of ice that are in plastic bags. Spices such as oregano are used when making the sauce so as to improve the taste and life span. Different herbs are also used to increase the taste, some of the herbs used include basil, thyme, marjoram, mint and savory.

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Generally, the taste of your sauce will depend on your imagination and creativity. Nevertheless, you can use olive oil to make it spicy and tasty at the same time. Some types of olive oil that will help make it spicy and tasty will include; Southwestern which is normally used with herbs such as Cummins, black pepper, garlic and oregano. California oil is also used with garlic, oregano, basil and chili flakes to add a delicious taste.

Garlic oil is another type of olive oil used by basically infusing olive oil with garlic. Canning pizza sauce is also a good sauce and it doesn't need to be frozen so as to store it. In fact, you can keep it in the garage.

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Eat Your Breakfast

Your mother probably made sure you had something to eat before you left the house for school, stood over your shoulder, made sure you ate it and pushed you out the door to catch the schoolbus. News Flash! Breakfast is still the most important meal of the day. This is because breakfast jump-starts your metabolism and that leads to weight loss! The National Weight Control Registry is responsible for tracking people who have lost at least 50 pounds and kept it off for more than a year. In each and every case, these "losers" are all eating breakfast.

The morning routine of waking up, washing your face, brushing your teeth, taking a shower and drinking coffee or tea is commonplace for many adults. What about your metabolism? It needs to be awakened, too. Breakfast is the best way to do this.

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EAT YOUR CEREAL: Many cereals contain vitamins, minerals and whole grains that are healthy and beneficial for your morning cuisine. Choose a cereal with 5 grams or more of Fiber, 200 calories or less per serving, 10 grams or less of added sugar per serving, 3 grams of protein or more and 25% of your Daily Value of Iron.

The ideal breakfast includes a bit of fat, protein and carbohydrates for a balanced meal. This goes for every meal, not just breakfast. Here are some samples of quick and easy breakfasts:

* a whole wheat English muffin toasted with peanut butter

* 1 cup of nonfat yogurt mixed with strawberries and honey

* 1 whole wheat spinach tortilla with scrambled egg whites, tomatoes and low-fat cheese

* ½ cup of whole-grain oatmeal cooked with 1 cup of skim/1% milk and a sprinkling of raisins, dates or nuts

Some people complain they don't enjoy 'breakfast foods'. In many other cultures, breakfast does not consist of bacon and eggs!! Foregoing the traditional American breakfast for anything that tastes good to you is infinitely better than skipping the most important meal of the day. Have a sandwich, leftover cheese pizza or a piece of fresh fruit. The most important thing is to ingest a few hundred calories and zap your system with a bit of protein.

Americans watch, on average, 3 hours of television per day. Preparing breakfast takes about 10 minutes at most. When people say they have no time for breakfast, it's simply not true. Shut the TV off a half an hour early, go to bed and sleep an extra 15 minutes and you still have 15 minutes to eat breakfast! If you must enjoy your breakfast on the road, it is possible to stop at a grocery store and pick up some fruit, a yogurt or a deli sandwich to eat on the way to work. Convenience stores or gas stations are usually stocked with protein or energy bars. Look for one with 250 calories or less and 5 grams or more of fiber. If you stop at a Diner, don't opt for the He-Man Country Breakfast. Instead, order egg whites, oatmeal, salad or a fruit cup. Women will be sufficiently fueled with a breakfast containing 250-350 calories. Men may take a little more. Keep your breakfast foods low in fat and high in fiber to bring your energy level up and your waistline in. You can feel good about making these right choices and make your mama proud!

Eat Your Breakfast

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Italian Pizza - Its True Story Revealed

Pizza is the most ubiquitous of fast foods. It can be bought everywhere. It has a soft base and is loaded with a variety of cheeses, meats, salamis, fish and even pineapple. But this modern Italian-American pizza is a far cry from the original pizzas.

Pizza has a long history in Mediterranean food. It goes back to the kind of flat bread that was made and sold all over the Mediterranean and Middle East. Flat bread of this kind would often be spread with oil and seasoned with olives, garlic and herbs, or dates.

Breakfast Pizza

Flat bread is still often served for breakfast in the Mediterranean. Originally the main meal would be served on bread of this kind. It could also be used for scooping food out of a common dish like the modern Indian paratha bread.

In Italy flat bread of this kind became known as pizza. The word was also applied to sweet dishes made of flaky pastry.

Pizza as we know it with its characteristic covering of a tomato based sauce only came into being after the tomato was imported into Europe from the Americas. The legend that the pizza was invented by Marco Polo who missed the Chinese green onion omelettes he had enjoyed in China is probably untrue.

In the course of the eighteenth century the poor of Naples began to season their flat bread with tomato. As Naples began to attract tourists so interest in the local specialties grew. The first pizza restaurant was set up in Naples in 1830. From there the pizza has spread all over Italy and the rest of the world as migrants from Southern Italy have taken their cuisine with them.

Pizza began to appear in the USA during the nineteenth century. It was sold in the streets of cities that had large Italian populations such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Philadelphia. The first pizzeria is thought to have opened in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. Lombardi's in Manhattan claims to descend from this original pizza restaurant.

After the Second World War pizza began to become a genuine international food. New varieties of pizza began to appear and the big commercial chains of pizza restaurants began to appear.

The idea of the take away pizza began to emerge and the pizza began to encapsulate all that is enticing and excessive about modern convenience food. Customers could demand any topping they wanted. They could consume vast amounts of fatty cheese and meat. Like the hamburger a once simple food has become a source of obesity and ill-health.

There is no reason for a pizza to be unhealthy. Eaten in moderation and not dripping in high fat cheese and meat it can be a healthy food. Getting back to its roots is surely the way for pizza to go in the future.

Purists claim that there are only two kinds of authentic pizza: the Marinara and the Neapolitana. They are both covered with tomato paste and mozzarella but the Marinara has anchovies added. Both can be seasoned with oregano, basil and pepper.

The base of a traditional pizza is typically much thinner and crisper than that of commercial pizzas available elsewhere. This base is brushed with a light coating of olive oil and spread with tomato paste. It then has rounds of fresh mozzarella added. The grated mozzarella often served even in Italy tastes nothing like the real thing. The masses of cheap grated Cheddar type cheese that is often used in commercial pizzas is an abomination and should be avoided. It has no flavour and is high in heart-stopping cholesterol.

A few anchovies can be added before the whole thing is baked quickly in a wood fired oven. When it comes out of the oven a few basil leaves can be scattered on it. The whole result is light, crisp and flavoursome.

Those who have tried a traditional pizza baked in a wood fired oven, especially if it is fired with vine pruning, will seldom willingly go back to the commercial kind. At its best the pizza, especially when eaten out of doors on a summer evening with friends and a bottle of red wine captures the essence of simple rustic fare.

Italian Pizza - Its True Story Revealed

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Pizza - Good For Your Prostate

Amazing as it may sound, studies have shown that tomato sauce can help prevent prostate cancer due to the concentrated levels of lycopene found in it. Fresh tomatoes are all well and good, but once they have been cooked into a sauce, you eliminate a lot of the water and concentrate all that goodness in one spot. What does this mean for you? Dig in to that spaghetti, lasagna, and pizza.

These studies show that men who eat a lot of tomato sauce can lower their risk of prostate cancer by as much as 20%. In fact, men who ate tomato sauce once a week seemed to have the best protection. Lycopene, the important cancer fighting nutrient in tomatoes, dissolves in fat. The oils involved take the lycopene to the colon, where it is absorbed. The body absorbs lycopene better after it has been altered by cooking.

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Before you go overboard with the pizza, most of the other ingredients used offer you lots of fat. Go lighter on the cheese and add more veggies to your pizza. Limit yourself to once a week or alternate it with other Italian dishes famous for their tomato sauce.

Try this combination to optimize your pizza's nutritional value: Top it with tomato sauce as has been discussed. Add some caramelized onions to give you sulfur compounds and flavonoids to help your immune system. Artichokes, spinach, red peppers, squash, and broccoli are excellent additions. Choose your favorites. Use half the cheese you normally would. Cheese gives you calcium, but it also carries a lot of fat. Make sure you use a whole grain crust on your pizza and you will be well on your way to eating a healthier pizza.

Lycopene supplements do not taste as good as pizza. Studies show they do not work as well, either. Stick with a good tomato sauce, like the recipe below. Use it on pizza, spaghetti, lasagna and other recipes so you can reap the benefits of tomato sauce. Protect your prostate. Eat well, get regular checkups with your doctor, and follow the recommendations made by The American Cancer Association for prevention.

Recipe for Pizza Sauce

This sauce is full of tomato goodness and rich flavors from herbs.

What You Need

1 (14.5 ounce) can tomato sauce 2 Tablespoons tomato paste 1 garlic clove, finely minced 1 Tablespoon fresh basil, finely chopped 2 teaspoons dried oregano 1 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt Pinch of cayenne pepper Splash of red wine How to Make It

Combine all of the ingredients together in a sauce pan. Let it simmer over medium heat until bubbles begin to surface. Reduce your heat and cover the sauce. Let the mixture simmer on low for another 15 minutes.

Serve the sauce warm on pizza or spaghetti. For freezing, pour into ice cube trays. Once the sauce is frozen, place the cubes in Ziploc bags.

Note: For a sweeter sauce, add a little sugar or honey to the mixture during cooking.

Pizza - Good For Your Prostate

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Start Your Day With Low Carb Breakfast and Low Fat Breakfast Recipes

Do you know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? You need to have a healthy breakfast to start off the day. Here are a couple of low-carb breakfast and low-fat breakfast recipes that you could easily make for your family and kids.

Yogurt with Toasted Almonds and Jam
Serves 4
Preparation time: 5 minutes

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Exchanges/choices
1 fat free milk
1 Carbohydrate
1 fat

Calories 195
Total Fat 4.5g
Cholesterol 15mg
Sodium 160mg
Total Carbohydrate 26g
Protein 14g

Ingredients:
4 cups fat-free plain yogurt
1/4 cup Splenda
4 Tbsp low sugar raspberry jam
4 Tbsp slivered almonds, toasted

Cooking methods:
In a medium bowl, combine yogurt and Splenda. Divide evenly among three small serving bowls. Dollop each bowl of yogurt with 1 Tbsp jam and sprinkle with 1 Tbsp toasted almonds.

Nutrition Tips:
This simple delicious breakfast is a great source of calcium, which is needed for bone health and the prevention of osteoporosis.

Egg Sandwich with bacon and cheese
Serve 4
Prep time: 10 minutes

2 Starch
2 Lean Meat

Calories 245
Total Fat 3.5g
Cholesterol 20mg
Sodium 1150mg
Total Carbohydrate 31g
Protein 24g

Ingredients:
Cooking spray
2 slices Canadian bacon
1 cup egg substitute
1/8 tsp ground-black pepper
4 whole-wheat English muffins, split and toasted
4 (1-oz) slices fat-free American cheese

Cooking Method:
Coat a medium skillet with cooking spray. Add Canadian bacon. Cook over medium heat 1-2 minutes on each side. Remove from pan.

In a medium bowl, beat egg substitute and black pepper with a wire whisk until well blended, pour into skillet. Cook until egg substitute is almost set, draw a spatula across the pan to form large curds. Cook an additional 4-5 minutes, or until eggs are firm but still moist, stirring occasionally.

Spoon about 1/4 of egg mixture over one English muffin half, top with 1 slice Canadian bacon, 1 slice cheese and other English muffin half. Repeat for remaining three sandwiches.

Cooking Tip:
These sandwiches are great on the go, when you don't have time to sit down for breakfast.

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Take a Bite Out of Breakfast Costs

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day (so the experts tell us) as we fuel our bodies after a long night and prepare for a busy day ahead. That said, it's also become a very pricey meal of the day! There are a slew of manufacturers out there that have bundled breakfast items in convenient, high fat, high sugar, and high COST ways and convinced YOU, the consumer that you NEED their products and you can't live without them. I'm here to tell you otherwise. I'm going to help you take a bite out the rising costs of breakfast.

The prices of cereals have skyrocketed over the past few years as we've also watched the box sizes shrink! If you and your family really are addicted to boxed cereal then consider generic products. Generic cereals don't have the flashy familiar faces we've come to know through advertising and thus cost much less. I stock up on certain cereals when our local IGA market has a truck load sale and I pay /large box. Corn flakes, oat circles and rice crispy type cereals that normally run 3.99 to 4.99 for a brand name are mine for . Now I do get brand name cereals IF and ONLY IF, there is a killer sale and I have a coupon to go with it. I NEVER spend more than .25 for a brand name cereal, especially considering my three boys can wipe out a box in two sittings. If I paid full price, that would equate to .00 to 2.50 for just breakfast meals alone (not counting milk). Generics are the way to go if you're going to eat cereal.

Breakfast Pizza

A favorite cereal of ours is granola, but the store bought varieties are expensive AND many contain items we can't or don't eat (one nut allergy and three particular kids). I buy my oatmeal in bulk and make my own. There is a lot of flexibility in making your own granola and it isn't too time consuming (make a batch when you already plan on starting up your oven). The basic premise is a sweetened, flavorful liquid that is poured over the oatmeal and stirred thoroughly and then the oatmeal is slowly dried in the oven allowing the flavor to stay with the oatmeal while the moisture is baked away. After it's done, you can add any kind of dried fruit, nuts, or seeds.

Basic Granola Recipe

6 cups rolled oats

2 cups whole wheat flour (helps to create clusters of granola)

1 cup wheat germ (I have eliminated this before)

1 cup coconut

2 cups raisins (Craisins are good, too!)

¾ c. oil

½ c. brown sugar

½ c. molasses

½ c. water

1 TBS vanilla

Almonds, walnuts, and sunflower seeds can be added as well

Combine oats, flour, wheat germ and coconut. Mix well. Blend oil, sugar, molasses, water, vanilla and salt. Stir wet into dry-thoroughly moistening all. Spread onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 250f for 45 minutes to 1 hour; stir occasionally. Bake until dry and crisp. Cool and then stir in your raisins, nut or other dried fruit. Store it in an airtight container. OH and word to the wise-watch your baking granola carefully-it will burn quickly! Please don't ask how I know that.

Speaking of oatmeal, a friend of mine put me onto a great way to make hot oatmeal quickly! This technique also works well when you've got different people in the house wanting oatmeal done in different ways. I mix 1 part traditional rolled oats (usually ¼ c to 1/3 c) to 2 parts water in a microwave-proof bowl. I add in a bit of vanilla (you don't have to-it makes me feel like I'm eating gourmet oatmeal), a tablespoon or two of brown sugar, a dash of cinnamon and salt and into the microwave it goes for two minutes. I've added dried fruits based on each child's preferences and I'm sure you could throw in seeds and nuts as well. It's quick and easy and significantly cheaper than buying the boxes of flavored instant oatmeal.

Make the following breakfast items in cooking sessions and then freeze them (freeze them first on cookie sheets and then place them in storage containers, they won't freeze together in a solid lump that way). You might need to experiment as to the best way to reheat but generally I find that the microwave works great (although a toaster oven would probably work well, too). By making these items ahead of time, you can save serious time and money!

-pancakes

-waffles

-French toast (a great way to use up stale bread!)

-muffins

-breakfast burritos (scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, grated cheddar cheese and salsa place in soft burrito wraps and then frozen; to reheat, place in microwave for 30 seconds to 1 ½ minutes depending on your microwave)

-breakfast sandwiches (make them with English muffins, bagels or biscuits and fill with items similar to the burritos and then freeze, reheating in the same manner)

-breakfast muffins (an egg-based "muffin" that has bacon or sausage, onions, peppers and cheese in it)

-breakfast casseroles-great ways to use eggs, leftover ham, peppers, onions, potatoes and other items in a casserole that can be kept in the fridge and reheated quickly in the microwave.

Now with all that said, breakfast doesn't have to be made up of traditional breakfast items, either. There is no law that states that eggs and bacon and cereal are just for breakfast and breakfast is only bacon and eggs and cereal. Many a college student has fueled their morning with leftover, cold pizza! An inexpensive breakfast can be leftover anything!

So take a bite out of breakfast costs by thinking generic, thinking and making things ahead of time and thinking outside of the traditional breakfast food box (cereal box) that is!

Take a Bite Out of Breakfast Costs

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5 Different, Yet Delicious, Kinds of Pizza

Pizza is one of the most popular dishes in the world, with every country having their favorite toppings. You can experiment on your own, however and come up with some incredibly different kinds of pizza. Do not be afraid to try something new. A great way to start is to try to recreate the flavor of a different recipe on top of a pizza. Take a look at some of these ideas and see where it leads you. They have all been recommended at one time or another as a delicious combination.

Catfish with curry sauce, onion and basil.

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Barbecue Ribs: smoked rib meat, Monterrey jack cheese, caramelized onions on top of a layer of barbecue sauce.

Roasted turkey, cranberry, Swiss cheese and a bit of mustard.

Potato: tomato sauce on the bottom, top with a mixture of cheeses, and cubed potatoes sauteed in garlic, olive oil, onions, and butter.

Gourmet mushrooms on top of a bed of pureed black olives, capers, anchovies, lemon juice, olive oil and salt and pepper. Add a little cheese on top.

Reuben Pizza: use Thousand Island dressing for the sauce; top with corned beef, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese.

Muffaletta: make an olive salad with garlic, ham, and Provolone cheese.

Buffalo Pizza: top with a spicy tomato sauce, chicken wing meat covered in hot sauce, mozzarella, and bleu cheese.

Hamburger Pizza: top with ketchup, crumbled hamburger, mayonnaise, onion slices, dill pickles and cheddar cheese. Add lettuce and tomato slices after baking.

Seafood Cocktail: Spread cocktail sauce on the crust and top with shrimp, scallops, clams, calamari, lobster, crab... use whatever seafood you have on hand.

Clam Chowder: top the pizza with a white sauce, garlic, olive oil, parmesan cheese, a bit of salt pork, salt and a few grinds of pepper to complement the chopped fresh clams.

Top the crust with cream cheese and smoked salmon.

Sichuan Chicken: top the crust with hoisin sauce, mozzarella cheese, sliced green onions, shredded cooked chicken, ginger, oyster sauce, Chinese chile peppers, and sesame oil.

Thai Pizza: cover crust with peanut sauce, mozzarella cheese, hot pepper slices, and chicken. Bake, and then top with cilantro, shreds of carrot and sesame seeds.

Veggies like grilled squash, arugula, and roasted peppers

Smoked duck, caramelized onions, baby spinach, and Asiago cheese on top of a pesto sauce.

Olive oil on the bottom, topped with prosciutto, roasted red peppers, dried apricots and mozzarella cheese.

Apple slices, walnuts, gorgonzola cheese and rosemary.

Hot dog slices, pickles, turnips, and cabbage with ginger slices.

Olive oil, sea salt, freshly ground pepper, prosciutto, figs, and spinach.

Broccoli raab, roasted peppers, and sausage.

Apples and brie.

Prosciutto, feta cheese, basil, and peaches.

Hoisin sauce topped with roast chicken, sliced green onions, bean sprouts, and Fontina cheese.

Caramelized onions, gorgonzola cheese, and pears.

Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, onions, and tuna.

Roasted fennel, pickled peppers, and ricotta cheese.

Saute shrimp in white wine and lemon then put it on pizza with green olives.

Breakfast: bacon, scrambled egg, and potatoes.

Swedish meatball pizza: gravy topped with potatoes, small meatballs, and Fontina cheese.

5 Different, Yet Delicious, Kinds of Pizza

You can have a lot of fun with pizza recipes. You can even make them into dessert. If you want to try something different, try a fruit pizza recipe with a cookie crust. Top it with seasonal fruit and cream cheese for a unique dessert.

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Kids Can Make Pizza!

Just about any time is a good time for kids to make pizza, don't you think? Here are some steps to help create a positive pizza-making experience for you and your children.

Plan it out ahead of time and talk it over with your kids. Give them options - kids love choices. What exactly do they want their pizza to be? What do they want on it? Do they want it baked on a cookie sheet and cut in squares? There's no one type of pizza, and they may even want to make a couple of different ones. Maybe they'll invent their own signature pizza!

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Start with the crust. There are simple recipes for crusts in your favorite cookbook that kids can easily do, but if that seems like too much, grab a ready-made crust from the supermarket. Help may be needed to get the dough spread out evenly with the homemade crusts. The kids will get better at it the more they do it. There are some tricks to help them such as greasing or flouring their hands first, and letting the dough rest halfway through the stretching-it-out process.

The next step is the sauce. It doesn't have to be from scratch, nor does it have to be traditional pizza sauce. It can be a bottled pizza sauce, alfredo sauce, barbeque sauce, pesto sauce, or olive oil glaze. Let your child decide.

Third in line is the cheese. It's like the glue that holds the toppings onto the saucy crust. Your child can sprinkle mozzarella, or experiment with provolone, feta, gorgonzola, or parmesan.

Don't forget the all-important toppings. Kids have their standard favorites but let them know there are more toppings available and they can taste pretty good! Again, they can use their wonderful imaginations.

Here are some ideas for toppings:

Vegetables
green onions, garlic, red peppers, potato chunks, asparagus tips, red onion slices, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh spinach, red onion slices

Herbs
oregano, basil, rosemary, cilantro, dill, parsley, sage, thyme

Meats
hamburger, sausage, pepperoni, grilled chicken, Canadian bacon, breakfast bacon, ham, taco meat

Help your child be successful with the pizza-making process by assembling all the ingredients before they start. Depending on their abilities in the kitchen, plan on helping with the washing, chopping, and cheese shredding.

Before they know it, the pizza will be out of the oven and on the table ready to be devoured. Your kids will be proud to serve up their signature creations. Maybe every other Friday will become pizza night at your house.

Kids Can Make Pizza!

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High Protein Breakfast Smoothie Recipes

Most people skip breakfast and that's a huge mistake. Not only do you need breakfast to help recover from your lack of food during the night but you also need to get incoming nutrients in your body to help your hormones. So while I understand that people are busy and you may not have the time to make a healthy breakfast and sit down, you do have a few minutes to make some great, healthy smoothies. Here's a bunch of recipes.

1 chopped frozen banana
1/2 c. plain yogurt
1/2 c. milk of choice
4 chopped dates (rehydrated, if neccessary to make them soft)
1 tbsp. nut butter

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1 cup vanilla yogurt
1 cup 2 percent milk
1 medium banana
2 tablespoons wheat germs
2 tablespoons protein powder

1 banana
6 strawberries
1 kiwi
1/2 cup vanilla frozen yogurt
3/4 cup pineapple and orange juice blend

- 1 banana, cut in chunks
- 1 cup grapes
- 1 (6 ounce) tub vanilla yogurt
- 1/2 apple, cored and chopped
- 1 1/2 cups fresh spinach leaves
- 1 banana

- 1 1/4 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- 10 whole almonds
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 3 tablespoons chocolate flavored protein powder
- 1 1/2 cups vanilla yogurt
- 2 bananas, cut up

- 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
- 2 tablespoons wheat germ
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 banana
- 1/8 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup soy milk
- 2 tablespoons honey

- 1 banana, cut in chunks
- 1 cup grapes
- 1 (6 ounce) tub vanilla yogurt
- 1/2 apple, cored and chopped
- 1 1/2 cups fresh spinach leaves
- 1 cup nonfat yogurt
- 1 cup nonfat milk

- 1 cup (packed) pitted Medjool dates (about 9 ounces)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups ice cubes

So those are a few fantastic breakfast smoothies. Want to make your own? It's simple really, you have to have whey protein and non-fat yogurt as your base or else the fruits won't do anything to fill you up or provide any type of a meal. So make sure that you pick a few different fruits that taste well alone, if they don't taste good on their own then they aren't going to taste good in a smoothie. You can use water or non-fat milk, either will do the job for a high protein breakfast smoothie

High Protein Breakfast Smoothie Recipes

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Healthy Breakfast Food - 7 Ideas To Jump Start Your Day

Unfortunately, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I say unfortunately, because many of us don't eat a healthy breakfast. Our lives are so busy, we are rushing to get the kids ready, then rushing to work. Many parents will provide breakfast for the kids, but then not eat any themselves. This sets a poor example for our children and increases the chances that they will abandon breakfast themselves.

If you are dieting, you should realize that skipping breakfast increases the chance of a poorly chosen mid-morning snack. Studies show that those who skip breakfast usually eat more during the day than those who start their day with a healthy breakfast.

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So, how can we resolve the morning rush with the need to stop and eat a healthy breakfast? I won't even say to get up earlier, because for most of us, that isn't happening. But if we plan ahead, we can have a healthy breakfast every morning, even if we eat it as we dash out the door.

There's no law that says you have to eat breakfast foods for breakfast. Let us reconsider breakfast, choosing easy to prepare foods or meals that can be prepared ahead and then microwaved quickly at the last minute.

Here are some breakfast ideas to get you started.

1. Teens tell me that their hands down favorite breakfast is cold leftover pizza. You can plan leftovers the same way you plan the meal.

2. Try yogurt and fruit, or yogurt and granola. You can even get a kids yogurt that doesn't require a spoon- eat on the go.

3. A breakfast smoothie or protein shake is portable and quick. Blend, pour, rinse the blender, and take it with you. Set up the ingredients the night before to make it quick.

4. My families favorite is either breakfast burritos, ham and cheese croissants or sausage biscuits that I make ahead and store in the freezer. 30 seconds each in the microwave and we are out the door.

5. Make a sandwich. We like either peanut butter and banana or pimento cheese, both of which are easy to make quickly and take with you.

6. Grab a granola bar and a piece of fruit. Read the label, though. Many of the granola bars are not as healthy as you might think.

7. If you have a little time in the morning, make your own breakfast bowl. Instant grits, scrambled eggs, and a little grated cheese on top is quick.

Healthy Breakfast Food - 7 Ideas To Jump Start Your Day

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Simple Buffalo Chicken Pizza Recipe

My family is a big fan of pizza and buffalo wings, however wings and kids can be messy! So I came up with this simple yet delicious recipe to satisfy both. Give this recipe a try and soon it will become a family favorite.

This Buffalo Chicken Pizza Recipe Uses:

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Chicken marinated in a buffalo sauce Blue cheese dressing instead of a red sauce Two different types of cheeses Your favorite toppings

Here is how we make ours, but you can add or omit any of the toppings to suit your tastes. If you prefer, you can make your favorite pizza crust recipe instead of using the recommended refrigerated crust.

Ingredients:

1 can (13.8 oz.) refrigerated pizza crust 1 can (12.5 oz.) canned chicken, drained 1/2 cup buffalo sauce 2 Tablespoons of butter, melted 1/2 cup Blue Cheese dressing 1 cup Cheddar cheese 1 cup Mozzarella cheese 1 small red onion sliced 1 cup real bacon bits 1 cup banana peppers Garlic powder Onion powder Salt
Directions:

Preheat oven to 450°F (220°C). Spray an 11x15 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray. In a medium bowl combine the chicken, hot sauce and melted butter. Set aside and let marinate. Pat pizza dough into prepared pan. Pierce the dough with a fork. Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and spread blue cheese dressing over pre-baked crust. Sprinkle on cheeses. Place marinated chicken over cheeses. Top with red onion, real bacon bits and banana peppers. Sprinkle on a little garlic powder, onion powder and salt. Continue to bake for an additional 8 - 12 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

Simple Buffalo Chicken Pizza Recipe

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Gnocchi Covered in Maple Sausage Gravy - Oh My God This is Delicious

It just doesn't get much easier then this. Originally, I was going to make sausage gravy and biscuits for breakfast one Sunday morning, but I was voted against buy the family, because they all decided they wanted French Toast instead, so guess what we had for breakfast? That's right, we had French toast, but the upside is, I had the stuff for Sausage Gravy sitting there waiting to be created into some other new and exciting dish.

So that evening, as I sat there wondering what I was going to do for dinner, it suddenly hit me, and here is what I had to make it happen. If you read my article describing what a Gnocchi is, then you are up to speed on that, if you haven't, then I suggest you do so. If you already know what they are, then read on and try this. If you don't care either way, read on and try it anyways.

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Here is what you will need:

1 Tube of Jimmy Dean Maple flavored Breakfast Sausage, or similar.
2 Pouches of McCormick Country Sausage Gravy dry mix
4 Cups of Water
2 16-Ounces Gia Russa Gnocchi with Potato, or equivalent, (you can order right from Amazon.com)
1 tbsp of oil (cooking not motor) what ever you have
Seasonings Salt, Pepper to taste and any other seasonings you may like

It couldn't be much easier, get a large pot, fill it with water and add your oil to it, this is to ensure your Gnocchi doesn't end up sticking together. I also like to open the package of Gnocchi and dump them into a strainer and break them apart, as they are vacuum packed tightly together and they tend to stick together, which can make them cook unevenly, which you don't want to happen. Once you have it on the stove, turn it on high and wait for the water to start to boil.

Then grab a large skillet or frying pan and open your tube of Sweet Maple sausage and put it in the skillet and turn it on high. Do your best to break it up into nice little pieces as you cook it, sort of the way you would want ground beef to look if you were making Sloppy Joe's or something along those lines.

While it is cooking, grab a measuring cup and use it to measure 4 cups of water and dump them into a large bowl, obviously large enough to hold the 4 cups of water. Using a wire whisk (a fork can work, but a whisk is better), slowly add the content from the two McCormick Sausage Gravy mix pouches into the water and mix thoroughly. When the Sausage is fully cooked, slowly pour this water mix directly into the skillet with the sausage and leave on high, being sure to stir frequently.

By now, the water should be boiling in your big pot so take your Gnocchi and carefully dump them into the boiling water. The will initially sink to the bottom of the pot. Stir at first to make sure none of them stick to the bottom of the pot, but then let them boil for a few minutes. They will not take long, when you see them floating at the top, they are done. Just dump them right back into that strainer you used to separate them when you emptied the package of them in the first place. You can then give them a little rinse with warm water to wash away any excess starch. You don't have to, but I usually do.

By now your gravy should be nice and thick, so turn off the stove and you are ready. Grab a few spoonfuls of the Gnocchi and put them on a plate or in a bowl and spoon a generous portion of the Sausage Gravy over the top of them, and season to taste. Nothing left but Good Eats and Enjoy!

Gnocchi Covered in Maple Sausage Gravy - Oh My God This is Delicious

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Alfredo Pizza Sauce

Today, we're going to do something a little different. Pizza made with a tomato pizza sauce recipe is great, but we want something a little more...savory. Alfredo pizza is less "dormy" than a tomato-sauce pizza, and will often feature large chunks of chicken and garlic--sometimes even artichoke hearts. It's a good opportunity to experiment with other veggies as toppings, and it's quite hearty. Today, we're going to make an alfredo pizza. And an alfredo pizza starts with an alfredo pizza sauce recipe.

Here's what we need:

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4 tablespoons of butter
1/2 teaspoon of salt
4 tablespoons flour
1 cup of cream
3/4 cup of fresh Parmesan cheese grated from a block

Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the flour, salt, milk and cheese. It's important to stir fairly rapidly--cream, when heated, has a tendency to curdle. Once the ingredients have fairly well homogenized, turn the heat up to medium and stir constantly until the sauce has thickened. Turn the heat down and cover the sauce; you may choose to refrigerate it as well. Add more or less cheese depending on taste, remembering that adding too much will cause your sauce to thicken and bind.

I like to make my alfredo pizzas with chicken. You can use fresh chicken breasts, or frozen--that's my preference. Season as desired, pop them in the oven, and then section into morsels to spread on your pizza.

Veggie wise--some people like to put artichoke hearts on their pizza. I'm not really a fan of artichoke, so instead I feature purple onions, small pieces of kale, and largish pieces of garlic. It all depends on your taste. Just remember, because you used alfredo instead of tomato-based pizza sauce, you've painted with an entirely different palette.

Enjoy!

Alfredo Pizza Sauce

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Pizza Stones and How to Use Them

The home cook that wants to create a great homemade pizza should take a cue from professional pizza chefs. Half of the battle is in the crust. Whether thick or thin, the crust can make or break a pizza. No matter what the toppings are, if the crust is not done all the way through, or done too much to the point of being burnt, the pizza is ruined.

The home cook can come real close to the quality of cooked pizza crust of professional pizza chefs by using a pizza stone. With a pizza stone, a home oven can approximate the heat and cooking method of a commercial oven. A pizza stone increases the temperature and amount of heat that is directly applied to the pizza, so that it not only cooks on the top, but from the bottom also. As a good pizza stone is unglazed, it also wicks the moisture from the crust, which helps to ensure the crust is completely done.

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To cook pizza on a stone, you of course need a stone and a paddle, or peel. The peel is usually made of wood, and transfers the raw pizza directly onto the hot stone, and also removes it when done. But first, the stone.

There are many pizza stones available commercially. Make sure that the stone you get is not glazed. These stones can be rather expensive, but with care a pizza stone can last for a long time. Some have said that you can use regular unglazed terracotta tiles, which are not only cheaper but you can make the cooking are bigger or small by adding or subtracting tiles. I would advise using caution when using unglazed terracotta tiles that were manufactured for other uses besides cooking on. If you are positive that the tiles have no additives that could affect the food being cooked, then give them a try if you want. Otherwise, the money spent on a commercial pizza stone is money well spent.

Always place your stone in the oven before you turn it on. Placing a cold stone in a hot oven is inviting disaster, for the stone could break. Heat the stone for at least 30 minutes; an hour would be even better. For pizza, most times the temperature to set your oven at is 500-550. This allows the pizza to cook rapidly, another secret of professional pizza chefs.

Of course, after being in a 500-degree oven for an hour, the stone will be HOT! That's where the peel comes in. Liberally sprinkle the peel with corn meal, place your dough onto it and build your pizza. When ready to cook, CAREFULLY slide your pizza from the peel to the stone. The corn meal helps the pizza slide onto the stone.

After use and the stone has cooled, anything stuck to the stone can be scraped off with a plastic spatula or other utensil. There's really no need to ever wash the stone, but if you must, rinse it off with warm water only. Don't use detergents because the stone is porous and can absorb it and transfer tastes to the pizza. The stone will turn a dark brown color with use, but this is just the sign of a well-used, seasoned stone and will make it cook even better.

With a little experience, a pizza stone will not only bake a great pizza, but also bread, calzone, focaccia, stromboli, practically anything. With a little care and proper use, your pizza stone will last a long time, develop a patina and get better with age!

Pizza Stones and How to Use Them

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Know More About Outdoor Pizza Ovens For Sale

Have you ever thought of owning an outdoor pizza oven for your own convenience? If not, then you should try getting one for your own use. This is one of those outdoor convenient gadgets that you can make use of to enjoy creating your home style pizza even if you are not in your very own kitchen.

This time around you can enjoy delectable pizza without having to wait from hours and hours through using you own kitchen oven. A pizza oven that you can make use of even if you are at your backyard would definitely be one of the best solutions in enjoying pizza eating with your friends in a very different way.

Breakfast Pizza

With the use of an outdoor pizza oven, you can properly prepare pizza and cook your perfect own recipe even in front of your friends. This type of oven is already for sale and are out in various stores where you can purchase appliances at a reasonable cost. You may find various designs of these ovens, and they even come in  different sizes which can be suitable to your preference. Of course the ranges of the prices of these outdoor ovens for sale would depend on how extravagant looking the oven is as well as its size.

The great advantage in using these pizza ovens which are built for outdoor use, is that they do not require that much electricity to use unlike those usual kitchen ovens we have on our very own home kitchen. They are more efficient to use because they are built to provide the right temperature in baking the pizza and keeping it warm. Compared to using your very own kitchen oven, you have to wait for several hours to get it preheated before you can start baking your pizza.

It is definitely worth it to get an outdoor pizza oven to help you cook pizza in a more efficient way and at the same time enjoy the ambiance outdoors with your guests. Aside from being simple to use, you can also get portable versions of these ovens, so they can be transported anywhere aside from your kitchen at home. These portable pizza ovens are definitely worth a try. 

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Quinoa Breakfast Recipes

If you are looking for a great healthy way to start your day, you may want to consider making quinoa breakfast recipes. Because quinoa is such a versatile food, there are many ways you never have to worry about getting bored because there are so many great ways that you can enjoy it!

For a filling start to your day, try adding quinoa to a frittata. I like to mix already cooked quinoa with some sautéed spinach, onions and red pepper. Place it in a large oven proof skillet. Mix together eggs, egg whites, milk, salt and pepper. Heat on the stove top until the corners of the eggs start to set. Then, transfer to the broiler and broil until the top is golden brown. This is a great dish, because it freezes really will. So, you can make in to the weekends and simply pop it into the microwave in the mornings when you are at a mad dash to get to work.

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Another great way to enjoy quinoa in the morning is serving it over yogurt. To do this, you will first need to toast the quinoa. Mix a cup of quinoa with a tablespoon of olive oil and a tablespoon of agave nectar or honey. Next, bake the mixture at 375 degrees for fifteen to eighteen minutes or until the quinoa is golden brown. Make sure you keep an eye on it and stir every five minutes or so. Allow to cool. Serve over yogurt with fresh berries. The toasted quinoa will keep in a sealed container for up to a week.

Perhaps the most classical way to enjoy quinoa in the morning is with a warm breakfast cereal. You can either make one with quinoa buy itself, or mix the quinoa with other grains. I love to mix quinoa with oatmeal, because the textures really complement one another. You will want to start with cooked quinoa. For added flavor you can cook the quinoa in sweetened almond milk, milk, or juice. Bring it to to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook covered for 15 to 18 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed. You can either cook your quinoa the night before or right before serving. Cook the oatmeal according to package instructions. I really love to cook my oatmeal in almond milk! Add in the quinoa in the last minute or two. Top with fresh or dried berries and toasted chopped nuts for a great start to your day!

Quinoa Breakfast Recipes

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Super Quick Breakfast Recipe With Fresh Fruit

Here is a super quick breakfast recipe that is not only healthy but a great way to add more fruit into your daily diet. Fruit smoothies are a great breakfast idea and this quick and easy recipe will have you in and out of the kitchen in no time.

Here is a basic smoothie recipe that is simple, versatile and can be changed depending on available ingredients or whatever you may have a taste for when you make your smoothie. You are limited only by your imagination on the flavor varieties you can invent.

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Quick and Easy Smoothie Directions:

Just pick a liquid, a fruit or fruit combination, a protein addition and (if desired) a sweetener and/or spice. Adjust ingredients according to your own taste. The measurements for this quick breakfast recipe make a single serving.

For blending instructions, simply place all the ingredients, starting with the liquid, into a blender and add a few ice cubes. Put on the lid and blend until smooth. Add more ice cubes and/or liquid if needed to achieve the desired consistency.

Liquid:
I use one cup of plain or vanilla low-fat rice, soy or almond milk but you may prefer to use low-fat or fat-free milk or plain or vanilla yogurt. Sometimes I swap out the milk and simply use just plain unsweetened fruit juice like orange, cranberry, apple or pineapple juice.

Fruit:
I usually use about a cup to a cup and a half of fruit (cut into small chunks if needed), either a single type or a combination (see fruit combination ideas below), such as bananas, berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or blueberries), peaches, melon (cantaloupe, honeydew or seedless watermelon), pineapple, papaya, or mango.

Extra Protein:
Adding a scoop of protein powder to your smoothie adds extra nutrition very easily. Try a flavored protein powder (like chocolate or vanilla) to add a little extra flavor to your smoothies. You could also add some silken tofu to your smoothies (about 2-3 ounces per smoothie). Just break it up a little as you put it into the blender.

Sweet and/or Spice:
I drizzle in some honey, agave syrup, maple syrup or even a little brown sugar to my own taste. Sometimes I will add a pinch of spice like cinnamon, nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice to add a little extra layer of flavor. Some other ideas are to use are a little coconut cream or grated coconut, a little cocoa powder or a little lemon or lime zest.

Here are some flavorful fruit combinations you might like to try:
- mango, banana, and orange juice or
- blueberries and banana or
- strawberries and raspberries or
- mango, strawberries and banana or
- cantaloupe and mango or
- strawberries, cocoa powder, and cinnamon
- mango, papaya and cinnamon

This quick breakfast fruit recipe can be changed all throughout the year and made with seasonal fruit. It will always be different so you will never be bored. Try smoothies for a change of pace as a quick breakfast meal in a glass or a great snack. They are a fast and nutritious breakfast this is not only delicious but a healthy meal choice.

Super Quick Breakfast Recipe With Fresh Fruit

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Old Fashion Recipes For Yummy Egg Dishes That Are Perfect For Breakfast Or Brunch

Doctors and nutritionists tell us breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And we diabetics must never skip breakfast! Here are a couple of recipes from my vintage recipe collection for dishes that are great for breakfast or brunch. The Amish Breakfast Casserole is one I got from an Amish lady in Indiana, who is now deceased, and the Taco Egg Scramble was in an old cookbook from my late mother's estate.

TACO EGG SCRAMBLE

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6 large eggs, beaten
1/3 cup milk
1/3 cup chopped canned green chili peppers
1 tsp minced dried onion
couple splashes bottled hot sauce
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 tbsp butter
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
shredded lettuce
1 tomato, cut into wedges

In a medium bowl, combine the eggs, milk, chili peppers, onion, hot sauce, and salt; allow to stand for 1 minute. In a 10-inch skillet, melt the butter. Add the egg mixture to the skillet. Cook without stirring until the mixture begins to set. Lift and fold the partially cooked eggs with a spatula so the uncooked portion flows underneath. Stir in half the cheese. Cook 5 to 6 minutes more or until eggs are completely cooked. Serve on a bed of shredded lettuce topped with the remaining cheese and tomato wedges.

Yield: 4 servings

Note: The above recipe is a good dish for diabetics as each serving has only 5 g carbs but 22 g protein.

AMISH BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

8 slices of bread, cubed
1 lb bulk pork sausage, fried, crumbled, and drained
6 eggs
2 cups milk
1/4 cup butter
1/2 tsp dried mustard
1 lb of grated cheese
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper, optional

Put bread in the bottom of a casserole dish. In a separate bowl, beat eggs and add milk, onion, salt, pepper (if using) and mustard. Sprinkle sausage and cheese over the bread. Slice butter over the cheese and pour the egg mixture over all. Bake in a medium heat oven (325 degrees) for about 45 minutes.

Enjoy!

Old Fashion Recipes For Yummy Egg Dishes That Are Perfect For Breakfast Or Brunch

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Breakfast - 5 Ways to Make it Quick and Healthy

Breakfast - we need to eat breakfast. This is something that our mothers told us for years - eat your breakfast. It gives you fuel to get through the morning.

Eating breakfast is important to our health and that doesn't just apply to school kids. School is approaching, so let's look at some ways to get everyone off to a good start and out the door with breakfast in their tummies. Start practicing the breakfast routine now. It won't take long until you notice the difference.

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Yogurt: This is a no brainer, but sprinkle a little granola or slice some fresh fruit into a bowl of low-fat yogurt and you have a tasty and fun treat for breakfast. You get some calcium and a little protein in there too. You can add a mini-bagel or a piece of whole wheat toast for a little extra filler. Slices of avocado on that whole wheat toast are wonderfully healthy and taste so yummy.

Oatmeal: A real stick to your ribs, but an oh so good for you breakfast. Add fresh sliced fruit to your oatmeal instead of buying the sugar loaded instant brands. For the cinnamon-spice combo. sprinkle your own cinnamon. How about adding some chopped apples or maybe a little applesauce? Add a bit of pure maple syrup for a special taste. Be inventive and make your own combos with your favorite flavors.

Breakfast Burrito: Scramble egg substitute or regular eggs. Into a whole wheat tortilla, add the eggs, a sprinkle of low fat cheese and some salsa. You can change this to a quesadilla by putting the ingredients in between two whole wheat tortillas and grilling in a non-stick pan. You can also make a batch and freeze them for a quick thaw and reheat in the microwave.

Green Eggs and Ham: A favorite in our house. When the kids could read the book, this would be the breakfast of the morning. To your egg mix, add chopped fresh spinach, and diced ham, some shredded cheddar. Scramble and serve.

English Muffin Breakfast Sandwich: This is a home version of the fast food standard. Toast a whole wheat English muffin. Add a fried egg (use a non-stick pan), a slice of low fat cheese, and a piece of warmed Canadian bacon. Wrap in a paper towel and heat in the microwave for about 10 - 15 seconds to start the cheese to melt. Healthier because you have some fiber in the whole wheat English muffin, the egg is done in a non-stick pan and the cheese is a lower fat version.

Even if breakfast is the classic cereal and juice, please eat this meal. Breakfast will get your mind and body through the morning.

Breakfast - 5 Ways to Make it Quick and Healthy

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Preschool Cooking Recipes

Looking for great preschool cooking recipes? There are some great recipes out there that preschoolers are sure to like. Finding great recipes is important and you'll want options that kids will actually eat. There are plenty of recipes that are not only healthy and tasty for preschool meals, but some recipes are easy enough that you may be able to get preschoolers involved in the preparation as well. Here are a few great preschool cooking recipes that you may want to try out with your preschoolers.

Tasty Chicken Quesadillas

One great recipe to try out for your preschoolers is tasty chicken quesadillas. All you'll need is some cooked chicken all diced up, some salsa, corn kernels, flour tortillas, olive oil, cumin, chili powder, and grated cheese. Mix together a half cup of chicken, half a cup of salsa, a quarter cup of corn, and a half teaspoon of cumin. Then put tortillas on ungreased baking sheets. Have kids help you put the chicken mixture on each tortilla. Sprinkle some shredded cheese over the chicken and then top with another tortilla and press together. Brush with olive oil, sprinkle a bit of chili powder on top, and then bake the tortillas on 450 until done.

Special Grilled Cheese

If you are looking for a tasty and yummy meal for preschoolers, this one is a winner. It's a simple twist on regular grilled cheese. Simply make the grilled cheese the way you normally would, but along with the cheese you put in some turkey breast or some ham. They are simple to assemble, so the kids can help out. Also, it adds some protein to the sandwiches, which is great for kids.

Veggie Omelets

Feeding the kids breakfast? Well, here is a full breakfast meal that is easy to make. Kids can even personalize their own omelets if they want to. You'll need eggs and plenty of chopped veggies, such as onions, mushrooms, peppers, and tomatoes. Use about 1-2 eggs per omelet. Allow kids to choose the veggies they want in their omelet. Mix in some cheeses too for some dairy. This is a healthy breakfast or it even makes a good brunch meal.

Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Another great option for a meal for preschoolers is chicken salad sandwiches. It's easy to make and it feeds quite a lot at once. Simply boil some boneless chicken breasts. Allow them to cool. Once they are cool you can chop up or run through a food processor. Add mayonnaise, a bit of sour cream, relish, and a pinch of basil and garlic powder. Kids can help mix up the chicken salad and with guidance can even help put the salad on bread as well.

Healthy Pizza

Kids love pizza. In fact, there are very few kids that won't eat this tasty treat. So, why not make it for your preschoolers? You can make it healthy by avoiding too much meat and adding plenty of veggies. It's easiest if you purchase a crust already made, and a whole grain crust is especially healthy. Get the crust rolled out and spread tomato sauce on the crust, then sprinkle with the cheeses. Allow kids to help make the rest of the pizza, adding some pepperoni, onions, peppers,

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5 Things to Do on Table Mountain in Cape Town

Table Mountain - the symbol of Cape Town. Wonderful to look at it may be, but do you want to get more out of it during your trip to this amazing city? There are loads of ways that you can experience the mountain, some of which are certainly not for the faint hearted. Here are some of the things that you can do when you visit Table Mountain in Cape Town.

Cable Car to the Top
The best way to experience the mountain for all ages, the cable car is not for anyone with a fear of heights, but for anyone else it will be an exhilarating ride. Buy a ticket online to avoid the queues (but children under 4 go free), and then enjoy the five-minute journey from ground level up to the very top of Table Mountain. From the top you will get an unbeatable view of Cape Town and the stunning ocean over 1,000 metres below, as well as the new Cape Town Stadium built specially for the World Cup. From there just enjoy strolling around and admiring the plants, animals and the views until you're ready to go back down.

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Hike the Mountain
Hiking in Cape Town is accessible to anyone with a love of the outdoors, and is certainly available to novice walkers as well as hard-core hiking enthusiasts. There are lots of routes to choose from, and many guided walks are also available. The scenery is spectacular, and the views as well. You could choose to hike up, hike down, or take the cable car up and down and hike around at the top. If you do go hiking, remember never to go alone and to go with a guided group if possible. It's also very important to take plenty of drinking water, especially during the summer months.

Enjoy a Meal
There is plenty of good eating on offer in Cape Town, and Table Mountain is no exception. If you are not one for strenuous activities, you can simply enjoy the views at the top whilst having a bite to eat in the Table Mountain Café. You will find breakfast, pizza and South African cuisine on offer, as well as tea, coffee and a selection of good wines.

Abseil Down
Any thrill seekers heading to Cape Town won't be disappointed with the abseiling on offer on Table Mountain, which boasts the largest commercial abseil in the world with a vertical 112-metre descent. This has to be organised through an official guide and you should definitely not attempt it alone. On top of abseiling, there are also cliff jumps on offer for the adrenaline junkies, with drops of up to 18 metres into the ocean.

Rock Climbing
Another one for thrill seekers in Cape Town, Table Mountain boasts some fantastic rock climbing opportunities. Climbing is on offer for all ages on sandstone walls of varying levels of difficulty, and again this should only be carried out with experienced guides through an official company.

Enjoy all that Table Mountain has to Offer
Table Mountain is a fantastic place for those who either simply want to see some spectacular views or want to enjoy something a bit more exciting. Whatever you feel like doing, look into it next time you are in Cape Town.

5 Things to Do on Table Mountain in Cape Town

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The Best Cheese to Use on Pizza

The cheese you choose can make a massive difference to your pizza and transform it into something really special. There are a lot of really great options whether you want something classic, adventurous or gourmet. Here are some of the top choices.

Mozzarella

Of course mozzarella is the world's most popular pizza cheese, whether you eat in Naples or New York. And with good reason. It's great on pizza! But mozzarella varies a lot in style and quality.

Fresh Italian buffalo mozzarella is the number one choice for purists. This is a beautifully creamy and flavorsome cheese. Unfortunately, because it is a fresh cheese, it may not be an option for everyone. When it comes to buffalo mozzarella, the general rule is the fresher the better. And because it is packed in water, sitting in that water too long can cause the cheese to lose its texture and flavour quite quickly. This makes it difficult to find great buffalo mozzarella outside of Italy. Even in Europe, although it is available, it is not exactly common. Grab it if you can, especially for a classic Neapolitan or Margherita.

The next choice is fresh cow's milk mozzarella which is widely available for most. However, in many cases, this has little more flavour than regular grated or shredded supermarket mozzarella. In fact, grated mozzarella gives excellent results on most pizzas and is still a good choice.

Of course there is more to pizza than mozzarella. There are lots of other great options.

Parmesan and Grana Padano both work really well on pizza, combined with other milder cheeses or on their own.

Fontina is mild, nutty and melts beautifully. Try it with wild mushrooms for a really special gourmet pizza.

Taleggio is another cheese that melts well and is full of flavor. It's great with onions, peppers or tomatoes.

Ricotta is great on pizza, especially combined with mozzarella or parmesan. It adds a light, freshness to your pizza and is great with any summer vegetables.

Provolone. If you haven't tried provolone on pizza, you should! You might be very pleasantly surprised. Provolone piccante has an incredibly full and savory flavor when melted and is wonderful on pizza with just about anything.

Feta cheese is another favourite. Its rich salty flavour gives your pizza a real bite. It's particularly good with tomatoes, spinach, broccoli, olives or peppers.

So why not try a different pizza cheese the next time you make or order pizza?

Emer Dwane writes Everyday Vegetarian Recipes, a website that's all about simple and delicious vegetarian food for everyday living. You'll find lots of mouth-watering vegetable pizza recipe ideas on her website including the best pizza dough, pizza sauce and veggie topping ideas.

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