FOR DECORATION, FOR EXAMPLE, A DESSERT

Sweet mince lollipops.

Today I did and besides being very simple, anyone glad dessert and finished eating with a laugh. Not have to be a cake decorating can also be a bowl (which on days like this, thanks a lot).

ingredients:

     Chocolate
     Sweet mince

Melt the chocolate in the microwave (open and stir every 30 seconds to prevent burning) put on paper anti-gras (the typical butcher) in small circles. Add a few Peta-Zeta and stick a skewer of medium size. Cool and put on the dessert before serving. Besides being colorful decor, is fun.

And still enjoying Christmas with your family.

A SALAD FOR ONE OF THESE SPECIAL DAYS

A recipe for a wonderful place in Bilbao: "The Vineyard". You can do it at home, these days when we gather to celebrate Christmas. It's a mozzarella salad: I challenge you to try to do it and then you tell us if you've been successful. Well, sure you do. The difficulty of preparation is low. What is important is the point of the ingredients and you get a good dressing with vinaigrette we propose.Go for it!

ingredients:

Arugula.
Baby spinach leaves
endive
Sprockets
Cherry tomatoes cut into halves.
Tomato confit
Mozarella with wheels
Based dressing: olive oil, vinegar, salt, mint (very little) and crushed hazelnuts.

The first three ingredients you can buy from the 4th Range bags sold in supermarkets, with all these mixed vegetables.

If set to marinate with oil and cherry tomato confit, the better.

Emulsify the vinaigrette with all ingredients, except salt. Add it when the emulsion is achieved.

Assemble the ingredients and season. No need more decoration, but it is very well placed in individual bowls.

Y. .. Bon appetit!

CHRISTMAS: DO NOT DRAG YOU DOWN THE STREAM!

Christmas comes and there are days that dare not set foot in a mall: there is everything, absolutely everything, again. Naively I thought that perhaps the crisis were to abstain from eating so excessively ... but I think I'm back to being wrong. It is true that the media talk of caution, caution, etc.. And it's true that this year many families will be spending this time precisely slack. So what to do?

It strikes me as usual: no better buy than it is designed, planned. To not buying like crazy just stop and think of home, before diving in supermarkets (or not so great) of tinsel, red balls, and tinsel.

Sure there to celebrate the holidays, but with common sense. We suggest:

     Plan menus marked days for your family.
     Make a list of things you need and the amount.
     These days the mailboxes are full of offers: aprovéchalas, and contrast prices.
     Many times a good decoration to embellish a dish more spectacular ingredient. Remember that dedication is the star ingredient not lost to any palate.
     Buy with weather, precipitation leads to wasting time (a precious commodity), almost always.
     Enjoy another year decorations giving it another go, changing of place, ...
     And since this blog is healthy eating ... enjoy with your family, knowing also reconcile with healthy menus.

and ...Merry Christmas!

MIRACLE DIETS, DON'T BELIEVE THEM. THE WANT SOMETHING...

SOMETHING WILL COST

A couple of weeks ago I read in a magazine a comment that pretty much went like this: "There are so many miracle diets like idiots who decide to follow them."

And I was happy to read it, because many times we hear that they are a scam, yes, ... "but this diet is true. This yes". Then go out of fashion and no one believes it. Result: people who followed a weight reduction achieved over a period of time (the time in which this diet does work and is not a scam) and who sells it, is filled pocket.

But the problem remains. If obesity rates had reduced with increased adherence to these diets, obesity disease would be eradicated Spain, as plague. But reality is not that precisely. The Spanish Journal for Obesity just published an extensive review of recommendations for obesity.

Among others, are identified as conditions to be met by dietary treatment of obesity:

Must be achievable for a prolonged period of time.
Must be effective in the long term, that is, has to keep the weight off.
Has to prevent future weight gain.
It has to lead to a food education function banished errors and improper eating habits.
...

Have you convinced you'd better get it right??? Of course, that means "getting wet" at home and commit a lot. You decide!

LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

If you have lactose intolerance, do not worry: you share this situation (which is not a problem) with a high percentage of population about 15% if you are in Spain, ranging from 1% in Sweden to 98% in Thailand.
As you know, this is the nutrient malabsorption inestinal level, whose symptoms abdominal cramps, bloating, flatulence, weight loss, malnutrition, diarrhea / constipation, rashes, ...
But what measures I can eating home? Because their calcium intake, especially important growth stages. Besides milk and other lactose-free products have been around a while in the market marketed, we introduce several links that you can give some idea:

• some nutritional advice

SALMOREJO! THE KING OF COLD SOUPS

Have you ever tried eating a cold soup in winter?
This dish is typical in summer, but why not take it in winter when it is so healthy? For example, when you invite people to lunch or dinner and you want to stay until the last moment fire slope and when you want to surprise, when you know it is natural and healthy, and when the great nutritionists recommend ...How wonderful it is to have a hand gazpacho!



Here I put a recipe that has saved me this weekend and has been a success:
1900 g of whole, peeled tomatoes
60 g of bread (4 slices becomes)
140 ml olive oil
55 ml sherry vinegar
12 g of salt (a teaspoon)
1 clove of garlic
You put everything in a bowl except the oil and salt.
Is crushed and passed through a chinois to make it finer.
At the end, add salt and oil slowly with the maximum blender to emulsify a bit.
Put in a tureen and above can add chunks of ham, egg, add color and very well accompany the soup. And Good use!

PHILIPS AIR FRYER, THIS IS REALLY AN INVENTION!

                                                      

Although still very recent in Spain, the Air Fryer is an appliance that has marketed a few months. A great invention for cooking at home. Take the same but with 90% less cooking oil. Want to know more?

Needless we found that changing eating habits is very, very difficult. The influence of culture, customs, family, social, is very strong, and the influence of the rush and taste of diners And although we have the Mediterranean diet, the fact is that in Spain obesity is already an epidemic and ... is a serious thing. With the diseases do not play. So although there is clearly nutrition education at all, Philips Air Fryer is a good thing: a fryer ... oil free. Fried foods (French fries, croquettes, chicken, ...) using a technology called Rapid Air. To learn more, click here.

FOOD GARNISHES: HOW GO WITH THE DISHES?

The fittings are intended to supplement the diet. It also highlights the main food providing more color or flavor in the dish. But ... Does the steak or fried egg have to always go with potatoes? ... Depends. A thousand ways to make a garrison, valid and healthy, but there are many nutritional factors that help you choose the most convenient.
The lining may vary depending if it is: a public holiday, the age of the people sitting at the table, food that usually consumed in the family and in place, prices, tastes, ...
An example: In first rice. The steak ... With potatoes?? Almost always the answer is usually not in this case. The most convenient is a vegetable, raw or cooked: salad, baked tomato, a bit of eggplant or zucchini, ... - because we have taken the carbohydrates in the first course, and yet there is nothing of vegetables . But, if we have taken first Jewish eg, the best for steak are probably some potatoes.
Nuts also may have a role, not only to take as a mid-morning or snack.
Fruits very well accompany pork and chicken.
The tempura fried vegetables or to accompany all kinds of meat and fish.
Not only fried potatoes: You can also submit cooked, mashed, baked, with various cuts, ...
And so almost all foods. It is not done daily ultra-perfect meal, but to feed your family in a healthy way: A little of everything and a lot of nothing.

WHO TALKS ABOUT BIG PROBLEMS... AND SMALL ONES

It is a joy, of course. It is known that the World Health Organization in step out of the health problems around the globe. In addition, such an organization has much to say also when ensure yours from day to day. For example, just published the five keys to improving food safety. And it's great because not only is the bird flu, but gastroenteritis ... we do not know why, affects average family.

These tips have many practical consequences, parenthetically we add clarification.

• Maintain cleanliness. (Keeping siginifica not let dirt installed in corners or dangerous surfaces).

• Separate raw and cooked foods. (In the fridge is where the greatest conflicts occur. Below crude up cooked).

• Cook all food thoroughly. (And reheat well).

• Keep foods at the proper temperature. (The cold, cold. The hot, hot).

• Use safe water and raw ingredients. (If the source is suspect ... suspicious).

HOME MADE. COOKIES!

Not sure what you're capable of doing something until you do. Cookies can be done at home. It's fast, no need to be especially skilled and ... Do you know anyone who does not like cookies? We do not. So hang this recipe and predicted total success in the next meal you organize. It can also be for any one day: do not wait for an extraordinary opportunity to try them. Did you try it?

     225 g flour
     1 teaspoon baking powder
     Butter 165 g
     2 eggs
     75 g brown sugar
     130 g chocolate to melt
     75 g hazelnuts
     salt

Grind the hazelnuts and chocolate. Meanwhile, mix remaining ingredients until dough is smooth. Added after chocolate and hazelnuts and knead again forming a loop diameter of about 5 cm. Cool in the fridge (half hour or more) and then cut the loop in half-inch wheels about. Place the cookies on the cookie sheet and I can cook. It takes about 8 minutes at 180 º C. Do not wait until it hardens too: it is preferable to take them out of the oven a little soft, because to harden a bit cool.

And tell me if you have something left over.

FOOD CRISIS IN AFRICA: WHAT CAN I DO FROM HOME?

I copy text from FAO: "While governments are currently participating in an international donor conference in Ethiopia designed to secure more aid for the Horn of Africa, FAO warns that efforts to prop up farmers and breeders, prevent aggravate the crisis and accelerate recovery, do not have the sufficient funds (...) ".
The text follows. It is true that world hunger is a reality aberrant. It is true that could be avoided and so much more. In this blog, I propose some measure we can take from our homes, because many just do much.
The issue of savings in the shopping cart, as we know, does not refer only to the brands of food products. Here are a few points that try to be practical, and are not so far from contributing to the unfortunate situation of Africa and of course, to care for healthy eating at home.

    Make a shopping list with foresight: calculates the space you have the fridge freezer., Not to overload them and maintain the quality of the food.
    Fresh foods are healthier. Cooking takes time, but not so much (do not be fooled!).
    Canned food scraps properly: try them out as soon as possible, with a good warming. It is very useful to have Tupperware in the kitchen.
    Do not cook like crazy. If you spend time, you'll know to calculate the amounts of yours without accumulating debris.
    Read the labels. We report on the nutritional value of the food, but also about life. Do not forget the snacks, confectionery industry, carbonated drinks, etc., (Products that are often lacking in the basket of almost any consumer) are deprecated. They are casual consumer.
    Freeze in small portions. So you can tease out the quantities you need without having to thaw more.
These are just some ideas. Surely in your case (in your home, after all) there are more things you can do. Solidarity with the Third World to be responsible with what is at hand.

COLD, COLD COFFEE.

Coffee with ice ... is certainly in high demand in these hot days. As simple as hot coffee, ice and sugar. But with a little coffee can do to lengthen the desktop and ... to refresh.

-Coffee with ice cream: per liter of hot coffee, add a pint of vanilla ice cream. Mix well and let cool. Cold, cold, no one can resist.

-Coffee with condensed milk. This is the recipe: a finger of condensed milk, coffee and a few drops of Cointreau. And let cool.

Chocolate-coffee: same as above but instead of Cointreau, a little whipped cream. This coffee is taken hot, but also very good.

With very little can surprise. Yes, do it with a little time to get it right cold.

FRUIT SMOOTHIES

When summer begins (and this one promises to be hot) and think of food, then think very appetizing and healthy fruit that presents the market: melon, watermelon, apricots, plums, peaches, nectarines, ... . Everyone likes a fresh fruit in summer. And at the table, you may have the dessert in many ways. For those who dare, milkshakes featured here for the whole family. There are hundreds of them, and you can innovate your own smoothie. In any case, they are a rich source of water, water soluble vitamins (B and C), fiber and sugars. You can leave it in the fridge, for any time of day: take this season! For now, smoothies sweets, but there are also savory!Refreshing melon and watermelon, homemade lemonade, pineapple tango, orange and strawberry cream. nectarine and mango smoothie ...Nectarine and mango smoothie

    250 ml of milk
    350 g of lemon sorbet, 1 ripe mango diced boneless.
    2 ripe nectarines pitted and diced
    To decorate: nectarine thin wedgesPour the milk into a food processor or blender cup. Add half of the sherbet and beat at low speed until all well blended. Add the remaining sorbet and beat.Then slowly add the mango and nectarine and grind everything to a smooth mixture.Serve the smoothie in glass cup with thin wedges of nectarine.Refreshing melon and watermelon.

    250 ml of plain yogurt
    Galia melon 100g chopped
    100 g of chopped cantaloupe
    100 g of chopped watermelon
    6 ice cubesPour all ingredients into a food processor or blender cup and blend until well blended.Homemade Lemonade

    150 ml of water
    6 tablespoons sugar
    1 teaspoon lemon zest
    125 ml of lemon juice
    6 ice cubesPut the water, sugar and zest to a boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature. add the juice and pour into a jar and cover. Cool enough time.Serve in glasses halfway. Put the ice cubes and a slice of lemon and fill the glass with sparkling water (if you will).Orange and strawberry cream

    125ml natural yoghurt
    175 ml of strawberry yoghurt
    175 ml orange juice
    175 g of frozen strawberries (if not, replace 70 g strawberry jam)
    1 banana, frozen and sliced.Mix the two types of yogurt and orange juice. Add the strawberries and bananas and blend until well blended. Book.In tall glass is nicely decorated with strawberry half.

SANDWICHES!

Eat a healthy snack is a question of ingredients. In spite of the fame that has bread, is an important source of antioxidants and essential nutrients to our food, cereals are actually at the base of the food pyramid and the bread is the most representative.

Taking advantage of the huge market that offer a wide variety of breads, healthy ingredients play is more than fun, it's a way to cut from the monotony and enjoy anytime.

They serve as snack, when going on excursion, and can even be part of an impromptu dinner and inviting.

Propose different fillings for bread sometimes a companion:

Serrano ham with tomato-

-Mayonnaise, lettuce, smoked salmon and prawns

-Soft cheese and green asparagus

-Omelette with green peppers and ham

-Lettuce, cheese with walnuts Azun

-Wheels tomato, mozzarella and arugula

-Anchovies, anchovy and red pepper

-Lettuce, tuna and egg

-Fresh cheese, anchovy

-Brie cheese and jam

-Lettuce, turkey and asparagus

-Veal roast with apple and onion poached

-Brie cheese, ham and green pepper

-Fresh cheese, apples and walnuts

-Lettuce, shrimp, cucumber and tuna

-Smoked salmon, egg and pickles

And enjoy without thinking about calories.

A CLASS OF WINES VERY SUBSTANTIAL

It is not something that happens every day, but the truth is that yesterday I was in a class on wine and do not want to stop putting here some letters on some point you think we can help.
For example, it is well known the benefit on cardiovascular health for their phenolic content and potent antioxidant. But I'm going to more practical matters in the short term:
Red wine is not taken at room temperature: what exactly is the ambient temperature????? Not the same Bilbao Cadiz ... So as a tip, it's good to get him a while before the fridge, so that when we get to the table not we exceed 16 ° C.
The pink and white wine, it must be removed between 6 and 10 ° C, so it is best to refrigerate the day before. If you have bucket, use it: half water and half ice, with a napkin.
The wine good consúmelo sooner because it oxidizes very easily.
A good wine ... you do not give it with cheese! (I'll tell you why this said).

NATIONAL DAY OF NUTRITION 2011

As every year, FESNAD (Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics) proposes at this time the National Nutrition Day, which this year takes place on May 28 with the slogan "Put exercise on your plate."
Yes, we all know that is very important. There's nothing like opening a newspaper or magazine to find advertisements and posters in any Primary Care Center, etc.
Although in this case there is an entry "practical short term," I think it is worth commenting on the benefits of sport now, when the World Health Organization has stated that estimated in 2025 (not missing much) more 2000 billion adults will be overweight. And being overweight is not a cosmetic issue, it is a health problem in Spain and has for years overtones of pandemic (elsewhere already is).
Not so much about dieting feeding little light to yours (sometimes not doing a favor) or not educating them nutritionally, but know how to combine diet and exercise.


Physiological benefits:

- Increased cardiorespiratory fitness, that optimizes the general functioning of the organism and its performance against specific demands.
- Reduced risk of heart disease and preventing second episodes of heart attacks in people who have suffered heart attacks.
- Decreased blood pressure and prevention of essential hypertension.
- Prevention and reduction of respiratory disorders.
- Prevent impaired bone mineralization.
- Prevent atrophy in muscle tissue, shortening and joint stiffness.
- More flexibility at any age.
- Prevent and control muscle pain (myalgia and myositis).
- Reduce weight and maintain weight loss: increased muscle mass or lean body mass and decreased fat mass.
- Improve overall physical appearance.
- It also helps to be aware of the strengths and limitations of the individual physical, facilitating proprioception and giving a sense of one's body.

About the heart:

- Decreases resting heart rate.
- During exercise increases the amount of blood ejected from the heart with each beat, and cardiac efficiency is higher "spending" less energy.
- Stimulates coronary circulation within the heart muscle favoring the "power" of the heart.

On the circulatory system:

- It contributes to the reduction of blood pressure.
- Promotes and increases circulation throughout the body.
- Reduces the formation of clots in blood vessels, preventing the onset of heart attacks, thrombosis and embolism.
- Acts on the vascular endothelium, improving activity and keeping it more elastic.
- Improved venous return by preventing, among other conditions, the appearance of varicose veins.
On the locomotive:

- It helps strengthen joint structures (bones, cartilage, ligaments, tendons) and improves the function of the musculoskeletal system contributing to the quality of life and level of independence especially among the elderly.
- Increases muscle and joint elasticity.
- Increases strength and muscle endurance.
- Helps prevent osteoporosis.
- Prevents muscle deterioration caused by years.
- Facilitates the movement and development of the activities of daily living.

On metabolism:

- Increase the capacity utilization of oxygen that reaches the body by the circulation.
- Increased muscle enzyme activity, allowing better muscle metabolism with less need for cardiac work requirement.
- Improves the immune response to infections or attacks of various kinds.
- Increases the secretion of various hormones work and contributing to the improvement of body functions.
- Increase fat consumption during the activity thus contributing to weight loss.
- Assists in the reduction of total cholesterol and LDL ("bad") cholesterol with increased HDL ("good").
- Improved glucose tolerance favoring the treatment of diabetes.
- Helps digestion, promotes intestinal transit regulating bowel habits and preventing constipation, reducing the risk of colon cancer.

On the psychological aspects:

- Increased feeling of wellbeing and reduces mental stress (endorphin release occurs favoring the "feel good" after exercise).
- Increasing and strengthening self-confidence and self-esteem.
- Improved self image helping to establish a positive relationship with one's body.
- Decreases the degree of aggressiveness, anger, anxiety, distress and depression.
- Decreases the feeling of fatigue, giving more power and work capacity.
- Improving the quality of sleep and reduces insomnia

On psychosocial aspects:

- Relieves adverse moods and other manifestations of psychological stress.
- Provides entertainment, distraction from everyday problems
- Prevents and reduces symptoms of pathological anxiety (generalized anxiety disorder, phobic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder) and depression.
- Helps prevent and anomalous behaviors in as antisocial behavior
- Involved in the prevention, control and abandon unhealthy behaviors such as alcoholism, smoking and drug addiction.
- Help to develop a lifestyle based on commitment and perseverance, optimism, cooperation ...
- Set values ​​and positive role models.
- Development and strengthening of social relations.
- Learning and development of sports skills.
- Coping and challenges achieving

Are you convinced?
You know what benefits can be found among you the practice of sports?

GAZPACHO!



See, your gazpacho!!

 It's hot and the first thing people start to say at this point is "I would take a gazpacho, cold, cold, but like my mother." You come home, open the fridge and you find the brick you bought at the supermarket. Well worth (and that there are brands that have really gotten)!
Already at this time where the tomato starts to get good and cheap, you'd be surprised how easy and fast it is to make one yourself. Transcribe here a recipe, suitable for all kind of inexperienced. And do not be fooled, everyone knows it's a matter of putting. So instead of buying a brick of 2-4 €, buy 1 kilo of plum tomato (the tomato has more juice and better for the gazpacho, tomato juice, salmorejo ...) and try this recipe:
ingredients:
1 kilo of plum tomato
1 small cucumber
1 green pepper
garlic
1/4 loaf
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
900 ml water
a dash of vinegar
Preparation:
Soak bread in water with vinegar. Add tomatoes, peeled and chopped cucumber, bell pepper and garlic.
Blend everything and go through the Chinese (If you thermomix, no need to strain it). Back to shred añdiendo oil slowly to emulsify. Season and cool.

Maybe the first time takes 10 minutes, but the following will be a "cakewalk". Still preferring the brick to YOUR gazpacho?

Ah! be sure to comment on what has come out so you (if you have time ...)

YES, YOU CAN!

I start with this motto that has become so famous about what can happen at home. As each day has its own desire and let it fly, wanted to send some encouragement from here for those who think it never has time to do in the kitchen what you would like. Probably someone is right, but I suspect not all.
"Mom, you always do the same macaroni" or "every Monday chicken", or any other comments can arise at home. And the truth is that one can think that is true because if it is true. Advice?
80:20.
Yes, the ratio is valid for almost any activity. Think 80, 20 do.
For our part implies the willingness to think which one is at home and not get in any way and do the first thing that comes to mind. Sure, and macaroni are always the same. But if you "waste time" a day thinking about an alternative (as simple as this) as you board the bus, and decided to take a chance to innovate, will soon see that the mood in home improvement. Simply because we stopped a moment to think.
Total, a snake biting its tail and after one thing (it is very satisfying to see others happy with something so simple) comes to mind again, and again, and how to improve that, ... and was surprised at how "fan in your house" you can become.
And for this not just in words, here's a recipe for macaroni ... "Different" and very, very simple.

PASTA WITH WALNUTS

Ingedientes (for 8 people):
Pasta spirals
Nuts, 90 g
Margarine, 100g
1 tablespoon breadcrumbs
Sugar
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
Salt, pepper
Preparation:
Melt margarine in a pan and add the cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg, salt and chopped nuts.
Cook the pasta in boiling salted water for the time indicated by the manufacturer, stirring occasionally. Drain and add to the pan with the mixture and a little olive acite. Salt to taste and place in the source. It is fine if it is decorated in the center with a little chopped parsley.
Do not tell me you can not!

BENEFITS OF "POMODORO" (OR THE COMMON TOMATO)

Ya. As ours is a Mediterranean diet, we are very happy with the products that we offer our own agrucultura and livestock. But let's face it, we do not know benefit to all products, or use them just as other countries with similar food culture.
It is the case of tomato. Have you ever been in Italy? It's amazing that you use quite make this food, otherwise as healthy. Pasta with tomato sauce, pizza with tomato, any mass takes TOMATO, ... and here the same. Gazpacho, tomato bread, salmorejos, tomato juice ...
Except in the case of a hernia or gastro-esophageal reflux, here are a few reasons why you can "abuse" of this key ingredient in our kitchens.
AThis may be an interesting link with the properties of the tomato. On the other hand, a very simple recipe I tried ... in Italy.

Toast the pomodoro
Slice ciabatta bread or lightly toasted stubborn.
tomato
Olive oil
salt
oregano
Toast the bread lightly Cut the tomatoes into dice (mirepoix) and dress with olive oil, salt and oregano (cs).
Riding the toast ... and that's it. Preparation time: 5 minutes.
It is a very simple appetizer that always succeeds! You can serve with a few slices of prosciutto or other meats and a red or pink.

A TAPAS DINNER AT HOME? IT'S QUESTION OF PLANNING

If you want to surprise your family on a special day, or celebrate an event with more people than can fit on the table, or any other situation, a tapas dinner at home is perfect. But who dares to do it?
I think the "quid" is knowing how to organize, to not be a situation that is out of our hands (quite easy) or much effort we suppose that it desist from ever, ever again.

Here I transcribe some ideas that may be useful if someone is released. Honestly, I think it's a challenge, because it asks put the five senses. But worth it. Also, as someone says common sense, "a home without minutes is a home without doors. Empty". If you spend time (not just a dinner of tapas!) ... It's no go.

For a dinner of tapas:
Write tapas days before you want to do. An average of 6 tapas per person is fine.
Break down the ingredients you need and estimated quantities. It's easy to spend more making the purchase, so it's good to not have to adjust after many fillings seized. Advance Purchase non-perishable products (preserves, etc..)
You can buy bread in advance, slice and freeze until ready to assemble the covers (well plasticized baguette bread, carriage, ciabatta and endure the freezing mold without problems).
By the time of riding tops have to have all the ingredients and preparations (eg clean lettuce, mushrooms and facts, ham, cheese, deli meats or cut into the final size, ...). This can be done the day before or earlier, provided we have sufficient capacity in the fridge for no sobrecergarla.
If you pass something that can freeze, do not hesitate: do it! Croquettes are always welcome.
I must say ... omelette always triumphs. But it looks good if you cut the size as other tapas.
It is important to imagine the top to the bottom and mount it so that it is easy to eat, not to put anyone in trouble.
Always, keep the brew, enough.
If you doubt any cover, try to do it first. And if not, leave it for another time. Do not take any!
I guess there are many more things to say, but here's this for now!

OREO CAKE... HOMEMADE!!

Here's a dessert that hit a number of occasions. It's easy, quick and adequate preparation to many tastes (basically, cheese and chocolate). Yes, quite energetic. Do you dare to make it at home?

INGREDIENTS:

Crackers "Oreo" (can be any brand)

250g cream

200 g milk

Means for curd dust on

200 g cream cheese

Sugar 150 g

PREPARATION:

Springform pan lined with plastic wrap (film).

Place on cookie base cut in half, leaving the drawing upside down cookie.

Fill the gaps with remaining crushed cookie itself (approximately 60 g per cake), pressing to make it very compact.

Meanwhile, boil: cream + cheese + sugar + milk (reserving a bit part). When you are about to break to a boil, add the curd powders previously dissolved in cold milk that has been reserved. Continue stirring for 4 or 5 minutes.

Pour into mold lined immediately on taking care not to raise dust biscuit.

TIP!

It helps to make this cake yesterday to curdle well and not break.

FEEDING ALLERGIES

Some foods can cause adverse reactions in a small percentage of the population. However, not all problems are caused by food allergies. Only 2% of adults and 3-7% of children have allergies really.

You can differentiate between foods that cause food allergies and food intolerances causing foods. It is important to differentiate this to avoid headaches at home. Here we explain the main differences and some tips for effective action.


ALLERGIES

Involving the immune system against a component of the food (allergen) which is protein in nature. It can be caused by the creation of antibodies (immediate allergy mediated by IgE antibodies) or cell (immediate or delayed allergy), whose main exponent is celiac disease.

Immediate allergy symptoms:

✔ Less serious (and most common):

 • Skin: hives, redness, swelling of lips and eyelids, dermatitis.

• Gastrointestinal: vomiting, colic, diarrhea, itchy mouth and throat.

• Respiratory system: rhinitis, asthma.

✔ More serious: anaphylactic reaction that affects multiple organ systems. The most severe manifestation is anaphylactic shock which can be fatal.
Treatment: complete elimination of the causative agent feed.

FOOD ALLERGIES CAUSING

Almost any food that contains protein can cause a food allergy, but some of the most frequently originate in children: cow's milk, egg, fish, seafood, legumes, cereals, fresh fruit, nuts.
Milk allergy-caused by casein, lactoglobulin and lactalbumin. The most common symptoms are preferably skin, but also digestive, vomiting and diarrhea.
They can vary from person to person. Not to be confused with lactose intolerance, in diarrhea occurring due to the inability to digest the milk component.

Egg allergy is caused by an allergic reaction usually caused by ovalbumin and ovomucoid, egg protein characteristics present in the clear.

Due to fish allergy fish muscle proteins. Take particular

care products fortified with omega 3 or fish oil may contain
Small amounts of protein.

Allergy to legumes have great ability to produce an allergic reaction. Generally
all are allergenic, especially lentils and soybeans. In the food industry legumes are used as thickeners gums (guar gum, locust bean gum).

Cereals Besides its importance in celiac disease, can cause allergy
immediately to any type of grain. However, it is less common than other vegetables.
Allergy to nuts Peanuts and almonds have a high risk of causing
anaphylactic shock, even if only produces mild nausea, headache and swelling
lips and tongue. Can produce symptoms even minimal contact with the skin.
Beware nuts!


INTOLERANCES

The body can not properly digest food or one of its components.
Not involve the immune system. Typical examples are intolerance
lactose and other sugars intolerances, or intolerance to some additives, such as sulfites.

Symptoms are similar to those caused by allergies digestive immediate:

✔ Nausea.

✔ Diarrhea.

✔ abdominal pain.

It can consume small amounts of food or food component, without their symptoms.

PREVENTION

✔ Provide a medical certificate in the cafeteria to avoid confusion and to learn the menu to eat.

✔ Always read the ingredients of the food that will be used in preparing the menu, taking about the list of substances to which they are allergic / intolerant to check the labels.

✔ Cooking food allergy first to avoid contamination and contacts. Handle carefully utensils (better if they are exclusive to the allergy). Do not use the same oil for cooking or ironing. Sanitize all work surfaces.

✔ Watch as mass food, sauce, soups and broths for soups, breadcrumbs.

✔ Completely remove the allergen from the diet, both the food itself and the various products that you can be taken as an ingredient. When in doubt, do not take it.

✔ Have about timely medication, especially in cases of very severe allergies.

WHOLE GRAINS: WHY THIS OPTION AT HOME?

In Europe we be quite concerned with the issue of food in relation to health (Eurobarometer 2010), but the reality is that after we make decisions not as simple as a shopping list healthy and suitable for all home.
Why are all the rage these cereals? What is really your benefit? What is its impact on health? How to identify them? With all the studies now, you can almost say that whole grains are preventive medicine. Heart disease, colorectal cancer, prevention against various gastrointestinal disorders, obesity and type II diabetes are among the diseases (very common in our population, certainly) related to the low intake of these foods. Actually there is nothing new: "your food be your medicine." Already said Hippocrates.
The supermarket shelf is full. But beware, not all dark grains are integral, not all of them are healthy (lots of industrial bakery products a little fiber ... and too much saturated fat!). The solution: learn to read labels. It takes only seconds to provide extra information on products entering home.

FEEDING CRISIS 2011: DIOXINES.

What are dioxins? Is it a real threat? A risk to consumers? This food crisis that exploded a few weeks ago in Germany primarily, is more controlled than that presented by the media.
Here we explain what is dioxin, which is the natural source of this compound, and especially how it spreads, how it affects the health of people and what are the consequences. So that we know what is happening and we can decide on the shopping cart. That does not happen as the mad cow crisis (BSP) or influenza "flu".
What are.
Dioxins are unwanted by many manufacturing processes including smelting, bleaching of pulp with chlorine or manufacturing of some herbicides and pesticides. Regarding the release of dioxins into the environment, uncontrolled burning of waste (solid and hospital) is usually the most serious cause, since combustion is incomplete. There is technology that allows controlled incineration of waste with low emissions.


How affect.
Experiments have shown that affect multiple organ systems. Once you have entered the body, they endure a long time because of their chemical stability and their attachment to fat tissue, where they are stored. An estimated half-life in the body is between 7 and 11 years. In the environment, tend to accumulate in the food chain. The higher you are in the animal food chain, the greater the concentration of dioxins.


Short-term exposure of humans to high levels of dioxins may cause skin lesions, such as chloracne and patchy darkening and altered liver function. Prolonged exposure has been linked to immune disorders, the developing nervous system, the endocrine system and the reproductive

Presence in the environment and the organism.
As the omnipresence of dioxins, all people have background exposure and a certain concentration of dioxins in the body: the so-called body burden. In general, it is assumed that the current normal background exposure has effects on human health. However, due to high toxic potential of this class of compounds, are necessary measures to reduce current background exposure.

Food sources
Over 90% of human exposure to dioxins is food, and mainly meat, dairy products, fish and shellfish. Therefore, the food protection is crucial. As mentioned above, one strategy is to source directed measures to reduce dioxin emissions.

HEALTHY FEEDING HABITS AT HOME

The study of these habits inherited from the family is well known for research on new habits that are introduced in a very pluralistic society, the likes and dislikes of our customers, which areas are prone to certain diseases ... But everyone knows that these habits are especially high emotional charge. Not just euros, nutrients and cooking techniques.

Large Covián said that it is easier for a man to change his religion that power. Maximum we understand easily beyond the practical example.

Some people can not conceive of a Christmas without chocolate nougat without coffee or breakfast. Every which forges throughout life and which will each broadcast. Why? For it seems good. Eating has a very human context. Yes, feed the horses, and octopuses, and any algae. But if we give so much importance to a particular dish a holiday family maybe is because by that we mean something.

If you tell someone that you care, that you are indifferent, did not put forward a tomato and a can of tuna but you make a good salad.