Food & Dining

I have my much dreaded anticipated 20th High School Graduation this July!  I really could use a few pound off my tush, so I found this cool TEA diet that I've heard about.  With my workout program

Yum Yum dish is simply a 4 oz. dish. It is a fun way to help you control portion sizes. Yum Yum dish is great for snacks such as chips, fruit, candy, etc. The website has some great snack ideas. You can also sign

Whole Foods has a few recipes and videos for how to make meals for 4 for under $15.  You could probably make it even cheaper if you bought the groceries someplace else (sorry, Whole Foods!)  Anyway, the

Okay this stuff is GOOD.  I picked it up ther other day because the box was purple (in the sea of blue pasta boxes) and it had a lot of fiber and protein in it.  Well, it's great.  It really

This is an un-recipe because it's too simple to be called a recipe. Buy a box of Goya Yellow Rice (see website) and a pound of chicken. Follow the directions on the box, which are basically brown the chicken

Pasta lovers can get creative by tossing exotic vegetables into their dishes. For instance, adding fennel or rainbow Swiss chard to pasta puts a new spin on an old noodle. Other vegetables that work well with pasta

If you are sick of the regular tuna sandwich with mayo, here is an idea to add a kick to it: I like to use dill dip from Wildtree and mix that with the tuna.  Once the tuna is on the bread, spread some sliced

Sqeeze a few lemons into your recipes to add zip and zing to ordinary ingredients. Nothing says springtime like the smell and citrus zing of lemons. So add them to drinking water, place in bowls for decoration

Parchment paper is a life-saver in the kitchen. I use it for many purposes when baking cookies and cake batters. Baking-parchment is a coated paper, similar to heavy tissue paper, but can withstand heat and

You will be amazed at this cheesecake. I thought it would be perfect for my daughter to make all by herself, and it was. The surprise was how delicious it tasted! 3/4 cup milk 2 tsp vanilla 2 eggs 1 cup sugar