The Healthy Eating Plate


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Food Pyramids and Plates: What Should You Really Eat?

Introduction: The Best Guides to a Healthy Diet

Nearly two decades ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) created a powerful icon: the Food Guide Pyramid. This simple illustration conveyed in a flash what the USDA said were the elements of a healthy diet. The Pyramid was taught in schools ( Read more... )

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science
What's cooking?
Feb 19, 2009
The Economist
The evolutionary role of cookeryYou are what you eat, or so the saying goes. But Richard Wrangham, of Harvard University, believes that this is true in a more profound sense than the one implied by the old proverb. It is not just you who are what you ( Read more... )

I need a bread machine. Anyone have one and have suggestions? I'd like one that has a cooling feature (suggests Alton Brown in his awesome book Gear For Your Kitchen, but he won't tell me which one is the best to buy). Help please!

I'm inspired - I need to cook!
Ginger Lemon Girl Archives
Ginger Lemon Girl Cookies
Gluten Free Mommy recipes

Ben's Perfectly Adequate Gluten-Free Refined Sugar-Free Chocolate Cake

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Oven Roasted Broccoli
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2007
Show: Good Eats
Episode: If It Ain't Broccoli, Don't Fix It

1 pound broccoli, rinsed and trimmed
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup panko bread crumbs
1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan or sharp Cheddar

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Fruity Oil Ice Cream
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2008
Show: Good Eats
Episode: There Will Be Oil
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/fruity-oil-ice-cream-recipe/index.html

Good Eats

Curious Yet Tasty Avocado Experiment
Although the avocado is best known for its staring roll in guacamole, this multifaceted culinary actor can also take on rolls usually played by eggs, butter, and even shortening. The results are delicious, healthy, and very green.

Recipes
Avocado Compound Butter
Avocado Ice Cream
Avocado Buttercream ( Read more... )