Thai Cuisine Recipe

Spiced Winter Citrus Apple-pear Bread

Inspired by a seasonal smorgasbord of winter citrus, this recipe combines the bold zingy flavors of blood oranges with the mellow sweet flavors of canned Bartlett pear halves and peeled apples. The spices include cinnamon, spicy cayenne and even a topping on caramelized cinnamon sugar.

This bread makes an excellent morning tea bread or after dinner dessert cake. It is incredibly easy to make. You won’t believe the complex flavors in this creation.

The vegan recipe after the jump….

Spiced Winter Citrus Apple-Pear Bread
w/pear, blood orange and apple fruits
vegan

Lemon Torte

Original Cake Baking

We are all created with some gifts and talents. I have a passion for art and try to use the ones God gave me to glorify him. One of my gifts that I share with others is baking. A few years ago money was short and I felt very depressed that I could not give presents to all of my love ones. While planning the Christmas menu; the idea came to me. Bake enough cakes and create cake sample gifts. I baked fifteen cakes, cut slices of each flavor and mounted them all on decorative plates. Tossed decorative candies on top of the samplers. Covered with plastic wrap. Well, everyone was so pleased that I started doing that every Christmas and now they ask if I will be giving the cake sampler presents before Christmas even comes.
Here’s a list of some of the cakes that I baked.

Vitamins and Minerals – the Main Essentials

As promised, here is an over-view of the main essential vitamins and minerals, BUT, rather than take them in isolation it is better to take a good multi-vitamin and mineral tablet aimed specifically at the over 50s.

Vitamin

What it can do for you, for example -

Found in, for example -

Helpful Advice

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Promotes growth, strong bones, healthy skin, hair, teeth, and gums. Builds resistance to respiratory infections. Good for eyes, particularly night blindness.

Carrots, fish oils, eggs, green and yellow vegetables, milk and dairy products

Fudge Icing

Quick and Easy Chocolate Desserts: Mousse Or Malted Ice Cream Sandwiches

Recipes for chocoholics that are quick and easy to prepare. Chocolate desserts don’t have to complicated and time consuming as these recipes prove. This Easy Chocolate Mousse takes only minutes to prepare and needs to chill about 30 minutes before serving. The Ice Cream Sandwiches can be prepared in minutes but they do need to freeze for at least 6 hours making them a perfect “make ahead” dessert.

1 envelope unflavored gelatin
2 tbsps cold water
1/4 cup boiling water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups cold whipping cream
2 tsps vanilla extract
Fresh berries for garnish, if desired

Eating Dark Chocolate Can Lower Your Blood Pressure

I love chocolate! But unitl recently I did not know that not all chocolates are created equal. Dark chocolates contains cocoa phenols which have shown to lower blood pressure. Not to mention it is rich in anti-oxidants which help fight free radicals, destructive molecules which contribute to heart disease and other ailments.  

Now milk chocolate and white chocolate on the other hand contains very little or no health benefits whatsoever. It’s delicious and palatable, I know but it is believed that the milk interferes with the delivery of any health benefits that dark chocolate possesses. Oh, and you may want to forget about washing down that healthy dark chocolate you ate with a glass of milk, also.

Thanksgiving Dessert – How To Bake A Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cake

When it comes to making a dessert for our Thanksgiving holiday meal, I enjoy baking a homemade pumpkin cake with a delicious cream cheese filling.

This cake will take some time to make, but your time will be well spent. I guarantee you that you will get a lot of compliments from your family and friends once they taste it. If you have any left-overs, you will want to store them in an airtight container inside your refrigerator.

Pumpkin Cake Recipe

Cake Ingredients:

Pear Walnut Bread

5 Heart Healthy Foods To Help Lower Your Cholesterol

According to the American Heart Association website, over 106 million adults in America have elevated cholesterol levels which are at least 200 mg/dl. Those are staggering statistics. While there are medications which may help, you may be wondering if there are more natural ways to lower your cholesterol levels. Fortunately, there are – by making some changes to your diet and incorporating heart healthy foods and healthy snacks, you can start seeing positive changes in your LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. Following are five heart healthy foods to begin adding to your diet today: