Compound Butter – The Homemade Way to Jazz Up Food
Compound butter is a great way to take mere butter and create something with much more taste – garlic butter is a classic example but there are many more!
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What are Goji Berries and Why Should We Eat Them?
There’s no doubt that the improvements in transportation methods over the last few decades have opened up a whole world of new foods. My dad used to work in fruit and veg and he often speaks about seasonal fruit as well as that many of the foods we take for granted today weren’t easily available…
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What are Acai Berries and What Health Benefits Could They Give?
There’s a good reason we are all getting a bit suspicious of the so-called superfoods – there seem to be so many of them and not always a lot of scientific evidence to back them up. The case of the acai berries is a classic one – adopted as a superfood, some people seem to…
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How to Use Cayenne Pepper and How Is It Healthy?
Most of the time when we add heat to a dish, we do it with a type of pepper. But there are a few of them and each is a little different! Here we are going to look at how to use cayenne pepper, what you can dow with it and if it is healthy?…
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Top 8 Things to Do with Watermelons
Watermelon is one of the most recognisable fruit when it is cut into pieces – that bright green skin and distinctive pink flesh. Sure, there’s a lot of water in the watermelon but there’s also a lot of taste. Here are eight things to do with watermelon to inspire you. Meet the watermelon The watermelon comes…
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What are the Best Blue Cheeses to Cook With?
There is plenty of distinctive kind of cheese out there that have their own personality but there’s one group that stands out from the crowd (or the supermarket shelf). That’s the blue cheeses, those white or yellow cheeses with distinctive lines of blue on them. While not everyone may love them, they have an amazing…
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7 Things to Do with Broccoli
Broccoli is a vegetable that’s rich in nutrients. Not only does it contain vitamins and minerals, but it also contains substances that can help prevent some cancers and boost your immune system. It might not be the most delicious food to eat, but broccoli has so much to offer you when you just take a…
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Meet Quinoa: Health Benefits, Recipes and How to Cook It
Quinoa is a healthy food that has gained popularity in recent years. It’s been hailed as “the perfect grain,” and with good reason. Quinoa is naturally gluten-free, contains all nine essential amino acids and can be cooked in many different ways for a variety of dishes. Read on to learn more about the health benefits…
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What Does Cheddar Cheese Taste Like?
Cheddar cheese is the most popular type of cheese in the United States with over 700,000 tons being produced each year. Cheddar cheese is what you typically get when you order a cheeseburger or a grilled cheese sandwich. It is a relatively simple cheese to create but it has several variations. Types of cheddar cheese…
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5 Ways to Enjoy the Best Fall Superfoods
It is true, superfoods are a bit of an overused term and one that doesn’t have a clear definition. But for our purposes, we will go with the traditional idea – superfoods are those ingredients that have a higher than average amount of good stuff in them. Added to that is the idea of eating…
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How to Store and Freeze Cranberries
Cranberries are a delicious and nutritious fruit that can be used in many dishes. However, they do not store well so it is important to know how to store them properly for later use. This blog post will teach you about the best ways to store your cranberries including fresh fruit and dried fruit! How…
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How to Store and Freeze Butternut Squash
It’s the season of butternut squash, and they are in abundance at your local grocery store. But how do you store them? Is it better to freeze or refrigerate them? We’ll answer these questions and more in this blog post on how to store butternut squash! Keep it At Room Temperature The squash will keep…