Green tea: A healthy way to lose weight

Green tea is a healthy way of keeping oneself lean. It increases metabolism and thereby helps reduce human weight. It has been used by the chinese for over 4000 years especially because of its ability to keep vital tissues healthy while killing the harmful cells. It is also known to reduce LDL cholesterol levels. For more info, please go here.

A fishy way to have lunch for two

Ever rummage through your cupboard's looking for some thing to eat, and walk away grumbling because very thing looks like it will take to much work? I do, all the time. So my answer today was a quicky tuna sandwitch! Here's what you need:

1 can of your favorite tuna
a single mini dill pickle
tablespoon of relish
1-2 tablespoons of mayo, take your pick to which kind
any spicy mustard
(optional) several slices of cheddar
your favorite sliced bread.

(serves two hungry people)


Turn the oven onto high broil and start to mix the tuna with the dill, relish, mustard and mayo (the mayo keeps the tuna from tasting too dry after its done cooking). Assuming the can of tuna is the same size as my own, you will need two slices of bread, and a cat. Spread the tuna liberally over the bread, making sure its even. Give the leftover to the cat and spread the cheese over the tuna.

This next step is optional, but enjoyable. Dust the sandwitches with paprika... mmm

finally, place the sandwitches on a pie tin, and heat in the oven until the cheese bubbles (or, if no cheese, till the tuna gets a nice light carmalized layer). Best served with a glass of light wine, or a sweet juice.

Eggplant: In Search of Recipes

I'm looking for some good eggplant recipes. Anyone have a good one I can try?

Sloppy Joes Remastered

There are certain foods from my childhood that I remember fondly, and hate the idea of having to give up. So it's nice to find ways to revamp the old recipes, making them healthier and still retaining the savory flavors I have held dear for so many years. Tonight, especially with Kirk out of town, I decided to do some experimenting. Armed with ground turkey, KC Masterpiece's Original Barbeque Sauce (fat free, I might add), onions, Worchester Sauce, garlic and pita bread, I was ready to try to remake the sloppy joes of my youth.

It is quite easy actually. No cooking oil necessary. I browned the ground turkey and the onions, mixing in the garlic. Once they were thoroughly browned, I added the BBQ and Worchester Sauces and mixed it in quite well. I then served the sloppy joe mixture in pita pockets. It was less sloppy than usual, and tasted exactly as I remembered. Served with a side salad, the meal was exactly what I had hoped for! Yay!

As a side note, for you Trader Joe's fans, apparently the Banana Crisps that have been out of stock for the last couple of weeks are being relabeled. The nutritional information on the package was incorrect. Since banana crisps are one of my favorite snacks, I am hoping the error was in the favor of health, but fear the opposite.