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Shots of Frosting

July 28th 2008 02:14

While you're working hard on the treadmill, I wouldn't be surprised if thoughts of cupcakes floated through your head.

You know which ones I'm talking about. The fluffy white cupcakes with the chocolate frosting and the candied ornaments. Heavy on the calories, no nutrition and disastrous for your diet plan.

What can you do? These cupcake dreams are dissolving your resolve, and the person who uses the treadmill after you has to wipe off both sweat and drool.

Luckily, bakeries have started selling shots of frosting, for pennies a shot. A quick boost of sugar, a little taste of what you want so bad. So bad it hurts.

You know you want to. Give in. Do it. Follow the crowd.

Frosting Shots: Breakfast of Champions?

""Some people are so focused on the frosting, they'll walk out with 10 different frostings of all different flavors." Maybe not the perfect replacement for those espresso shots first thing in the morning, but definitely a good way to suss out your favorite frosting flavor without chowing down on a ton of cake"

Here's the whole story on WRAL, with the entire decadent story. It seem that it was originally intended for kids, but it seems that adults can't keep their hands off them.

"Now a staple, BabyCakes' $1.50 frosting shots even are served in vintage shot glasses. And with the shop situated in the bar-heavy Lower East Side, nights bring heavy demand. Customers already in a party mood see it as a quirky way to add to the festivities, McKenna says."

But what about the failed dieter, slumped in the alley, mouth rimmed with buttercream, eyes glazed over? Prone to quick violence and abject misery, the life of a cupcake fiend is not for me.

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Health benefits of Asparagus

July 18th 2008 23:59

While the smell or taste of Asparagus may not be for everyone, there is no denying that they are one of the healthiest foods on the planet, jam-packed from top to bottom with nutrients and minerals such as Vitamin K, Folate, Folic acid, potassium, dietary fiber, rutin and many many more.

So even if you hate the taste of asparagus with a passion, try and incorporate it into your diet once in a while. Try it stir-fried with other ingredients so that its 'aroma' and taste aren't as 'pungent' as it would be on its own.

Once you start getting asparagus in your diet, you will start reaping the full benefits of this healthy vegetable which includes:

- Birth defect prevention: eat asparagus during pregnancy or during conceiving to help prevent birth defects such as spina bifida
- Helps with cardiovascular problems
- Helps ease menstrual cramps and fertility problems
- Great for the gastrointestinal tract and colon
- Increases the success rate of chemotherapy
- Good anti-inflammatory properties
- Detoxification
- Lowers cholesterol
- Great for kidneys

- Helps prevent bladder and urinary tract infections
- Helps prevent multiple sclerosis
- Helps prevent scurvy
- Lowers high blood pressure
- Helps prevent cataracts
plus many more health benefits.

When choosing Asparagus stalks (which should be available all-year round), they should be rounded, and neither fat nor twisted. Firm, thin stems with deep green or purplish closed tips are good signs of freshness.

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New York gets calorie stickers and people are shocked by muffins

July 17th 2008 02:12

Fat Free Chocolate Banana cake is packed full of calories

New York became one of the first cities to pass a law requiring calorie stickers on food, bringing yet another vice to its knees.

On one hand it's a good step... we've been confused by the chaff of all these labels: fat-free, low-fat, low-sodium, extra-flavour, no sugar added, etc.

On the other hand, eating has turned into the sheer consumption of nutrition, with no sensory delight attached to it. New York is a place to revel in pizza and bagels, the sandwiches and the hot dogs. Now, with calorie stickers, you'll glumly sit down with your celery sticks.

As NBC reports, residents are in for a slap in the face.

"She was about to order her usual morning coffee and muffin at Dunkin’ Donuts when she saw the new calorie labels. The chocolate chip muffin she had her eye on was 630 calories.

“I was blown away,” said Cara, a 27-year-old homemaker from Forest Hills in New York City. “I’m not a no-carb type of person, and I usually don’t even think about it. But you pick up a little muffin with your coffee, and it has 630 calories in it? That’s a bit extreme!” "

There's an uncomfortable truth in dining... when I worked at a local Sydney cafe, we'd get groups of people, fresh from the gym or a run, coming in for dinner, ordering a pasta or risotto, enjoying it with great relish, not realizing that it was all cooked with butter. That's how we make it taste good - if we used the same low-fat methods that you use in your kitchen, it'd taste awful.

Even better - people that order thickshakes made with skim milk. It's a common order, and though I tried to suggest that it was a particularly futile order, the common answer is 'yeah, but it makes me feel better.'

"At T.G.I. Friday’s, one of the few sit-down chain restaurants to have already added calorie counts to menus, a group of young women gasped as they studied the menu, barely able to find a meal under 1,000 calories, never mind an appetizer or dessert."

Giving out raw data allows consumers to see the real effect of what they're eating, and the misconceptions that they might have had before:

"But the 26 year old just discovered that the Friday’s pecan-crusted chicken salad, served with mandarin oranges, dried cranberries and celery, has 1,360 calories.

“That surprised me the most because they market it as a healthy option,” she said. “It’s like false advertising. You think it’s better than the burger and the fries. It’s misleading.” (The cheeseburger served with fries is, indeed, 1,290 calories.) "

When you're eating a salad that weighs more in calories than a cheeseburger and fries, it's time to lay off the salads. 1 360 calories!

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Blueberries! Magical fruit that cure everything that's wrong with you!

April 21st 2008 08:15

I love blueberries. I love that dark, fragrant taste, the squish of the berries on my tongue, the colour that stains my tongue. I love eating them by the handful or even off the bush with my mouth, pretending that I'm a grumpy bear, preparing for the winter. Rawr.

But all of you out there, you're ruining my fun. With all the health benefits associated with blueberries in the past year, the prices have skyrocketed. People are jumping all over the magic blue, sucking on them for their magical antioxidants

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Eggs linked to death risk

April 15th 2008 07:09

I love eggs and just can't quite seem to get enough of them most of the time whether they're boiled, coddled, deviled, fried, poached, scrambled etc. -- they just taste fantastic all the same. They also happen to be a nutrient dense food with 6g of protein as well as vitamins B-12 and E, calcium, folic acid, iron, riboflavin and zinc

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Health benefits of Kiwifruit

March 28th 2008 08:00

Did you know that the kiwifruit is very rich in many vitamins and minerals? In fact, it is so jam packed with nutrients that it ranks as the most nutrient-rich of the top 26 fruits consumed in the world today

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Health benefits of Sweet Potato

March 12th 2008 22:22

Sweet potato is a low-calories and fat free vegetable with an abundance of healthy minerals such as beta-carotene, Vitamin A, C and E, magnesium, potassium and rich in antioxidants

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Health benefits of cucumber

February 6th 2008 22:15

Cucumber is a fruit and a member of the cucurbitaceous family. Like melon, squash and pumpkins, it is very high in water and very low in calories and an excellent source of potassium, vitamin C and folic acid

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Health benefits of pumpkin

January 30th 2008 06:30

Not only do pumpkins have an understated taste that lends itself well to a variety of dishes, they also offer a host of health benefits including antioxidants that are hugely beneficial to our bodies

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What happened to dining?

January 29th 2008 01:04

The generation before us, and the generation before them were used to a different experience at a restaurant. You'd go out for a meal, and have 5-7 courses in a night, each with a matching glass of wine, and the meal would take hours.

That's the real luxury of dining, is the care and the time to enjoy it. When we cook at home, we want to get it out of the way as soon as possible

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