This recipe is a quick and easy way to have a delicious dinner. Make it with chicken or fish (the picture is with fish fillets). PrintPicante Chickish Total Time: 20 minutes Yield: Serves 2-4 Ingredients2 large white fish fillets or 2 large chicken breast halves, flatten slightly 1/2 lemon Salt and pepper Topping 1/4 cup…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
What’s in That Sports Drink?
Yet another dicey substance, BVO, is hiding in commonly purchased soft drinks and sports drinks. Brominated Vegetable Oil, BVO, is a chemical substance, used as a flame retardant, that has crept into widely used drinks, as a food additive. It’s use is prohibited in Europe, Japan, and India. If you need to replenish electrolytes, there are…
Killeen – Thai Food and Asian Grocery
On my recent shopping trip to Killeen, I wanted to try a restaurant that was new to me, Tham Rab Thai. It is a family run business, and you almost feel like you’re a guest in their home. They take care of their customers, and want to make sure you enjoy being there. The food…
Crispy Oven Fries
I have a definite weakness for french fries, so anytime I can get a delicious home version, without deep fat frying, I’m really happy. The ice water bath and the baking rack make these oven fries amazing. PrintCrispy Oven Fries Total Time: 2 hours Yield: Serves 4 Ingredients4 Yukon gold potatoes, cut in small wedges…
The Food Hospital and Natural Pharmaceuticals
One of the new programs I’m following is Food Hospital from the UK. We get it on the Cooking Channel. The whole premise is using food as medicine. There are a number of conditions that prescription medicine does not effectively treat, and this group has begun treating people by modifying their diets, and occasionally adding…