I Love Bacteria …. the Good Kind though A- #378

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Yes, there is always good and bad in all, isn’t? And bacteria is not the exception.

Our bodies have different tissues full with excellent microbes that help us fight the bad ones. It is so important that we take care and preserve this kind, helpful and faithful bacteria, so we can have an army of healthy tiny micro bio-soldiers for the attack of the bad ones when necessary.

In fact, you couldn’t survive without some bacteria! Good ones help digest your food and fight invading microbes. Also, they are used in making some of the dairy products you like to eat and also some types of medicines! It is one of the best decomposers – they break down dead and decaying organic matter, from leaves to insects.

Best of all, it is are being used to clean up oil spills to keep your environment healthy too.

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4 Beautiful Edible Flowers Ideas to Please Your Palate

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EDIBLE FLOWER DISHES

A plate of Yum Samoen Prai Bussaba, which includes Herbs and Flowers all mixed in a salad. This delicious plate is served on a Bangkok five-star hotel’s floral banquet menu.

Squash Blossom, Avocado, and Butter Lettuce Salad

Quick, delicious, and pretty, too, this salad is nice for a special warm-weather luncheon.

Strawberry Rose Cupcakes

A few scattered rose petals on a plain cupcake can add a real wow factor. But when your guests bite into these strawberry-rose jam-filled treats, you’ll really be hearing the oohs and aahs.

Avocado Appetizer with Chive Flowers

Butter Lemon Garlic Shrimp Wonderful Recipe to Enjoy Eating – A #374

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5 Best Chocolates in the World Healthy Benefits and Unhealthy Side Effects

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1. Godiva

2. La Maison du Chocholatier

3. Ferrero Rocher

4. Belgian

5. Madagascar

Flavanols promote the production of nitric oxide, which relaxes the blood vessels and enhances blood flow. This helps lower blood pressure and ultimately enhances heart health.

These flavanols can also increase insulin sensitivity and possibly cut down diabetes risk.

The other important nutrients include iron, magnesium, pper, zinc, and phosphorus – all of which contribute to your overall health (including cancer prevention).

The flavanols can protect the skin against sun damage. Studies show that dietary flavanols from cocoa offer photoprotection and improve dermal blood circulation.

“NOT EVERYTHING IN CHOCOLATE HEAVEN IS GLORY” — Dr. Martha A. Castro N., MD

UNHEALTHY EFFECTS OR SIDE EFFECTS

ANXIETY

The caffeine in dark chocolate (and chocolate, in general), excess intake can lead to anxiety issues (28). Hence, consume it in moderation.

HEART ISSUES

Dark does have great benefits for the heart. But the caffeine it contains might cause irregular heartbeat in susceptible individuals (29). Hence, moderation is key.

OTHER ISSUES WITH CAFFEINE

The caffeine in this product may also aggravate the following conditions (individuals with these conditions must consume dark chocolate in moderation):

Diarrhea
Glaucoma
High blood pressure
Irritable bowel syndrome
Osteoporosis

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Butter Lemon Garlic Shrimp Wonderful Recipe to Enjoy Eating – A #374

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Butter Lemon Garlic Shrimp

This is the perfect meal for busy weeknights!

It is quickly marinated in the bright flavors of lemon zest and lemon juice, savory garlic and spicy red chile pepper flakes. After being skewered and quickly cooked on a hot grill, they’re slathered in a compound butter which mirrors the flavors in the marinade. It’s true what they say – big things do come in small packages!

If you want a little extra of that buttery sauce to serve with some couscous or pasta, just double up on the butter and lemon. Add some fresh steamed asparagus, and you will have a complete meal in no time that the whole family will love!

This lemon garlic shrimp recipe is definitely one of the easiest and quickest made from-scratch dinners you could make. Trust me, the flavor definitely beats a package of plain old ramen or fast food, so go with this instead when you have the urge to just grab something quick.

Ingredients:

16 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon zest
Juice of one lemon
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/8 teaspoon red chile pepper flakes
1/8 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 garlic clove, minced
1/8 teaspoon red chile pepper flakes

Directions:

Combine shrimp, oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, minced garlic, red chile pepper flakes and salt in a large bowl. Cover and marinate in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine ingredients for lemon- garlic butter with a fork in a small bowl and set aside.
Preheat grill over medium-high heat. Place four shrimp on a skewer, then grill skewers for 2-3 minutes a side, or until shrimp are plump and pink. Remove to a platter, then slather with lemon garlic butter while hot. Serve immediately.

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Food Art for a Beautiful Relaxing Sunday – A #369

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FOOD ART

Creating wonderful art with nature is a masterpiece for the eyes to admire. It looks so good, would you eat it?

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY:

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was the first artist in the modern era to think of the preparation and consumption of food as art. The avant-garde Futurist movement, formed by Marinetti and other artists in Milan in 1909, embraced the industrial age and all things mechanical—from automobiles and planes to manufacturing methods and city planning. They thought cooking and dining, so central to everyone’s day-to-day lives, should also be central to their farsighted, far-out ideals.

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Delicious Cheesecake Made of Cookies and Cream To Make You Happy! A 356

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SCRUMPTIOUS CHEESECAKE RECIPE!

INGREDIENTS

CRUST

1 1/2 cups crushed creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (15 cookies)

2 tablespoons margarine or butter, softened

FILLING

3 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 cup whipping cream

2 tablespoons margarine or butter, melted

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup coarsely chopped creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (about 10 cookies)

TOPPING

Whipped cream

Crushed creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies

METHOD

1. Heat oven to 325°F. In medium bowl, combine crust ingredients; mix well. Press in bottom and up sides of ungreased 10-inch springform pan. Refrigerate.

2. In large bowl, beat cream cheese at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until smooth. At low speed, add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until blended. Add whipping cream, 2 tablespoons margarine and vanilla; beat until smooth. Stir in 1 cup chopped cookies. Pour into crust-lined pan.

3. Bake at 325°F. for 50 to 60 minutes or until edges are set; center of cheesecake will be soft. Turn oven off; open oven door at least 4 inches. Let cheesecake sit in oven for 30 minutes or until center is set.

4. Remove cheesecake from oven. Cool in pan on wire rack for 1 hour or until completely cooled. Carefully remove sides of pan. Refrigerate 8 hours.

5. Just before serving, top cheesecake with whipped cream; sprinkle with crushed cookies. Store in refrigerator.

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Messy Delicious Yummy Tacos Are My Favorites -A 351

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TACOS, THE MESSIEST THE BETTER!

These are so much better than just eating regular ones. Messy and crunchy ones are the best! Try these ones and you will fall in love.

CRUNCHY BAKED

AL PASTOR (Mexican-Greek style)

FISH A LA BAJA CALIFORNIA STYLE

GRILLED BEEF (Carne asada A La Mexicana)

THIS IS A BIG MESSY YUMMY VEGGIE MESS!

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Exotic French Food Dish of Today Guilt Free A 350

French Food Recipe:

Cooking and eating doesn’t have to be common and boring; not to me. I adore to savor each bite, to satisfy my palate with each bit. French food does that to me.

Enjoy the following recipe:

THESE ARE QUAIL EGGS

Chive Blini with Creme Fraiche, Quail Eggs, and Tarragon

Bite-size blini are topped with a dollop of rich creme fraiche, diminutive quail eggs, and brilliant trout roe.

Ingredients Make 4 dozen

Meat
24 Quail eggs

Seafood
2 oz Trout or salmon roe

Produce
6 Scallions
3 bunches Tarragon, fresh

Condiments
2 tsp Dijon mustard

Baking and Spices
1 Salt, Coarse

Oils and Vinegars
1/4 cup Canola or vegetable oil

Bread and Baked Goods
Dairy

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Brazilian Steakhouse 3 Presentations Guilt Free!

BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE …. Simply, delicious!

Delicious to the palate, exotic to the eye and wonderful to the smell. This steak is one of my favorites in Flower Mound, TX.

Bon Appetite!

If there are two things I love about food Brazil style, they are steak and cheese bread (Pao de Queijo).

There is something about Brazilian Steak; it’s meaty, tender, juicy, oozing with right amount of food, and perfectly grilled and charred. It’s so delicious!

The original steak recipe from Brazil

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Delicious Exotic Cauliflower Food Dish Au Gratin 2.0 Enjoy!

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EXOTIC CAULIFLOWER FOOD DISH

Cauliflower plant is the edible vegetable part that is called ‘Head’ or ‘Curd’. Botanically this curd is a white ‘inflorescence meristem’. This means that it is not a fully formed flower, it is a tissue which is supposed to form flowers. Cauliflower curd does not have typical sepals, petals, anthers and ovary, therefore there is no question of any pollination, fertilization or fruit-seed formation.

BAKED CAULIFLOWER AU GRATIN A LA VOLCANO

Exotic Cauliflower has only 25 calories and 3 grams of fiber per cup It is an excellent choice for anyone watching their waistline. Along with its low sugar content, cauliflower has a glycemic index of just 15. It also has an excellent high amount of protein content for a vegetable (19% of calories are from protein). Cauliflower is both filling and nutritious.

INGREDIENTS FOR EXOTIC CAULIFLOWER

Cream Sauce:

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Slowly pour in milk, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Simmer until sauce is thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in processed cheese, heavy cream, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and Italian seasoning.
Prick whole cauliflower in several places with a fork. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add cauliflower and cook, uncovered, until slightly tender, about 3 minutes. Drain.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add onion; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add potato, carrot, red bell peppers, peas, and green beans. Season with salt. Increase heat to high and cook, stirring frequently, until vegetables start to release their moisture, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in 1 teaspoon crushed black peppercorns.
Transfer vegetables to prepared baking dish. Place whole cauliflower in the center. Pour some sauce over cauliflower; fold remaining sauce in with vegetables. Sprinkle bread crumbs on top. Scatter Parmesan cheese on top. Sprinkle remaining 2 teaspoons peppercorns over cheese.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown on top, about 20 minutes.

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Yes, there is always good and bad in all, isn’t? And bacteria is not the exception.

Our bodies have different tissues full with excellent microbes that help us fight the bad ones. It is so important that we take care and preserve this kind, helpful and faithful bacteria, so we can have an army of healthy tiny micro bio-soldiers for the attack of the bad ones when necessary.

Best of all, it is are being used to clean up oil spills to keep your environment healthy too.

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EDIBLE FLOWER DISHES

A plate of Yum Samoen Prai Bussaba, which includes Herbs and Flowers all mixed in a salad. This delicious plate is served on a Bangkok five-star hotel’s floral banquet menu.

Squash Blossom, Avocado, and Butter Lettuce Salad

Quick, delicious, and pretty, too, this salad is nice for a special warm-weather luncheon.

Strawberry Rose Cupcakes

A few scattered rose petals on a plain cupcake can add a real wow factor. But when your guests bite into these strawberry-rose jam-filled treats, you’ll really be hearing the oohs and aahs.

Avocado Appetizer with Chive Flowers

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1. Godiva

2. La Maison du Chocholatier

3. Ferrero Rocher

4. Belgian

5. Madagascar

Flavanols promote the production of nitric oxide, which relaxes the blood vessels and enhances blood flow. This helps lower blood pressure and ultimately enhances heart health.

These flavanols can also increase insulin sensitivity and possibly cut down diabetes risk.

The other important nutrients include iron, magnesium, pper, zinc, and phosphorus – all of which contribute to your overall health (including cancer prevention).

The flavanols can protect the skin against sun damage. Studies show that dietary flavanols from cocoa offer photoprotection and improve dermal blood circulation.

“NOT EVERYTHING IN CHOCOLATE HEAVEN IS GLORY” — Dr. Martha A. Castro N., MD

UNHEALTHY EFFECTS OR SIDE EFFECTS

ANXIETY

The caffeine in dark chocolate (and chocolate, in general), excess intake can lead to anxiety issues (28). Hence, consume it in moderation.

HEART ISSUES

Dark does have great benefits for the heart. But the caffeine it contains might cause irregular heartbeat in susceptible individuals (29). Hence, moderation is key.

OTHER ISSUES WITH CAFFEINE

The caffeine in this product may also aggravate the following conditions (individuals with these conditions must consume dark chocolate in moderation):

Diarrhea Glaucoma High blood pressure Irritable bowel syndrome Osteoporosis

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Butter Lemon Garlic Shrimp

This is the perfect meal for busy weeknights!

If you want a little extra of that buttery sauce to serve with some couscous or pasta, just double up on the butter and lemon. Add some fresh steamed asparagus, and you will have a complete meal in no time that the whole family will love!

This lemon garlic shrimp recipe is definitely one of the easiest and quickest made from-scratch dinners you could make. Trust me, the flavor definitely beats a package of plain old ramen or fast food, so go with this instead when you have the urge to just grab something quick.

Ingredients:

16 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon lemon zest Juice of one lemon 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/8 teaspoon red chile pepper flakes 1/8 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, softened 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1 garlic clove, minced 1/8 teaspoon red chile pepper flakes

Directions:

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FOOD ART

Creating wonderful art with nature is a masterpiece for the eyes to admire. It looks so good, would you eat it?

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY:

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SCRUMPTIOUS CHEESECAKE RECIPE!

INGREDIENTS

CRUST

1 1/2 cups crushed creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (15 cookies)

2 tablespoons margarine or butter, softened

FILLING

3 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 cup whipping cream

2 tablespoons margarine or butter, melted

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup coarsely chopped creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (about 10 cookies)

TOPPING

Whipped cream

Crushed creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies

METHOD

1. Heat oven to 325°F. In medium bowl, combine crust ingredients; mix well. Press in bottom and up sides of ungreased 10-inch springform pan. Refrigerate.

3. Bake at 325°F. for 50 to 60 minutes or until edges are set; center of cheesecake will be soft. Turn oven off; open oven door at least 4 inches. Let cheesecake sit in oven for 30 minutes or until center is set.

4. Remove cheesecake from oven. Cool in pan on wire rack for 1 hour or until completely cooled. Carefully remove sides of pan. Refrigerate 8 hours.

5. Just before serving, top cheesecake with whipped cream; sprinkle with crushed cookies. Store in refrigerator.

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TACOS, THE MESSIEST THE BETTER!

These are so much better than just eating regular ones. Messy and crunchy ones are the best! Try these ones and you will fall in love.

CRUNCHY BAKED

AL PASTOR (Mexican-Greek style)

Diarrhea
Glaucoma
High blood pressure
Irritable bowel syndrome
Osteoporosis

16 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon zest
Juice of one lemon
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/8 teaspoon red chile pepper flakes
1/8 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 garlic clove, minced
1/8 teaspoon red chile pepper flakes

Meat
24 Quail eggs

Seafood
2 oz Trout or salmon roe

Produce
6 Scallions
3 bunches Tarragon, fresh

Condiments
2 tsp Dijon mustard

Baking and Spices
1 Salt, Coarse

Oils and Vinegars
1/4 cup Canola or vegetable oil

Bread and Baked Goods
Dairy