How we can prevent nutrients

Here are other tips on how we can prevent nutrients from escaping or from getting lost.

• Keep leafy greens and salads in plastic bags or ventilated containers in the crisper section of the refrigerator (usually the lower portion). Root crops such as potatoes, carrots and turnips can be kept in a cool, dark, airy place in the kitchen, such as woven basket or wooden open box.
• Refrigerate cooked produce in airtight containers and use within 2 to 3 days. Refrigerate fruit juice in small containers so that less surface area is exposed.
• Carefully handle fruits and vegetables to avoid bruising, which causes faster loss of Vitamin C. Do not cut up produce unless you're ready to cook or eat them. Don't chop more finely than necessary.
• The outer leaves of vegetables are the most nutritious. Discard as few as possible. Nutrients are also concentrated in or just below the skin. If possible, eat unpeeled fruits and vegetables, or don't peel them to deeply. However, make sure that your fruits and vegetables are sold in clean areas where they have not been overly exposed to harmful organisms and pollutants.
• Fruits and vegetables are most nutritious served raw. Get into the habit of eating vegetables raw some of the time. Have them as snacks, with dips or in salads.
• Cook meats and fish thoroughly to kill harmful microorganisms but don't overcook them. Roasting, baking, stir-frying, steaming (fish), and broiling retain nutrients than braising or stewing (unless you also serve the defatted juices).

Wine-testing helps to sell more!

Have you ever been at a wine-testing? I’m sure that this is an experience you will never forget though you might remember little after that.

In order to buy wine you are to find out what kind of product you are going to purchase. This is not a gadget you can find reviews about or advantages over other stuff – this is absolutely personal and tastes differ. To buy really ‘your taste’ wine you are to taste a number of drinks and if a shop or warehouse provides such a service – this is really outstanding. Of course, no one is obliged to stand you a treat in order to sell his/her product but if we are talking about such a gourmet product as wine this is a marvelous marketing technique to sell even more wine bottles at last. Offer them, for instance, Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage or B&G Cabernet Sauvignon and this will definitely please your customers. Why is it really beneficial to any either physical or online wine store?

First of all people are buying a limited number of wines according to their tastes but you can literally ‘make’ them buy more brands and kinds of wine through standing them a treat even in very small amounts. Who knows, may be you will be lucky to achieve your aim – to awake your client’s interest in other kinds of wine. That means you will definitely benefit from just one purchaser.

Secondly, it is really nice to offer different kinds of wine absolutely for free to taste them and then talk about your business of selling more – your client is already pleased with your service and his/her reluctance to follow your advice disappears. It is obvious that alcohol influences people’s behavior and in small amounts makes them more amenable.

Thirdly, there is such a notion as “net marketing” that should always be taken into account whatever business you are in. One positive testimonial and you are granted to get at least 5 leads – in other words at least 5 potential customers. I’m sure that you will agree that wine-testing raises your wine store reputation in many times!

To sum it up, it is wise to first taste a number of wines and then make your choice!

The yummy Balut!

Balut is a popular Filipino street food it’s a chicken or duck egg and the usual days in gestation is between seventeen to twenty days. Balut is mostly sold by street vendors with their carts at night with a loud sound of “baluuuuut, baluuuuut!” Most balut-eaters put a pinch of salt and chili vinegar for their balut yummier to eat. And some Filipinos believed that balut has an aphrodisiac and it’s considered a high-protein; “pampalakas ng tohod.” Take a look with the video some Americans learn to love eating the yummy balut. Dare yourself also to eat the balut!

Creamy Corn Soup

Soups is where to make sense our appetite or as an entire meal in themselves. The best way for me to eat hot soup is when it rains, this creamy corn soup is very delicious and yummy of all the soups I tasted. So try it to yourself.

Ingredients:
3 cups whole kernel corn, canned or boiled
2 eggs, beaten
3 tablespoons cream of corn powder
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup evaporated milk
4 cups water
salt to taste

Procedure:
Dilute cream of corn powder and cornstarch in 1/2 cup water. Set aside.
Boil 3 1/2 cups water.
Add all ingredients.
Stir in diluted cream of corn powder-cornstarch mixture.
Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes, strring constantly. Water may be added if a thinner soup is desired.

Coffee Banana Cooler

I'm a member of a Nestle Club "Good Food, Good Life" monthly I got a magazine for them, I'm very thankful and I really enjoyed reading it and try some recipes from the magazine. I would like to share with you the Coffee Banana Cooler for you to refresh your day!
Delightful iced mocha drink comparable to your favorite frappuccino in expensive cafes!

Ingredients:
2 tbsp. Nescafe Classic
1 piece banana lacatan
2 tbsp. sweetened cocoa
1/4 cup carnation condensada
2 cups shaved ice

Procedure:
Combine all ingredients in a blender jar. Process until fully combined and mixture is smooth.
Transfer into 2 tall glasses. Serve.

Preparation Time: 5 min.
Servings: Makes 2 glasses

Good to know
Coffee has antioxidants that protect the body from cell damage and help prevent aging.

Ten Commandments of Good Food Habits

1. Eat slowly, chewing food thoroughly. Food should be eaten slowly, and should be thoroughly masticated.
2. Eat regularly. Regularly in eating is of vital importance. The stomach cannot properly handle a delayed meal.
3. Eat nothing between meals. never should a morsel of food pass the lips between meals.
4. Eat in cheerful surrounding and with pleasant table conversation. A merry heart does good like a medicine.
5. Drink water abundantly between meals. Drink freely, it (water) helps to supply the necessities of the system, and assists nature to resist disease. Drink freely of pure, soft water.
6. Use simple methods of food preparation. If you regard your life, you should eat plain food, prepared in the simplest manner.
7. Use mainly natural sweets instead of sugar. Be moderate in the use of all sugars. The free uses of sugar in any form tends to clog the system, and is not infrequently a cause of disease.
8. Use natural foods. Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables constitute the diet chosen for us by our Creator. These foods, prepared in as simple and natural manner as possible, are the most healthful and nourishing.
9. Cook to preserve food values. There is a way of combing and preparing food that will make it both wholesome and nourishing. There is such a thing as robbing the body of nutrition.
10. Be sure fruits and vegetables are in good condition. More die by eating decayed fruits and decayed vegetables which ferment the stomach and result in blood poisoning, than we have any idea of.