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Comments (26)Lots of good advice above. I've been into heart healthy cooking for a long time since heart disease at a young age runs in my family. That being the case it's sometimes hard to get interested in a lot of the recipes I find here - unfortunately. Here are some of the things I do: Very limited qty of red meat but I do have it once in a while. I love a good steak on the grill but where I might have eaten an entire NY strip in the past I now have maybe 1/4 - 1/3 of a steak. I never use hamburger any more - I substitute the leanest ground turkey. I eat a lot more fish than I used to and have found lots of interesting recipes for it. Pretty much avoid refined white stuff and substitute whole grains as much as possible. More vegetables and fruit - always have things on hand for snacking Low fat cooking - for example I'd never cook something with cream. I use skim milk in most everything - light coconut milk in some asian dishes - evaporated skim milk. Simple, unadulterated foods - not in sauces, etc. I now use more interesting salt free spice blends - Penzey's is my friend. I agree with the person who above said to try totally new things - don't just try to make low fat/low salt versions of the old stuff. It will likely be disappointing. I've discovered so many amazing flavors that come through when foods are not loaded down with salt, cream, butter and cheese. There are especially interesting foods and flavors from other parts of the world. I love Cooking Light - it's the first place I look for something new to try - love the online search capability though I also get the magazine. I know I'm not going to discover a great recipe only to find it laden with butter, cream and bacon. Good-luck - consider it a cooking adventure!...See MoreWhat plants go in a cottage garden?
Comments (0)A cottage garden should include the plants that please its owner and work in the site. Remember, this is a casual style without a lot of rules. Having said that, here's a partial list of traditional cottage garden plants -- you may need to make substitutions appropriate to your own climate: rose lavender cottage pink delphinium foxglove lavatera cornflower love-in-a-mist poppy salvia sweet pea morning glory moonflower iris lily zinnia black-eyed Susan sunflower coneflower nicotiana mignonette heliotrope cosmos cleome bee balm butterflyweed aster goldenrod Queen Anne's lace nasturtium daisies hollyhock bachelor's button marigold forget-me-not flax pansy larkspur snapdragon stock canterbury bells kiss me over the garden gate cockscomb hydrangea phlox lamb's ear...See MoreNeed opinions on best substitute for Turface- calcined clay or coral?
Comments (22)Good job Marie! The montmorillonite clay is exactly the stuff, but it would be good to make sure it didn't have any silica dust in it. I think I found a bag like that before at a different place and it said it had trace silica in it which is very bad for your lungs. This looks promising though. The bark fines sound perfect too although you might want to check the size of the shreds or pieces. I think we are ideally looking for thumbnail to fingernail sized pieces if I remember correctly. Not sure about the bagged mix, the composty bits might be too gloopy when wet and would block air flow. Unless we know the ratios of each it would be hard to tell if it would work....See MoreCheese Fondue. Need substitute for Emmental Cheese. Suggestions?
Comments (2)Emmenthaler is regular Swiss cheese....the one with the holes. Get that! Fontina will be sweeter tasting than a traditional Emmenthaler....See More- 3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
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