by Herschel Lawhorn
I was born and raised in the heart of the Deep South. From as far back as I can remember I remember long summer afternoons spent drinking iced tea and shelling peas and butterbeans on my grandmother’s porch. I have moved on from my roots and have made my way into other regions of the world. One thing, however, that has remained constant in my life is my deep and abiding love for southern cooking and cuisine.
When choosing a diet program, the food list can be a deciding factor for many people. Diets that have a long list of forbidden foods will be difficult and usually end in failure. The South Beach Diet is not that kind of diet.
When you take a look at the South Beach Diet you will be delighted to see that both the allowed and the forbidden foods are in fact varied in an interesting way and you will feel confident that you can use the “can haves” to come up with some super meal choices.
When we go to the doctor and he gives us our cholesterol reading, many do not understand just exactly what he is talking about. Many people know that cholesterol is either good for you or bad, but many do not understand what is cholesterol. Cholesterol is simply a waxy matter that the liver creates which handles a number of duties in our body.
The Salad Nicoise is more commonly called a Nicoise Salad and is pronounced “Ni-suaz”. This particular salad originally comes from a region in the South of France called Nice and involves a number of different raw ingredients the details of which will provided for you later on in this article. Most authentic Salad Nicoise’s use only raw ingredients there are some restaurants who make this salad and will include rice, pasta, potatoes, cheese and cooked vegetables in theirs.
Strawberry smoothies are definite favorites of many people. That is because strawberries are a delicious fruit that are hard to resist.
A fruit that tastes this good is a natural candidate for a delicious smoothie. If you want to enjoy strawberries even more, you’ll have fun with strawberry smoothie recipes.
If you have never tried making a smoothie before, or it’s been a while and you’re just a little rusty, you’ll appreciate all the different recipes available. There are so many different combinations, you won’t even have time to experiment with them all. However, trying different recipes can be very refreshing.
