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Here’s a few tips:
Prepare the food ahead. No one wants to be in the kitchen on that night.
Keep it simple but fairly nutritious.
Have food your friends and family can assemble themselves instead of you doing it all. Wraps are great.
Sushi is good too.
Nice big bowl of chili that people can dig into whenever they like works.
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Ginger that great herb that can spice up any meal is great in a hot drink. Great for a cold. Just grate ginger into hot water add pepper. Great for a sore throat.
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Remember when kiwis were an exotic fruit? They all came from New Zealand. They cost $2.00 each. Kiwis is green and chocked full of great nutrients and vitamins. California was the first place I know of to start growing them. The price went down. And now it’s grown locally just about everywhere including where I live – Victoria BC Canada! I got a bag of six of these green gems for less than $2!
They are wonderful on top of pancakes in a fruit salad or as the finishing touch of an Anna Pavlova or any whipped cream concoction.
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I had some tiny mini mandarins. So small you can pop a whole one in your mouth! And they are so sweet. Highly recommend them. Great in salads or just as appetizers.
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Our local culinary college serves the most amazing array of gourmet food every day the college is open. The prices are student friendly, down right cheap and you get a full meal. If you’re smart you’ll eat there for lunch and have a light dinner.
There probably is a culinary school in your area – find out if they a cafeteria or a restaurant or a special night for the public. Or perhaps you can hire them for your special occasion.
Read my Tips for Healthy Eating Out.
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The results of the Winter Comfort Poll are in, %54.05 of you want hearty soups or stews. While %16.22 want spicy curry and %13.51 want a big bowl of curry. Only %10.81 eat the same food all year around while a mere %5.41 just want meat and potatoes.
Taking Stock - How to make stock (Its a good idea to read this first)
Butternut Squash Coconut Curry
Winter is always a great time for romantic meals but especially at Valentines Day. Please take the Romantic Dinner poll. Some of you would like dinner at home that you make together while others might prefer eating out. Tell me what you like right here.
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I don’t like packed sandwiches so having a small fridge and a microwave is a fabulous. I take yesterdays (never more than one day and make sure it isn’t out of the fridge for more than one hour) leftover food put it in the fridge and zap it in the microwave (make sure its hot) for lunch.
Ask at work if you can have a mini kitchen, it will save you money and time.