Eating healthy food doesn’t mean giving up your favourite foods and switching to salads. Healthy cooking is easy. In many cases, your favourite recipes can be modified so they offer a healthier alternative. Non-stick cookware can be used to reduce the need for cooking oil. To keep valuable nutrients, microwave or steam your vegetables instead of boiling them. Keep fats to a minimum It’s a good idea to minimise ‘hidden fats’ by choosing lean meats and reduced fat dairy products. Processed... Read Full Story
I'm trying out this new clipping thing from clipmarks.com, and I found this site that compares the food you see on the commercials to the food you actually get. clipped from www.thewvsr.com Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately. Nothing was tampered with, run over by a car, or anything of the sort. It is an accurate representation in every case. Shiny, neon-orange, liquefied pump-cheese, and all. Burger King Enormous Omelet Sandwich... Read Full Story
What is with people? Who are these dolts that stand in line at McDonalds for ten minutes, get all the way to the front, and then tap their palms alternately on that metal counter top and say, “Let me see. What do I want?… What to get, what to get.”
What? You’ve NEVER been to McDonalds before? They have 9 things on the menu, and they’ve been on the menu since 1954. Order your god damn food and get the hell outta my way. JESUS!
How stupid do you have to be to not have your... Read Full Story
Studies show that you can change the nutritional profile of French fries from bad to good - with these preparation tips! If you love potato chips, if summer just isn’t summer without a bag of French fries at your fingertips, then the nutrition news this past week was both good and bad. Good because a settlement following a lawsuit initiated by the state of California involves an agreement by manufacturers to reduce the amount of a cancer causing chemical known as acrylamide, found in... Read Full Story
A Burger King in West London now offers a $200 burger available only once a week. The company claims it's all in the name of publicity charity and that they've sold 30 of them.
According to Sky News , "The fine ingredients of what is called simply 'The Burger' include Wagyu beef, white truffles, Pata Negra ham slices, Cristal onion straws, Modena balsamic vinegar, lambs lettuce, pink Himalayan rock salt, organic white wine and shallot infused mayonnaise in an Iranian saffron and white... Read Full Story
New York is now the first city in the country to implement a law forcing chain restaurants to post the calorie count of each food next to the items on their menus. Here's an example: A McDonald's restaurant sign lists calorie counts July 18, 2008 in New York. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images North America) Read Full Story
At first I thought, “A $200 hamburger … what are they smoking?” Then I saw it was actually to raise money for a charity - a great way to assuage the guilt of spending that much on a burger maybe? haha. Who knows?
I can’t even imagine what a burger that includes Wagyu beef, white truffles, Pata Negra ham slices, Cristal onion straws, Modena balsamic vinegar, lambs lettuce, pink Himalayan rock salt, organic white wine and shallot infused mayo in an Iranian saffron and white truffle dusted... Read Full Story
“Forgiving the gimmick” - Review of Bare Burger
by Holly Hagan
Bareburger , 33-21 31 st Ave.
Astoria , Queens
718-777-7011 - bareburger.com
When an organic burger joint opened in my neighborhood, I was skeptical. It seemed gimmicky, so I avoided BareBurger as long as I could. Every time I walked by, it was hopping, so I shelved my suspicion and sampled my first all natural burger.
Big blue bacon mushroom onion burger with ostrich
BareBurger sits on a... Read Full Story
Courtesty of Burger King and Fox News
Burger King has done it… But not in the US (yet). They have created the $200 burger. Listen to these fancy ingredients and tell me this thing doesn’t sound delicious!
The fine ingredients of what is called simply ‘The Burger’ include
Wagyu beef
White truffles
Pata Negra ham slices
Cristal onion straws
Modena balsamic vinegar
Lambs lettuce
Pink Himalayan rock salt
Organic white wine
Shallot infused mayonnaise
Iranian... Read Full Story
Avoiding fast food is nearly impossible, I am sure everyone can agree to this. It is easy to consume your days worth of calories in one fast food meal, but you can drive exit the drive-thru with a much healthier meal. So how do you eat fast food without the enormous amount of calories?
Drinks:
Soda is not a healthy choice, diet or regular, since there is no nutritional value. Soda is filled with sugars, calories, artificial sweeteners and other ingredients that fill you up without giving... Read Full Story
