‘Herbes de Provence’ a la California
This specialty ‘Herbes de Provence’ a la California mixture is especially versatile for a ‘California’ flavour to all your dishes, from soups to savory dishes. You can use it on fish, poultry and meats, with your vegetables, casseroles….virtually any dish you wish to spice up reminiscent of a little [...]
With the fall season upon us, and many jack-o-lanterns being readied for Halloween, there are many tasty and innovative recipes for the pumpkin flesh. These wonderful Gingered Pumpkin Caramels are a tasty alternative to the traditional Halloween Kisses to hand out to your neighbourhood ‘trick or treaters’. For more pumpkin recipes, both cosmetic and cooking [...]
Know the Difference between a Cold and the H1N1 Flu:Symptoms
Symptoms are easily spelled out here to help you differenciate between a common cold and the flu. More identifications and cold home-remedies are available on this betweenclosefriends.com blog in Herbal Teas, Holistic Healing and Natural Herbal Remedies. The most important [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning about early exposure to chemicals during childhood and one of the main sources is household cleaning products.
This article was sent to me via email, and it is too important not to post it here for everyone to see and use. The basic article is very informative [...]
One of my favourite salad dressing is this easy to make Green Goddess Dressing. I first tasted, and subsequently literally ‘fell in love’ with it when I was working for the VSE, and because of the impending blizzard, the keypunch operators stayed at Vancouver Hotel for the night so we would be able to open [...]
Gaining winter weight seems to be a consistent problem even when we continue to exercise and eat well.
This may be due to the fact that our body may be working against us trying hard to stay warm during cold months by hanging onto accumulated holiday fat. This natural survival instinct may not be the real [...]
As everyone knows, if you want something done successfully the first time, go back to the basics. This also applies with guaranteed weight loss strategies. Researchers put 300 overweight adults on two very different diet plans. Not too surprisingly, it was discovered that the people who ate a variety of meals based on the USDA’s [...]
Common and everyday spices are well known to have healing effects and have been used in this way by virtually all of mankind at one time or another, from ancient times to present day. (see the spice history chart in betweenclosefriends.com for more information)
As we come full circle and begin turning away from the fast-food [...]
Listed here are a few of the most common spices used in folk medicine along with easy suggested uses for them in your everyday cooking. (Please go to the ‘Miscellaneous Natural Remedies’ category of betweenclosefriends.com and click on ‘Folk Medicinal Spices‘ for the common cures and remedies pertaining to use of these spices)
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How to store dried spices—in general:
–Make sure that the containers are airtight. Moisture can cause your freshly ground spices to cake/go moldy.
–Be sure to keep your spice shelf away from strong, direct light, especially if your spices are packed in clear jars.
–And always keep your spices away from all heat sources, but still keep [...]
