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Before you can really serve up a tasty poultry dish the right way, you need a few tips for grilling chicken. The trick? Start with the fire. Your fire is the beginning of the grilling process. Without a proper fire, you can not expect great results. And don’t for a second think this does not apply to you gas grillers! It does!How Many Briquettes? As a general rule of thumb, plan on using about 30 briquettes to cook 1 pound of meat. A standard five-pound bag contains 75 to 90 briquettes. You want to make sure that you have enough briquettes to cover the grills pan in a single layer and extending out about 2″ beyond the area of the food on the grill. The first step is to place the briquettes in the grills pan to determine the quantity and then stack them up in a rough pyramid shape to light. Soak the briquettes with approximately 1/2 cup of lighter fluid, and let set for a few minutes before lighting.

After the coals have begun to burn and ash starts to form, you will need to arrange them with long handled tongs into a single layer.

Once you have mastered even heating its time to step up to the professional level. A Pro likes to have a controlled temperature variation, a hot area and a not so hot area. In grilling this is called a two level fire. If you have a dual burner gas grill just set one burner on high and the other on medium. The advantage to this is that you will have one area to sear foods and another area to cook them through.

Grilled Chicken With Roasted Garlic Sauce

Yield: 6 Servings

6 boneless chicken breasts

-(about 1,1/2 pounds)

1/2 c lemon juice

2 cloves garlic

1 T red wine vinegar

1 t rosemary

1/4 c olive oil

1 salt and pepper To Taste

1 jar (28 ounces) Rag=FA Hearty

-Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce

2 tb chopped fresh basil

2 tb chopped fresh parsley

Grilled crusty bread

Fresh herbs for garnish

-(optional)

Place chicken in a bowl with lemon juice, garlic, vinegar, rosemary, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Marinate in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight.

In a medium saucepan, heat sauce over low heat, stirring occasionally until heated through. Add fresh basil and parsley to the sauce just before serving. Meanwhile, preheat grill or broiler.

Grill chicken about 3-5 minutes per side or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Server grilled chicken with roasted garlic sauce of grilled crusty bread.

Garnish with fresh herbs.

Enjoy!

Jonny Andrews loves the grill and wants to be sure you do as well. Make sure you visit his blog today and get incredible Free Tips For Grilling Chicken. Give it a try today!

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Here is an article I found interesting. Read on … Nora M

Why Fruit Is Essential For Your Body
By Juan Mendoza

One thing that everyone has to do in order to survive is eat food and drink water. Along with air, food and water are the two other key elements that we need in order to allow our bodies to function. There is plenty of choices when it comes to food. However, it is well recommended that you eat a very nutritional balanced mean so that you can let your body work to full capacity. One essential area you should always keep track of is fruits.

Fruits are some of the best items we can eat because they contain so many good vitamins and minerals that our bodies thrive on. In all reality, fruits are pretty delicious, yet many people avoid them for one reason or another. The following will go over the nutritional facts of different popular fruit that we all have tried at least once unless your allergic to fruit or something like that.

The first fruit that will be discussed is the almighty apple. The famous quote goes, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This is a scientifically proven fact but it is definitely a good idea to eat an apple a day just for the good natural nutritional ingredients that are associated with an apple. An apple contains about forty nine calories and consists of about eighty four percent water. It also has 2.3 grams of fiber, 0.4 grams of protein, 11.8 grams of sugar, 2 grams of vitamin A, 15 milligrams of vitamin C, 0.02 milligrams of vitamin B1, 0.01 milligrams of vitamin B2, 0.05 milligrams of vitamin B6, and 0.05 milligrams of vitamin E. All these thing are essential in order for our bodies to work properly. Apples may not seem like a super essential staple of someone´s diet but if eaten on a consistent basis, they can really make your body feel good.

Another popular fruit we all chew on from time to time is a banana. Bananas are really good to eat for several reasons. They are good for your skin and for your internal body as well. A banana contains about eighty eight calories and consists of about seventy six percent water. In addition, bananas also contain 2.7 grams of fiber, 1.2 grams of protein, 20.4 grams of sugar, and also has a small amount of other essential vitamins such as vitamins A, B, C, and E.

Those two fruits are the most popular fruits that people eat on a more regular basis then other fruits. However, all fruit is good for you in one way or another. One fruit can be better for you in one area of your health, while the other fruit is good for you in another area. All fruit is made up with a high level of water and almost all of them contain essential vitamins and minerals that our bodies need. Eat as much fruit as possible as well as the other vital things on the periodic food chart in order to be healthy and feel super good.

Written by Juan Mendoza. Learn more about buying and using an Apple Peeler and find out how peelers can add a new dimension to your recipes.

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I hope you liked the above article.  Do you have sugar cravings? Would you like to know how to get rid of sugar cravings? Well, there is a guide that will teach you how. Click here to find out more.

After 4 years of research and cooking and testing, a Chinese Master Chef has produced the ultimate Chinese Cookbook, based on the principles of Yin and Yang. Certain foods have yin properties, while others have yang properties - Cooling or warm, fat or non-fat, high-calorie or low- calorie, and etc.

To maintain health and vitality, the Chinese believe that eating the Yin and Yang way can protect us from developing major health problems like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke and high blood pressure.

Almost no foodstuff is purely yin or yang - it’s more that one characteristic tends to dominate. It also reinforces that it is not so much the individual ingredients, as the the balance and contrast between ingredients in each dish, that is important. Interestingly, cooking methods also have more of a yin or yang property, as the list below demonstrates.

Cooking Methods:

Yin Qualities Yang Qualities
Boiling Deep-frying
Poaching Roasting
Steaming Stir-frying

Types of Foods:

Yin Foods Yang Foods
Bean Sprouts Bamboo
Cabbage Beef
Carrots Chicken
Crab Eggs
Cucumber Ginger
Duck Glutinous Rice
Tofu Mushrooms
Watercress Sesame Oil
Water Wine

There are more than 500 recipes in this book, all designed to be quick and easy, no fancy ingredients or equipments to be used here. The good Chef has simplified the whole process specially to cater to busy folks as yourself and shares the secret cooking tips used by professional Chinese chefs including Cooking temperatures, cooking with oil, marinades, sugar and other coatings, sauces, gravies, stocks and flavoring sauces. The ebook also features 173 colourful pictures!

Click below to find out more:

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This recipe is contributed by a reader who calls herself Lady Liz - thanks mylady!  She says its easy to make and by the look of it, looks toooooo eeassy to do:)   I have translated all the words into English.  Great for afternoon tea.

Ingredients:

3 cups of flour
2 tablespoons of baking powder
1 pinch of salt
1 tablespoon of mix spices
1 cup of blueberry/fruits
150 gramme of butter
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
1 cup of milk (fresh)

Preparations:
1. Heat the oven at 200°C. Grease the muffin tin.  In a bowl, add all the dry ingredients.
Add the fruits.  Mix well and create a hole in the middle.

2. Melt butter and sugar on slow heat , once melted, remove from heat.

3. Pour melted butter and sugar into the dry ingredients as well as the egg and fresh milk. 
Don’t stir too hard to ensure the blueberries are not too crushed.

4. Pour mixture into muffin tin at 3/4 level. Bake for 25 - 30 mins or
until it’s turn golden brown. Wait few minutes before removing the muffin from the tin.

Preparation: 15 mins
Cooking time: 25 - 30 mins
Make: 16 pcs

Nora’s comments:  Sounds good and ez pz, like my princess would say.

Thanks Liz for sharing! 
 

I would like to thank Florence Nyokabi Njeru of Kenya for sharing these recipes. It is great to know, no matter how far and distant we are by race, language or religion, we are certainly united when it comes to our love of food.  I am sure these recipes are home-made and tried/tested.  I love potatoes and fish dishes!!  Yummy.

Ingredients:

15 large potatoes
3 cups water
2 cups milk
1 tbsp margarine/butter
1 egg
White pepper
Finely chopped coriander leaves
Salt
Lettuce and tomatoes for garnishing

Method:

Peel the potatoes, cut them into halves.  In a medium sufuria, boil with salt until cooked.  Pass the potatoes through a sieve to get rid of unnecessary water.  Put potatoes in a big mashing bowl; add milk, margarine/butter, white pepper and coriander leaves.  Mash thoroughly using a wooden spoon or mashing spoon and set aside.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat the egg thoroughly and add to the mashed potato mixture, a little at a time as you continue mashing.  The more you mash, the creamier mixture should get, shape as desired.

In servicing tray, set as desired and garnish with lettuce and tomatoes.  Serve while hot with your favourite sauce or a generous spread of ketchup

My Gift To You On The 1st Anniversary of MyCookery.com 

 Attraction Accelerator - An Interview With Bob Proctor On The Science of Getting Rich

Imagine if you can have anything that you want in your life…

* money, love, career, joy, health, peace, abundance.

What would you give to find out the secret?

There is no secret really, as popularized by the movie,The Secret, the law of attraction is as old as God himself….for it is also known amongst the purists, as the law of the universe…

That everything that comes into your life is what you attract to it, what you think, it becomes.  

The challenge is to master this magical flow and it starts with your awareness and your mindset.  If you want more money but your thoughts focus on debts, you give energy to the wrong thought and you wonder why the money doesn’t come?  Believe that the law of attraction works, and it will work.

The Attraction Accelerator is a free special put together by my mentor, Stephen Pierce who interviewed Bob Proctor, the ultimate Guru on Law of Attraction (he is the Teacher featured in the movie, The Secret) where he shares his 40-year study of the science of getting rich.

Get the free report here, right click to save to your computer.

http://www.theinfopublishers.com/getrich/getrich.pdf
Bob Proctor made a profound statement which we must reflect upon:

There are people afraid, you know, If I quit my job,”I’ll lose my income”. Their income doesn’t come from their company. It comes through the company. The income comes according to their consciousness. And if it’s not coming from one source, it’ll come from another.

But If the Law of Attraction is as simple as that, why aren’t more people wealthy, even gratified about the state their lives are in?

The Answer is a Simple One.

There is an Exact Science to Applying the Law of Attraction to Build the Life You Seek. Can you imagine how many good intentions FAIL to manifest because of a lack of understanding of the Science of Getting Rich?

Does this sound like you?
*  I’d like to be earning a far greater income.

*  I want to provide more for my family.

*  I sometimes worry about money.

*  I work hard, but don’t see the income I desire.

*  There are many things in life I want, but cannot afford.

*  Without my current job, I have no other streams of income.

Well this is what the special report is about, can you afford not to find out.  Right click to save to your computer.

http://www.theinfopublishers.com/getrich/getrich.pdf 

With best wishes

Nora M

PS:  Feel free to share if you think this information is of value to you.
 

I’ve put together a great package for you. There is something for everyone, from a coloring book for the kids, to fun crafts and recipes, and for the folks who love to listen, I’ve included an audio book!

Easter Special - Check it out here

I hope these recipes give you ideas for Easter celebration.

EasterEggsRecipes.pdf

Cheers!
Nora

Here is a funny video about easter that I thought you might like

Well, the white house certainly has a weird sense of humor.

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Let us celebrate our lives with some romance.  Let us cook food to feed romantic souls.  Please accept my gift in celebration of Valentine’s Day.  This comes ahead because the eCookbook will give you time to look over and decide what recipes you can plan for your loved ones.

In addition, when you download the cookbook, look out for another “treasure” within.