Coconut Chicken Fingers with Chilli Sauce

Coconut Chicken Fingers with Chilli Sauce

Ah. Homemade Coconut Chicken Fingers. Ya got to love them. First, plain and boring or secondly with a little chili sauce and perhaps some cajan spice and you are on your way to a little blitz in heaven. Two problems here though. I am not a fan of the first kind and this recipe has nothing to do with a scrumptious dipping sauce. A nice addition, yes, but not a main part of this dish. Or is it? What's in the dish? coconuts coconut milk coconut oil (get the feeling that there is lots of coconuts? Ya, there is!) chicken cayenne pepper and more! I wish I could just chalk it up to the

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Garlic Ham Pizza Sliders

Garlic Ham Pizza Sliders

Well, as they say... good intentions are absolutely every...thing! Right? Well, honestly, I did have good intentions. I truly had a great idea. A series of posts bringing you along a journey of healthy eating and sure enough. Hey, look. There's a squirrel! Or something. Some kind of distraction. Forget the squirrel. Did you just taste these garlic and ham pizza sliders in your head? It's okay. I tell myself that it is okay. But them sliders though! I love, love kneading fresh dough. The feeling of splashing just the right amount of flour over the rawness of a mound of dough. Reminds me of

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2014 Superbowl Food Ideas

2014 Superbowl Food Ideas

[caption id="attachment_768" align="alignnone" width="600"] Photo by: Sue Lau[/caption] When it comes to the biggest football game of the year (Superbowl 2014 is on Sunday February 2nd, 2014 ), there is nothing more important on that game day than both the company and of course food. Without the food, it is like sitting in an car waiting for the green light. But not just any green light. But the green light that triggers the start of the race down the quarter mile stretch. Of course at that moment your dragster stalls. That is what game day is like without the food. Not good at

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Cheesy BBQ Melt Burger Recipes

Cheesy BBQ Melt Burger Recipes

This fantastic burger recipe ups the ante when it comes to great burger recipes. There is only one method to cook this style of burger and that is on the BBQ. Any other way will totally destroy the purpose of great taste! One of the great things about this burger that really packs a punch is having the cheese in the center of the burger. As it goes through the bbq process, the cheese melts in the middle and the trick is to make sure that it does not ooze out while cooking. Another great thing here is that you mix raw bacon rather than bacon bits so while the burger is being grilled, the

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Benefits of a Balanced Diet

Food is the basic need of human beings. Man cannot live without it. It is essential to eat the right quantity of food for a healthy balanced diet. Sometimes we are merely concerned about filling our bellies; we hardly pay attention to the food quality and overlook the ingredients it carries. It is imperative that we eat the right food with the right amount of quantity. From the old antediluvian times to modern times, food has always been a topic of interest for all of us. Almost all of us are food lovers; however we should be extremely careful about our diet. We should not forget that

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Food and culture: Why recipes vary around the world

In many parts of the world food is at the center of most social occasions. Sometimes even the social events are based around certain foods or meals. That is, the cuisine becomes the social occasion itself and is the reason for the celebration. People enjoy social interactions and people enjoy good food therefore this pairing of food and culture only makes sense. Western eating habits, unlike the social model for consuming food, seems to revolve around convenience and speed. Eating a starter, main course, and dessert seems only natural to someone in America, while the thought of having

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