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Whether you saute them to dress up a savory entree,
Or keep them handy for casual crunching, Apples are a fresh fall favorite.
Any way you slice them, Be sure...
To reference the following chart for a perfect bite every time.
1. BRAEBURN*Look and taste: Pinkish-red apple with a spicy-sweet flavor and crisp texture.
*Best for: Snacking.
2. CAMEO*Look and taste: Red stripes over cream-colored background and a sweet-tart flavor and crisp texture.
*Best for: Snacking, Baking and Cooking.3. FUJI
*Look and taste: Red and yellow-striped apple with a sweet flavor and a crisp texture.
*Best for: Snacking.4. CORTLAND
*Look and taste: Red apple with a sweet-tender interior.*Best for: Snacking, Baking and Cooking.
5. HONEY CRISP
*Look and taste: Mottled red apple with a sweet, mild flavor and a crisp texture.
*Best for: Snacking and Cooking.
6. JONAGOLD
*Look and taste: Green-yellow apple with a red bluch and sweet-tart flavor and a crisp, juicy texture.*Best for: Snacking, Cooking and Baking.
7. GRANNY SMITH
*Look and taste: Green hued apple with a tart, crisp texture.
*Best for: Snacking, Baking and Cooking.
8. MCINTOSH
*Look and taste: Deep red with a green blush, This apple is tart and tender.
*Best for: Snacking and Cooking.
9. GALA
*Look and taste: This apple comes in a variety of colors, All with a super sweet flavor and crisp.
*Best for: Snacking and Cooking.
10. ROME
*Look and taste: A red mildly tart apple.
*Best for: Cooking and Baking.
There you have it, I hope you find these articles helpful.
My favorite apple gotta be Jonagold and Pink Lady, So delicious :)
Here's some fact about eating apples everyday, Enjoy!
Five reasons to eat an apple everyday:
- Your Diet - Apples are the perfect, portable snack: great tasting, energy-boosting, and free of fat.
- Your Heart - Research confirms it! The antioxidant phytonutrients found in apples help fight the damaging effects of LDL (bad) cholesterol.
- Your Digestion - Just one apple provides as much dietary fiber as a serving of bran cereal. (That's about one-fifth of the recommended daily intake of fiber.)
- Your Lungs - An apple a day strengthens lung function and can lower the incidence of lung cancer, as well.
- Your Bones - Apples contain the essential trace element, boron, which has been shown to strengthen bones - a good defense agianst osteoporosis.
*Articles Courtesy of Landolakes and Here
*Pictures Courtesy of Mysexykitchen, Here, Here and Here
How to bake a scrumptious easy dessert?Recipe came from Glamour magazine Feb' 08 edition.Top Chef judge Ted Allen shared this family recipe.
(Its his Aunties).
It combines chocolate cake with hot coffee.
(He makes his with Godiva chocolate creme flavored, But any java will do).I makes mine with regular java. Turns out a bit bitter.Next time i will be using Godiva chocolate creme flavored for sure. So i know how it turns out.I'm pretty damn sure its very good.
Hello, Its freaking Godiva for goodness sake :)
You can also combine regular java with semi-sweet mini chocolate chip morsels or sweet dark chocolate.Anyway, Here's the Godiva coffee picture so u get the idea. Or u can go to their website, Here.
Nice garnishes with a spoonful of whipped cream and strawberry or berries. Since i don't have a whipped cream, I garnish it with strawberry.Ingredients:- 1 1/4 Cups Sugar
- 1 Cup Flour
- 1/3 Cup Butter, Softened
- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 1/4 Cups Hot Coffee made with Godiva chocolate creme coffee
- 1/2 Cup Milk
- 7 Tbsp Powdered Cocoa
- 2 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1 1/2 Tsp Vanilla
- 1/4 Tsp Salt
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350 F. In medium bowl, Combine 3/4 cup sugar, flour, 3 tbsp cocoa, baking powder and salt.
2. Blend in milk, butter and vanilla and beat until smooth. Pour batter into a 9-inch square pan.
3. In small bowl, Combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar, 4 tbsp cocoa and brown sugar. Sprinkle over batter. Pour coffee over top, Do not stir.
4. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until the center is set. Let cool. Serves 9.
*Recipe Courtesy of Ted Allen (Top Chef Judge)
*Pictures Courtesy of Mysexykitchen and Here
Here's my first entree for the beginning of 2008. Copy this article from...
Martha Stewart Living Sept' 07 edition.Text by Matt Lee and Ted Lee.
Thanks for the info, Its very nice indeed :)SPLENDOR IN THE GLASSSimply watching a stream of wine cascade into beautiful glass is a treat to the eye. But visual rewards are just one of the sensory kicks a wineglass offers the person who sips from it.Choosing the best wineglass to serve what you're pouring is less complicated than you might think, Especially when you narrow the field down to handful of versatile basics.We picked the glasses described below because they manage to carry us through it all from informal brunches and lively cocktail parties to seated four-course dinners making them the toast of our dining rooms, If not the toast of the town.*WHITE- WINE GLASSA tulip-shaped stemmed glass is the classic vessels for white wine. If we had to pick just one as our favorite all-purpose glass, This would be it.The best versions feel steady in the hand when they're full of liquid and also when they're empty.
*RED-WINE GLASSThis glass tends to have a more swelling profile, With a little extra room in the bowl for vapors and aromas to collect. (Supersize wineglasses, However are overkill.) Setting a red-wine glass together with a white-wine glass helps visually set apart different wines being served at the same meal.*FORTIFIED-WINE GLASSBecause dessert wines and fortified wines, Such as Sherry, Port, and Madeira tend to be richer and more alcoholic.They are best sipped from a slightly smaller glass, Proportioned to a smaller pour.The inward taper focuses the intense aromas.*STEMLESS GLASSAStemless wine goblet. Fashionable these days, Honors the finest wines with a slightly dressed-down spirit.It performs virtually the same as a stemmed glass, But the wine may warm up as the heat from your hand transfers to the glass.*CHAMPAGNE FLUTEA tall flute is the most festive way to serve sparkling wines.The surface encourages the formation of bubbles while the shape accentuates their ascent.With bubbly, There is no shortage of vapor being released, So an inward-tapering lip isn't necessary.
*JELLY JAR OR CAFE GLASS
The informality of a short, straight-sided glass lowers expectations marvelously on occasions when the wine isn't the main event.
Serving wine in one of these glasses is perfectly appropriate for dining en famille and for midday meals in relaxed (Especially outdoor) settings.*Article Courtesy of Matt Lee and Ted Lee*Pictures Courtesy of Mysexykitchen, Here, Here and Here