Cooking Vegetables Can be Good for You

Posted on December 26th, 2007

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There has long been some debate about whether vegetables are better for you raw or cooked. Recent research by the University of Parma printed in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry has shown that the level of antioxidants [...]

 

Contributed by Carolinecollard
Tags: antioxidants, Cooking, digestion, enzymes, minerals, nutrients, preparing, tips, vegetables, vegetarian, veggies, vitamins
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Cooking School Parties for Kids

Posted on December 4th, 2007

Cooking School Parties for Kids
By Cheryl Tallman and Joan Ahlers
Entertaining your children’s friends is never an easy task and coming up with an idea for a birthday party is often harder. Recently, Fresh Baby creator Cheryl Tallman’s son Spencer turned five and the event was celebrated with a cooking school extravaganza. For 2 1/2 hours [...]

 

Contributed by Dan
Tags: Cooking, Food, Party
Posted in Fun Stuff, Toddlers | No Comments »

 

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