As a society, we are getting busier and busier, and we are turning to fast foods to satisfy our needs for a meal, or we are ignoring full meals altogether and turning to snacking throughout the day.  Now, while this may be acceptable from time to time, it is definitely not a habit we should ever hope to foster.  But, if you must snack, try to keep them nutritious so that your body gets what it needs.  Turn to fruits and veggies; nuts, seeds and cereal bars; or perhaps healthier versions of crackers, chips and pretzels.  It’s not so hard, when you really put some thought in to it.  In fact, read this to learn a bit more: http://www.alive.com/1891a5a2.php?subject_bread_cramb=194

Even when I just need to buy fruit and vegetables at the store, I have to have a grocery list. It’s just something my Mom instilled into me. Well, of course, now there’s a website that might have my old grocery lists, that I threw out, archived.

Grocerylists.org  features to date 1,100 other people’s grocery lists. Some of the “found” grocery lists have things on them like junk food, “anchoys”, lunchmeat, dressing mix, and 2 dinners. Every month the site also gives away a free food-related book or food-related something. The site’s creator, Bill Keaggy, lives his official motto, “Collector, maker and breaker of things,™” creating and hosting other blogs dedicated to all sorts of things.

I bet there’s a site out there dedicated to people’s restaurant orders too. And I’ll find it…..

One of my friends from my Portland days had one of her comics in this publication called Too Much Coffee Man. Today I felt like the “man” below…..

And I thought you probably feel this way too sometimes…..working in this industry, so thought I’d share the good laughs from Too Much Coffee Man with ya.

Check out the link. Let yourself laugh. And have another cup of jo.

With all the food blogs on the Internet, cyberspace has a full belly.

FatMan Seoul says “Burp Me” instead of “Email Me.”

Ismyblogburning.com is a blog dedicated to tracking online food blogging events. So, if I eat a burger and write about it on this blog, is it cool enough to be an “event”? I mean it’s an event when my Dad eats but that’s a different story. Well, I suggest reading the Beginner’s Guide on Ismyblogburning.com to see the exact description of a food blogging event.

Chef Wayne’s Recipe Blog also thinks this food blog is cool enough to link up to and not only contains a diverse collection of recipes, but food news.

For more tidbits of food bloggin, check out the Boston Globe article on those so obsessed with food that they have to blog about it.  Geez. I don’t know anybody like that……

What are celebrity foods? What makes a food so special that a celebrity requests it be served at their event or a celebrity quotes it as their favorite food? Does the food strut around like a carrot on a catwalk? Here’s what I found out on the Internet about what some celebrities enjoy most, food-wise. Why is up to speculation.

Lindsay Lohan – Chinese

Mariah Carey – Pasta and salad

Elvis Presley – Peanut butter and banana sandwich, baked apple and sweet potato pudding

Woody Harrelson - raw, vegetarian foods

David Gahan, Depeche Mode – Thai & Italian

Willie Nelson – tex-mex food

If you’d like to see some celebrities caught eating, look at this funny website, http://www.celebrities-eating.com/. Ah, I love the Internet.

It’s springtime & that means it should be time for a picnic. With the recent unpredictable weather, I thought you’d agree that more time should be spent on choosing the location of the picnic than the food to be enjoyed there, so here’s some suggestions for a fast and easy meal for the occasion.

Menu

Sliced Smoked Turkey

Sliced Smoked Salmon

Sliced Tomatoes

Herb crackers

Fruit salad

Oatmeal cookies

Smoked turkey or smoked salmon with tomato on a herb cracker tastes divine.

Preparation

In the Morning

Cut melon, peach, plum, and bananas or your favorite fruit into bite size pieces. Put fruit into a plastic container and seal it with a lid.

Cut the sliced smoked turkey and salmon into squares.

Place the sliced smoked turkey, the sliced smoked salmon, and the sliced tomatoes each in a separate Ziploc bag.

Place each bag in the frig.

Cook the oatmeal cookies.

(see recipe under Recipe section)

About 10 minutes before leaving for the picnic, place each Ziploc bag, except the one containing the cookies, “in an insulated pack”. Then place the pack in the picnic basket, along with the cookie bag, your choice of beverage on top, and the crackers. Place a trash bag in there too for clean up later. And don’t forget the paper and plastic - plates, napkins, cups, and silverware.

Anyone have any other ideas for a fast and easy picnic meal?

Thanks to BlogThings, we can now know:

What Kind of Soda You Are

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With the cold and flu season upon us, we’re told by friends and families to take all sorts of medicines and vitamins to stay healthy or get well. But there’s a natural medicine cabinet in our refrigerator and freezer – food. As an employee at Celebrity Foods, I have a variety of meats to choose from that are rich in iron which helps prevent fatigue, like USDA Prime Midwestern Angus beef.

Some foods that boost the immune system are:

                         Broccoli – contains antioxidants, immune system boosters

                         Poultry – contains zinc which boosts the immune system

The healing properties of various foods can be seen at WholeHealthMD.com.                       

A rainy day remedy is just a bite away.

Have your own special concoction of foods or ingredients that keep you from getting the sniffles or the office bug? If so, reply to this post with ‘em. I’ll tell you my secret if you tell me yours.