Have you ever considered that eating meatballs and sauce can improve your health? Beef is a natural source of iron. As the star ingredient in MamaMancini’s Meatballs, the beef in the beef in this dish provides consumers with the iron that our bodies crave and need. Dietary iron is responsible for delivering oxygen to the [...]
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Different Country… Different Meatball
Could you be eating milk-soaked reindeer when you ask for a meatball abroad? When you order a meatball in America or Italy, it is assumed you will be eating a combination of ground beef or pork, soaked in tomato sauce and paired with pasta. In other parts of the world, the definition of a meatball [...]
Diet/Health facts for foods: Avoid Fad Diets
The secret to weight loss is not to avoid carbs, fats, yellow foods, solid foods, or foods that start with the letter G. The real trick is to lower your daily intake by about 100 calories. You’ll hardly notice, but it’ll add up to a loss of about 10 pounds in a year. Calorie restriction [...]
Tips and Tricks: Too much salt?
If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it’s still cooking, drop in a peeled potato. It absorbs the excess salt for an instant ‘fix me up’!
Diet/Health facts for foods: Go Green!
Green tea is packed with heart-boosting and cancer-stopping polyphenols that black tea can’t offere offer. Green tea also delivers a boost of alertness, but from a smaller dose of caffeine than black tea. Green tea can even fight dandruff, although only if you pour it directly onto your scalp…It will probably be a good idea [...]
Kitchen Gadgets: Perfect Portion Scale
Ever find yourself struggling while measuring foods or finding the perfect amount? Well worry no more! The Perfect Portion Scale is the answer. Whether dieting or just trying to follow a simple recipe, the Perfect Portion Scale can help. This product features not only a food scale, but also contains a calculator that displays the [...]
Diet and Health Facts: Snow cones—they can’t be that bad, right?
Wrong! Although snow cones can be a great way to relieve you from the summer heat, don’t over-indulge in this sweet treat. Most people think snow cones are a great way to beat calories because they are almost entirely made of ice. However, the syrups that colorize and flavor snow cones are LOADED with sugar. [...]
Diet/Health Facts: Do Not Skip Breakfast
Fiber intake in the morning means less hunger late in the afternoon, when you’re most likely to feel tired and swallow down sugar. Such things as oatmeal, mixed with raisins, walnuts, and flaxseed oil. Eating breakfast also keeps your metabolism more active throughout the day. People that eat breakfast are thinner than people who just [...]
Eat more Meatballs and Slow Cooked Italian Sauce for your health
This article appeared in the Seattle Times today Wednesday June 29, 2011. Ten foods that are healthier for you than you might think: By Food Network Kitchens Spaghetti and Meatballs Thanks to the iron and protein from the beef, lycopene from the tomato sauce and energy-producing carbs from the pasta, this dish a healthy trifecta. [...]
Diet and Health Facts for Foods: Grab a Handful of Nuts!
I’ve learned from Dr Oz that nuts are one of the best sources of healthful fats and protein around. Keep a bag of walnuts in your fridge and use its massive dose of omega-3 fatty acids to boost brainpower. Half of a handful should be eaten about 30 minutes before a meal and this will temper [...]
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