Know Your Ingredients

Cooking rice is easy, but for some reason it can give inexperienced cooks trouble. Follow these simple directions to cook perfect rice, then experiment with a few of the variations. Fried rice is a good way to use up leftovers. Cooking Rice Cover rice with twice as much water as rice. So if you use 1 cup of rice, add 2 cups of water. I usually add a teaspoon of oil or butter to the water to prevent... 

Image via Wikipedia By Diane Watkins Carrots are sometimes referred to as super foods, and my experience bears that out. When my first son was only a few months old, he wouldn’t take water, but wanted to drink constantly. My doctor didn’t want him to have fruit juices yet, because of the sugar, so I gave him carrot juice. He loved it and he drank a lot of it. Over the years I had 4 sons.... 

by Diane Watkins What has as much fiber as a bowl of oatmeal, almost twice the Vitamin A of carrots, more potassium than a banana, and is a good source of Vitamin B6 and Manganese? The sweet potato! Surprised? Image via Wikipedia The sweet potato is one of the healthiest foods in the Southern diet, achieving super food status for its powerful antioxidants and carotenoids that protect the body against... 

By Diane Watkins Eggs got a bad rap for a while, but they’re back. It has taken a while for doctors and nutritionists to realize what many Southerners knew all along, eggs are good for you. They are one of the best sources of protein available, and one of the least expensive. Eggs produced today have less cholesterol because of the healthier diet fed to the mother hens. They are a natural source...