Cranberry

Christmas: Mulled Wine, Cranberry Sauce, Glistening Fields of Snow and … Last-minute Shopping. There are Canadians who have long completed their Christmas shopping, who have neat stacks of beautifully wrapped gifts tucked under a decorated tree as I type this sentence, on December 16th. And there are others who are in a state of disbelief, wondering how November zoomed by at such a speed and why, why, why they did not start shopping earlier. If you are in the second group, fear not. These 5…

flavoursome thick dark gravy sauce & a herbal sprinkle of natural garden parsley & sage, colourful mixture of veggies, traditional seasoned sage bread stuffing crumbs, dark green spinach, greenish celery, orangey carrots, golden turnip, sweetened reddish cranberries and other tasty selection of delectable sensational food platters & well-prepared full-flavoured bountiful enticing assembled of tempting salads to choose delightfully from this impressive exquisite buffet menu of my mom's home…

I will be violating the norm of pregnancy health precautions and safety. More specifically, consuming alcoholic beverages and smoking while pregnant. This norm acts as a mechanism of social control because it is socially and medically accepted and promotes social conformity. I am assuming that until medical research was done, mothers were unaware of the consequences of alcohol and cigarettes while pregnant. The authority in our culture enforcing these norms are medical doctors. They have…

Three: Cider Kir Royale. This one is easy! Add 1/3 oz. creme de cassis to the bottom of a champagne flute, and top with 3 oz. of hard cider. Garnish with a slice of apple to look extra fancy. Number Two: Cranberry Pear Wild Thing. In the bottom of a cocktail shaker, muddle 4 or 5 fresh cranberries and 2 or 3 slices of pear. Add 1.5 oz. tequila and 1/2 oz. lime juice, and shake for 30 seconds. Strain over ice into an old-fashioned glass, and garnish with a slice of pear. Number One: Orange…

Biscotti a tasty and treat, is that you can actually get creative and add your own flavor. Www.auntannasbiscotti.com gives many flavorful ideas that will compliment the experience of eating biscotti like “Chocolate Almond, Lemon Rasberry Almond, Cranberry Orange Almond, Chocolate covered Banana Walnuts, Red Velvet, Cinnamon Almond, or Lemon Blueberry Almond”. Biscotti has been embraced in the American culture. But instead of adding flavors to make it sweet, they add salt, pepper, and…

and oranges, spinach, apples, tomatoes, to name a few. Blueberries are also a very important detoxifying food. The Detox Revolution encourages parents to put together a detoxifying snack mix for children, which includes dried blueberries, dried cranberries, walnuts, almonds and…

As consumers of information, it is fair to say we are in some way informed if not experienced or seen the quality of foods in hospitals and similarly in nursing homes. Meals are often pre-packaged and lack variety, and juices and milks are served in small containers with a peel off lid in limited flavors. Nursing homes are institutions that care for the very frail, disabled and sick elders who often needs help with eating and drinking. Over time, as we get older our bodies become weak, we…

We usually relax and watch football until the food is ready. By the time the dinner is ready I am usually so hungry. We say our prayers and then start passing around all the homemade traditional food. There is stuffing, mashed potatoes, turkey, cranberries, and more. After we finish most of the parents continue to watch the football game. Before you know it dessert is ready with pumpkin pie, apple pie, ice cream and more! Terri Andrews understanding of the Thanksgiving story is different than…

“Save The Bees”... But no, really, Save them. Bees: A flying insect known for pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. These small insects get a lot of bad reputation for ludicrous reasons. The phrase “No Bees, No Food” has been floating around the internet in recent years and for a very valid reason. Millions of bees are perishing around the world, causing our food supply to shrink and environment being harmed drastically. Why are bees “so important” to our food supply? Well, bees…

expensive sugary involving replacing parts of her esophagus with parts of her colon. This was also not even the end of the story, as two more cases had taken place around the same time as this instance, where someone had accidentally mistaken their cranberry juice for that same "Eco-Klene" and another case where a hospital staff had mistake a similar type of cleaner known as "Mikro-Quat" for a pink fruit juice. The hospital staff had fed it to five elderly patients without knowing it was a…