Deceptively Delicious

I recommend buying Deceptively delicious by Jessica Seinfeld. It had great ideas for getting kids, and parents, to eat better. She just adds veggie purees to her food and the kids never know. Once you get it you'll start making up your own recipes that will be FANTASTIC! My friend Melissa recently just put this on her blog and I had a recipe that was pretty much the same so I though I'd post it. I call it Shrek Juice so Chloe will think it is extra cool. And its SUPER healthy!

1 banana
2-3 big spoonfuls of OJ concentrate
2-3 big handfuls of baby spinach (you can you mature spinach just strip the stem/vein off. if you want more instruction email me or use the book above as reference)
a little water and ice
blend in a blender until smooth and viola! Shrek juice! sometimes I like it more orangy so you can add more, or more banana. If you want to make it for 2 just double banana and OJ and then pack your blender full of spinach.

Onions

So I was watching Good Eats tonight and learned some neat onion stuff. Well first keep 'em dry. If you are planning on keeping onions for a while then put them in a dark place. After having them cut make sure they are wrapped well if you are storing them. And don’t keep them by potatoes since they give off tons of moisture. Onions and moisture don’t mix. Then I learned why onions make you cry! There is a reason and it’s scientific. Onions are considered some sort of thing, but it defends itself if attacked. So in the cells of onions some have sulfur and some have some other enzymes. When “attacked” such as being cut, the cells get damaged and the enzymes and sulfur mix creating sulfuric acid. That is why you cry! Oh and if you are ever putting sliced onions in soup cut them on a diagonal, slightly, instead of straight up and down. This way they are easier to pick up on the spoon and won’t fall off.

Tip 1 and 1 1/2

So the first tip is one I just learned. So if you already knew this....so sorry to bother, but I bet you didn't know the science behind it. And if you did you are a smarty pants. So I was watching Food Network and Good Eats was on. He taught the best way to defrost meat. You put it in a bowl or sink with water and then leave water running into it. And use cold water not hot or warm. Now I can't remember all the science but it covers more surface area and some more science that I can't remember and neither can Travis. But it was faster than the counter, fridge, low oven, hot water, and just a bowl of cold water. SO there you have it. It really work I have frozen chicken breasts unfrozen is like 10 minutes.
The 1/2 tip is to use applesauce when cooking sweets, like cake or brownies, instead of the oil.