Italian dishes in a patio setting with flowers and trees remind us of famous movies like Godfather and this dish is the right fit for Corleone and his familily.
Pizzichi With Spring Veggies is a delicious and light meal, very easy to prepare and has a low calorie count of 390. The perfect dish in summer warmth.
Make your own marinara with this quick 30-minute meal. Most pasta dishes load up with carbs, but the shrimp in this dish add plenty of lean, filling protein to the linguine. Plus, it contains 30% of your daily iron needs. Antioxidant-rich tomatoes bring a sweet flavor to the slightly bitter olives. The secret ingredient—clam juice—pulls the garlic and parsley together with its savory flavor. Calories 410, 4 servings. View full article »
And you thought it was going to be hard! Nothing will motivate a guy to reciprocate affection like approval. It’s hard to overstate this. Approval is what he wants the most, inside his deepest, little-boy self, and when he gets it — lots of it — his hard wiring will have him giving back to you in spades. So, whether you want cuddling, compliments or a night on the town, here are five suggestions to get things started. View full article »
The Acai Berry
The Acai Berry is a small grape-sized berry that grows in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. Natives of the region have harvested this berry as part of their diet for hundred of years.
Acai is a natural anti-oxidant and has long been believed to have cancer fighting properties. Believing is one thing, but actual clinical research is quite another. In 2006 the University of Florida took on the study of Acai and published a ground breaking study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
The study stated that Acai berries triggered a self-destruct response in up to 86 percent of leukemia cells tested in vitro. In the current UF study, six different chemical extracts were made from ACAI fruit pulp, and each extract was prepared in seven concentrations. Four of the extracts were shown to kill significant numbers of leukemia cells when applied for 24 hours. Depending on the extract and concentration, anywhere from about 35 percent to 86 percent of the cells died.
The cancer fighting properties of Acai, while impressive, are only scratching the surface of the health benefits it can provide.
The Acai Berry’s natural combination of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, amino acids, phytosterols, and amino acids work together to help your body function better, process food easier, and burn fat more efficiently. The same anti-oxidants shown to fight cancer, have also been shown to purify the system and give you more energy throughout the day!
Prep: 20 minutes, cooking time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Makes 6 servings
Colonics have been hawked as everything from a toxin remover to a cancer cure. But they only do what your intestinal system does already. Enemas, laxatives, or passing a rubber tube through your rectum and pumping water in and out can be expensive and dangerous. “There’s no evidence that colon cleansing is necessary,” Siegel says. And experts say long-term cleansing can cause anemia, malnutrition, infection, intestinal damage, and even heart failure.
You may have heard the saying that nice guys finish last, but what about nice girls?
In this excerpt from her book Why Men Marry Bitches
Thoughts from men:
Number 1
She goes for the heart through the stomach
All that fluffy talk about the sensuality of food contains morsels of truth, especially when the sweaty, apron-clad woman making it is doing so purely for your benefit. And it won’t just be the kitchen that’ll heat up if you start feeding each other with your hands. So eat up and enjoy. If you thank her the right way, you might even get out of doing the dishes. View full article »
Thoughts From Men:
I must admit that playing the field is a whole lot of fun, but so is being in a serious relationship — provided that it’s with the right woman. But how do you know if she really is the right woman for you? If she possesses the following 10 traits, you better hold on to her for dear life or, before you know it, a guy who already knows where it’s at will get his hands on your “goods.”
1. He has forgotten his ex
Ever since you met, however the thought of getting back together with his ex is the furthest thing from his mind.
Instead, he is consumed by thoughts of you. You just pops into his head for no reason, and he wonders if you think of him half as much as he thinks of you.
You know this woman. When she walks into a room, people take notice. They listen to her. They laugh at her jokes (even the dumb ones). So what makes her so special? Was she born under a lucky sign? Or is there something else that separates “she who gets” from “she who gets it all”? You bet there is. It’s major confidence. Women who have it, know it.
Somewhere on the long list of things men don’t understand about women is a woman’s tendency to treat her man like a child, which usually happens at the first indication of a committed relationship. During the casual dating/courtship phase, she may be independent, flexible and accommodating, but as soon as you’re committed, a switch flips in her head and she turns into your second mother and treats you like a child. There are benefits to this transformation (nurturing affection tops the list), but there are also drawbacks, like nagging and lecturing.
Want your guy to take care of dinner once in a while? Want him to help you get some time to yourself? That doesn’t sound like too much to ask. So why do we all have such a tough time asking? In this excerpt from her book Saying What’s Real: 7 Keys to Authentic Communication and Relationship Success, Susan Campbell, PHD, explains that being assertive and diplomatic isn’t as difficult as we think:
Why We Don’t Say What We Want
