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Within the concept of halal, Saffron Road emphasizes halal’s humane treatment of animals. Tell us how important consuming Humane Certified food is to you and your family. Leave a comment below and we’ll randomly chose FOUR winners to receive a coupon for a free Saffron Road entrée!

You can find the entrées at Whole Foods.

Must be a resident of the US to win. Winners will be notified by 2/28/11.

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Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

I would love to know if you are cooking for Valentine’s Day? If it is not you that is doing  the cooking then who is doing it???

1. Myself

2. My spouse or significant other

3. Going out to eat

4. What is Valentine’s Day?

Need an idea???

Try Baklava for Dessert. It is one of the most popular dishes of the Mediterranean, and I made it for Valentine’s Day this year and it seemed to go over well 🙂

Makes about 10-12 pieces

Ingredients

Filling

• 8 ounces of walnuts or pistachios, ground
• 4 ounces of almonds, ground
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Outer Shell

• 1/2 pound phyllo dough
• 6 tablespoons butter

Syrup

• 1.5 cups water
• 1 cup sugar

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grind the walnuts and almonds (can do it separately since almonds may take longer and you don’t want the walnuts too ground) and mix with the cinnamon.
3. Remove Phyllo dough from plastic and cut it into 9×12 inch pieces 
4. Take 6 sheets of the Phyllo dough and butter both sides and place into a 9×12″ baking pan.
5. Add the nut and cinnamon mixture.
6. Pat the mixture down to make sure it is flattened.
7. Add 6 more sheets of of the buttered Phyllo dough (make sure to butter on both sides) to the top of the baking pan.
8. You can cut them into pieces prior to placing in the over (can also freeze before cutting which will make it easier).
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until Phyllo dough looks golden.
10. While the Baklava is baking, begin to make the syrup.
11. Boil the water and then add the sugar to the mixture and stir.
12. Remove Baklava from over, and add the syrup to it.
13. Enjoy!!!!

Use a brush to add themelted  butter to the phyllo dough

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So as the previous post mentioned, we know that GARLIC is good for us…..BUT is there a difference between fresh and powdered??

A study that was published in 2009 by the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry looked at garlic use in rats. They fed one group fresh garlic, another group dried (powdered) garlic and another group no garlic. They then monitored the rats’ hearts. They found that:

the group eating garlic was healthier than the group not eating garlic

AND  the fresh garlic PROTECTED the rats’ hearts more so than the powdered garlic. 

As we know from the previous post allicin in garlic is most potent 10 minutes after the clove is peeled and the potency diminishes continuously thereafter.

The take home message: garlic is good for you….but fresh garlic is even better!!!

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check out this article …USDA is saying eggs are lower in cholesterol than what we thought before…great news because I love egg salad! 🙂

http://www.aolhealth.com/2011/02/08/eggs-now-lower-in-cholesterol/?icid=maing%7Cmain5%7Cdl14%7Csec1_lnk2%7C42581

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