Archive for September, 2008

Wegmans In-Store Made Bagels Recall

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is voluntarily recalling all varieties of its in-store made bagels and bialys (flattened bagels with various toppings, i.e. pizza) sold in the bakery and purchased between August 24 and September 9, 2008. This recall is being initiated because the bagels may contain pieces of a metal spring from a mixer that [...]

Strawberry-Banana Jam

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Delicious!  And a type of jam I just cannot  find locally…so, have to make my own!
Ingredients:
4-3/4 cup prepared fruit (about 2 quarts fully ripe strawberries and 3 fully ripe medium bananas)
3 tablespoons freesh lemon juice
6-3/4 cup sugar
1 box fruit pectin
1/2 teaspoon butter

Directions:
Stem and thoroughly crush strawberries, 1 layer at a time.  Measure 3-1/4 [...]

Fat Risk for Cardiovascular or Metabolic Disease

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Reference Study: Location Of Body Fat, Rather Than Amount, Determine Health Risks
Researchers have found that its not how much fat a person has, but where that fat is located that determines whether someone is at risk for cardiovascular or metabolic diseases.
Researchers found that the amount of fat a person had deposited around organs and in [...]

Hershey’s Chocolate Shell Topping Recalled

Friday, September 5th, 2008

The Hershey Company Announces Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Hershey’s Chocolate Shell Topping Due to Undeclared Almonds
 
The Hershey Company today announced a voluntary recall of 7.25-ounce plastic bottles of Hershey’s Chocolate Shell Topping because they contain undeclared almonds. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to almonds run the risk of serious or life threatening [...]

Mercury in fish: Dangerous or not?

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

NOT, according to the Center for Consumer Freedom.
Canned tuna is the cheapest and most readily available source of omega-3 fatty acids in the United States. And these omega-3s are essential to the healthy neurological development of children in utero.
Between 2000 and 2006, hundreds of thousands of children born  to women  in  low-income U.S. households were [...]

Patriotic Cheesecake Recipe

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Patriotic Cheesecake
A “light is right” patriotic salute to cheesecake, decked out with blueberry and raspberry stars and stripes.
Ingredients:
3 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
4 tablespoons margarine, melted
3 tablespoons measurable sweetener/sugar substitute
1 envelope (1/4 ounce) unflavored gelatin
1 cup skim milk
2 packages (8 ounces each) reduced fat cream cheese, softened
1 package (3 ounces) reduced fat cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons [...]