Guyana Tasty Exotic

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Greek Eggplant Casserole

Ingredients
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 pound 97% lean ground beef
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) no-salt-added diced tomatoes
1/4 cup tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
2 eggplants, peeled and cut lengthwise into 1/4"-thick slices
6 tablespoons safflower oil
2 cups 1% milk
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup grated Romano cheese


Directions

Heat the broiler. Coat a 9" x 9" baking dish and a large baking sheet with olive oil cooking spray.

Heat a large skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Cook the onion and garlic for 3 minutes, or until the onion begins to soften. Add the beef and cook for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring often, or until the beef is browned and cooked through. Stir in the tomatoes (with juice), tomato paste, cinnamon, and allspice. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.

Place half of the eggplant on the prepared baking sheet and brush with 3 tablespoons of the oil. Broil 6" from the heat for 10 minutes or until browned, turning once. Repeat.

Whisk together the milk and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook, whisking, for 8 minutes, or until thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in the cheese.

Layer half of the eggplant in the baking dish, then half of the meat sauce. Repeat. Spread the cheese sauce on top. Broil for 3 minutes, or until just starting to brown.

Simple Ways to Uncomplicate Your Life.

Simple Ways to Uncomplicate Your Life.

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Overwhelmed by life’s complications? It seems we have more and more things in our lives, but less and less time to spend with them. Simplifying your life will save you time, money and energy. Try some of these ideas:

100 Ways to Uncomplicate Your Life

1. For every item you bring into your home, take one out.
2. When adding a new activity to your schedule, choose one to discontinue.
3. Stop watching news on TV.
4. Spend less time on personal calls. Learn how to end conversations graciously.
5. Cancel magazine subscriptions.
6. Lower your expectations about how clean your house has to be.
7. Wear clothes more than once before washing (if still clean).
8. Use bath towels more than once before laundering.
9. Rather than rushing to the store when you run out of something, shop only once a week for groceries, toiletries and other items.
10. Clear out your fridge and pantry before going grocery shopping.
11. Take a list when you go shopping, and stick to it.
12. Become more resourceful. Find creative solutions instead of shopping for more things.
13. Eliminate impulse-buying by keeping a list of anything you see and want; wait 30 days before purchasing it.
14. Cut ties with people that drain you.
15. Don’t accept invitations to social events you’d rather not attend.
16. Let go of all but one or two volunteer obligations.
17. Stop volunteering to do things out of guilt.
18. Reserve one weekend a month (or at least one day) as ‘down time’. Do only what you feel like doing – even if it’s absolutely nothing.
19. Just because the phone rings doesn’t mean you have to answer it. That’s what voicemail is for.
20. Put together two weekly menus and rotate every second week.
21. Avoid automatically turning the TV on when you enter the room.
22. Limit the time you watch TV – and only do it purposefully.
23. Trade babysitting duties with another parent on a regular basis.
24. Set aside one morning or afternoon a week to run all your errands at once.
25. Avoid buying things you have to assemble.
26. Stop watching infomercials.
27. Reduce the amount of credit cards you own – or at least that you carry.
28. Pack only half of what you think you’ll need when you travel.
29. Drop any activity you are only doing to meet someone else’s expectations
30. When someone offers helps, accept it.
31. When you need help, ask for it.
32. Before purchasing things you will only use occasionally, consider borrowing or renting instead.
33. Simplify your time management system so you’re not spending too much time keeping it up to date.
34. Delete (or delegate) any task that has been on your ‘to do’ list for over a year.
35. If you’ve been meaning to have a garage sale for years, call a charity to pick up your stuff instead.
36. Let of go perfectionism.
37. Give yourself extra time to get to where you’re going.
38. Refuse to engage in gossiping.
39. Eat your meals at the table (not in your car, at your desk or standing over the countertop).
40. Stop trying to do two things at once.
41. Learn to say ‘no’. Feel the guilt and do it anyway.
42. Go to bed half an hour earlier.
43. Get up half an hour earlier and have a leisurely breakfast.
44. If you can walk there, don’t drive.
45. Shop early in the day to avoid crowds.
46. Explore options to work closer to home or from home.
47. Do what you can to avoid travelling during rush hour.
48. Let go of trying to control everything and everyone.
49. Let someone else do it for a change, even if it’s not done to your standards.
50. Stop living in the past.
51. Stop living in the future.
52. Each time you do a task, ask yourself how you can do it easier and in less time.
53. Make bed-making easier: Reduce the number of decorative pillows. Use a duvet instead of several blankets. Eliminate the top sheet.
54. Let go of the expectation that you have to read everything you come across. Be selective.
55. There are many situations when closing the door is the best option.
56. Get rid of high maintenance plants.
57. Get rid of worn-out towels, chipped plates, and warped food containers.
58. Limit the amount of decorative items on your shelves and tables, to make dusting simpler.
59. Resist buying so-called ‘convenience’ items you don’t really need (bread maker, pasta machine, food dehydrator).
60. Create more breathing space in your kitchen cupboards by getting rid of all the ’convenience’ gadgets you seldom use.
61. Buy all-purpose cleaning products and put one on each floor of your home. Use up or get rid of all the others.
62. Don’t let the dishes pile up. Rinse plates as soon as you’re done using them.
63. Wipe spills right away.
64. If you use something, put it back where it belongs as soon as you’re done.
65. Sort the mail daily.
66. Get off mailing lists and phone lists.
67. Simplify your wardrobe. Avoid trends. Limit your color scheme.
68. Move to a smaller home.
69. Move to a home with less property.
70. Borrow books from the library instead of buying them.
71. Eat the same thing for breakfast with a little variation. (Oatmeal, with blueberries today, raisins tomorrow).
72. Buy pre-packaged snacks. They cost a little more but save you time.
73. Shop closer to home.
74. Before you bring something home, decide where you’ll keep it.
75. Request that your friends and family stop buying you (and your kids) gifts, and instead spend time with you – or contribute to your favorite charity.
76. Reduce your gift list. Stop overloading other people’s lives.
77. Look at where you are doing things ‘over the top’ in your life and scale back.
78. Resist taking on other people’s problems.
79. Take steps to stop the worrying habit.
80. Give yourself permission to let go of that unfinished project you never get around to.
81. Stop doing things you feel you ‘should’ do in order to be other people’s idea of ‘perfect’ (perfect wife, perfect mother, perfect employee).
82. Stop rushing. Drive slower. Eat slower. Live slower.
83. Go for a walk every day. Preferably in nature.
84. When you have something to say, speak up – don’t suppress.
85. Don’t wash your hair every day if you don’t have to.
86. Reduce the amount of make-up and skin care products. Do you really need 10 different eye-shadows?
87. Look for ways to simplify your grooming routine.
88. Streamline your household chores by focusing on just one thing each day. (Dust every Monday, vacuum on Tuesdays).
89. Wash your colors with your darks. (Use cold water)
90. Adapt to your natural rhythm. Work when your energy is high and relax when it’s low.
91. Get enough sleep.
92. Have breakfast foods for dinner on nights you are busy or too tired to cook.
93. Get ‘caller display’ and let unfamiliar callers leave a message.
94. If you answer the door or the phone to a sales pitch, save your time and their’s by immediately saying ‘no thank you’.
95. Make sorting socks simpler. When buying socks, buy several (7-10) identical pairs – so you don’t have to mate them. Wash and dry each family member’s socks in their own mesh bag.
96. Avoid buying clothes that have to be ironed.
97. Don’t print things if you can save them on your computer.
98. Resist bringing papers into your home if you don’t have a specific use for them. (Brochures from a show, pamphlets collected on vacation, business cards from people you’ll never contact.)
99. If you’re not already using online banking and automatic bill payment, consider setting it up.
100. Resist scheduling every last minute of your day.

Let me know which of these ideas you’ve tried and how they worked. Also, feel free to share other ways you’ve simplified your life, in the comment section below

Foods Rich in Magnesium

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Magnesium Foods Summary

Magnesium Grocery List  - Dr Oz

Cholesterol: keeping your levels in check

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2010/03/23/f-cholesterol-healthy-levels.html

Top 10 Ways to Live Long and Be Healthy

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Top 10 Ways to Live Long and Be Healthy


By Mehmet C. Oz, MD, and Michael F. Roizen,

1.Stay active. That daily 30-minute walk is vital to keeping you young.2.Get enough of these to keep body and brain humming: whole grains, fruits, and veggies; vitamin D3 (1,000 IU; 1,200 after age 60); DHA omega-3s (600-900 mg); low-dose aspirin (talk to your doc first).

3.Get next to none of these: saturated fats, trans fats, added sugars.

4.Sleep 7 1/2 hours to 8 hours a night. Every night.

5.Manage stress. Meditate (here's an easy way) or take two 10- or 15-minute deep-breathing breaks daily.

6.Do. Not. Smoke.

7.Stimulate your brain. Do puzzles, learn languages, and take on new challenges. Stay sharp with these nifty (and fun) brain games.8.Support "village" movements: neighbors-helping-neighbors programs that let people live independently at home.

9.Harass your legislators to get health costs under control and affordable. At some point, you'll need it. Meanwhile, here are 6 ways to cut your own healthcare costs.

10.Move to North Dakota, Hawaii, or California. They're meccas for 90-year-olds.

Then plan on blowing out more than 90 candles. Once you hit 90, your average life expectancy is 95!

Add these 3 anti-aging superfoods to your menus.
http://www.realage.com/anti-aging/top-10-ways-to-live-long-and-be-healthy?eid=1010668970&memberid=50107815&cbr=evi_tod

Put Cheez-Its on your chicken!

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Use cheese crackers such as Cheez-Its in the breading. First soak the chicken in evaporated milk and fresh lemon juice for 2 to 4 hours, then dip in seasoned flour, beaten egg, and finally the crushed cheese crackers. Pan-fry or bake as usual.

Study links depression in mid-life and late life to increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s

Study links depression in mid-life and late life to increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s

http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/news/archive/2012/depression-dementia-alzheimer%E2%80%99s

Study links depression in mid-life and late life to increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s


May 7, 2012
By Patricia Nicholson

New research suggests that mid-life and late-life depression may be linked to the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

The study looked at history of depression in more than 13,000 older adults (average age 81). Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco compared incidence of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in people with no history of depression to incidence in those who had experienced depression in mid-life, late life or both.

The results showed that people who were depressed at mid-life had a 19 per cent higher risk of developing any form of dementia compared to people with no history of depression. Those who were depressed in late life had a 72 per cent increased risk of any form dementia, and those who were depressed at both mid-life and late life had a 77 per cent higher risk.

When the researchers looked at specific types of dementia, they found that risk of Alzheimer’s disease was doubled both in people with late-life depression, and those with both mid-life and late-life depression.

Risk of vascular dementia (dementia caused by reduced blood flow to the brain) was also increased in people with either late-life or both mid-life and late-life depression. Late-life depression was linked to a 47 per cent increased risk of vascular dementia, and having both mid-life and late-life depression was associated with more than triple the risk of vascular dementia (3.51 times the risk).

These results suggest that depression may play a role in the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, and that depression that begins in late life may be a very early symptom of dementia or Alzheimer’s.

The study was published online in Archives of General Psychiatry on May 7, 2012.

Harbour Front Organic Food, St Lawrence Market, #Toronto

St. Lawrence Market in Toronto named world’s best food market by National Geographic

It's no secret to locals, but the St. Lawrence Market, one of Toronto's gastronomic institutions, can now qualify as world-renowned. The market took top spot on National Geographic's list of the world's best food markets.

http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/blogs/shine-on/st-lawrence-market-toronto-named-world-best-food-145127435.html

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Busters Sea Cove, St Lawrence Market

St. Lawrence Market in Toronto named world’s best food market by National Geographic

It's no secret to locals, but the St. Lawrence Market, one of Toronto's gastronomic institutions, can now qualify as world-renowned. The market took top spot on National Geographic's list of the world's best food markets.

http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/blogs/shine-on/st-lawrence-market-toronto-named-world-best-food-145127435.html

Buster's Sea Cove
St Lawrence Market

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