EXCLUSIVE LOOK: MTV Movie Awards Post Party Dessert
Posted on May 31, 2009 @ 03:57PM - Add a comment
After Sunday's awards show is over the winners, nominees, and attendees don't go home to polish their Moonmen--they get their party on!
The A-List guests and the VIP's will continue onto the official post party and enjoy a homestyle American menu with a star-worthy sophisticated approach prepared by celebrity chef John DeLucie, Executive Chef & Partner of The Waverly Inn.
The menu created will include truffle mac n cheese, chicken pot pie, braised short ribs, and rice crispy pops for dessert!
Earth Day Eats
Posted on Apr 22, 2009 @ 03:13PM - Add a comment
We know, we know….you’re recycling, using rags instead of paper towels and composting, but what are you eating for Earth Day?
Make like Eva Longoria, Hilary Duff, Blake Lively and Jessica Biel and chow down on Kopali Organics, a new line of SUPERGOOD SUPERFOODS.
Darryl Hannah has even spent time on the Kopali Organics eco bus, which has toured the country educating consumers about “going green.”
Ketchup: Childhood Faves for Food Faddies
Posted on Apr 09, 2009 @ 05:45PM - Add a comment
The new restaurant, Ketchup, on Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood, looks like a classy diner, but serves upscale comfort food about as far away from a 50’s diner as you can get. Take the lowly hot dog. At Ketchup, the standard hot dog is made of Kobe beef; the macaroni and cheese ($8) is lightly sprinkled with white truffles and generous chunks of Dungeness grab, and Shake-n-Bake chicken consists of pistachio-crusted chicken breast, raspberry-Dijon sauce, garlic mash, and sautéed baby vegetables . ($15.00)
Put down that hamburger!
Posted on Mar 31, 2009 @ 02:14PM - Add a comment
A new study claims eating too much red meat my raise your chance of blindness. Researchers at the University of Melbourne in Australia found that people who eat read meat at least 10 times a week are 50 percent more likely to develop age-related macular degeneration, a condition that can lead to blindness, according to a report in Britain's Daily Mail.
The study also suggested that people who ate chicken at least three or four times a week were 57 percent less likely to develop the condition than those who ate it once or twice a week.
“Like putting a nine-volt battery in Your Mouth”
Posted on Mar 29, 2009 @ 07:49PM - Add a comment
If you were one of those kids who liked POP Rocks, then you might love the new yellow buttons or “Szechuan buttons” as they’re known here in the US. Cooks are experimenting with using these so-called “electric buttons” in food and cocktails Dusko, the chef the chain of restaurants, Haru , uses them in two cocktails --— one is a martini-like drink with a broken-up button rimmed around the edge of the glass. Drink that and you could power an electric grid for an hour.
EAT IT: Spoiler Alert! Don’t read this if you’re hungry!
Posted on Mar 17, 2009 @ 06:35PM - Add a comment
Today I had French toast with turkey bacon for breakfast, Chicken and Mushroom Wrap with Side Caesar Salad for lunch, a fruit snack and filet mignon salad for dinner. Delicious.
While this sound likes one of those tacky diet ads you hear on television, this is actually one of the meals in a new fresh diet delivery program called Freshology that delivers food directly to your door every day. Prepared by top chefs, and made from some of the best ingredients you can buy, it’s like having a gourmet cook in the kitchen.
A-listers, such as Ricki Lake and JLo swear by the FreshLite and Get Slim food plan -- programs is specifically designed for the purpose of weight loss -- but there are a number of different plans such as Fresh Dining (the one we tried), Whole Family and Lifestyle. There’s even a menu called Fresh Mommy Nutrition which is all-natural nutritionally balanced meals for the new Mom.
Entourage star Debi Mazar signed up for Fresh Dining so she could lose some post-baby weight and and after 18 months dropped to pre-baby weight of 120 pounds. (With Fresh Dining you get a carb-controlled, five-meal-a-day delivery plan providing women with 1,200 to 1,400 calories from lean proteins and low-glycemic carbs.)
Eat It: Healthier Snacks to Satisfy Your Cravings
Posted on Mar 12, 2009 @ 06:49PM - Add a comment
When it comes to eating healthier, often all it takes is a few simple tweaks to your usual food choices. Make the Right Choice is about showing you simple changes you can make when choosing your meals and snacks to boost nutrition and lose weight. Here are some great ideas for healthy choices when you feel a snack attack coming on—ideas that will work during the day or when curled up on the couch watching TV at night.
Instead of: One ounce of tortilla chips and a half-cup of nacho cheese dip
Nutrition Information: 390 calories, 24 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 5 grams protein, 1405 milligrams of sodium, 30 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber
Choose: One ounce of baked tortilla chips (about 20 chips) topped with 1 ounce of Kraft 2% milk shredded cheddar cheese. Microwave on HIGH for 30 seconds or until cheese melts. Serve with a half-cup of chunky salsa.
Nutrition Information: 241 calories, 7 grams of fat, 4 grams of saturated fat, 9 grams protein, 1002 milligrams of sodium, 29 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber
Eat It: Four Reasons You Weigh More Than You Want To
Posted on Mar 12, 2009 @ 06:45PM - Add a comment
It’s frustrating, isn’t it? You’re constantly fighting those extra pounds. You skip the pastries and jog till you’re about to keel over … but let’s be straight here: You still weight more than you want to..
So the bad news is that you can pinch more skin than you want to, but the good news is it’s doesn’t have to stay that way. Let’s take a look at some of the things you’re doing (without meaning to) that’s keeping your pounds on – and how to fix them.
• Loading up on liquids. Juices and smoothies – so good, right? Well, yes and no. The fruit is good but the sugar content is not. They’re too easy to slurp down, and here’s the real killer – your brain doesn’t even consider those calories food. So you’ve just packed on a meal’s worth of calories – and you’re still looking for the meal. Skip the smoothies and other juice drinks altogether. Try limiting yourself to eight ounces of 100 percent juice a day. If you can’t manage that, at least try to alternate your juice cravings with water. It’s a quick way to cut out calories.
Eat It: How to Avoid Weekend Weight Gain
Posted on Mar 12, 2009 @ 06:39PM - Add a comment
Picture this: It’s Monday morning. You hop on the scale after your shower – and whammo! You’re up three pounds! You can’t get your jeans to button! Now, we know what you’re thinking … how could this have happened?
Think about your weekend.
A few beers after work on Friday? Pizza and a movie with your girlfriends on Saturday? And that was BEFORE you guys popped open the bottle of wine.
Those little indulgences can wreak havoc on your body – but there’s help. Here’s how to avoid the weekend pitfalls that lead to the dreaded Heavy Mondays.
If you must party (and of course you must!) make sure to add at least one longer workout toward the end of the week. The more calories you burn during the week, the more wiggle room you’ll have on the weekend. And mix it up a bit. If you usually jog, try swimming. If you’re an elliptical devotee, hit a boxing class. Changing up the muscles you work will burn more fat. And please, don’t skip breakfast on Saturday and Sunday – even if you’re a late sleeper. Eating something healthy in the morning (No Lucky Charms!) will rev up your metabolism for the rest of the day.
OK, now that you’re off to a good start … here’s a few more tips that’ll help keep that belly from bulging.
Eat It: Is Your Diet Making You Hungry?
Posted on Mar 12, 2009 @ 06:34PM - Add a comment
Don’t eat fat! Don’t eat carbs! Don’t eat breakfast! Sound familiar?
When it comes to losing weight, everyone seems to have an opinion on what you SHOULDN’T do – and shouldn’t eat.
Sure, if you don’t eat, you’ll lose weight, but you’ll also be starving. And that’s a surefire way to sabotage your diet – because people with grumbling stomachs almost always make the wrong food choices. Either you’ll grab something convenient (and not healthy) when the hunger pangs start -- or you’ll overindulge to compensate.
So what can you do?
First of all, ignore anyone who says you have to starve your way to a Size 2. Instead, choose foods that leave you feeling full, but still help you achieve your weight-loss goals.
EAT IT: 8 Dieting Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making
Posted on Mar 11, 2009 @ 06:57PM - Add a comment
Hey, I can lose 10 pounds – I’ve done it a hundred times!
Sound familiar?
Losing weight and then gaining it back is practically a national pastime, yet hope never fades. It’s not long before we’re dieting again, thinking, “This time is going to be different!”
