Butternut squash, a yellow to tan colored winter squash, is free of fat, cholesterol and sodium. It's also a source of fiber, magnesium, potassium and vitamins A and C. One half cup of uncooked cubes has 2 grams of fiber, 1 gram of protein and only 50 calories.
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Keep cooked macaroni and cheese warm in a crockpot for serving at a potluck or anytime you need the dish to stay warm for hours. Spraying the crockpot insert with nonstick cooking spray prevents the macaroni from sticking to the insert without adding extra calories and fat.
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Understanding the difference between the cannellini and kidney beans can help you decide if a substitution is possible, depending largely on the recipe you are using and how the beans are prepared. The beans have some similarities that make them interchangeable in some dishes.
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The best recourse for not cutting into an unripe mango is to know how to avoid buying an under-ripe mango in the first place. But if you still happen to cut into one that is not sufficiently ripe, it's still salvageable.
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Sugar adds sweetness to tomato sauce and offsets any strong or tart flavors. Adding too much sugar to tomato sauce is not only unhealthy, but also can make the flavor unappetizing. If the sauce is too sugary for your tastes, add lemon to neutralize the sugar rather than throwing out the sauce.
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Jello-O jigglers, the name for Jell-O made into shapes, are a hand-held snacks that can be made in any flavor or shape. Selecting different flavors of Jello-O to make jigglers provides the option to customize the color to the shape desired.
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Romaine lettuce's high water content means there is no long-term preservation method suitable for making the lettuce last longer. Drying, canning and freezing all produce inedible results. For the best nutritional value, romaine lettuce is best served when it's fresh, green and crisp.
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Smoothies, particularly the ones made with coarse greens such as kale and collards, have a less than smooth consistency. Even when making smoothies with fruit, yogurt and other ingredients, the smoothie may not turn out smooth if it isn't blended long enough or in the proper manner.
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A slow cooker offers the ideal means to cook hot dogs and keep them warm for your fundraising event. The hot dogs stay moist and develop a browned crust while cooking in the slow cooker.
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Low heat and long cooking times are essential for tender beef. Slow roasting the beef in cast-iron cookware increases the iron content in the meat, for an added health bonus, since cast-iron cookware transfers the iron minerals into any food cooked in it.
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The manufacturers of slow cookers, as well as university extension offices, do not advise reheating food directly in the appliance. Because a slow cooker takes several hours to heat food, it's not only time-consuming to use the appliance for reheating food but possibly unsafe.
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Since flax is extra high in omega-3 fatty acids, it's known as beneficial to lowering LDL cholesterol levels, may boost immunity and as a dietary supplement can reduce dry skin and eczema breakouts. Most healthy oils, including the essential fatty oils found in flax, have a short shelf life.
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Soy milk has a limited lifespan, and once it goes bad the texture and taste are unappetizing. Accidentally drinking or mixing the spoiled milk into a dish is sure to ruin your appetite. Soy milk is sold in both unrefrigerated and refrigerated varieties, but both require refrigeration once the container is opened.
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Fruits and vegetables produce ethylene gas as they ripen. Certain fruits such as bananas and apples give off greater amounts of ethylene gas. Exposing unripe fruit to ripe fruit increases the unripe fruit's exposure to ethylene gas to speed up the process.
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Flax seed flour, also called ground flax seed, offers some benefits over whole flax seed. Whole flax passes through your system undigested, causing your body to miss out on the health benefits.
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Corn tortillas provide the basis for many Mexican or Mexican-inspired dishes. These pieces of bread made from corn and lime are hard and unappetizing straight out of the bag. Softening them requires some type of frying method.
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When it comes to adding rice to soup, there is no one way to do it. Whether to cook the rice first depends on your recipe, when you want to add the rice and the variety of rice you are using. Ultimately, you want the rice to be done but not cooked so long that it turns your soup into a gummy concoction.
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Nordic Track manufactured the Exp 1000 treadmill in 2000, but this model is no longer in production. Key features for this model include a cushioned walking platform, heart rate monitor hand grips, automatic speed and incline adjustment buttons and three preset workout programs.
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Bad olive oil, also termed as rancid, is affected by a variety of factors. All olive oil goes bad at some point no matter what you do to prevent rancidity. The length of time it takes to go rancid depends on its exposure to air and light and the temperature at which it is stored.
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Cut fresh rosemary from your herb garden to use its aromatic leaves in any of your chicken, fish, pork or meat dishes. The leaves this woody-stemmed plant produces are also tasty in breads, butter, soups, sauces and vegetable dishes.
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