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StateFoodSafety.com/AboveTraining Inc Becomes First Training Provider to Receive Required California Food Handler Accreditation

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment


Orem, UT (PRWEB) September 27, 2011

Governor Brown signed senate Bill 303, the revised California Food Handler Law on September 6, 2011. The bill, which amended Senate Bill 602, mandates that food handler training programs be accredited by the American National Standards Institute(ANSI). The bill, which has been more than nine months in the making, mandates training for all food handlers in retail food facilities and represents a forward step in food safety and consumer protection.

AboveTraining Inc./StateFoodSafety.com? was actively involved with the crafting of SB 303, and was the first food handler training program to receive accreditation from ANSI as required by California Senate Bill 303. This bill, authored by Senator Alex Padilla, requires food handler training providers receive the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accreditation ASTM e2659. This rigorous accreditation ensures consistent, instructionally sound training and measures all aspects of an organization to ensure ethical conduct and best practice implementation. With the passing of SB 303, until Jan 1, 2012, food handlers can receive training from an ASTM e2659 accredited training provider or a food protection manager certification organization. After Jan 1, 2012, only ASTM e2659 accredited organizations can provide food handler training.

?The passage of SB 303 is an important step in food safety and consumer protection. We all enjoy eating out and it is comforting to know that the people working with our food will receive proper instruction on how to prevent foodborne illness,? said Christie H. Lewis, Ph.D., President of StateFoodSafety.com.

StateFoodSafety.com is an industry leader in providing customized online training solutions to state and local government agencies. With the passage of the California Food Handler Law, StateFoodSafety.com continues to offer its proven products and services. Currently, StateFoodSafety.com has customers in many states including California. Recently, StateFoodSafety.com was awarded an exclusive contract to administer the food handler training program in the County of San Bernardino.

For more information please visit http://www.statefoodsafety.com or contact Bryan Chapman at 801-494-1745.

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Hunger at Home: Families Can Watch for Signs of Senior Hunger

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment


Dayton, OH (PRWEB) August 26, 2011

A grassroots effort is spreading across the nation to raise awareness for the signs of senior hunger and malnutrition and to collect food for seniors in need. Local Comfort Keepers offices, a leading provider of in-home care to seniors, are working in their communities to help slow the trend that is predicted to afflict more than 11 percent of America?s senior population by 2025. In fact, 1 in 9 seniors is currently at risk for hunger ? a staggering 5 million older Americans.

More than 140 Comfort Keepers franchised locations are holding ?STOP Senior Hunger? food drives and educational events now through December (Editor: See attached list of participating territories). Over the last 3 years, the network has collected more than 50,000 lbs. of food for seniors in need. With more franchised locations and territories participating each year, Comfort Keepers expects to double that in 2011.

Comfort Keepers offices in Kansas City, MO will hold a benefit concert to help raise awareness and collect food for senior hunger. Get Your Swing on and Jazz it up for Senior Hunger will feature local jazz bands, food, and fun. Proceeds benefit Harvesters Community Food Network.

In Lubbock, TX the Comfort Keepers office is organizing a protest with other organizations to protest senior hunger. Picket signs about senior hunger and chants will fill the sidewalk in front of their local food bank.

In Sarasota, FL, franchise owner, Michael Jones, is partnering with over a dozen local businesses to help raise awareness and collect 3,000 pounds of food. Nutritional seminars for families and caregivers will also be available. ?We cannot fight every factor affecting hunger, but we can start here in our community by creating awareness about the issue and helping family members become more aware of the signs of hunger and malnutrition,? adds Jones. ?This senior nutrition campaign aims to help seniors preserve their independence by providing diet and nutrition information, encouragement and necessities.?

To help families know how to look for the signs of malnutrition in their aging loved ones, Comfort Keepers has created a simple mnemonic, WATCH:

Watch for physical problems. Look for bruising, dental difficulties, or sudden or sustained weight gain or weight loss.

Ask seniors about their eating habits. How have their tastes or preferences changed?

Talk to a doctor. Discuss nutritional needs or problems specific to the loved ones? unique needs or management of diseases.

Check with a pharmacist. They can warn you of the potential for drug-food interactions.

Have your visits during mealtime. This is the best time to observe eating habits first-hand.

?We see so many seniors in and out of poverty who are experiencing hunger and malnutrition, and we want to help change that,? said Jim Booth, CEO of CK Franchising, Inc., the franchisor of Comfort Keepers. ?Families? involvement and understanding is a first step to help identifying roadblocks and get seniors the healthy food they need.?

For information about STOP Senior Hunger visit http://www.stopseniorhunger.com.

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Delectable Dessert Recipes

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

If you’ve got a sweet tooth, dessert recipes are blessing for you. Birthdays and anniversaries, holidays and even festivals, all are great events to take out your favorite mixing bowl and whip up some fun novel dessert recipes.

The most striking characteristic of most of the dessert preparations is that they can be set without any difficulty in spite of being a bad recipe. In case your souffl is not looking as soft as it supposed to be, you can easily conceal your lapse by giving a nice topping of whipped cream with some cherries.

Trying to enlighten someone special? Don’t give waxy chocolates bought from the shop to your darling on wedding anniversary or Valentine’s Day! As an alternative, astonish them with homemade brownies, delicious red velvet cake or sugar cookies with the decoration of sweet chocolate kisses in the middle.

If chocolate cakes aren’t your recipe of dessert, you may take pleasure in making fresh fruit desserts.

Fruit flavored desserts have an limitless list starting from time-tested apple pies to modern kiwi and berry fruit pastries. Fruit custards, desserts made with bread and cheesecakes also create wonderful options to brownies and chocolaty dessert dishes.

It is likely that your guests may not relish the epicurean and fascinating dish ‘escargot’ at dinner and think it as a backyard critter, but a home-produced dessert will surely delight them at the finish of the dinner. Even though your friends are food snobs or plate cleaners, somewhat as simple as a dish full of brownies made with nuts and glazed cherries will keep one and all smiling.

Most of the simple dessert recipes are kids friendly, consequently you may make it a toddler activity.

Combining ingredients in the mixing bowl (and licking the spoon) is always amusing for toddlers, and they surely like adorning sugar cookies or mini-cupcakes with colorful icing and sprinkles for holidays or birthdays-or as a means to pass time on a rainy day.

Lighter dessert recipes are mainly nice in the summer season. For an easy summer dessert, you may try fresh fruit slices to make a refreshing fruit salad with cream topping or may blend the fruits with ice for creating a frozen smoothie.

Home-produced ice creams and sorbets are less complicated to prepare than you might think, and creating them at house facilitates you to make sure that the ingredients are fresh and unprocessed, high in flavor and short in unwanted extras like surplus sugar, corn syrups and flavoring.

Have you ever thought what each dessert recipe including fruits, cream and chocolates have in common. Yes, they all are including Fun Setting up modern dessert recipes is always an enjoyable activity but sharing them with your family is even better. So go ahead and bring out your mixing bowl to whip up several wonderful desserts!

For more information on Dessert Recipes please visit Dessert Recipes. You can also have a peek at some awesome Mexican Dessert Recipes by clicking Famous Mexican Desset Recipes.

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Make Your Christmas Dessert Recipes Healthier and Less Fattening

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

DIET CAN OF SODA: A diet can of soda can be used in cakes in substitute for eggs and butter. You can make a delicious, moist cake by simply using a cake mix and one can of any kind of diet soda. You could use a lemon/lime soda, or a cherry soda, even an orange soda with a white cake is good as well. There are many options to make cake with diet soda that are delicious. So try one of these, they are so moist that they don’t even need to be iced.

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS: One of the most common ideas for making desserts lower in calories and better for diabetics to eat is using artificial sweeteners. There are more and more artificial sweetener varieties available all of the time it seems. There is Sweet-n-Low, Splenda, Equal; however, Splenda makes it easier to use their artificial sweetener to bake with, making it available in larger bags, where you can simply measure out how much you need. Splenda also makes their sweetener packets with fiber in them now, which is an excellent way to help get in your daily fiber.

APPLE SAUCE: Apple sauce is an excellent substitute to use for eggs and oil as well in many recipes. You could use this in cakes, pies, cookies, and more. Again, using apple sauce really makes things more moist when it comes to making the desserts with this option.

OILS: There are also different oils that you can use instead of using butter or lard that can help cut down on fat and calories in your desserts. You could use anything from peanut oil to canola oil for a healthier choice.

CANNED PUMPKIN: Canned pumpkin is another option to use in cakes and a variety of dessert recipes. Since canned pumpkin doesn’t have sugar or many calories, it is a great substitute, again, for eggs and oil in cake or cookie recipes. It makes the dessert recipes very moist and sweet tasting. You could simply use a box of cake mix and a can of pumpkin for a delicious, moist cake that won’t even need to be iced, unless you want to ice it.

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Dessert Recipes

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The word “dessert” comes from the old French word “desservir” which means to clear the table. Sometimes referred to as “afters” desserts are usually a sweet ending to a meal.

Included below are two popular dessert recipes. Give them a try and have a sweet ending to your meal.

Queensland Lamington

Originally devised as a method to use stale cake, Lamingtons are squares of butter or sponge cake dipped in melted chocolate, then rolled in coconut. This dessert recipe calls for store bought cake or cake that is already on hand.

Ingredients:

- One butter or sponge cake cut into evenly sized pieces
- 500 grams icing or confectionery sugar
- 2/3 cup of cocoa
- 15 grams butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 1/2 cups desiccated coconut

Icing Directions:

1. Into a medium bowl, sift the sugar and cocoa.
2. Melt butter in small pan.
3. Stir butter and milk into sugar and cocoa mixture.
4. Bring medium sized pan of water to boil on top of stovetop; reduce heat.
5. Place bowl on top of water, stir until chocolate is smooth and glossy.

To make Lamingtons:

1. Place squares of cake onto tines of a fork.
2. Dip each cake into icing mixture, holding over bowl so excess icing can drip off.
3. Toss chocolate covered cake squares into coconut.
4. Place on tray to set.

Pavlova

It is said in 1935, Herbert Sachse, chef at the Hotel Esplanade in Perth, created this popular dessert to honour the visit of Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova.

Meringues can be tricky, so it is important to start with clean, dry utensils. If the meringue cracks, fill in cracks with extra whipping cream.

Ingredients:

- 6 egg whites brought to room temperature
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup castor sugar
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch/corn flour
- 1/2 cup of whipping cream
- 1 cup sliced fresh fruit such as strawberries, kiwi fruit, and blueberries

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (200 C).
2. Lightly grease an oven tray, then line with baking paper.
3. Using a metal medium sized bowl, beat egg whites and salt together on medium speed until soft peaks form.
4. With mixer still running, sprinkle castor sugar, one spoonful at a time, beating well to mix into egg whites. Continue until all sugar has been used and peaks are stiff and glossy.
5. Remove from mixer and add vinegar, vanilla, and cornstarch, using a spatula to gently fold into mixture.
6. Pile mixture into centre of baking sheet, forming a circle with a hollow centre.
7. Turn oven down to 250 degrees F (130 C) and bake without disturbing for 1 1/2 hours.
8. Slice fruit and sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent browning.
9. Whip cream gently until soft peaks form.
10. Turn oven off and crack door, leave Pavlova in until cool.
11. Remove from oven and gently transfer Pavlova to serving plate. Fill hollow centre with fruit and top with whipped cream.
12. Immediately serve.

Apart from writing, Chelsi Woolz loves to bake and create new variations of popular dessert recipes. She is always on the lookout for new recipes and some of her favorites are cheesecakes made only from the best philadelphia cream cheese.

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6 Reasons To Cook At Home

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Cooking at home is being looked at from a fresh perspective nowadays, and with good reasons. The number one reason for cooking at home is MONEY! Anyone who has been to a restaurant lately and looked at menu prices knows that that eating out costs a lot more money than cooking at home.

Another reason to cook at home is that cooking reduces stress. Coming home, kicking off your shoes and playing your favorite music while whipping up some comfort foods is a great way to reduce the stress of the day.

Cooking at home helps you watch your calorie intake and maintain a healthy weight for you and your family. Those who eat out frequently and much more apt to be obese than those that cook at home.

Cooking at home is an ego booster. Nothing can boost your ego like cooking up a good meal and have your family sing your praises.

Cooking at home also makes you unforgettable. All it takes is one signature food item to make a lasting memory. Think of the food your grandmother cooked or your aunt, or someone else who made those special cookies, cakes or your favorite fried chicken. You will never forget them, always being reminded of them through the smell, sight and taste of their signature food item.

Cooking at home allows your creative side to emerge. You adapt and create recipes to suite your taste and your families.

Save money, reduce stress, watch calories, boost your ego, become unforgettable and creative, 6 very good reasons to cook at home.

Written by SueDoeNim

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Home Cooked Meals For Dogs

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

 

 

A while back someone asked me about dogs’ ears having a foul odor. Well, for the last ten years and still continuing. Our family cocker spaniel, Brandy, has also had his ears medicated off and on for chromic ear infections. Many people stand by the fact that home cooked meals for their dogs has helped very much to lessen or remove ear infections.

 

Yes, he has had his ears cleaned and deep cleaned by the vet and all of the above have relieved the symptoms, but none have cured his ear infections.

 

Are you continuing to have the same problems with your floppy eared dogs?

 

Through the years he has built a resistance to the medications and I am exasperated. I too have turned to home cooked meals and raw meat. Now I am one of those people who swear that the change in nutrition has made a big difference.

 

Foods which are harmful to dogs and should not be included are:

 

Alcohol
Chocolates
Caffeine
Macadamia nuts
Grapes
Raisins
Salt, sugar, artificial sugars
Flour
Yeast
Corn on the cob
Onions and garlic
Mushrooms
Nutmeg
Avocados
Dairy products

 

As you may well know, whenever you change foods for your pets it needs to be a gradual process.

I have been giving my dog both raw meats and home cooked foods. Make changes slowly in order to observe changes.

 

Unexpected Results:

 

No hot spots
Minimizing or completely removing cysts
Pleasant breath

 

Ear Infections Results:

 

The ear infections have been greatly reduced. Ears need to be cleaned a minimum of twice a week.

 

Some people are skittish working with raw meat. Prepare raw meat the same way you prepare for your family. Work with fresh meat, clean utensils, clean cutting board, and keep doggies dishes clean. I cut meat at one time and portion into serving sizes and freeze what is not being used for the day.

 

There are excellent home cooked recipes which can be found in many books, pet trade magazines, and Online.

 

It needs repeating that chocolate is toxic to dogs because it contains a chemical called Theo bromine. In the office of my veterinarian is a special poster available for the public to read.

 

There is a new garden mulch product which contains Theo bromine. The mulch product supposedly retards cats from entering your garden and dogs are said not to eat it. It has been discovered dogs are dying from this mulch. The poster indicated that death can occur within a few hours or about eighteen hours after ingestion.

 

Are you tired of struggling with infected ears or other health maladies?

 

Discover how home cooked foods are a blessing for correcting health maladies caused by poor nutrition. Visit the pet section at http://www.Infotrish.com and review Dog Food Secrets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Delicious home cooked meals at Bob Evans

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Hungry for home cooking try Bob Evans Clarksville Indiana

Hungry for some good home cooking, why not try Bob Evans in Clarksville Indiana. We have eaten at Bob Evans, once a week for about a month. The word that comes to mind is a very pleasant surprise. We are always greeted at the door, by a very proficient hostess at Bob Evans. The waitress always comes in a timely manor with menus and drink orders. Since we are regulars, we know the menu pretty good, they do have specials, so if you go regular, there will be something new to try.

The menu choices are huge; I’ve highlighted some of their specials below.

Beverages
Arnold Palmer
Blend of half lemonade, half ice tea

Carmel mocha
Blend of hot chocolate, splash of caramel syrup, finished with whip cream.

Breakfast
Aside from the regular bacon, egg, and sausage breakfast they have many others to choose from.

Farmers Market
A blend of Bob Evans sausage, diced ham and bacon is cooked right in the eggs with vegetable mixture of diced tomatoes, onion and fresh baby spinach. Then the omelet is stuffed with montery-jack cheese and topped with shredded cheese, hollandaise sauce and scallions.

Bob Evans also offers a fit version of the Farmers market. It consist of a no cholesterol egg blend of a turkey sausage link, that’s served with a choice of a mini fruit yogurt parfait, one fruit and yogurt crepe or a cup of oatmeal.
(Oatmeal only on weekends 11:00-2:00 pm.

Lunch Highlights
Big farm salads
Specialty sandwich platters

Dinner Highlights
Pastas
Seafood
Slow roasted dinners

We were there for dinner around 5:30 we know the menu from our numerous visits to this location in Clarksville, Indiana, on our last visit we ordered our favorites of.
(2) Piece southern fried chicken breast dinner, (2) sides your choice. I chose the dressing and carrots. The other members ordered the country fried steak with choice of gravy and (2) vegetables. The turkey and dressing is very good to. The total for 3 dinners including drinks came to .76

We consider this to be the best bargain around, a restaurant with good home cooking. A basket of bread (your choice), we love the banana bread. The waitress kept the glasses filled and the bread basket full. The waitress even gave us a few extra pieces of bread to take home. The waitress also offered to give us refills on our drinks to take with us. Not only was the food good at Bob Evans, the waitress friendly, and the restaurant clean.

Desserts
Seasonal desserts available along with delicious regulars.

Bob Evans also offers a 55  and over menu, for the light eater and
A children’s menu.

Family meal deals to go.
Example:

Bob-B-Q Meal Deal
Includes 1-½ pounds of Bob-B-Q pulled pork 12 mini sandwich buns, cole slaw, all for 10.99 serves 3-4

Bob Evans also offers 30 meals for 5.99 or less
Carry out meals- call ahead and it will be waiting and hot when you arrive.

They also offer a nutritional guide for all those health conscious people.

Bob Evans Hours Sun. 7-9:30 Mon.-Thur. -6-9:30 Fri.-Sat. 6-10:00
Bob Evans is located at  1101 Lewis and Clark Parkway, Clarksville Indiana. Ph: 812-282-8299

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Easy Pizza Recipe with a Twist

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The exact history of pizza has been debated. This is largely because pizza has evolved over many years and been prepared in various ways, although similar. Before pizzerias became a common thing, you could often see street vendors selling slices of pizza on the street. In today’s modern world, you can get pizza delivered to your home easily and find pizza restaurants on most any street.

Pizza is certainly a favorite food, whether you enjoy it with just hot and bubbly cheese or the works. My Easy Pizza Recipe with a Twist isn’t a traditional pizza because I use tortillas as the crust. It’s very easy to make and tastes quite good. It’s also great for the kids to make as it doesn’t take much preparation. They can have fun coming up with various pizza topping combinations. Whether you want pizza for lunch or dinner or just a snack while watching a great movie, you can prepare this in very little time and be satisfied with the results.

Easy Pizza Ingredients

wheat or flour tortilla (1 per person)
pizza sauce of your choice
shredded cheese (I use a casserole blend, but mozzarella is good)
for extra flavor you can add a bit of thyme and/or Italian seasoning

Add any combination of pizza toppings:

mushrooms, onions, olives, banana peppers, sausage, hamburger, pepperoni, bacon, pineapple, ham, etc.

Easy Pizza Directions

Spray aluminum foil or baking sheet with Pam. Place tortilla on pan. Spread pizza sauce on tortilla. Add a thin layer of cheese and then toppings of your choice. Add another layer of cheese. Bake at 400 degrees until tortilla is crisp and cheese is bubbly.

Cut pizza crossways and crossways again to get four slices from one tortilla for easier serving. You can serve the pizza alone or with a delciious salad.

Note: You can also experiment with using flatbread for the crust.

Written by Kate

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Food recipe: how to make California sushi roll

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Sushi is everyone’s favorite. It’s easy to eat and fancy for a date too. It’s also very easy to make at home too. You will need sushi rice, dried seaweed sheet, avocado, crab meat, mayonnaise, and salt. Once you have these gather you’re now ready to make the sushi roll. The portion will depend on how much you want to prepare.

You will need to estimate according to how many rolls that you need to make. The more rolls mean you will need more ingredients. You would start by smashing your avocado. You would mix the crab meat with salt and mayonnaise. You would then need a flat clean surface to work on the roll. You would then put out your dried seaweed sheet to begin rolling.

You would put the sushi rice on top of the seaweed sheet and then press it. You would then sprinkle the sesame seeds over the sushi rice. Now you’re ready to turn the seaweed with rice over and then start to place avocado and crab along the length of the seaweed rice paper. You would then press your ingredient inside the cylinder shape sushi and then remove the sushi and then cut it into roll. You would cut it into finger size of course. Sushi can be put in the fridge and then serve later. You can try this recipe for finger bites food for a party or holiday occasion. Sushi is well like by everyone. You can use a shaper or you can roll it on your own. You can serve it with sauce.

Source: http://japanesefood.about.com/od/sushiroll/r/californiaroll.htm

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