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All it takes is a look at hard numbers to know the place popcorn holds in America’s affections. More than 1.000.000.000 pounds of unpopped kernels passed over the counters of domestic vendors in 2000 alone. The Popcorn Factory is America’s paramount provider of popcorn favors, popcorn balls, gourmet popcorn, tins of popcorn and delicious samplers, sending out over 1.000.000 pounds of this tasty foodstuff yearly.

With thirty years of experience, you can give them your order with confidence, whichever mix you crave. You need the best, most flavorful fixings to prepare the best popcorn, so the company searches through domestically grown kernels to find the best available. After that, pure corn oil comes into play, popping the kernels and the flavors can infuse right into the fluffy flesh. And to keep that fresh taste? To preserve it, immediately after popping, the popcorn is swiftly packaged up and dispatched.

Have you ever wanted a 6 gallon tin, full of popcorn? They are ready for you. So if you have a business event that wants snacks laying on — or just want to stock up enough to cater for the next few movie nights — you know who to talk to. You’d expect the buttered and plain varieties, but some of the other flavors might be new to you.

On the other hand if that’s not what you want, they also offer other alternatives; among them a range of smaller tins and boxes. As with most gifts, these can be embellished to suit the reason they’re being given. Do none of those work for you? You might consider having the package customized with an appropriate image, clever note, or just your name. Know what you want? You can simply place a big order. People with wider interests might prefer the assortment packages and samplers available. Should you want to acquire more than just a small sample of several varieties, you should look into towers. Though some towers are premade, you can also determine what each box will hold in a custom tower. The Popcorn Factory offers a variety of different snack foods in practically any flavor you’re likely to want. Buy them for use as treats for yourself or as gifts. There’s no smarter way to make someone smile across the U.S.A.

Our environment and diets have an overwhelming mixture of chemicals, some of which are toxic to your body even in minor quantities, and many of which are strenuous on your body’s natural detox processes. As well as doing several seasonal body detoxes a year, you can maintain a trim and healthy body by nudging your normal everyday diet toward a cleansing diet. In addition to supplying year round body cleansing, a cleansing diet will help you maintain better health, greater energy and mood, and a respectable weight. Many people have reported lasting and even rapid weight loss with a detoxifying diet.

The easiest way to convert to a cleansing diet is to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and limit your consumption of fatty foods, processed foods and sugary foods. Here are a few suggestions for what to include in your cleansing diet:

• 2-5 servings of fresh fruit daily. Only an occasional banana. Dried fruits can be soaked overnight.
• 2 salads every day, one at lunchtime and another at dinner.
• 2 servings of Grilled chicken, fish or tofu for your protein. Lean meat occasionally.
• A glass of vegetable juice once a day if possible. Ideal veggies are cucumber, celery, carrot, beets and parsley. If you don’t have time or equipment to juice vegetable juice at home, buy it fresh in a large quantity, portion it into 2 oz servings and freeze for future consumption.
• Sea vegetables (seaweed) daily or several times a week. Granulated dulse and kelp are simple to use. They can be used as a salt substitute.
• And, naturally, drink more water. Try to drink a gallon a day of fresh, filtered or distilled water. Some of your daily quota can be unsweetened herbal tea. No flavored, sweetened drinks. Sodas do not hydrate, they merely add more substances to your body.

Here’s more information about detox recipes and vegetable juicing for detoxing.

So we’ve had weight loss surgery and are happily losing weight with a restricted diet and the improved ability to exercise. But you know, we didn’t have taste bud surgery! We still have taste buds that crave delicious foods – we just want the foods we eat to be satiating and good for us.

Let me tell you a culinary secret – it’s in the wine! I’m not talking about wine in the glass, I’m talking about wine in a recipe. Wine reductions are wonderfully simply to make, rich in flavor and can be low in fat. Most recipes for wine reductions call for added fat (butter) but should be adjusted to use about 1/3 the fat called for.

We know that most gravies are fat laden, heavy with starch and lacking nutritional value. Simply put gravy is empty fat calories we do not need in our LivingAfterWLS diet. Anyone watching their weight is wise to avoid gravies (particularly mass-produced gravies served in restaurants).

For a better flavor and health select or make a wine reduction. A reduction contains the wine’s antioxidants, called flavonoids which are proven to reduce the production of LDL (bad) cholesterol and boost the HDL (good) cholesterol. Scientists now believe these flavonoids may also inhibit tumor development in some cancers and may also be helpful in the treatment of neurological diseases.

Not an alcohol drinker? Not to worry, the alcohol cooks out of the reduction leaving nothing but the good stuff behind. If you are not familiar with wine ask your wine merchant to recommend a good bottle of reasonably priced cooking wine (don’t buy the kind on the supermarket shelf – it has too much sodium). Your wine steward can also offer suggestions for re-corking the wine as seldom will you use a full bottle for any single recipe.

For five delicious wine reduction recipes visit LivingAfterWLS Recipe Blog.

Cornish Game Hen with Raspberry Red Wine Sauce

I’ve personally tried and adapted these recipes to have lower fat while preserving the delicious flavor and texture of a reduction. I hope you will incorporate a wine reduction recipe in your lifestyle. Also – these are all very quick to fix – you’ll be surprised how much flavor you get for so little effort! Cheers!

Kaye Bailey © 2005 – All Rights Reserved

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